The government has launched a consultation over so-called umbrella schemes: overarching contracts of employment (OACs) where an intermediary company provides temporary employees to work at a number of different companies. [...]
The Freight Transport Association has expressed strong concern about what it calls “the unusually short timescales” proposed by the Scottish government for implementing low emission zones (LEZs) north of the [...]
Iveco mounts challenge to Japanese marques at 7.5t
Published On: Thursday 15 January 2015
Iveco is to launch a double-pronged attack on the 7.5-tonne sector in the UK this year with a revised Eurocargo truck, and seven and 7.2 tonne gross weigh versions of [...]
Training providers are reporting demand for Driver CPC courses continuing into the New Year, with some drivers still completing their initial five modules of training. Andrew Bourke, the managing director [...]
Trial challenges green credentials of newer vehicles
Published On: Tuesday 13 January 2015
Keeping traffic moving smoothly will have a large impact on air quality, according to a trial in Brighton involving real-time measurement of the exhaust emissions of buses. This also found [...]
A proposal that all Driver CPC modules should devote at least one hour out of seven to the subject of “dealing with vulnerable road users” (VRUs) has been downgraded to [...]
The closure of parcel carrier City Link, the former Rentokil Initial subsidiary which had been sold for £1 to Better Capital in April 2013, has left about 1,000 self-employed van [...]
‘Business as usual’ at JAUPT as Skills for Logistics closes its doors
Published On: Wednesday 7 January 2015
The authorities have insisted that the closure of Skills for Logistics (SfL), the sector skills council for the UK freight logistics industry, will have no impact on JAUPT, the Driver [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is considering revising current LGV medical checks, after a fatal accident inquiry in Scotland revealed that a man who had been a heroin [...]
