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 [...]

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 [...]

Drivers who commit hours offences may be subject to fixed penalty notices if the offences are detected up to 28 days afterwards, under changes planned for October of this year. [...]

Volumetric ‘batch’ concrete mixers may be brought into the scope of operator licensing when a current Department for Transport (DfT) consultation concludes. The trucks are currently held to be ‘plant’ [...]

The Highways Agency’s transformation from government agency to government-owned company will be accompanied by a rebrand, the government has announced. The agency, which operates and maintains England’s strategic road network [...]

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said it has convinced the government to delay its plans to abolish the paper counterpart to the driving licence, asserting that the electronic system [...]

Transport industry trade associations have offered a lukewarm reaction to the chancellor George Osborne’s autumn statement – noting his reiteration that fuel duty will remain frozen for the rest of [...]