Penalty charges totalling £450,000 have been issued since the HGV road user levy – which is designed to bill foreign operators for use of UK roads – was introduced last [...]

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that the capital’s Industrial HGV Task Force (IHTF) has issued more than 1,000 fixed penalty notices to unsafe and non-compliant HGVs since its operations [...]

A steep fall in fuel prices has eased financial pressures on British hauliers, but many may face a commensurate increase in employment costs as competition for competent, qualified drivers increases. [...]

The hangover from 2013’s last-minute, Euro 6-fuelled boom is being blamed by truck manufacturers for the near collapse in sales of new trucks last year. While registrations of vans up [...]

The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced it has come to an agreement with the Department for Transport regarding the introduction of a simpler testing standard for heavy [...]

DVSA has published an updated contract for the authorised testing facility (ATF) network, following feedback from ATF operators during recent trials. The new contracts are said to provide increased flexibility [...]

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 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 [...]