• New name for Highways Agency ‘befits new remit’

    Published On: Thursday 11 December 2014

    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 [...]

  • FTA: scrapping of paper counterpart licence postponed

    Published On: Thursday 11 December 2014

    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 [...]

  • Trade groups: chancellor could have done more for transport industry

    Published On: Thursday 4 December 2014

    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 [...]

  • £15bn road investment details unveiled by DfT

    Published On: Wednesday 3 December 2014

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has unveiled the full details of a planned £15 billion of investment in England’s road network, which was trailled by the prime minister David Cameron [...]

  • HGV speed increase announced for dual carriageways

    Published On: Wednesday 3 December 2014

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it intends to go ahead with an increased national speed limit for heavy goods vehicles on dual carriageways in England and Wales, [...]

  • New financial thresholds set for O-licence applications

    Published On: Tuesday 2 December 2014

    New financial levels now apply for the processing of operator licence applications and continuations, the Office of the Traffic Commissioner (OTC) has confirmed. Both new applicants and existing operators are [...]

  • FTA ‘relief’ at Scottish devolution proposals

    Published On: Tuesday 2 December 2014

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said it is ‘relieved’ by the findings of the Smith Commission, which has reported on its recommendations to the UK government for the further [...]

  • £15bn roads investment ‘good news’ for freight industry

    Published On: Wednesday 12 November 2014

    The prime minister David Cameron used his speech at the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) annual conference in London on Monday to announce plans for £15 billion of road spending [...]

  • Trade groups warn of driver shortage crisis

    Published On: Wednesday 12 November 2014

    Warnings of the danger posed to road transport and the economy in general by the large goods vehicle (LGV) driver shortfall increased in volume again this month, as trade associations [...]