TC warns transport managers over public inquiry attendance
Published On: Wednesday 2 April 2014
Transport managers who fail to attend when summoned to public inquiry are in danger of losing their repute and professional competence, a traffic commissioner has warned. Nick Denton, the commissioner [...]
Official launch for Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
Published On: Wednesday 2 April 2014
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) was officially launched today, following a gradual rollout of the name since its initial announcement last year. The DVSA is a newly merged [...]
New calls for government action on gas-powered HGVs
Published On: Wednesday 26 March 2014
The UK needs to invest in a refuelling infrastructure if methane gas is to meet its potential as a fuel for road-going heavy trucks, concludes a report from the Department [...]
Road freight crime-fighting partnership TruckPol is to restart, thanks to sponsorship and support from the not-for-profit National Business Crime Solution (NBCS) initiative. TruckPol, a partnership between the freight industry and [...]
With fuel duty frozen as promised, the 2014 Budget had little that was bad and much that was good for hauliers. Those seeking to acquire new trucks or other capital [...]
Four Londoners who ran a £1 million nationwide LGV driver training scam in which people paid for tuition that was never delivered have been sent to jail for a total [...]
Headlamp aim remains the most common cause of initial annual test failure on heavy trucks. Although this is a seemingly trivial issue when compared to, for instance, tyres or brakes, [...]
Great Britain’s traffic enforcement agencies have issued the latest in a series of warnings about the Driver CPC training deadline for ‘acquired rights’ lorry drivers, which is now less than six [...]
The government has promised to inject the largest investment into the road network since the 1970s, which it claims will provide “a massive increase in work” for Britain’s road-building companies. [...]