New government statistics show that UK road traffic has continued to fall, with the biggest reduction in vehicle miles coming from the heavy truck sector. Overall first-quarter vehicles miles are [...]
MAN Truck & Bus CEO Des Evans expects the emphasis in next year’s UK market to switch to used trucks, in spite of it having spent €1.6 billion on Euro [...]
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) claims that the much-touted shortage of LGV drivers will be brought to a head by the Driver CPC in 2013/14. It said that category [...]
‘Half of NI hauliers’ could be fuelling illegal diesel ‘epidemic’
Published On: Friday 10 May 2013
More than half of hauliers in Northern Ireland could be using cheaper, illegal diesel to fill their tanks, the Northern Ireland Assembly has been told — giving them an illegitimate advantage over law-abiding [...]
Fuel price campaign group FairFuelUK has said recent comments by the prime minister, regarding the government’s continued intention to keep fuel duty down, mark an “historic victory” for its cause. [...]
Mercedes-Benz’s UK commercial vehicle managing director Michael Kamper has a simple solution to what is widely seen as a difficult market for new trucks in the coming years: selling and [...]
Operators of Volvo’s FE hybrid truck have been able to record fuel savings of between 15 and 20 per cent on urban delivery and refuse collection applications, the manufacturer reports. [...]
VOSA vows to ramp up enforcement to improve van standards
Published On: Wednesday 8 May 2013
Van operators have been warned that those failing to comply with regulations will be targeted by VOSA officers, as part of a renewed focus on van operational standards. Gordon Macdonald, [...]
A consultation has been launched on proposals by VOSA to alter the fee structures for some of the services the agency provides, including HGV and PSV testing, operator licensing, approval [...]
