Agencies launch combined clampdown on non-compliant Midlands hauliers
Published On: Wednesday 17 July 2013
Government forces in the West Midlands have been combining their efforts to crack down on suspected tax evasion and other criminal activity within the haulage industry. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) led the [...]
Renault Trucks has unveiled its complete Euro 6 range. It has replaced the distinct Magnum and Premium families with four ranges sharing common styling and two cab shells: Distribution, Construction, [...]
Transport for London (TfL) is to lobby the UK’s Department for Transport and the European Union to tighten up exemptions that allow many construction vehicles to operate without sideguards and [...]
Iveco is reintroducing its DriveAway Options programme on Eurocargo models, with a range of bodied 7.5-tonners available to buy from dealer forecourts nationwide. The DriveAway Options programme at 7.5 tonnes [...]
UK share of international traffic continues to decline
Published On: Wednesday 17 July 2013
UK-registered trucks now perform just 18 per cent of driver-accompanied haulage to continental Europe, as shown by the latest statistics from the Department for Transport. The first quarter of 2013 [...]
VOSA has published a ‘guide for recovery operations’, which it says is the result of a need for “further clarification around the complex legislation relating to operating recovery vehicles.” The [...]
Excise duty penalties threaten UK third-party logistics providers
Published On: Wednesday 17 July 2013
Some of Britain’s leading third-party logistics companies could be put out of business by penalties which HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) now has the powers to impose, warns the United [...]
Irish government urged to scrap fuel duty for hauliers
Published On: Monday 15 July 2013
The Irish government could save up to €750 million a year by scrapping the process of adding tell-tale green dye to duty-free diesel – and giving hauliers and coach operators, [...]
The Avia truck range will no longer be on offer in the UK after the Czech factory was closed in July by its parent Ashok Leyland of India. There is [...]
