The Department for Transport (DfT) is currently consulting on plans to turn the Highways Agency into a government-owned company. The organisation is currently an executive agency of the DfT – [...]

Scania is forging ahead with its Euro 6 engine programme, having just introduced the most powerful engine yet to conform to the new emissions standard. The 730 hp V8 joins [...]

Richard Denby, VOSA’s area manager for Bristol and the South West, told the FTA Transport Managers’ conference how a concerted effort by his enforcement officers got a non- UK operator [...]

The Freight Transport Association has said it is frustrated with what it calls ‘slow progress’ from Europe on the removal of regulatory barriers surrounding heavy goods vehicle design, which it [...]

The House of Commons transport select committee has called on the government to act on the issue of road hauliers incurring penalty charge notices from councils during loading and unloading. [...]

The Ministry of Justice has announced plans whereby claims of whiplash injuries sustained during road accidents will be assessed by new independent medical panels, in order to curb fraudulent compensation [...]

The Department for Transport (DfT) has responded to a range of concerns raised by the House of Commons transport select committee, in its recent report about the work of the [...]

HM Treasury has submitted an application to the European Commission to extend the rural fuel rebate scheme to ten towns within mainland UK, following a consultation with fuel retailers on [...]

A pronouncement by the World Health Organisation that general outdoor air pollution can cause a range of human cancers is likely to refocus attention on engine exhaust emissions at both [...]