The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that nearly £8 million has been awarded to 39 operators of roadside facilities to fund improvements at sites across England, as a result [...]
Motorway service network Moto Hospitality has announced an initiative to encourage HGV drivers to connect and talk to one another to improve their mental health. Moto points out that in [...]
Trade groups air concerns as DVS guidance published
Published On: Friday 22 September 2023
The UK’s foremost road haulage representative groups, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and Logistics UK, have warned that Transport for London (TfL) has not taken into account industry concerns around [...]
Renault Trucks has launched a new electric truck into the UK’s low-entry cab refuse collection market. The 26-tonne E-Tech D Wide LEC, shown at the recent Resource and Waste Management [...]
Germany’s Flix bus travel brand has joined forces with Scania to form a long-term partnership which will initially see the manufacturer provide the German intercity bus service brand with up [...]
Great Britain’s independent traffic commissioners (TCs) have published their 2022-23 annual report, which outlines key issues of concern to the goods and passenger transport sectors in the year ending 31 [...]
Industry risks rerun of recruitment crisis without younger drivers
Published On: Monday 4 September 2023
Road transport has emerged from the driver shortage and Covid crisis of the early 2020s still over-reliant on the same shrinking pool of ageing drivers and temporary workers from Eastern [...]
The government’s crackdown on illegal migration via HGVs is proving costly for hauliers, according to the Road Haulage Association (RHA) – with innocent lorry drivers re-entering the UK from France [...]
Trade groups including the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and Heavy Transport Association last month called for fair and consistent application by police forces of the rules around the movement of [...]
