The Department for Transport (DfT) has published the outcome of its consultation into proposed Driver CPC reforms in Great Britain, and details of its plans for the next steps. Driver [...]
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has called for heavy vehicle technicians to be added to the Home Office’s Shortage Occupation List, which it says would enable UK maintenance providers to [...]
The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced the publication of its first Market Surveillance Unit (MSU) report on vehicle and component testing. The MSU’s testing scheme is designed [...]
Transport trade groups have responded positively to a number of key fiscal policies affecting the sector that were outlined by the chancellor Jeremy Hunt in yesterday’s autumn statement, while calling [...]
The global shortage of truck drivers is set to double by 2028, according to a new report by the international union for road transport, IRU. The report found that over [...]
Funding redirected following the cancellation of the HS2 rail project’s northern leg will be ploughed into resurfacing more than 5,000 miles of road across England, the Department for Transport has [...]
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has announced that the deadline by which fleet operators that have been participating in the longer semi-trailer (LST) trial must switch to the new, post-trial [...]
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) last month urged the govÂernment to incentivise hauliers and coach operators to shift to low-carbon fuels like hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) through the inÂtroduction of [...]
West of England traffic comÂmissioner (TC) Kevin Rooney has questioned the relevance of the current Certificate of Professional Competence sylÂlabus to the core of the transÂport manager’s role: ensuring safety [...]
