• Government-funded bootcamp scheme kicks off

    Published On: Friday 17 December 2021

    The first intensive short courses are now underway in a government-funded scheme to help up to 11,000 people take up careers as HGV drivers. Funded by the Department for Education [...]

  • Q3 figures show driver ‘churn’ still ‘too high’

    Published On: Monday 13 December 2021

    Recruitment specialist Driver Require has provided further insight into the UK’s HGV driver shortage following analysis of figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), suggesting that almost 30,000 drivers [...]

  • Logistics platform warns of road freight price rise

    Published On: Monday 6 December 2021

    While road freight price-per-mile levels stabilised in October and November, a December spike could impact both retail and consumer choice this Christmas, according to Lyall Cresswell, CEO of online logistics [...]

  • Industry responds to zero-emission HGV plans

    Published On: Wednesday 24 November 2021

    Transport trade groups have called for key caveats and derogations from the government’s recent commitment to the phasing out of non-zero-emission HGVs, which they say will be vital to the [...]

  • Crackdown coming on driver phone use

    Published On: Saturday 20 November 2021

    New measures set to be introduced by the government will make prosecutions against drivers using handheld mobile phones at the wheel easier. While texting or making a phone call (other [...]

  • Driver licence and testing changes rolled out

    Published On: Thursday 18 November 2021

    Changes to procedures for driving tests and licences for HGV and bus drivers in Great Britain are now in effect, as part of the government’s plan to combat the driver [...]

  • DfT relaxes cabotage rules despite industry opposition

    Published On: Wednesday 17 November 2021

    The Department for Transport (DfT) pressed ahead with plans for a temporary relaxation of cabotage rules for non-UK hauliers late last month, despite 72 per cent of respondents to its recent [...]

  • Hauliers urge action to avoid ‘Christmas crisis’

    Published On: Monday 15 November 2021

    Road Haulage Association members and key trade bodies have written to the prime minister Boris Johnson calling for urgent action to prevent supply chain chaos in the run-up to the [...]

  • Budget measures offer some respite for struggling fleets

    Published On: Thursday 11 November 2021

    Several measures announced in the Autumn Budget last month by the chancellor Rishi Sunak were broadly welcomed by transport trade groups, including a continued freeze on fuel duty. Logistics UK [...]