• Hauliers urged to tackle driver mental health

    Published On: Thursday 14 October 2021

    A recent survey has suggested that half of logistics companies have seen a rise in employee mental health issues since the UK’s exit from the EU, as HGV drivers face [...]

  • Report: wage rises can beat driver shortage

    Published On: Friday 8 October 2021

    The exodus of EU drivers is by no means the most significant factor in the current driver shortage, and the industry must concentrate on attracting back British drivers from the [...]

  • Government acts to ease escalating truck driver crisis

    Published On: Monday 4 October 2021

    The UK government stepped up a multi-departmental effort to help mitigate the HGV driver shortage late last month, amidst a context of continued supply chain chaos, and growing public anger [...]

  • European haulage rule changes on the way

    Published On: Saturday 2 October 2021

    Due to changes brought about by Brexit, certain goods transport journeys made in Europe by UK operators – whether in HGVs, vans or cars towing trailers – will need to [...]

  • MAN to build diesel engines for Scania

    Published On: Saturday 25 September 2021

    Traton, the parent company of Scania and MAN, has confirmed that a new common engine platform built in Nuremberg, Germany will be shared between the two marques during their transition [...]

  • Fresh-faced Fuso Canter unveiled

    Published On: Saturday 25 September 2021

    A new generation of Fuso Canter lightweight trucks is now on sale. Marketed and supported by Mercedes-Benz truck dealers in the UK, the Japanese-designed and Portuguese-built Canter covers four gross [...]

  • Winter cost warning for electric van fleets

    Published On: Thursday 23 September 2021

    With the number of electric commercial vehicles on the UK’s roads growing, operators have been warned to prepare to monitor their operating costs carefully through the forthcoming winter. The Association [...]

  • Call for permanent fuel duty freeze

    Published On: Thursday 23 September 2021

    Logistics UK has made a plea to government to freeze fuel duty on a permanent basis in order to help shift the transport sector to alternatively fuelled vehicles in preparation [...]

  • Iveco opens Nikola line in Germany

    Published On: Tuesday 21 September 2021

    The facility that will build Nikola Tre electric and fuel cell trucks has been opened by CNH subsidiary Iveco at its factory in Ulm, Germany, with production set to start [...]