• Scania in UK electrified truck study

    Published On: Wednesday 15 September 2021

    A major UK study is now underway involving truck manufacturer Scania, into the use of long-haul electrified vehicles charged dynamically by overhead wires on electric roads. The feasibility study is [...]

  • DfT boosts driver testing capacity to tackle shortage

    Published On: Tuesday 14 September 2021

    The Department of Transport (DfT) has announced that up to 50,000 more HGV driving tests will now be made available per year, through measures that it says will streamline the [...]

  • TCs warn driver shortage is no excuse for safety failings

    Published On: Wednesday 8 September 2021

    In their 2020/21 annual report, the traffic commissioners (TCs) have warned operators not to let standards slip because replacement drivers are currently difficult to recruit, while reminding those offering traction [...]

  • Longer trailers could see full rollout from 2022

    Published On: Sunday 5 September 2021

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that longer semi-trailers (LSTs) could be rolled out beyond the existing trial into general circulation as soon as next year, following the results [...]

  • DfT mulls future direction of traffic commissioners

    Published On: Friday 3 September 2021

    Industry representatives, as well as trade groups and lo­cal authorities, have been encouraged to contribute to a Department for Transport (DfT) review of the role of the traffic commissioners (TCs), [...]

  • Government: fleets should seek drivers from UK workforce

    Published On: Thursday 2 September 2021

    The British government has continued to resist pleas by the logistics sector and its customers to loosen immigration rules so as to facilitate an influx of EU-based HGV drivers to [...]

  • DVSA moves to shift test backlog

    Published On: Wednesday 1 September 2021

    DVSA announced plans last month to recruit up to 40 extra vocational licence examiners to handle the current backlog in driving tests. It said it had filled some of the [...]

  • Call for rise in ATF ‘pit fee’

    Published On: Saturday 28 August 2021

    Independent operators of authorised testing facilities (ATFs) are demanding that pit fees are included in a consultation on test fee increases being launched by DVSA. The Authorised Testing Facility Operators [...]

  • CVs and the growth of green mobility

    Published On: Thursday 26 August 2021

    Mike Palmer, client development director at Nexus Vehicle Rental, says sustainability should not take a backseat in the wake of Covid-19 As a result of lockdown restrictions imposed in the [...]