• DfT and industry prepare for ‘worst-case’ Brexit

    Published On: Wednesday 7 March 2018

    The government is progressing new laws through Parliament which it says will allow UK truck operators to continue to run vehicles throughout Europe after Brexit in the event that withdrawal […]

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  • Driving up standards

    Published On: Tuesday 6 March 2018

    Stephen Watson, director of product at Microlise, offers his take on the key factors fleets should consider when designing driver incentivisation schemes You’ve got to measure it to manage it: […]

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  • Local policymaking ‘threatens to crash used truck market’

    Published On: Monday 5 March 2018

    The UK truck market faces a potential perfect storm with a collapse in residual values for non-Euro 6 trucks predicted in 2020. That’s the warning from Martin Flach, alternative fuels […]

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  • Gas power blowing hot for Iveco

    Published On: Tuesday 27 February 2018

    Iveco is staking its future in the UK on gas-powered vehicles, from vans to 40-tonne tractor units. Speaking to journalists at the manufacturer’s annual State of the Nation conference, managing […]

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  • Volvo and Renault to sell electric trucks from 2019

    Published On: Saturday 24 February 2018

    The Volvo Group truck manufacturers have announced that they will commence the sale of electric trucks in Europe next year. Both Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks will bring electric trucks […]

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  • DAF retains top spot in falling market

    Published On: Tuesday 20 February 2018

    DAF Trucks celebrated its twenty-third year of truck market leadership in 2017, claiming just under 30 per cent of new truck registrations. At 13,301, it put almost twice as many […]

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  • Transport trainers look to tackle terrorism

    Published On: Thursday 15 February 2018

    Transport industry training providers are launching programmes to help commercial vehicle operators and drivers counter the risk of their vehicles being deployed in terrorism, in the wake of increased ‘vehicle […]

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  • Safety in the spotlight

    Published On: Friday 9 February 2018

    Lee Sadd, senior trainer at SAMS Ltd, assesses the current safety landscape of the HGV sector Despite the myriad ways in which health and safety has improved our lives, it’s […]

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  • DVSA reveals earned recognition pilot participants

    Published On: Thursday 1 February 2018

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has published a full list of all the HGV and PSV operators taking part in the pilot of its earned recognition scheme, which […]

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