Smart trailer advice issued at engineers’ conference
Published On: Monday 14 July 2025
Modern ‘smart’ trailers provide their operators with a wealth of data about their use and condition, Don-Bur’s technical support specialist Richard Owens told the Logistics UK Fleet Engineer conference in [...]
Logistics UK report highlights electrification challenges
Published On: Saturday 12 July 2025
Logistics UK has called for a collaborative approach to the decarbonisation of road freight, following the publication of its new report, Exploring Current and Future Energy Demand from Road Freight. [...]
New report issues warning on lapsed Driver CPC qualifications
Published On: Thursday 10 July 2025
The economic growth sought by the government may require many thousands of truck drivers whose Driver CPC qualifications have recently expired to retrain, according to a report by Rob Hunter [...]
Aim beyond compliance, DVSA tech head tells fleets
Published On: Tuesday 8 July 2025
Neil Barlow, the head of vehicle technology and engineering at the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), reminded delegates at the Logistics UK Fleet Engineer conference not to be lulled [...]
No to annual test relaxations for Earned Recognition
Published On: Sunday 6 July 2025
The Department for Transport (DfT) has revealed the outcome of its review into whether the HGV and PSV annual testing regime should be relaxed for members of the Earned Recognition [...]
Steve Schofield, the head of business development at The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), focused on a concerning future shortage of vehicle engineering talent in his recent Logistics UK [...]
Scania expands wholly owned network with TruckEast acquisition
Published On: Wednesday 2 July 2025
Scania (Great Britain) Limited has acquired independent Scania dealer TruckEast, in a deal which will see the company’s 17 sites in the east of England – including those at Bury [...]
Euro NCAP gives insight into truck safety standards
Published On: Monday 30 June 2025
The expansion of Euro NCAP safety standards into the heavy truck sector was covered at Logistics UK’s Fleet Engineer conference by the organisation’s director of strategic development, Matthew Avery. He [...]
Industry views sought on how to ‘attract, train, retain’ talent
Published On: Thursday 26 June 2025
The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for freight and logistics is asking for input from industry to inform its drafting of a new report on how diversity should be fostered within [...]