The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has welcomed government plans to clamp down on late payments to small businesses, an issue which is said to cost the UK economy £11 billion [...]

eFreight Autonomous, a consortium of CV and automotive technology experts, has secured funding and support from the British government to explore the role that autonomous HGVs could play on UK [...]

HGV, van and coach operators will be able to benefit from a share of £30 million in grant funding to install chargepoints in their depots, the government has announced. The [...]

Logistics UK has warned of “pressing concerns” around HGV driver recruitment and retention following the publication of its latest Skills and Employment Update, based on analysis of data from the [...]

Commercial vehicle drivers favour features that promote bodily comfort and wellness over purely convenience-based gadgets, according to a behavioural research study by NewTerritory, a design studio which specialises in human-centred [...]

The changing economics and technology of fleet maintenance were explained to the Logistics UK Fleet Engineer conference by John Armes, the digital services man­ager at Daimler Truck (formerly Mercedes-Benz). His [...]

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 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. [...]

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 [...]