• Logistics UK welcomes Driver CPC changes

    Published On: Friday 7 August 2020

    Logistics UK (formerly the FTA) has welcomed changes to the Driver CPC scheme which took effect last month, emphasising the importance of ensuring the ability to tailor training to meet [...]

  • Government to review heavy vehicle testing regime

    Published On: Tuesday 4 August 2020

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has revealed that the Department or Transport (DfT) will launch a review into current provision of heavy vehicle testing over the months to come. The [...]

  • CV traffic ‘halved due to Covid-19’

    Published On: Saturday 1 August 2020

    Data from fleet management solutions provider Verizon Connect has suggested that hours spent on the road by UK commercial drivers dropped by more than half (55 per cent) between mid-February [...]

  • FTA rebrands as Logistics UK

    Published On: Tuesday 28 July 2020

    The Freight Transport Association has now changed its name to Logistics UK, as originally announced earlier in the year The association represents the whole of the logistics sector, drawing its [...]

  • HGV road user levy suspended for 12 months

    Published On: Tuesday 21 July 2020

    The government has announced that collection of the HGV road user levy that applies to trucks of 12 tonnes or more operating in the UK will be subject to a [...]

  • Autonomous driving green credentials questioned

    Published On: Friday 17 July 2020

    The amount of power required to run autonomous driving systems in future vehicles may well mean that the technology is unviable, according to a study jointly published by automotive environmental [...]

  • Driver CPC moves with the times

    Published On: Friday 10 July 2020

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced a number of changes to the Driver CPC scheme which it says will make training more flexible, and compliance easier and [...]

  • Vehicle annual testing resumes

    Published On: Sunday 5 July 2020

    The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) was resuming heavy vehicle roadworthiness testing in Great Britain as of early July, in line with the gradual lifting of the coronavirus lockdown. [...]

  • Truck industry faces major driving test backlog

    Published On: Saturday 4 July 2020

    The details of this article were correct as of 4 July; please check with relevant agencies and trade associations for more recent updates. The sector skills council Skills for Logistics [...]