• FTA launches Truck Excellence accreditation

    Published On: Sunday 1 May 2016

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) used its presence at the Commercial Vehicle Show in April to unveil Truck Excellence – a new voluntary accreditation scheme developed by members to promote […]

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  • FTA releases 2016 Logistics Report

    Published On: Friday 29 April 2016

    Online shopping is one of the key contributing factors to a strengthening economy and concurrent increase in demand for logistics services, according to the Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) Logistics Report […]

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  • CV Show: FTA to unveil Logistics Report 2016

    Published On: Friday 8 April 2016

    Stand: 4F20 The Freight Transport Association (FTA) will unveil the Logistics Report 2016 at this year’s Show, detailing the challenges that the logistics sector has faced in the last year […]

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  • Government consults on driver fines as stowaway incidents persist

    Published On: Saturday 26 March 2016

    On one day last month in Kent, 52 suspected migrants of Middle East/North African origin were found in two trucks which had passed through UK security on the short-channel crossing. […]

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  • Hunt is on for UK’s top truck driver

    Published On: Tuesday 8 March 2016

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced the launch of a new 44-tonne category in its Truck Driver of the Year 2016 competition, in association with Mercedes-Benz Trucks. The competition, […]

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  • FTA: fuel duty hike would be ‘irresponsible’

    Published On: Tuesday 9 February 2016

    Ahead of the chancellor George Osborne’s Budget statement on Wednesday 16 March, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has warned that a fuel duty increase would be “economically irresponsible”. The statement […]

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  • Hauliers ‘counting cost’ of Forth Bridge closure

    Published On: Tuesday 15 December 2015

    Major trade associations have welcomed the Department for Transport’s (DfT) decision to temporarily relax drivers’ hours regulations for vehicles which would normally use the Forth Road Bridge, since it was […]

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  • Green light for driver apprenticeship scheme

    Published On: Tuesday 15 December 2015

    Both the Freight Transport Association (FTA) and Road Haulage Association (RHA) have praised the decision by skills minister Nick Boles to approve the HGV Driver Trailblazer Apprenticeship, with FTA calling […]

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  • RHA: don’t wait for driver deaths to prompt Calais action

    Published On: Tuesday 15 December 2015

    Road Haulage Association (RHA) chief executive Richard Burnett has again spoken out about what the association calls an “untenable situation” for HGV drivers as a result of increased migrant activity […]

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