RHA welcomes increase to HGV driver apprenticeships
After months of campaigning, the RHA has welcomed a Government announcement that the funding band for the HGV C+E apprenticeship has...
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Mark Salisbury
- Jul 4
Driving test fraudsters advertising services on social media
Fraudsters who offer to help people illegally pass their UK driving tests are advertising their services widely across social media, an...
Mark Salisbury
- Jun 27
New sentencing guidelines for motoring offences set to come into effect
A comprehensive package of 12 new and revised sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of motoring offences in England and Wales...
Mark Salisbury
- Jun 20
Court cases for speeding reach record high
Almost a quarter of a million drivers (245,043) were sat in the dock accused of speeding last year, the highest since records began,...
Mark Salisbury
- Jun 13
HGV levy restarts on 1st August 2023
The HGV levy, abandoned at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, is to be reintroduced from 1 August with a new emphasis on emissions,...
Mark Salisbury
- Jun 6
Road casualties increase after Covid dip
The number of drivers and road users killed and seriously injured is back to pre-pandemic levels, and businesses need to take action to...
Mark Salisbury
- May 30
West Midlands’ first all-electric coach
A West Midlands bus and coach operator is leading the drive to zero emissions after investing in the region’s first all-electric coach....
Mark Salisbury
- May 23
Ashcourt Group rolls out its first fully electric skip loaders
To help reduce the environmental impact of its waste management operations in the Hull area, the Ashcourt Group UK has taken delivery of...
Mark Salisbury
- May 16
Longer lorries to roll out on UK roads
Longer lorries will be introduced to GB roads to deliver on the Government’s priority to grow the economy, boost productivity, slash road...
Mark Salisbury
- May 9
Electric timber trucks to be trialled in Scotland
Scottish Forestry has awarded £452,000 towards a three year trial which will test the use of state-of-the-art electric timber wagons to...
Mark Salisbury
- May 2
Pallet-Track delivers road safety training
Pallet-Track has delivered a new road safety initiative to improve staff awareness around the challenges faced by HGV drivers on the road...
Mark Salisbury
- Apr 25
Volta Trucks starts series production of the Volta Zero
Volta Trucks, the leading and disruptive all-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, has confirmed the start of...
Mark Salisbury
- Apr 18
Plans for new smart motorways abandoned, report suggests
A media report claims that the Government has scrapped plans to introduce any new smart motorways, over fears about safety and cost. In...
Mark Salisbury
- Apr 11
HGV Skills Bootcamps extended for further year
The Driver Academy Group (DAG) a consortium led by HGV training specialist HGVC, and comprising workforce solutions group Manpower and...
Mark Salisbury
- Mar 28
More UK government support needed to accelerate electric truck adoption
Asher Bennett, Tevva CEO and founder comments on the recent IPCC report and how the government can help and support the logistics...
Mark Salisbury
- Mar 21
Free 'Toolbox Talks' for van drivers
Following the runaway success of its free, multi award-winning Van Driver Toolkit, National Highways has a series of “Toolbox Talks” –...
Mark Salisbury
- Mar 14
Overcome driver resistance to in-cab recording
Research shows that the presence of in-cab monitoring systems reduces the likelihood of serious incidents by 27%. Emerging technologies...
Mark Salisbury
- Mar 7
Driver caught steering car transporter with just his elbow
Police officers overtaking a heavily-laden car transporter were shocked to discover the driver was using just one elbow to control the...
Mark Salisbury
- Feb 28
Electric HGVs: preparing for the future
Electric trucks are the future of transportation, and the shift towards electric-powered heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) is gaining momentum....
Mark Salisbury
- Feb 21
Miniclipper Logistics’ investment in driver training starts to pay dividends
Miniclipper Logistics is reaping the benefits of launching its ‘Warehouse to Wheels’ driver development campaign in 2022 with its first...
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