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Mark Salisbury
- Aug 18, 2021
DVSA to recruit an extra 40 additional driving examiners to help reduce lorry driver shortage
A campaign to recruit additional vocational driving examiners in England and Wales to help reduce the lorry driver shortage has been...
Mark Salisbury
- Aug 3, 2021
RHA “extremely concerned” as overhaul of Highway Code is confirmed
The government has forged ahead with its plan to overhaul the Highway Code, giving cyclists right of way at junctions and making HGV...
Mark Salisbury
- Jul 29, 2021
UK supply chain faces collapse in 'two to three weeks'
Speaking to the BBC, Richard Burnett, RHA chief executive said that despite meeting with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps last week to...
Mark Salisbury
- Jul 22, 2021
Government announces measures to support road haulage industry
A package of measures to help tackle the HGV driver shortage has today been announced by the Government. In an open letter to the road...
Mark Salisbury
- Jul 13, 2021
Drivers' Hours extension: 'Utter stupidity'
There has been a lot of reaction to the government's decision to temporarily relax the drivers hours rules in an attempt to address the...
Tim Wallace
- Jul 8, 2021
Act today on driver shortage
Steve Gooding, president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), has used the inaugural edition of transport and...
Mark Salisbury
- Jul 6, 2021
Highway Code changes to provide clearer guidance on motorway driving
The Highway Code will be updated later this year to help road users better understand how motorways and major A-roads operate. The new...
Mark Salisbury
- Jun 1, 2021
Peoplesafe research shines light on technology’s role in lone worker safety
New research amongst over 120 health and safety specialists, including those within the road transport sector, has highlighted the rising...
Mark Salisbury
- May 20, 2021
HGV drivers must be included on the UK Shortage Occupation List, says RHA
The RHA has urged ministers to add HGV drivers to the Home Office UK Shortage Occupation List to help fix the growing driver shortage....
Mark Salisbury
- May 4, 2021
Driver shortages, IR35 and what the RHA wants
The RHA is calling for urgent Government action to ease a growing crisis in driver shortages - made worse by the introduction of IR35 tax...
Mark Salisbury
- Apr 27, 2021
How many accidents happen on the practical driving test?
A new piece of research from Group 1 Automotive has discovered how many learners have had accidents whilst taking their driving test over...
PRIM Fleet Standards
- Mar 23, 2021
Sign of the times as industry experts launch digital training option
Time spent in a physical classroom will be slashed for drivers training for their CPC, thanks to an innovative offering from two industry...
Mark Salisbury
- Feb 25, 2021
Fleet managers need to prioritise work-related road safety
Venson Automotive Solutions is urging fleet managers to create a cost-effective fleet road safety strategy that adds value in a post...
Mark Salisbury
- Feb 11, 2021
Young people won’t drive trucks even with a £35k salary
The UK is facing a shortage of 76,000 thousand drivers, despite the wages being higher than the UK average and jobs being waiting. Mark...