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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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 6, 2023
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 23, 2023
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 9, 2023
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, 2023
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 18, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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
- Feb 28, 2023
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 14, 2023
Rhenus UK urges exporters to prioritise CDS
The UK’s legacy customs platform is being replaced by a new model. Exporters have until late 2023 to move to the new system. Rhenus UK is...
Mark Salisbury
- Feb 7, 2023
The new EU Truck CO2 rules
The Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) industry is facing a significant challenge with the introduction of new EU regulations aimed at reducing...
Mark Salisbury
- Jan 31, 2023
Delivering better rest stops for lorry drivers
Independent watchdog Transport Focus calls for the lorry driver’s voice to be at the heart of improving rest stops. Transport Focus held...
Mark Salisbury
- Jan 10, 2023
National Highways launches mobile tyre-management station
One in five breakdowns on the strategic road network (SRN) is caused by tyre failure: that's 50,000 tyre-related breakdowns every year....
Mark Salisbury
- Dec 20, 2022
Delivery fleets ramp up recruitment to meet 2022 peak demand
Courier fleets have ramped up driver recruitment and expanded vehicle numbers to meet peak seasonal demand this winter, which has...
Mark Salisbury
- Oct 11, 2022
Van & truck traffic rise as car miles fall on pre-pandemic levels
Car traffic has increased by a third (32.9%) to 237.5 billion vehicle miles year-on-year, but is down on pre-pandemic levels, according...
Mark Salisbury
- Oct 4, 2022
Over half a million uninsured cars seized since 2018
More than half a million (542,370*) uninsured cars have been seized since 2018 according to information collated by AA Insurance. A...
Mark Salisbury
- Aug 16, 2022
Surrey to introduce 20mph speed limits on rural roads
Surrey County Council has announced plans to reduce the speed limit on some rural roads from 60mph to as low as 20mph, in what is thought...
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