Around 20 fuel tanker drivers at Glasgow Prestwick airport have secured union recognition with their employer North Air, writes Peter Brown. The drivers will be represented by Unite in negotiations over jobs, pay and conditions through collective bargaining with North...
Keir Mather MP is set to play a key role in the UK Government’s transport and logistics agenda, with responsibility for maritime, aviation and freight policy at the Department for Transport (DfT). He has been closely involved in the Government’s freight policy,...
WH Malcolm, RT Keedwell and John Templeton & Daughter dominated the Truckfest Scotland 2026 Truck Awards, claiming 11 of the 16 trophies between them, writes Peter Brown. Ayrshire-operator John Templeton & Daughter captured three awards with its Batman-themed...
Daniel Fitzjohn is the new managing director at Motus Commercials, the largest DAF Trucks dealer group in Europe, writes Peter Brown. He stared his career with Motus Commercials in 2018 as the regional director for the southwest region and takes up the MD role after...
The British Crane Truck Operator Challenge returns for a second year to find the country’s most skilled crane truck operator, writes Peter Brown. Organised and run by Huddersfield-based Mac’s Truck Group, the competition returns on 5 September, where operators will...
Sunbeds and towels. That is what we Germans are (in)famous for when the sun is out, writes Transport News European correspondent Peter Schmitz. The ongoing pre-dawn towel battle with die Insulaner (our affectionate name for the Britons, the islanders) at holiday...
The latest issue of Transport News is out today. The front cover features one of four new DAF XB 14-tonne rigids with Gray & Adams refrigerated bodies now in service with fine food and drink wholesaler Cress Co. One hundred years of road haulage and, after 98...
Due to a technical glitch (alright, I admit it – I missed it during the sub-editing process), the August 2026 issue of Transport News featured the Model Truck Competition with exactly the same picture as the previous issue, writes editor Kevin Swallow. Thank you to...
