THE DEPARTMENT for Transport and the Health & Safety Executive have reminded businesses which make or receive deliveries that lorry drivers must have access to toilets and hand washing facilities to support their health and […]
LIVE Promotions have announced a date change for their Truckfest visit north of the Border. This year’s Truckfest Scotland will take place at Ingliston on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October rather than its traditional […]
TRUCK and trailer testing has restarted following an announcement from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), after it had issued more than three months’ worth of exemptions since the start of the coronavirus lockdown. […]
Moto’s offer of free meals for HGV drivers parking overnight at their facilities, launched at the start of the pandemic lockdown, comes to an end this week. In its place the motorway services operator has […]
The earliest months of the Covid-19 lockdown saw a marked increase in the number of commercial vehicle fleets adopting the DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme, FleetCheck has revealed. From March to June, 64% of new corporate […]
FROM 6 July DVSA is increasing the number of critical worker tests available for HGV and PSV drivers. Driving and theory tests resume in England on 13 July. Candidates who had a test booked through […]
DVSA will take bookings for roadworthiness tests for lorries and trailers from Saturday 4 July. The deadline to get a test depends on when the MOT was originally due before lorries and trailers were given […]
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced that truck testing will restart from 4 July for those vehicles given exemptions at the start of the coronavirus lockdown. Since 21 March, trucks and trailers […]
FTA IS angry its members have been left in the dark by the government for the second month in a row, as they await an announcement on how HGV MOT testing will be conducted […]
DPD has announced 6,000 new UK jobs and a major infrastructure investment in response to the ‘unprecedented boom in online shopping’ caused by Covid-19. The firm will invest £200m this year to expand its next-day […]
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