Hauliers across the UK have reported that the majority of their fleet is still up and running. To measure the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on the transport and distribution industry, Transport News (with its […]
Multidrive held a two day demonstration of its horizontal belt driven ejector system to show how it discharges aggregates and asphalt, as an alternative to tippers and moving floors. Trailer manufacturers, operators, fleet managers, health […]
SCANIA (Great Britain) Ltd is sending out its hospitality trailer to serve complimentary refreshments to the truck drivers (#TransportHeroes) who are helping to keep the country moving. A full menu of refreshments will be on […]
Software specialist FleetCheck has urged operators to add coronavirus measures to their fleet risk management policies. The call comes after the government issued a new document – ‘Working Safely During Covid-19 in or from a […]
NEW government furlough rules will help firms manage irregular workloads as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 crisis, said the RHA. The chancellor has announced that workers furloughed on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) […]
A temporary halt to the roll out of low emission zones in four Scottish cities, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, should be used to review the impact the zones will have on local hauliers already […]
FTA HAS learned that the long awaited LGD Driver Apprenticeship Standard for Cat C+E licences, is to be published this summer. Mags Simpson, policy manager at FTA said: ‘The standard cannot come quickly enough for […]
RHA CHIEF executive, Richard Burnett has written to roads minister Baroness Vere strongly voicing concerns over roadworthiness testing. ‘Even before COVID-19 took hold we were concerned about the relaxation of testing and DVSA’s approach. At […]
THE RHA has urged the government to do more to help hauliers recover from the COVID-19 crisis. RHA surveys have revealed that thousands of hauliers risk going bust as many parts of the supply chain […]
Renault Trucks has cut a swathe through the eight wheeler market getting its construction vehicles into operators and winning conquest business. Kevin Swallow spent a day in the Scottish Borders in Renault’s C430 hook lift […]
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