Month: July 2021

THE RHA has written to the Prime Minister urging him to allow the haulage industry access to EU and EEA labour before the supply chain collapses. The letter, co-signed by Andrew Malcolm, Maritime Transport chief […]

THE SCOTTISH government has issued a funding grant to shift timber movements away from trucks to sea freight. The £7 million cash boost encompasses ‘The TimberLINK Scheme’ which will move around 100,000 tonnes of timber […]

DRIVING theory test centres across the UK are being relocated after the DVSA split the contract for managing the service between two companies. From September, existing contractor Pearson Vue will be joined by Reed in […]

REACTING to recommendations from DfT’s Heavy Vehicle Testing Review published back in March, the DVSA is ending its moratorium on new ATFs and is now accepting a limited number of applications from operators planning to […]

YOU’VE got to hand it to Renault. Two months ago in our June issue we revealed how the French truck manufacturer launched its upgraded T range tractor unit virtually, through a computer game! Now, Renault […]

DUE TO event planning uncertainties forced by the ongoing Covid pandemic, the organisers of this year’s series of Truckfests have had to reschedule a number of the popular weekend shows held throughout the UK. In […]

A POPULAR prediction is that the UK economy will show a dramatic recovery from the pandemic, but this could be curtailed by a simple shortage of storage space. Even before Covid, the UK was significantly […]

DAIMLER Truck AG is aiming to separate from its parent company and stock market listing by the end of this year and, in addition to a financial shake-up, plans have been unveiled by the company […]