Faced with a recruitment crisis, one of the solutions to bring fresh faces into the industry is to ‘do it yourself’. The ‘it’ in DIY refers to hiring and then training people inhouse. TIP Group […]
In the latest of profiles on rigid body manufacturers, Transport News catches up with commercial vehicle bodybuilder JC Payne is closing in on a century of engineering, fabrication and production. Regular Transport News contributor Dan […]
The boss of a haulage company has been jailed for his part in the Rotherham riots. Ricky Hardman, who runs Hardman Haulage out of Barnsley, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison […]
It’s been 15 years since Driver CPC became compulsory for all professional lorry drivers. When it was first introduced, lorry drivers had to get their card by 9 September 2014 with cards valid for five […]
Tougher sentencing of criminals targeting HGVs and their freight needs to be introduced to stop millions of pounds of goods being stolen every year, according to the RHA. It wants the government to create a […]
With more than 280 exhibitors, Road Transport Expo (RTX) 2024 was bigger and better than ever, as it returned to the NAEC Stoneleigh, writes Kevin Swallow. While the ethos is ‘all about the truck’ it […]
The Malcolm Group provided a truck and two trailers for SAF-Holland to conduct a controlled test of disc brakes and drum brakes to see which stops a tractor-trailer combination over a shorter distance. One of […]
Over several years John Mackenzie has successfully organised the Highland Historic Commercial Vehicle Road Run and 2024 was no exception, writes Ian Lawson. Quite amazing given the run this year starting in Dingwall via Lairg […]
In the third and final article of our cyber security series, former Knights of Old director Paul Abbott explained to Jack Carfrae how a ransomware attack felled a haulage firm with 450 vehicles and 900 […]
Preston-based H Parkinson Haulage entered administration this week, writes Chris Tindall, with FRP Advisory taking control of its affairs. It has a national licence for 85 HGVs and 160 trailer and operates out of five […]
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