The Schengen area Entry/Exit System (EES) for non-EU nationals will go live on 10 November, the European Commission has confirmed. EES is an automated registration system for UK and other non-EU travellers who don’t require […]
ReFuels has started construction of a new Bio-CNG refuelling station at Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. The public access station will be operated under the CNG Fuels brand and will be able to refuel 14 […]
New research from the Global Payroll Association (GPA) has revealed that companies involved in the transport and logistics sector have been fined a combined total of £1.9m for deliberately lying about the amount of tax […]
Kitchen and joinery product supplier Howdens is to refurbish half its trailer fleet and put nine new gas-powered tractor units on the road as part of a sustainability drive. TIP Group will renovate around 400 […]
The traffic commissioner’s office in Leeds is relocating to new premises next month. It is in the process of letting operators know, with the new office of the traffic commissioner (OTC) moving to Quarry House, […]
Logistics UK is urging the chancellor Rachel Reeves to protect the current rate of fuel duty to ‘ensure that the industry can play its part in driving economic recovery’. Policy director Kevin Green said the […]
Last year Ian Roger stepped onto the stage at the Crown Plaza to collect the richly deserved Industry Lifetime Achievement award. Now there is a book in the offing that charts the history of the […]
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 […]
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