While most of the headlines over the last few years have been about the HGV driver shortage, an equal if not more pressing employment problem has been bubbling away. Chris Tindall reports. A SHORTAGE of […]
SHARP picture spotting by a reader in Aberdeen has won this month’s model truck prize in our exclusive Transport News competition run in conjunction with Search Impex. First out of the box and on the […]
THE £200 million of funding recently announced by the UK Government to create Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) is excellent news for logistics, providing the funding is allocated correctly, said Logistics UK, whose Jonathan Walker […]
The Volvo FH with turbo-compound technology has been crowned Transport News Top Truck Award 2024, writes Transport News’ chief road tester and Lochmaben Transport’s co-director Stevie Walker. THROUGH 2023, Transport News put four quality trucks […]
With a new name, look, depot and fleet, Tait Transport Solutions is still providing the same professional service it first delivered seven years ago. Kevin Swallow travelled to Bellshill to speak with boss Chris Tait […]
The UK has, arguably, the most stringent roadworthiness legislation in the world. Central to achieving the standard is the technician, and a serious shortage more pressing than the highly publicised lorry driver shortage from 2021/22 […]
While many manufacturers pursue the cost driven ‘standard product’ catalogue of trailers, it’s the specialist equipment trailer sector that remains at the forefront of product development. Transport News focusses on the plant and construction sector […]
Taking the plunge to become an owner-driver means you really do have to live and breathe road haulage and all that comes with it. It’s no problem for Euan Renton, an award-winning owner-driver from Laurencekirk, […]
Des Clarke and Carole Smillie hosted the 29th Transport News Scottish Rewards Breakfast at the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow, which saw magic tricks, heard speeches, raised a record amount for Transaid and dished out awards […]
It has been more than a decade since Pete Murphy took over as managing director of Isuzu Truck UK from the legendary Nikki King. Just before the Transport News Scottish Rewards in Glasgow, almost exactly […]
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