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A sweet manufacturer has been fined £5,000 after an employee climbed on a forklift truck to help keep its balance while unloading equipment from a lorry and fell, breaking his arm, writes Chris Tindall. According […]

Transport Scotland said it was developing medium term improvements to the Old Military Road (OMR) through the Glen Croe corridor, days after the Rest and Be Thankful was subject to convoy control, writes Chris Tindall. […]

LOGISTICS UK has participated in a joint trade associations’ letter, sent to Minister for Immigration, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, highlighting the industry’s critical labour shortage ahead of the upcoming Shortage Occupation List (SOL) review. […]

The senior traffic commissioner (STC) is consulting on plans to amend statutory guidance, closing a loophole that enables hauliers to ‘draw down’ HGVs not specified on an O-licence. The move was prompted by a recent […]

A recent DVSA enforcement operation in Staffordshire targeting curtain-sided lorries has seen 37 vehicles checked, 20 immediate and seven delayed prohibitions issued and three curtainsiders taken off the road immediately, due to poor load security, […]

Wincanton has agreed pay increases for 150 tanker drivers ranging between 20% and 37% after facing the threat of strike action, which could have brought major disruption to the UK’s fuel supplies. The deal comes […]

Malcolm Group CEO Andrew Malcolm received the Logistics UK Lifetime Achievement Award at the association’s annual awards at London’s Westminster Park Plaza hotel last night. He was presented with his award by Logistics UK president […]

THE 2023 Commercial Vehicle Show will be held at the NEC Birmingham between 18-20 April. Registration will open in early February. Once again visitors will be able to attend free theatre sessions from expert speakers […]

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