VANS ABOVE 2.5t up to and including 3.5t max GVW carrying goods for ‘hire or reward’ internationally must have an International Operator’s Licence from the middle of next year. Changes coming in from 21 May […]
THE COVID-19 inspired rise in online shopping has driven a boom in demand for UK courier and delivery services, with over four in ten British consumers having done more online shopping since the start of […]
Operator Bernard Hunter Mobile Cranes, based in Edinburgh, has added a new STGO Cat 3, four-axle low-loader from Nooteboom trailer to its fleet of specialist crane ballast, low-loader, step-frame and flat trailers. The new Nooteboom […]
HGV drivers no longer need a Kent Access Permit (KAP) to enter Kent whilst the M20 moveable barrier will be taken down by the end of this week (22 April). DfT announced that hauliers and […]
Pall-Ex member Bullet Express has become a shareholder member in the Fortec Distribution Network. The move is part of a growth strategy which has also seen the Glasgow-based haulier open a new storage facility to […]
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has pledged that new motorways that have no hard shoulder – known as All Lane Running (ALR) motorways or ‘smart motorways’ – will only open if technology is in place to […]
THEORY tests restarted in England and Wales on 12 April and DVSA have issued the following update on how they plan to reduce the backlog. From Monday 10 May to Wednesday 30 June, opening hours […]
IT MIGHT sound like déjà vu, but the price of new wooden pallets is expected to soar a further 18%, on top of the 18% rise seen in January. Continued pressure on the availability of […]
Alex Veitch, Logistics UK’s general manager of public policy, is encouraged to see that ONS figures show an improvement to the volume of goods moved between the UK and EU in February 2021. “We expect […]
THE DRIVER & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced that truck driver training and truck driver tests will recommence on 12 April, following a close-down due to Covid. The restart date only applies to England […]
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