HEAVY goods vehicle registrations increased by 128.7% in the second quarter of 2021, according to figures released by the SMMT. The increase saw some 9,493 units registered, up from 5,342 in Covid-impacted 2020. Compared to […]
ATF operators are calling for DVSA to raise their pit fees by 25% after discovering the charge has been excluded from the agency’s review of its HGV statutory test fees. The Association of Authorised Testing […]
Seafood haulier Inverdell has cast its net for Renault again with the purchase of two new T520 High tractor units, thanks to ‘impeccable’ service. The Cairndow, Argyll-based firm replaced two three-year old T520s and both […]
MENZIES Distribution is the latest to trial the M6toll’s new ‘transformational’ tolling system. The Edinburgh based company operates more than 4,200 vehicles and has begun the trial with 1,400 trucks and vans on the new […]
THE Government has announced a package of measures to support driver recruitment and ease pressure on the road haulage industry. This includes a consultation on allowing drivers to take one test to drive both an […]
MV COMMERCIAL has opened its fifth depot, near Oxford to serve new and existing customers in the area and provide HS2 contractors easy access to Euro 6 equipment. The new one-acre site on Field Driveway, […]
RENAULT Truck Commercials has opened the first dedicated parts recycling centre and launches a new parts website. Located at Renault Trucks South dealership in Reading, the recycling centre is a fully Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) […]
Tesco is offering lorry drivers a £1,000 joining bonus in a bid to secure food deliveries as the UK’s driver shortage crisis worsens. The supermarket giant is offering the bonus for candidates who join before […]
The UK Government is funding a major trial of long haul electrified trucks powered by overhead wires. Money will come from a £20m budget set aside for zero emission road freight trials under the government’s […]
The government has warned operators that exemptions to current Covid-19 self-isolation rules will only be for ‘very limited’ exceptional circumstances, assessed on a case-by-case basis, and added that it was ‘not designed to mitigate acute […]
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