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IN A recent ‘WMB Logistics’ survey, industries with the least amount of staff that voted for Brexit were found to be: Healthcare 10%; Transport and logistics 14%; Wholesale and retail 16%; Recruitment 16% and Education […]

INTERNATIONAL development agency Transaid is inviting riders from across the transport and logistics industry to saddle up for Cycle Malawi 2020, its next overseas fundraising challenge. The event aims to be an epic two wheel […]

LANGUAGE support for non-native speaking fleet drivers has been added to a completely revised version of FleetCheck’s Vehicle Inspection App. The move has been made to especially support drivers who have moved to the UK […]

REACTING to the announcement that Highways England is to lead a £300,000 study into major improvements to road links between the M65 in east Lancashire and parts of Yorkshire, Malcolm Bingham at FTA commented: ‘We […]

CV BRAKING control systems specialist WABCO is the subject of a ‘definitive agreement’ to be acquired by German engineering giant ZF in a $7 billion deal. The combined sales of both companies is approx. €40 […]

ESCALATING fuel costs are forcing logistics businesses to freeze recruitment, lay-off staff and delay vehicle upgrades to stay afloat, according to a new study by FairFuelUK. Speaking in reaction to the Shadow Chancellor’s support for […]

THE ROYAL Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is calling for an end to clock changes in order to prevent serious injury and death on the road. The family safety charity supports the European […]

UK COMMERCIAL drivers who operate in the EU will need new paperwork in addition to the documents they already carry if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Driver documents needed include: International Driving […]

THE EUROPEAN road transport sector is facing the most acute professional driver shortage in decades, confirms a new report by Geneva based International Road Transport Union (IRU). Polling of IRU members and associated organisations in […]

BRIGADE Electronics has launched Quiet Vehicle Sounder (QVS), a speaker system designed to reduce collisions between pedestrians and hybrid/electric vehicles. Known as an AVAS (Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System), the QVS simulates an internal combustion engine’s […]