The Scottish Government has expressed its gratitude to the haulage industry in Scotland and its support network for continuing to work through the coronavirus pandemic to ‘ensure food, drink and other essential items remain available’. […]
Motorway service area operator Moto has announced it will provide free food for lorry drivers who park overnight and extend its free parking period to help when truckers take a break during the coronavirus lockdown. […]
Professional drivers renewing their licences will not have to worry about the D4 medical after the government finally relaxed the requirement. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the temporary removal of D4 medicals so that HGV […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has relaxed the rules for lorry drivers whose Driver CPC runs out after 1 March 2020. In a statement the DfT said: ‘During the coronavirus outbreak it may be difficult […]
As hauliers start to furlough employees, we look at what that means for you. Until recently, few people had heard of ‘furlough’, yet the impact of coronavirus on business and the economy means that in […]
Road haulage underpins everything. Freight is delivered to every sector of UK plc, and it was lorry drivers who continued to work through the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, writes Kevin Swallow, as the nation […]
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