FROM Wednesday 1 July the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CRJS) will only be available to firms and staff who’ve already been on it. To qualify after that date an employee must have been furloughed for […]
Improving the safety of vulnerable road users has driven Aberdeen based The Shore Porters’ Society to equip its fleet with cameras. Kevin Swallow talks to Richard Henderson about legislation and the challenge van operators present […]
With the role of the transport manager now on a par with senior management, should restricted licence operators be subject to more training to compensate for the absence of a transport manager? Carol Millett looks […]
HAULAGE firms have called on the government for help through the COVID-19 crisis as they gear up to drive economic recovery. A survey of 600 operators has revealed that the vast majority of hauliers are […]
Most bodybuilders and trailer manufacturers closed their factories through April as the Covid-19 pandemic reached its peak. Now starts the phased return to work and ramping up of production as everyone inches towards the light […]
The Transport News road test theme continues to be ‘limited edition’ and this month’s example being a spin in a 7.5 tonner with MAN. This TGL is given the X-Lion bling, but is it enough […]
THE ANDERSON Group is considering whether to close down two of its haulage operations, as it begins to make redundancies at both Sam Anderson (Newhouse) and T McMillan Transport. The group, based at Motherwell, Lanarkshire, […]
AS COVID-19 testing rapidly gathers pace in the UK, a proposed drone delivery service will give isolated communities access to tests. Based at Lorn and Islands Hospital in Oban, the trial will consist of two-way […]
The death knell for 7.5 tonners has been ringing for some time, yet the market continues unabated. Kevin Swallow took to the road in a MAN TGL, given the X-Lion treatment, to see how the […]
Operators who maximise the internal space on a double deck trailer by going as high as they can, compromise with a reduced fuel consumption. Now Don-Bur has designed an ‘expanding roof’ that gives an operator […]
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