Month: July 2020

FTA HAS campaigned successfully for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to amend its RIDDOR reporting guidance to avoid penalising businesses unfairly as they restart their operations under the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the new reporting […]

FOUR TRUCK manufacturers have already signed up to exhibit at the recently announced Commercial Motor Show 2020, created as a virtual reality exhibition for the road transport industry. ‘It’s the next best thing to face-to-face […]

Driver Qualification Card Validity – DQC’s expiry between 1 February and 31 August extended for seven months. DQC Expiry in September – DVSA have rescinded their previous guidance resulting in drivers now having to undertake […]

THE RHA reopened its training classrooms with social distancing measures in place on Monday 6 July, after being given the go-ahead following changes in government coronavirus guidance. Special measures are in place at RHA training […]

STAFF and unsecured creditors of Grangemouth haulier Duncan Adams did not receive any money owed to them before the company was dissolved, writes Chris Tindall. In a final report from administrator Deloitte, it said there […]

THERE was a marked increase in the number of commercial vehicle fleets adopting the DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme during the earliest months of lockdown, reports FleetCheck. From March to June, 64% of new corporate customers […]

THE DEPARTMENT for Transport and the Health & Safety Executive have reminded businesses which make or receive deliveries that lorry drivers must have access to toilets and hand washing facilities to support their health and […]

TRUCK and trailer testing has restarted following an announcement from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), after it had issued more than three months’ worth of exemptions since the start of the coronavirus lockdown. […]