The government is to provide £17m to bring around 5,000 HGV drivers into the industry, both by attracting some of the 295,000 existing licence holders back into driving and funding training and testing of new […]
UK AND Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) has revealed the sponsor for the Future Fuels Conference at UKIFDA EXPO 2022 in Liverpool on 27/28 April as fuel supplier and environmental services company Crown Oil, a […]
The DVSA has abandoned plans to introduce one single fully digital maintenance reporting system for Earned recognition (ER) operators, to make the scheme attractive to new entrants. A requirement for ER members to supply fully […]
Car transport business A1 Automotive has taken delivery of three new car transporters from Fraikin to support its transport services division in Livingston. In a move which signals the firm’s transition away from outright purchase, […]
Asset Alliance Group has supplied family-owned haulier Inverdell with a new DAF XF 480 tractor unit on a three-year full-service contract hire deal, enabling the operator to respond to increasing demand for general and temperature-controlled […]
Scottish haulier GSM Transport has taken delivery of two new refrigerated trailers, each specified with a Carrier Transicold Vector 1550 unit. Designed to distribute milk across the UK for one of the company’s dairy customers, […]
“REGISTRATIONS of light commercials were up by 11.4% on the pre-pandemic average, marking the best November ever,” said Sue Robinson, of the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA). Light commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes performed […]
BP has acquired a 28.57% stake in Gasrec, expanding the oil giant’s footprint in renewable gas production and distribution in the UK. The deal will see BP supply Gasrec with renewable biomethane produced mainly from […]
A Scottish transport firm has offered a driving job to a primary school pupil after he sent them his CV and said he would keep his truck clean. HGV mad Dylan Macleod, a nine-year-old pupil […]
THE NEW Ashford International Truckstop opened on 7th December in Kent, with a range of modern facilities for the drivers of up to 660 trucks per day, making it the largest in the UK and […]
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