THE INTRODUCTION of a new Apprenticeship category for HGV drivers, enabling them to drive HGVs and trailers (or C+E as categorised on their driving licence), has been welcomed by Logistics UK as a positive step […]
LOGISTICS specialists Knowles Transport has supplemented its growing fleet with the recent purchase of 50 Volvo FH460 Turbo Compound tractor units, the largest single order in the company history. The vehicles will add to Knowles’ […]
TWO-MAN delivery specialists Panther Logistics has opened a new site in Warrington following increased demand driven by the pandemic. Totalling 105,000sq.ft, the site from which 40 routes will operate, is expected to complete 1,000 deliveries […]
THE RHA is concerned over the changes to the Highway Code announced by the Department for Transport. Commenting, RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said: “As far as we can see, there is little, if any, […]
GIST is offering incentives of up to £5,000 for HGV drivers joining their business as it continues to deliver chilled foods and fresh produce across the nation. New drivers joining Gist now have the potential […]
MV COMMERCIAL has opened its fifth depot, near Oxford to serve new and existing customers in the area and provide HS2 contractors easy access to Euro 6 equipment. The new one-acre site on Field Driveway, […]
RENAULT Truck Commercials has opened the first dedicated parts recycling centre and launches a new parts website. Located at Renault Trucks South dealership in Reading, the recycling centre is a fully Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) […]
The UK Government is funding a major trial of long haul electrified trucks powered by overhead wires. Money will come from a £20m budget set aside for zero emission road freight trials under the government’s […]
The government has warned operators that exemptions to current Covid-19 self-isolation rules will only be for ‘very limited’ exceptional circumstances, assessed on a case-by-case basis, and added that it was ‘not designed to mitigate acute […]
A lack of secure parking facilities means more than 1,400 lorry drivers will be spending the night in unsafe conditions, claimed Logistics UK. Despite government assurances over the past three years that ‘provision of adequate […]
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