Last-minute government changes to new Brexit border controls, which launched on 31 January, will add ‘significant’ time and costs to critical just-in-time supply chains, Logistics UK has warned. The alert follows the government’s sudden and […]
The DAF UK and Ireland Driver Challenge returns for 2024, with a multi-stage search to find the nations’ best commercial vehicle drivers. The fourth edition of the competition follows a successful event in 2022. The […]
TIP GROUP will provide training on Jost equipment for more than 150 of its mechanics across the UK and Ireland within the next six months. The new training programme will be delivered to 22 TIP […]
DURING 2023 Dutch manufacturer DAF Trucks built an all-time high 69,800 units and was market leader in five European countries. Last year, DAF prepared for the production of fully electric trucks with the opening of […]
BEGBIES Traynor have been appointed joint administrators of Kirriemuir based AAD Transport Ltd, established in 2011. AAD Transport is a family-run haulage business operating across the UK and also offers haulage services to customers in […]
COMMUNITIES are invited to view plans for completing the dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness at venues along the corridor over the coming weeks. Transport Scotland officials will be on hand at drop-in […]
The government is unconvinced that earned recognition (ER) operators should be exempt from having their vehicles tested every 12 months, after it asked the industry for feedback. The department for transport (DfT) has been exploring […]
A Scottish haulage firm that had its licence revoked after it altered the speed limiters on its lorries has been granted interim authority to continue operating, writes Chris Tindall. M&M Kerr lost its licence after […]
LEYLAND Trucks, where DAF’s full range of RHD trucks are assembled, is searching for a new raft of talent, promising a dedicated development programme for 28 new apprentices. Nineteen-year-old Daniel Hampson, a current Automotive Engineer […]
TRANSPORT for London (TfL) is launching a new safety standard for HGVs of over 12 tonne gross vehicle weight entering and operating in the capital later this year. The ‘Progressive Safe System’ (PSS) which goes […]
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