IN RESPONSE to emergency legislation to allow for the allocation of 29 potential sites for lorry parks across the UK, Chris Yarsley, Logistics UK’s policy manager for road infrastructure, commented: ‘These sites are essential to […]
THE ANNUAL Transport News Scottish Rewards presentation breakfast, originally planned to be held on Friday 4 December in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow has been postponed. Explained consultant editor Alistair Vallance: ‘We have been advised […]
RECENT events have seen the Road Haulage Association adapt to new ideas and new working practices now offering a range of alternative membership options for different areas of the industry. The RHA says it is […]
THE Cartwright Group, one of the UK’s best known body and trailer manufacturers, has gone into administration with more than 490 jobs lost. However, some jobs have been saved following the purchase of parts of […]
SCOTTISH haulier JHP Transport has threatened to move its business south of the border after the local council claimed it had been operating illegally for four years. The chilled and ambient transport company based in […]
AFTER managing to run four UK Truckfests this year, organiser Live Promotions is having to postpone one of its favourite events, Truckfest Scotland, due to COVID ‘distancing’ constraints. ‘We are going to transfer everyone’s […]
ON 24 September 2020, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced he has extended the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Schemes in a bid to continue supporting small businesses during the pandemic. More businesses will […]
THE OPTIMISM resulting from Michael Gove’s swift response to the RHA chief executive’s urgent request for a roundtable meeting to discuss government’s preparedness for transition was at best misplaced. Commenting, Richard Burnett said: ‘As […]
THE Transport News Scottish Rewards 2021 Presentation Breakfast scheduled to be held on 4th December 2020 has been postponed until 26th February 2021, still in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow. Category nominations closing date has […]
THE lack of adequate, safe facilities for HGV drivers to use has been a problem for too long. Now is the time for action and the RHA is on the case, by creating a petition, […]
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