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Industry news – Page 164
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Driver crushed to death by pallet during residential delivery
Thames Valley Police are investigating an accident in which a lorry driver employed by Palletways member Reason Transport was crushed to death whilst unloading a palletised delivery in High Wycombe.The driver, in his fifties, was unloading from an HGV in a residential road at 11am on Wednesday last week (21 ...
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SNP: Government has no Brexit plan for international hauliers
The SNP has attacked Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Transport, for having no plan in place to ensure that international hauliers have access to the European single market that has “served logistics for nearly half a century”.In a heated parliamentary debate on the impact of Brexit on the transport ...
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Drivers can still be recruited under managed migration, says Grayling
A new system of managed migration will allow the road transport industry to recruit skills internationally after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Transport, has assured operators.In a parliamentary debate on the impact of Brexit on the transport industry Grayling also insisted that ...
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ArticleAPN member volumes grow despite Brexit and driver shortage challenges
The members of the Association of Pallet Networks (APN) moved more than 17.5 million pallets in the first nine months of 2016. APN chairman Paul Sanders said this was a 4.5% increase on pallet volumes over the same period in 2015.He said: “The pallet network model responds well to volume ...
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ArticleGoodyear adds fleet management to services portfolio
Goodyear has launched Proactive Solutions, a fleet management service that builds on is Fleet Online Solution for tyre management which has been around 10 years and covers over 350,000 vehicles in Europe.The services offered fall into two broad families, Proactive Tyre and Proactive Fleet, which includes two options Driver Behaviour ...
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ArticleSimon Elliott to step down from role leading MAN Truck & Bus UK
6/08/2014 : DUBLIN : Pictured was Simon Elliott, new managing director of MAN UK. Picture Robbie Reynolds.Simon Elliott, MD of MAN Truck & Bus UK, is to leave his role in the new year. Elliott has resigned from his position and will leave in January. He was appointed from within ...
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ArticleShe's RHA reaches milestone with 200 registered members
Networking group She’s RHA is celebrating signing up more than 200 women to date following its launch earlier this year.The initiative has attracted transport managers, administrators, haulage operators, mechanics, logistics planners and drivers.She’s RHA founder member, RHA board member and partner at Freightlink Europe, Lesley O’Brien (pictured), said: “I am ...
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Autumn Statement: Fuel duty frozen again but cost of insurance to rise
Insurance costs could climb next year although fuel duty will remain frozen, it was confirmed in this afternoon’s Autumn Statement. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond announced that insurance premium tax will increase from 10% to 12% in June 2017.He said: “Insurance premium tax in this country is lower than ...
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FairFuelUK makes last ditch call for fuel duty cut in Autumn Statement
Campaign group FairFuelUK (FFUK) has called again on chancellor Philip Hammond to use tomorrow's Autumn Statement (22 November) to cut fuel duty and boost the economy.Following speculation that the chancellor will announce a freeze, FFUK urged him to go one step further and slash fuel duty by 3ppl.The group argues ...
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Ocado shares fall as Morrisons announces Amazon delivery collaboration
Ocado shares took a tumble today as Morrisons announced a new store-picking service with Amazon Fresh.The supermarket’s tie-up with Amazon, available initially to Prime members in selected London and Hertfordshire postcodes, will allow customers to do a “full” Morrisons shop through Amazon.Customers are able to choose from delivery within an ...
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FairFuelUK takes case for duty cut to the Treasury
FairFuelUK (FFUK) joined forces with fifty MPs yesterday to present an independent economic report to the Treasury, which argues that cutting fuel duty will boost the haulage industry and the wider economy.The report comes ahead of the government’s Autumn Statement next week. It was handed into the Treasury along with ...
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ArticleFors version four raises the bar for gold operators
Version four of the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (Fors) standard has raised the bar for accredited hauliers, particularly gold operators, according to scheme director John Hix (pictured).Speaking to Motortransport.co.uk at Fors’ first annual conference at Birmingham’s National Conference Centre, Hix said: “The key changes in the new standard are some ...
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Bell questions one-size-fits-all O-licence fees
Senior traffic commissioner (TC) Beverley Bell (right) has questioned whether a one-size-fits-all O-licence fee is still appropriate given the diversity in the type, scale and size of transport operations across today’s road transport industry.In the TCs’ annual reports for 2015/16, Bell noted that nearly three-quarters of goods and PSV O-licences ...
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MPs call for fuel duty cuts to prevent “severe damage” to haulage industry
More than 50 MPs are calling on the chancellor to cut fuel duty, warning that the haulage industry faces “severe damage” if fuel duty rises in line with RPI next April.The MPs are also calling for the creation of an independent watchdog to monitor pump pricing.In a letter to ...
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AA says smart motorway fines should be reinvested to improve network's safety
The AA has told Motortransport.co.uk that speeding fines from smart motorways should be ring-fenced and used to improve safety on the controversial routes.The motoring organisation has backed calls for urgent safety improvements on smart motorways.It argues there are not enough refuge areas for motorists on stretches where all-lane running is ...
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UK logistics businesses more confident now than six months ago
Despite the continuing uncertainty over the UK economy and the future of foreign drivers post-Brexit, confidence amongst UK’s logistics businesses has risen from the historic low registered in the first half of 2016, according to a new survey.Although the latest UK Logistics Confidence Index from Barclays and Moore Stephens, remained ...
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More than 70% of infrastructure providers aren't confident they can deliver vital road improvements
Infrastructure providers are concerned that they cannot deliver the government’s roads improvement strategy (RIS), according to the findings in a CBI/AECOM survey.It found that despite 95% of the 728 businesses surveyed seeing delivery of the RIS as important to the country’s economic growth, 71% of providers are not confident, or ...
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Stop exclusively penalising the road transport industry over emissions, says FTA
The government must change tack and stop penalising the road transport industry over emissions while allowing car owners to get off scot-free, according to the FTA.The call came after environmental group ClientEarth yesterday (2 November) won its High Court action against the government.The group had said the government's plans to ...
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ArticleGovernment challenges industry to employ more minorities
The government has challenged the logistics industry to boost the number of its female and ethnic minority employees. The government itself has a target of 20% of entrants to the engineering and technical apprenticeships to be female of BAME, and said in its response to a Transport Committee skills report ...
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Uncertainty over EU driver rights is major risk to UK
Uncertainty over EU workers’ future employment rights is a “major concern” given that 10% of the UK’s driver workforce is from the EU, the FTA has warned. In a new report, The driver shortage: issues and trends, the FTA highlights the UK’s reliance on the 31,542 EU drivers in the ...