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Industry news – Page 177
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More Fors firms fall down on compliance after J O'Doherty controversy
An investigation by Motortransport.co.uk has uncovered that J O’Doherty Haulage is just one of many Fors members to have had action taken against them in a public inquiry (PI) in recent times, raising further questions about the credibility of the quality benchmarking scheme.Following confirmation by the Upper Tribunal in August ...
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TCs frustrated by PIs resulting in no action
Senior traffic commissioner (TC) Beverley Bell has said the number of public inquiries (PIs) that result in no action being taken, at a time when the TCs are seeking ways of making better use of their limited resources, is a concern.In the TCs’ annual reports for the 2014-15 financial year, ...
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Telematics integration provides supply chain visibility for Transport Exchange customers
Transport Exchange Group now offers compatibility with 10 telematics software providers, something it claims will provide visibility and control for both in-house and sub-contractor fleets.Data from vehicle tracking tools can now be combined through its freight exchanges to create, according to Transport Exchange, the first system-neutral telematics integration platform for ...
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London Underground boss to be new TfL transport commissioner
The former head of London Underground and Rail has been named as transport commissioner Peter Hendy’s successor.Mike Brown, who since 2010 has been MD of London Underground and Rail at TfL, has been named in the role having held it in an interim capacity since Hendy left to join Network ...
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Listen to the Motor Transport Podcast: Alastair Peoples exclusive interview
Our second Motor Transport podcast is now available for your listening pleasure.This edition we have an exclusive interview with DVSA chief executive Alastair Peoples, addressing issues such as the challenges of merging businesses (Vosa and the DVSA), the introduction of remote enforcement at te agency and the supply-and-demand issues surrounding ...
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RHA attacks London mayor’s HGV retrofitting plans
London mayor Boris Johnson’s plans to force the retrofitting of larger windows in HGV cab near-side doors have been attacked as a step too far that risks further damaging the image of road transport.Speaking to MT after the mayor revealed the initiative at the launch of the Safer Lorry Scheme ...
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Fors to amend accreditation process after controversy
The Fors Community Partnership (FCP) has announced an immediate change to the way firms are allowed to progress through the Fors accreditation levels. The move comes after it emerged that a vehicle operator was elevated from silver to gold status at the same time as its O-licence suspension was being ...
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Government rejects City Link insolvency law reform call
The government has rejected calls from two select committees for an urgent change in insolvency law, after the collapse of City Link last Christmas left sub-contractors and non-secured creditors £30m out of pocket. A joint-report from Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Scottish Affairs Committees in March called for ...
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Border Force will have stopped 80,000 illegal migrants by year's end
Border Force will have prevented the entry of 80,000 migrants by the end of 2015, it has predicted. UK Border Force assistant director Andy Coram discussed the figures at the RHA Compliance Conference on 9 September, where he compared the predicted 80,000 entry attempts to 40,000 in 2014 and just ...
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Trade associations welcome driver shortage investigation
Trade associations have welcomed the announcement that the Transport Committee has launched an investigation into skills and workforce planning in the road haulage industry. The investigation, announced at the end of last week, will address what the government has or has not done to tackle the UK’s HGV driver shortage.The ...
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ArticleListen to the Motor Transport Podcast
Never mind if you can’t read, download or browse Motor Transport on your commute to and from work – you can now listen to it! Subscribe on iTunes to our new, regular podcast to hear our journalists discuss and debate the hot news of the past week.In our launch edition ...
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Calais migrant problems 'not going away overnight'
No end to the migrant crisis appears to be in sight for international vehicle operators crossing the Channel to the UK via Calais, after the town’s mayor Natacha Bouchart warned the problems there were not going to go away anytime soon.Her comments came as the UK’s Border Force confirmed there ...
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BIS calls for new HGV driver apprenticeship bid
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) is urging the industry to put forward a HGV driver apprenticeship bid under a fast-track system launched last week.The call follows BIS’s decision in July to reject the logistics industry’s bid for an HGV driver apprenticeship under the government’s Trailblazer programme.The BIS ...
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Driver CPC compliance very high one year on
Compliance with Driver CPC legislation has been very high, MT has learned, as the first anniversary of the completion deadline arrives today (10 September). Figures from an Freedom of Information request revealed that of 82,458 roadside encounters since the deadline for CPC ended at the close of play on the ...
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Brexit poll suggests industry divide
Delegates at this year’s Microlise Conference were divided on whether exiting the EU would have a negative impact on the road transport industry, according to event figures. At the event at the Ricoh Arena in May, an interactive poll revealed that just 50% of the conference’s 800 attendees thought that ...
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ArticleFors denies its lack of review into J O’Doherty weakened scheme
The Fors Community Partnership has described the elevation of one of its silver members to gold status, just as the Upper Tribunal confirmed the firm’s O-licence should be suspended for drivers’ hours and tachograph offences, as “unfortunate timing”.Furthermore, it denied its decision not to review the firm’s Fors status had ...
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FTA to sponsor Think Logistics scheme
The FTA has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Think Logistics, the educational scheme founded by Abbey Logistics MD Steve Granite that works to promote careers in logistics to students aged 16-19. The trade association said the sponsorship was one of many ways it plans to attract more fresh blood ...
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ArticleMayor proposes larger windows for HGVs
Operators entering the capital could be forced to retrofit larger windows in their HGVs' cab doors at an estimated cost of £1,000 a piece, if London mayor Boris Johnson gets his way.Following the launch of the Safer Lorry Scheme on 1 September, which requires most HGVs entering London to be ...
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ArticleTIP Trailers acquires Bell Trailers
TIP Trailer Services UK has acquired the entire share capital of Bell Trailers (Rental), adding a fleet of 1,400 trailers to its 13,000 strong trailer portfolio.The Bell stock is predominantly curtainsiders, although there are also refrigerated, box van and skeletal trailers within the existing fleet.The deal concluded on 21 August ...
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DfT: drivers' hours relaxation will end this weekend
The DfT has confirmed it has no plans to extend the relaxation in enforcement of drivers' hours rules that has been in effect since late July due to cross-Channel delays arising from industrial action and migrant problems. A 30-day relaxation in enforcement while Operation Stack is in place has been ...