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Industry news – Page 185
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Decision not to hold PI stinks, says CVS defence counsel
The launching of a criminal investigation without first holding a public inquiry (PI) into Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) “stinks”, according to the defence counsel for two of the company’s directors.Speaking in Leeds Crown Court, Richard Smith QC suggested that the Vosa investigation into CVS’s activities was not impartial.The prosecution alleges ...
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ArticleFTA and RHA press Treasury over driver shortage crisis
The FTA and RHA joined forces at a Treasury meeting last Friday (20 Feb) to push for immediate government funding towards the cost of training and licence acquisition for new HGV drivers.A joint statement issued by both associations said the Treasury got a “clear message” that the road transport industry ...
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Industry bodies power to tackle late payers being considered
Proposals to grant business groups the power to challenge unfair payment terms on behalf of their members are being considered by the government.As part of its plans to improve payment practices and crack down on overdue payments, the government wants to widen the powers currently given to representative bodies to ...
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Fors value questioned after some public sector bodies admit they don't require it
Further questions about the usefulness of Fors membership have surfaced, after it emerged some public sector bodies in London do not require truck operators they subcontract to be involved in the newly privatised accreditation scheme. Essex vehicle recovery firm Boleyn Recovery and Fleet Services told MT it had evidence of ...
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Former Excel Logistics boss Allan named as Tesco chairman
Supermarket chain Tesco has appointed former Exel Logistics chief John Allan as its new chairman.Allan will replace Richard Broadbent following his decision to step down from the post on 1 March.Allan was CEO of Ocean Group in the 1990s and then of Exel when Ocean merged with NFC in 2000.He ...
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FTA and RHA to press Treasury for driver training funding
The FTA and RHA are set to meet with the Treasury today to make the case for government funding for the training of HGV drivers.Both trade associations have been pressing for a meeting with the Treasury to explore new ways to encourage people to enter the driver labour force. They ...
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Student loans proposal for learner HGV drivers is not dead
The chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freight Transport (APPG) has said a push to extend student loans to cover would-be HGV drivers is not dead, despite the government seemingly killing-off the proposal.Speaking to Motortransport.co.uk at an event at Westminster last week, Rob Flello MP said that despite ...
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ArticleOperators urged to monitor routes during cycle superhighway 2 upgrade works
TfL is urging the use of alternative routes during peak times while construction work to upgrade cycle superhighway 2 (CS2) takes place.The upgrade will create a fully and semi-segregated route between Aldgate and Bow roundabout, including 11 cycle-priority junctions installed, including at Aldgate, Mile End and Whitechapel.The vast majority of ...
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Skills for Logistics liquidation process gets underway
Skills for Logistics (SfL) has officially entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation.Following a creditors’ meeting on 9 February, Peter O’Hara and Simon Weir of West Yorkshire firm O’Hara & Co were appointed to handle the liquidation.Speaking to MotorTransport.co.uk, Weir said the liquidation process would take several months to complete, while standard investigations ...
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RHA sets date for government roundtable debate on HGV driver funding
The RHA has confirmed it will be meeting with the Treasury next Friday (20 Feb) to thrash out the potential of direct funding for road haulage employers wanting to train new HGV drivers.A meeting last month with business secretary Vince Cable saw RHA chief executive Richard Burnett (pictured) highlight the ...
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Beverley Bell to become CILT president
Beverley Bell, senior traffic commissioner for Britain, is to become president of the CILT in May. Bell, who will take over the one-year presidency from Jim Spittle, chairman of standards body GS1 UK, has been vice-president for two years and a member of CILT for nearly a decade.It is believed ...
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Operators split over Fors fees
Operators joining newly privatised Fors later this month will pay from £485 up to an eye-watering £11,250 in annual fees to be part of the benchmarking and safety initiative.The new pricing, which sees operators charged on the basis of fleet size and number of operating centres for the previously free ...
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ArticleRegister now for Clocs demonstration event in London
Operators looking to meet the requirements of Fors silver or gold, or the Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety (Clocs) scheme, should register to attend a demonstration event on Thursday 26 February at ExCeL, London.The event is a practical demonstration of the requirements for both schemes and those who attend will ...
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ArticleFTA: operators not fully benefitting from 53% cut in bulk oil costs
The FTA met with the Treasury last Thursday (5 February) to discuss the real effect the plummeting cost of oil was having on the freight transport sector.Despite lower oil prices benefitting hauliers “to an extent”, the FTA said most operators are not seeing the 53% fall in bulk prices passed ...
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Safer Lorry Scheme from September; but more enforcement would have been better choice
TfL has done well to minimise compliance costs under the Safer Lorry Scheme but ultimately the initative remains misguided, the FTA has said.Responding after confirmation the Safer Lorry Scheme would go live from September - effectively banning vehicles above 3.5 tonnes from operating within the London area without sideguards ...
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Still time to nominate your top performers for Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards
The entry deadline for the the 2015 FTA Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards has been extended until the 9 Febraury.Now in its eighth year, the awards recognise remarkable women in transport and logistics, and in doing so aim to encourage more women to consider a career in the sector.Everywoman ...
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ArticleGovernment kills off student-loan proposal for driver licence acquisition
The government has rejected the idea of extending student loans for funding licence acquisition, saying it was “not appropriate”.The idea was first mooted by the FTA last year when its MD for policy, James Hookham, met with employment minister Esther McVey to discuss ways to boost recruitment.The idea was later ...
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ArticlePalletline snaps up former City Link manager Gutsell to lead hub operation
Palletline has appointed former City Link regional network manager, Richard Gutsell, as its new head of hub operations.The announcement comes after Palletline revealed its new MD would be former ARR Craib group distribution director, Graham Leitch, who takes the reins following former boss Kevin Buchanan’s exit from the pallet network ...
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FTA courses to provide continuous professional development for transport managers
The FTA is aiming to “revolutionise” the status of transport managers through a range of continuous professional development courses that will be recognised across the industry.James Hookham, MD – membership and policy at the FTA, said the City & Guilds Level 3 qualifications will fill in the “missing piece” when ...
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Pallets networks urged to raise rates
Pallet networks need to find ways of raising more revenue from customers if more of them are not to go the way of UK Pallets, the boss of Bullet Express has warned.David McCutcheon, MD of Pall-Ex member Bullet Express, told MT in the wake of the collapse of UK Pallets ...