All Industry News articles – Page 123
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ArticleEngland's best motorway services revealed in new survey
Extra and Westmorland have been voted England’s best motorway service operators by almost 10,000 visitors.Extra, which operates six sites in the survey conducted by independent watchdog Transport Focus, and Westmorland, which operates four, achieved the joint highest overall satisfaction score of 97%.Transport Focus said that across the country as a ...
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ArticleBoost for Earned Recognition during lockdown, FleetCheck reports
The earliest months of the Covid-19 lockdown saw a marked increase in the number of commercial vehicle fleets adopting the DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme, FleetCheck has revealed.From March to June, 64% of new corporate customers coming to the fleet management software company cited Earned Recognition as a primary factor, compared ...
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ArticleBritish International Freight Association offers free customs training for younger members
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is offering free online customs procedures training for members of its Young Forwarder Network (YFN).The training session, on Wednesday 8 July, will be focused around customs procedure codes and will be available exclusively to members of the YFN.BIFA launched the YFN last year to ...
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ArticleLifetime Achievement winner named in Microlise Driver of the Year Awards 2020
Gary Bellamy (pictured) from Forterra Building Products has been named the Lifetime Achievement winner in this year's Microlise Driver of The Year Awards.The nomination-based awards received more entries than ever before and telematics-based categories contained an initial eligible pool of over 225,000 drivers.The 2020 winners triumphed after a process of ...
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ArticleHGV Road User Levy suspended to help hauliers during pandemic
The Treasury has suspended the HGV Road User Levy for a year to help hauliers recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.The 12-month suspension, which was passed without consultation to speed up its implementation, kicks in on 1 August this year.It applies to UK registered keepers of HGVs and ...
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ArticleGovernment launches £100m road improvement scheme as part of pandemic recovery plans
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged £100m of investment aimed at improving local roads as part of a bid to reignite the economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.The twenty-nine projects range from fixing deteriorating roads to flood mitigation measures and repairs to key bridges. They also include improvements ...
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ArticleNew law gives “breathing space” to operators pushed to brink of insolvency
Transport firms facing collapse in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic have been thrown a lifeline in the form of a new law.The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act, passed last week, marks the most significant change to the UK’s corporate insolvency regime in more than 20 years.Announcing the new law, ...
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ArticleCovid-19 continues to crush UK commercial vehicle production, SMMT reveals
UK commercial vehicle (CV) production fell by 61.6% in May, with just 810 vehicles built as many plants remained shuttered amid the Covid-19 lockdown.According to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), year-to-date commercial vehicle output fell by 29.8% compared with the first ...
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ArticleRHA classrooms to reopen for training on 6 July
The RHA is reopening its training classrooms with social distancing measures in place on Monday 6 July.The association has been given the go-ahead to offer classroom-based training after the recent change in government coronavirus guidance.Special measures are in place at RHA training sites to keep delegates safe, where staff will ...
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ArticleAS24 passes 1,000 filling stations mark
Fuel card provider AS24 has announced its customers now have access to 1,000 refuelling stations in 28 countries.It said the stations all utilise its chip and pin technology and all sites offer wide lanes and high-volume pump nozzles.Roland Saunion, AS24 UK and Ireland MD, said: “We are very proud to ...
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ArticleFree webinar - check your assets, protect your O-licence
A free webinar to be held on 22 July by Aquarius IT in association with Commercial Motor will explore the benefits of electronic versus paper when it comes to managing and reporting on road worthiness and compliance.The keynote speaker will be former senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell CBE, now director ...
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ArticleClimate Change Committee urges government to "seize the moment" to decarbonise transport
In its 2020 progress report to the UK government on cutting carbon emissions, ‘Reducing UK emissions - progress report to Parliament’, the Committee on Climate Change has called on ministers to “seize the opportunity” to turn Covid-19 into a “defining moment in the fight against climate change”.The report recommends urgent ...
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ArticleArval simplifies government's return to work advice with short guide for fleet managers
A two-step guide to vehicle safety in light of Covid-19 has been produced by Arval UK for fleet managers.The vehicle funding and fleet management company has distilled down official government guidance to three pages to help fleets return to work safely.Advice and guidance includes scheduling times for the collection of ...
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ArticleFleet Source cuts cost of Earned Recognition audits
Fleet Source has reduced the cost of Earned Recognition (ER) audits to help operators achieve the DVSA accreditation.The company is offering the audits from £495 + VAT.Nick Caesari (pictured), Fleet Source chief executive, said ER “demonstrates that you are an exemplary fleet operator, less likely to have your vehicles stopped ...
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ArticlePandemic triggers "slew of potentially dramatic changes" to vehicle lease contracts
A slew of changes to business travel in the last few months means fleet managers need to review their vehicle lease contracts to make them suitable for the “new normal”, according to software specialists FleetCheck.It said that the coronavirus pandemic had caused “a wide range of potentially quite dramatic changes” ...
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ArticleUK automotive manufacturing sector needs further government intervention to ensure post-pandemic recovery, SMMT warns
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on manufacturing is expected to cut annual light commercial vehicle production volumes by a third to just 920,000 units this year, according to a report by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).The SMMT second Annual Trade Report for 2020, launched today (23 ...
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ArticleNew freight service launched from Port of Liverpool to Spain and Portugal
A new freight service has been launched from the Port of Liverpool which opens a direct link between the North West of England and Northern Spain and Portugal.Shipping company Containerships will offer a weekly loop service connecting Spain and Portugal to the UK and Ireland, largely for fresh foods, which ...
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Long list of actions needed to solve driver shortage but training companies face uncertain future
Road haulage and logistics is an essential but “forgotten” industry that government must do more to support if it is to address its skills shortages and help drive the post-Covid-19 economic recovery, according to Sir Mike Penning MP, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on road freight and logistics. ...
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ArticleGive international and ADR operators priority on HGV testing, urges RHA
The RHA is calling for dangerous goods and international transport operators to be given priority when the DVSA restarts HGV testing on 4 July.The DVSA stood down its assessors on 23 March at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown and suspended all HGV and trailer tests for three months.Last ...
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DVSA to restart HGV testing from 4 July
The DVSA will restart heavy vehicle testing from 4 July.The agency said it has issued three-month exemptions for vehicles due to be tested this month and will issue further exemptions for July tests.“This will help us manage demand as we resume testing,” it added.In a statement, the DVSA said: “In ...