All Industry News articles – Page 13
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MT ArticleWeight errors see van drivers rack up £400k in fines, Go.Compare research reveals
Van drivers are facing thousands of pounds in penalties for carrying too much weight, as official figures show over £390,000 in fines were handed out for overloaded or unsafely loaded vans in the past year alone.
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MT ArticleLogistics UK pleads for Chancellor to cut fuel duty
The logistics industry is today (21 July) urging Chancellor Rachel Reeves to avoid hiking fuel duty in her Autumn Statement.
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MT ArticleAssetGo approved as DVSA Earned Recognition systems provider for drivers’ hours
The DVSA has approved fleet and compliance management systems provider AssetGo as a systems provider for drivers’ hours under its Earned Recognition (ER) scheme.
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MT ArticleTata Motors in the frame to buy Iveco
Iveco’s owners, the Agnelli family, are in talks over its sale - with Indian conglomerate Tata Motors a contender, according to a report by news agency Reuters.
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MT ArticleAnalysis predicts ‘total absence’ of lorry drivers by 2029
There could be no more HGV driving jobs within four years, according to an alarming new study conducted by leasing firm Nationwide Vehicle Contracts.
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MT ArticlePolice come after M54 rubberneckers
Police in Staffordshire said they would be contacting over 100 drivers – including 20 HGV drivers – seen taking photos of the scene of a lorry crash on the motorway this week.
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MT ArticleNew Welcome Break opens in Leicestershire
Welcome Break opens its 61st service area next week in Hickling, near Melton Mowbray.
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MT ArticlePressure mounts on collapsed haulier after staff demand payment
The former boss of a Norfolk haulage firm that collapsed last year said it hadn’t yet entered insolvency proceedings because he had struggled to raise the funds to pay for it.
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MT ArticleMontracon acquired by Martin Group
Trailer builder Montracon has been snapped up by investment firm Martin Group.
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MT ArticleEngland’s riskiest roads get multi-million-pound safety boost
Two of the most high-risk roads in England are to receive £9.5m in funding to improve safety, including carriageway stabilisation, improved visibility and signage.
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MT ArticleCPC course not keeping up with changing role of transport managers
The traffic commissioners have called for the transport manager CPC qualification to be examined amid concerns it has not kept up with the technological developments and modern demands of the role.
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MT ArticleHGV driver died after falling asleep at wheel
A lorry driver who died after his vehicle left the road and overturned on the A74 in Scotland is likely to have fallen asleep, a fatal accident inquiry found.
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MT ArticleFleet operators offered £1m of government funding to install depot charging points
Fleet operators have five months from today (16 July) to apply for up to three quarters of the cost of installing depot charging points for electric vehicles, up to a maximum of £1m across all sites, under a newly launched government scheme.
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MT ArticleRHA calls on Amazon, Tesco and Greggs to increase HGV parking at new fulfilment centres
The RHA has raised its concerns about plans to open major fulfilment centres by Amazon, Greggs and Tesco, warning that, without sufficient HGV parking, truck drivers will be put at even greater risk of being targeted by criminal gangs.
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MT ArticlePenrith tipper driver has narrow escape after hitting power lines
A tipper driver narrowly escaped death after his vehicle recently hit 11,000 volt power lines at a site near Penrith in Cumbria.
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MT ArticleCrosstree and Bloom acquire two London sites for £200m joint venture
Real estate investment business Crosstree Real Estate Partners and urban warehouse investor and developer Bloom have acquired two multi-let industrial estates in London for their £200m last-mile, industrial and logistics joint venture.
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MT ArticleAlmost a third of transport and storage firms have no cash reserves, Parcelhero research reveals
The latest research from home delivery expert Parcelhero has revealed that 31.3% of transport and storage firms have no cash reserves. – worse than any other sector.
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FCZ Article£30m government grant launched to help fleet operators install depot charging points
The government has announced a £63m investment package aimed at supercharging Britain’s electric vehicle infrastructure, which includes a major new £30m grant scheme to help fleet operators install charging points at depots.
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MT Article“Plan journeys”, National Highways warns drivers as bridgework closes M3 in Surrey
National Highways is warning drivers and fleet operators to plan their journeys to avoid delays along the M3, which will be closed near Bagshott in Surrey this weekend, to allow a footbridge to be installed.
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MT ArticleBiodiesel shortage looms as Greenergy moves to shut down Immingham plant due to “market pressures”
Biodiesel manufacturer Greenergy is to begin consultation on a proposal to cease production at its biodiesel plant in Immingham, Lincolnshire, the company announced today (10 July).