All Industry News articles – Page 138
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MT ArticleSmart motorway protesters to carry coffins to Parliament
A campaign group protesting about the government’s continued rollout of smart motorways will carry a long procession of burial coffins to the department for transport’s office building next week.Smart Motorways Kill said the protest involving 38 coffins across Westminster Bridge to Parliament Square and then on to the DfT building ...
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MT ArticleBudget an "olive branch" to calm sector's fears, says Parcelhero
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget was an “olive branch” for logistics firms who have finally heard some good news from the government, according to parcel delivery service ParcelHero.It claimed that the measures outlined in the speech yesterday will reduce the strain on hauliers, as well as reducing the recent friction between ...
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MT ArticleRHA launches new attack on HMRC after "shameful" cabotage rules are given go-ahead
The government has effectively offshored UK haulage work to foreign operators after announcing it had slackened the rules on cabotage, according to the RHA.The business group said the move to allow continental hauliers to take on unlimited work in this country in two-week blocks seriously undermined efforts to recruit domestic ...
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MT ArticleReport calls for radical industry action to retain HGV drivers
The haulage industry is training sufficient HGV drivers but failing to retain them, a report by the Driver Require Think Tank has concluded.The Think Tank of leading logistics professionals, brought together by Kieran Smith, chief executive of Driver Require, to examine the causes of the HGV driver shortage, is calling ...
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MT ArticleHouse of Lords grills Baroness Vere on HGV driver shortage
Transport minister Baroness Vere (pictured) faced a barrage of questions in the House of Lords today (26 October) on the lorry driver shortage with peers accusing the government of creating a “world beating” dearth of HGV drivers and enacting “panic button” policies to solve the crisis.The transport minister was asked ...
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MT ArticleBrexit red tape sees a twenty-fold increase in inspections of trucks carrying food and plant goods from Britain into Irish ports
Brexit red tape has seen a 20-fold increase in the inspection of food and plant product consignments by health inspectors at Irish ports, according to data from Eire’s Department of Agriculture (DoE).The introduction of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) border checks on goods being imported from Britain, following Brexit, has seen ...
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MT ArticleBIFA teams up with Think Logistics to inspire young talent to join the sector
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has launched a new partnership with Think Logistics aimed at inspiring the next generation of talent to join the sector.Social mobility charity Think Logistics works with schools and colleges to help raise awareness in young people of the opportunities the logistics sector offers, using ...
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MT ArticleBericote’s major speculative distribution centre begins to takes shape at Coventry Logistics Park
Construction company Glencar is to build an 80,000 sq ft of speculative industrial space across three new units at a site in Coventry for logistics commercial property developers Bericote Properties.The project, at Coventry Logistics Park which is located close to Junction 2 of the M6, began this month with the ...
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MT ArticleGovernment’s unlimited cabotage proposal a “shameful betrayal” of UK lorry drivers and hauliers, says RHA
Government plans to allow foreign lorry drivers to undertake unlimited deliveries in the UK for two weeks at a time are a “shameful betrayal” of UK lorry drivers and haulage operators.The accusation is made in RHA’s response to the DfT’s short 7-day consultation which seeks views on extending road haulage ...
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Driver population down 50,000 in 2020/21 with biggest loss in age group 46 to 55
Middle-aged HGV drivers are the most likely to have left the industry in the last four years, according to official figures.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said lorry drivers in the age group 46 to 55 have seen the largest decline since 2016, plummeting by almost 34,000.By comparison, the age ...
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MT ArticleUnion Unite throws its weight behind #TruckedOff campaign
The Unite union has given its backing to HGV drivers’ grassroots campaign #TruckedOff, which aims to highlight the “dreadful employment conditions” being endured in the industry.As part of its support, the union is urging all professional drivers to park up at 11am on Monday 1 November and take their statutory ...
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MT ArticleNew HGV drivers to be allowed to go straight to artic test from November
The DVSA has released more information about how the rules regarding learning to drive an HGV will change next month in order to help resolve the skills shortage.Subject to parliamentary approval, from 15 November the law will change so that candidates will begin learning to drive in an articulated lorry, ...
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MT ArticleGovernment zero-carbon plan aims to 'transform' last mile deliveries
Grants to help companies shift freight from road to more sustainable alternatives are to be made available after the government announced its next big push towards a zero-carbon economy.As well as investing £350m to support the electrification of UK vehicles and their supply chain and another £620m in grants for ...
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MT ArticleHundreds of potential new HGV drivers attend Leicestershire recruitment event
A recruitment drive in Leicestershire this month attracted hundreds of potential HGV drivers, according to event organisers.Translink Express Logistics helped spearhead the Let’s Talk Logistics day at Fosse Park Shopping Centre on 12 October, along with the department for work and pensions, Leicestershire county council, Aggregates Industries and Samworth Brothers ...
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MT Article'Prepare for big changes and big opportunities,' Multimodal panel tells operators
The future of the transport and logistics sector will hinge on data, technology and increased collaboration, according to industry experts speaking at this week’s Multimodal exhibition at Birmingham NEC.In a wide-ranging panel debate entitled ‘The state of logistics in a post Covid and Brexit world’, Logistics UK chief executive David ...
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MT ArticleOnLogistics wins deal to run UK sorting station for used vehicle parts
Solihull integrated logistics provider OnLogistics has signed a deal with Circular Economy Solutions (C-ECO) to provide and operate a UK sorting station for used automotive parts.C-ECO’s CoremanNet service collects over four million used automotive parts, known as cores, every year. It checks their technical and commercial condition and then provides ...
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Hauliers hit back at Europa chief’s attack on RHA
Hauliers are accusing Europa Worldwide chief executive Andrew Baxter of launching a politically motivated attack on the RHA following his open letter criticising the association’s handling of Brexit and the fuel crisis and his call for RHA chief executive Richard Burnett to resign.Baxter’s letter, published yesterday (18 October), accuses the ...
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MT ArticleLogistics UK offers members fast track driver medicals under deal with D4Drivers
Logistics UK is promising members easier access to driver medicals after signing a partnership deal with D4Drivers.They will receive discounted access to D4Drivers’ Logistics UK Health and Wellbeing service enabling them to access medicals for all their drivers. Under the partnership individual driver members will also be able to use ...
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MT ArticleIveco truck maker to suspend production at plants hit by parts shortages
Iveco builder CNH Industrial has announced it is closing some of its European manufacturing plants this month in response to disruptions and shortages of core components, particularly semiconductors.In a statement it said: “CNH Industrial is constantly reviewing its production schedules in response to this highly dynamic environment and plans to ...
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Logistics UK to mark COP26 transport day with 'Route to net zero' webinar
Logistics UK is to host a webinar outlining its 'Route to net zero' on transport day at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) on November 10. LUK said "it is clear that the climate crisis is now one of the most pressing challenges facing the global community and the UK ...