All Industry News articles – Page 198
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ArticleNew guidance launched for operators planning out-of-hours deliveries
New guidance for fleet operators wishing to make out-of-hours deliveries was launched by TfL at the inaugural Quiet Cities global summit held in London this week.Getting the timing right is a toolkit for all stakeholders involved in re-timing freight deliveries - including hauliers, local councils and businesses – and outlines ...
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FTA bemoans abrupt changes to Fors accreditation scheme
TfL has been criticised by the FTA for introducing a number of significant changes to the cyclist safety equipment requirements under its Fors accreditation scheme without a consultation or a formal announcement. The changes, which came into effect last month, introduce a requirement at bronze level for vehicles ...
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ArticleRoad haulage rates show minimal growth
Road haulage rates have risen only fractionally in the last two years, provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown.According to the ONS’s latest Services Producer Price Indices, which record changes in the prices received for particular business services in the UK, road freight transport rates at ...
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ArticleEverywoman awards now open for nominations
The eighth FTA Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards programme are open for nominations, seeking out the industry’s role models and rising stars.Recognised as the backbone of the economy and providing flow of goods on which all other commercial businesses depend, the transport and logistics industry has been transformed by ...
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Perry and RHA tackle driver shortage
Transport minister Claire Perry has met a delegation from the RHA to discuss the crippling driver shortage and the RHA’s proposal for a £100m package of grants to train new HGV drivers.Last week’s meeting followed Perry’s response to a Commons question from Conservative MP Philip Hollobone – whose Kettering constituency ...
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CVS management team accused of defrauding TCs
Two directors and two members of the management team at Ilkeston-based Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) have denied conspiring to defraud the Traffic Commissioners of Great Britain at the start of a trial at Leeds Crown Court that is scheduled to last until March 2015. MD Martin Collins, sales director Richard ...
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ArticleBrigade chief executive recognised with OBE for road safety services
Brigade Electronics chairman and chief executive Chris Hanson-Abbott has called for the fitment of more safety systems on vehicles to be made mandatory, after being presented with an OBE for services to vehicle road safety. The octogenarian, best known for bringing the vehicle reversing alarm to the UK and Europe, ...
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Get ahead on 2015 business intelligence with free webinar
This year’s Commercial Vehicle Market Report will be launched via an online webinar at 11am on 10 December and you are invited to register now to secure your place for this unique insight into the commercial vehicle and road freight transport sector.The report, produced in association with Texaco Lubricants, Motor ...
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Quiet Cities exhibitors to show off latest urban delivery equipment
The indoor exhibition area at next week’s Quiet Cities global summit will feature examples of a wide range of products that enable urban and out-of-hours deliveries to be made.IMS will be showcasing examples of its VSE electro hydraulic trailer steering system, which allows operators to make deliveries in urban areas ...
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ArticleDriver CPC not to blame for driver shortage
ADR Network MD, Andrew Waldron, claims a story published by The Mail On-Line is "misleading and largely unhelpful" in solving the long term LGV driver shortage.In the article, the FTA was quoted as claiming 20,000 drivers had taken early retirement or moved to different jobs since the Driver ...
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Government says increase in out-of-hours deliveries will cut cycling deaths
The government believes out-of-hours deliveries will play a key role in reducing collisions between HGVs and cyclists.In response to the Transport Committee’s summer report on cycling – in which the government called on more to be done by operators in regards vulnerable road user safety, while stopping short of backing ...
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ArticleTransport Exchange revamps mobile app
Transport Exchange Group has revamped its mobile app for drivers of vehicles run by members of its Haulage Exchange freight trading platform.The new, improved app has improved status and workflow functionality to provide more accurate information and access to additional real-time and historical load data while on the move. A ...
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DVSA poised to publish new guidance on load security
The DVSA has confirmed it is to publish three new forms of guidance on load security. This will comprise a guide for vehicle operators, a leaflet aimed at drivers, and a series of instructional videos.The agency said it is finalising the content of the operator’s guide and hopes to publish ...
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Tiger Trailers wins first order from Norbert Dentressangle
Trailer manufacturer Tiger Trailers has secured an order from 3PL Norbert Dentressangle for three, 15.65m longer semi-trailers.The trailers will be delivered during February alongside five 13.6m curtainsiders, Tiger Trailers sales director Darren Holland said. They will be used in the 3PL’s operation on behalf of packaging firm DS Smith.All are ...
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ArticleLogistics contractors will share grocers' pain
Grocery retailers under growing pressure from online and discount rivals are looking to cut billions of pounds in costs from their supply chains in the coming years, and logistics contractors will have to play their part in making these savings, the annual IGD supply chain summit in London heard this ...
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ArticleDfT wants more cycle-friendly measures from operators, but doesn't mandate a code of practice
The DfT has said it wants to see more HGV operators adopting measures to improve the safety of vulnerable road users such as cyclists – but has stopped short of backing a call for an industry-wide code of practice on the issue.A report by the House of Commons Transport Committee ...
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ArticleLandmark ruling says mandatory overtime should be included in holiday pay
In a landmark case on 4 November the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that staff mandatory overtime should be included in holiday pay calculations.The judgment came from two joined cases – Hertel (UK) Ltd v Mr Wood & others; and Amec Group Ltd v Mr Law & others – and could ...
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ArticleBaxter: HGV Road User Levy fails to address cost imbalance
The HGV Road User Levy has been labelled an “abject failure” by the chairman of Baxter Freight, who said it has done nothing to address the cost imbalance between UK operators and their continental counterparts.Responding to the recent update by transport minister Patrick McLoughlin that the levy had brought in ...
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ArticleHead of Pallet-Track calls for rate increase
Pallet networks have not adjusted their member-to-member rates for too long, the boss of Pallet-Track has said.Speaking to MT, Nigel Parkes revealed his 75 members had supported a bid, with 80% in favour, to increase the internal rate paid for deliveries within the network, something he believes is ...
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Non-UK drivers get a third of Driver CPC fines
A total of 8,444 HGVs and 310 PSVs were stopped for Driver CPC enforcement purposes from 10 September to 16 October, according to DVSA. This saw 196 Driver CPC offences recorded and 113 fixed penalties issued. Of these penalties, 106 related to “Driver CPC – no evidence of training or ...