All Industry News articles – Page 236

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    APN and TfL hold 'productive' pre-Olympics briefing

    2012-03-09T11:48:00Z

    Transport for London (TfL) has held an Olympic briefing with members of the Association of Pallet Networks (APN) to build ties ahead of this summer’s Games.Despite APN representing eight networks consisting of more than 650 hauliers, chairman Paul Sanders has previously expressed frustration at a lack of engagement with Olympic ...

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    Save Truckpol campaign

    2012-02-23T15:00:00Z

    Major operators are throwing their weight behind a campaign to save TruckPol, led by MT’s sister magazine Commercial Motor, the Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association.Since the withdrawal of its government grant last April, the freight crime intelligence unit has managed to survive on funding from the private ...

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    Police launch URTU fraud investigation

    2012-02-23T14:56:00Z

    Seven men, including URTU general secretary Bob Monks, have been released on bail after a series of co-ordinated arrests as part of an investigation into alleged fraud offences relating to LGV licences and Driver CPC.The operation, conducted by Greater Manchester Police’s Volume Fraud unit in conjunction with the Driving Standards ...

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    Plan now for Olympics

    2012-02-23T14:51:00Z

    This summer it won’t be business as usual for the road transport industry.The world’s biggest sporting event is hitting UK shores on 27 July and bringing with it a host of traffic restrictions and road closures that will result in changes to delivery patterns and the way you normally operate.If ...

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    Operators urged to cut carbon

    2012-02-23T14:44:00Z

    The FTA has urged operators to join its Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS) to strengthen its efforts to avoid government action over commercial vehicle emissions.Evidence from the scheme, which published its second annual report this week, will be submitted to the DfT's Freight Review later this year. The FTA hopes ...

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    Cabotage deal in the offing

    2012-02-23T14:36:00Z

    UK and Irish governments are set to meet next month to discuss cabotage regulations after intense lobbying from Irish hauliers.For years hauliers in both countries have delivered trailers to ports, where they were collected for inward delivery by a driver working in that country. This practice falls foul of cabotage ...

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    Buyers’ guides now on commercialmotor.com

    2012-02-23T14:31:00Z

    “Challenging.” That seems to the euphemistic description for the tough economic times in which we find ourselves. Capital budgets are being cut to the bone – and then trimmed some more.That’s where our series of free buyers’ guides on Commercialmotor.com will come in handy. We aim to cut a route ...

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    Attracting and retaining talent remains key concern for logistics bosses

    2012-02-23T14:23:00Z

    Almost three-quarters (72%) of transport and logistics bosses plan to overhaul how they manage the talent within their companies in response to the skills crisis.Sector analysis of PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) 15th Annual Global CEO Survey reveals that attracting and keeping hold of talent is a significant concern for most bosses within ...

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    ATF fees reform “not enough”

    2012-02-23T14:07:00Z

    Stan Robinson says VOSA's new MoT test fee structure, which will make it financially more attractive for hauliers to use private test facilities, has "not gone far enough".The organisation confirmed that from 1 April, HGV annual test fees at authorised testing facilities (ATFs) and designated premises (DPs) will go down, ...

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    Imperial purchases four Watts Truck Centre sites in West Country

    2012-02-12T09:20:00Z

    Imperial Commercials expands its operation with a share acquisition of four sites belonging to DAF Trucks dealer Watts Truck Centre.