All Industry News articles – Page 236
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MT ArticleIRHA calls for suspension of drivers' hours rules in face of Calais chaos
The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has called on the Irish government to use emergency powers to lift the drivers’ hours and tachograph rules for vehicles caught up at Calais.The call came after recent strikes by French ferry staff and a surge in migrants trying to cross the Channel illegally ...
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Leading MT Top 100 companies face cashflow hit after Emergency Budget
Some of road transport’s biggest companies could face a hit to their cash flow after the chancellor signalled he was bringing forward corporation tax deadlines forward yesterday.BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions said plans announced in yesterday’s Emergency Budget by George Osborne to bring forward corporation tax deadlines for businesses with profits ...
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MT ArticleIt's help yourself, after government opts not to back HGV training fund
Leslie O'Brien, Matt Allen, Richard Burnett, Peter Eason and Steve Bowles deliver the petition to Number 10The road transport industry will have to help itself, after its call to ‘help us, help you’ via a £150m HGV driver training fund was ignored in yesterday’s Emergency Budget.Having led a delegation of ...
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MT ArticleSummer budget reveals fuel duty freeze to continue
Fuel duty will remain frozen this year, announced Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in his Summer Budget this afternoon, following speculation that it would be increased.The news was welcomed by FairFuelUK campaign co-founder Howard Cox, who said: “It is good news there is no increase in fuel duty that ...
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Black Friday retail madness is here to stay, warns Yodel chairman
The US retail phenomenon Black Friday is here to stay in the UK, and this year it is going to be four times bigger, Yodel executive chairman Dick Stead has warned. In 2014, online sales promotions such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw an unprecedented and unexpected boom in ...
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MT ArticleStowaway damage may hit insurance premiums
Goods-in-transit insurance could become more difficult, more restrictive and more expensive for cross-Channel operators in light of the increasing problem of loads being spoiled by stowaways, a loss adjuster has warned. Rod Davis, senior partner at Clark Woodward Hungate, which specialises in surveys and investigations for insurers underwriting transit ...
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MT ArticleFTA's Wells urges chancellor to cut fuel duty
FTA chief executive David Wells has written to chancellor George Osborne asking him to cut fuel duty ahead of the emergency budget this Wednesday (8 July).Following the Conservative victory in the May general election, giving the party its first majority government since 1997, Osborne will set out the new government’s ...
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MT ArticleCalais mayhem: treat the disease not the symptoms, says Eurotunnel
It is impossible to stop the migrant problem at Calais, only a co-ordinated effort to address the issue at source will bring respite to hauliers crossing The Channel, Eurotunnel has said.Responding to an incident last week, triggered by the first of the strikes by French ferry workers that have crippled ...
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MT ArticleKeyfuels and Allstar fuel cards merged into One
Keyfuels parent Fleetcor has merged the Keyfuels CV fuel card with its Allstar car and van fleet card to create a single card – Allstar One. While the new card has chip and PIN for transactions at Allstar’s 8,000 UK sites, this technology will not be available at Keyfuels’ network ...
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MT ArticleAlexandra Palace chosen for inaugural Freight in the City Expo
The inaugural Freight in the City Expo will take place at London’s Alexandra Palace this autumn.“We have selected Alexandra Palace as the venue for the first Freight in the City Expo because it offers a fantastic exhibition space large enough for articulated trucks to drive straight into and it has ...
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New enforcement unit stops 136 HGVs in first month
A new City of London Police Commercial Vehicle Unit has stopped 136 HGVs and taken 95 off the road in its first month.Funded by TfL and launched last month, the unit’s intelligence-led crackdown found drivers of non-compliant vehicles were also committing offenses such as not having insurance, having inappropriate licenses, ...
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MT ArticleStrike threat at Indesit UK
Union Unite has begun balloting more than 200 drivers and warehousing staff at white goods manufacturer Indesit UK about possible industrial action over pay settlements and redundancy terms.Unite regional officer Mark Plumb said the ballot, which ends on 7 July, was the result of anger over two years of sub-inflation ...
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Nearly half of apprentices over 25
Almost half the apprentices entering the logistics industry are over the age of 25, figures from research and marketing agency Firedog – the company led by former Skills for Logistics MD Ross Moloney – have revealed.In the academic year 2013/14, said Firedog, 49% of apprentices entering the industry were over ...
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Calais port problems prompt action calls
The RHA has called for better information to be made available to truck operators about cross-Channel delays after an alarming spike in illegal migrant activity in Calais last week. Following a strike by French ferry staff, trucks were caught up in hours of delays and subsequently targeted by migrants attempting ...
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MT ArticleTIP Trailer Services rejigs management structure
TIP Trailer Services has restructured its UK and Ireland management team with the promotion of UK commercial director Mike Furnival to MD.Karl Davies, TIP’s European marketing director, has also returned to the UK and Ireland division as commercial director.TIP said the changes are designed to facilitate the company’s planned growth ...
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MT ArticleSir Peter Hendy steps down from TfL
London transport commissioner Sir Peter Hendy has stepped down to take the role of chairman at Network Rail. Hendy was at the helm of the transport organisation at TfL for nine years, having first joined the then London Transport 40 years ago as a graduate trainee.He was instrumental in the ...
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MT ArticleDart Charge issues raise concerns over Highways England privatisation
Labour transport minister Richard Burden (pictured) has accused the government of washing its hands of the Strategic Road Network (SRN), following the creation of Highways England in April.Highways England, the successor to the Highways Agency, has responsibility for the motorways and major roads in England and Wales. Its rebranding was ...
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Stowaways still arriving at UK ports in force
Almost 80 stowaways were discovered inside two lorries in separate incidents last week, just days after scores were found hiding in four lorries in Harwich.A Home Office spokeswoman said Border Force officers conducted a “proactive search” of a Hungarian-registered HGV, which had arrived on a freight vessel at Humber Sea ...
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"Help us to help you," RHA urges government with driver shortage petition
“Help us to help you” was the message when the RHA delivered a petition to Downing Street last week (18 June) calling on the prime minister and chancellor to sign off on a £150m HGV driver training fund in next month’s emergency budget.Faced with a driver shortage of more than ...
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Highways England appoints new chief executive
Highways England has appointed Jim O’Sullivan as its chief executive, following its transformation from the former Highways Agency earlier this year. An engineer by trade, O’Sullivan comes from a background working on “safety critical transport projects”, as well as working with British Airways and Heathrow Airport Holdings.He replaces Graham Dalton, ...