RHA calls for joined-up response to tackle ongoing HGV driver shortage

The driver shortage appears to be easing according to new figures.

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RHA is warning that over 117,000 HGV drivers have left the industry over the past 12 months, including a significant number of younger drivers, thanks to high insurance costs, expensive training requirements, the withdrawal of the government funded HGV driver bootcamps, and the pressures on an industry operating on slim ...

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