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Latest Industry news – Page 190
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Skills for Logistics begins creditors' voluntary liquidation
Skills for Logistics (SfL) is to begin the process of a creditors’ voluntary liquidation to wind-up its operation.A spokesman for Manchester-based corporate insolvency firm Begbies Traynor, who confirmed the decision to MotorTransport.co.uk, added that a creditors' meeting would be held on 9 February.The company announced earlier this month that SfL ...
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Chancellor invites RHA chief executive to discuss driver shortage
Chancellor George Osborne has invited RHA chief executive Richard Burnett to a “formal roundtable discussion” with the Treasury and DfT to discuss possible government “intervention” to address the HGV driver shortage.The RHA has called for government grants to train UK residents to become HGV drivers rather than see an influx ...
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ArticleOperators looking to buy more fleet vehicles this year, than last year, reveals CV Industry report
Operators are more optimistic about their vehicle acquisition strategy in 2015 than they were in 2014, predicting that more new vehicles will be bought this year compared with last year.The findings of the 2015 Overview of the Commercial Vehicle Industry report, produced by MT publisher Road Transport Media on behalf ...
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Longer, more aerodynamic truck cabs held off until 2022 following European vote
Operators will not see longer, more aerodynamic truck cabs for at least another seven years after the European Parliament and EU countries last month agreed to prevent the introduction of such cabs until 2022.The European Commission’s original proposals envisaged longer, shapelier cabs giving better crash performance, fuel-saving aerodynamics and more ...
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2015 Motor Transport Awards deadline extended
The deadline to enter the 2015 Motor Transport Awards has been extended to 27 March so there is still time to enter before our panels of independent, expert judges gather in April to make their deliberations. Here are some hints and tips on how to make sure your entry stands ...
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Fors to be taken national by AECOM
TfL has revealed that consultancy group Aecom is to run Fors on a five-year concession-style contract that will see the best practice scheme taken national.In an announcement today, TfL confirmed Aecom would run the accreditation scheme on a five-year basis as a concessionaire.There is an option to extend the deal ...
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Time to nominate successful women in transport and logistics
The 2015 FTA Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards recognise the talented women working in transport and logistics.The deadline to nominate a colleague, yourself, a friend or a peer for one of seven categories is 2 February, so to showcase your own achievements, or those of someone who deserves recognition, ...
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ArticleTfL disqualifies member from Fors scheme for the first time
Transport for London (TfL) has disqualified a member of the Fors scheme for the first time: Cowan Plant of Hayes. The action came after an Industrial HGV Taskforce (IHTF) operation led to the Middlesex operator having its O-licence revoked, in addition to the company’s transport manager being disqualified indefinitely and ...
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ArticleUKWA chief executive Williams to hand over reins to Ward
UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) chief executive Roger Williams is to hand over the reins later this month to his successor, Peter Ward (pictured), following 15 years at the organisation.Williams will continue to work for UKWA until the end of July, heading up key projects including the organisation’s annual lunch and ...
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ArticleSkills for Logistics to close down
Skills for Logistics (SfL) is to close down, with the board considering placing the business into administration after pension deficit pressure and a struggle to replace lost government funding for skills initiatives. In an official statement issued today (6 January), SfL said: “The Board of Skills for Logistics (SfL) has ...
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ArticleFTA reveals identity of new chief executive
The FTA has revealed that internal candidate David Wells will succeed Theo de Pencier as chief executive from 1 May.Wells, who joined the FTA in 2009 as finance and IT director, subsequently took on additional responsibility for the association's vehicle inspection service, training and the tachograph analysis service.This included the ...
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DfT pushes back end of paper driving licence until June
The DfT has revealed the abolition of the paper driving licence will be delayed until 8 June this year.Motortransport.co.uk reported last year that plans to do away with the paper part of the driving licence from January had been put on hold, after opposition from trade associations concerned it would ...
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ArticleTake part in Best Places to Work in Road Transport
Transport operators with a large percentage of drivers on the payroll can still take part in Best Places to Work in Road Transport.Motor Transport, in association with Logistics Job Shop, has launched this major new awards scheme to recognise the best employers in third-party road transport and logistics voted ...
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CVS and Richard Lawson Leeds Crown Court latest
The relationship between Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) and Richard Lawson’s Spirit Auto Logistics and its successor Spirit Motor Transport was further explored on 12 December, when the trial of two directors and two of the management team of CVS, and Lawson, continued at Leeds Crown Court.Last month CVS MD Martin ...
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The biggest stories of 2014 on motortransport.co.uk
As 2014 draws to a close, MT.co.uk looks back at the stories you wanted to read. There were shocks, surprises and startling revalations galore in the road transport industry, but what were the ten stories that attracted the most attention? Here's a clue: Seafield, Stobart and shortages dominated...1) Lomas Distribution ...
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Recommendation for cycle-safety training in every Driver CPC course, gets lukewarm response
Training course providers have reacted with scepticism to a new DVSA recommendation that they should include one hour on vulnerable road users (VRUs) in every Driver CPC periodic training course from next year. The recommendation was unveiled by the DVSA recently as part of new guidance being made available to ...
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Operators warned that current, lower haulage costs will not last
The RHA has warned vehicle operators not to assume current haulage costs will be sustained during 2015 when negotiating any end-of-year rate increases with customers. Speaking to Motortransport.co.uk in the wake of an RHA report showing a 0.18% fall in total haulage costs in the year to 30 September, Nick ...
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Highways England will transform the nation's roads
Highways England (HE) – the new company set up to replace the Highways Agency from next April – has promised to “transform our national roads” over the next decade and beyond and suggested it will be “a very different business from the organisation it will succeed”. The statements are ...
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ArticleOverview of the UK Commercial Vehicle Industry 2015 report out now
UK operators are typically thought of as a conservative bunch and research conducted on behalf of Motor Transport late last year goes some way towards providing that idiom, as Euro-5 continues to dominate UK operator fleets.That said, the findings of the 2015 Overview of the UK Commercial Vehicle Industry report, ...
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DVLA postpones abolition of paper licence counterpart
The DVLA appears to have postponed plans to abolish the driving licence paper counterpart from 1 January, yielding to concerns the new system would introduce unnecessary complexities.According to the FTA, the DfT confirmed the delay in an informal exchange with it in early December but gave no reason for the ...