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ArticleRyder and Bridgestone deal reduces tyre breakdowns by nearly a third
Ryder has claimed that the number of tyre-related breakdowns for its customers have fallen 28% since it launched an initiative to maximise fleet uptime with Bridgestone.The programme, which began last year and was jointly developed by the two parties, sees Ryder staff receive training from Bridgestone to enable them to ...
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Quiet Cities video now live
The Quiet Cities video is now live on the event's website, showcasing highlights of November's two-day global summit at Twickenham Stadium.Speakers including Ian Wainwright, head of fleet and freight transport at TfL; Richard Fleming, logistics director at Sainsbury’s and Tim Slater, MD of transport at DHL Supply Chain in the ...
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RHA presses George Osborne for immediate HGV driver training fund
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has pressed chancellor George Osborne to reconsider making a training fund available for the industry, after hopes were dashed in the Autumn Statement last week.In a letter to the chancellor, the RHA called for an urgent meeting: “Government is failing this industry and the economy ...
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Late-paying firms could be named and shamed
Operators should soon be able to see how promptly large firms pay their bills under government proposals announced last week designed to name and shame businesses that “ride roughshod over their suppliers”.Increased transparency will, according to the government, enable smaller businesses to compare larger firms’ average payment times and the ...
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ArticleEuropean Commission investigates truck cartel allegations
Volvo Group has made a €400m (£317m) provision after being notified by the European Commission (EC) that it is suspected of involvement in a cartel, along with several other heavy- and medium-duty truck manufacturers.Last month the EC informed a number of truck manufacturers that it suspected them of being involved ...
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Driver shortage could see above inflation pay-rises for HGV drivers
Concerns over the driver shortage and continuing growth in the economy could lead to above-inflation pay rises for 2015, the FTA has suggested. FTA research analyst Bruce Goodhart told Motortransport.co.uk research undertaken by the association recently showed the driver shortage was “a major concern” among members and that after wage ...
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ArticleEx-Palletline general manager Sue Hodgson joins Pall-Ex
Pall-Ex has appointed former Palletline general manager Sue Hodgson as director of network services and to its board.The appointment follows the arrival of former Palletline MD Kevin Buchanan at Pall-Ex, who took up his role as group MD in November.Hodgson joins from banking software provider Fidelity Information Services, where she ...
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Industry given cold shoulder by chancellor in bid for HGV driver training fund
The chancellor has ignored calls to introduce a training fund to tackle the chronic shortage of HGV drivers in today’s Autumn Statement.Despite campaigning by the RHA with support from the CILT and Motor Transport, which saw the trade association discuss the issue with transport minister Claire Perry most recently, the ...
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Geoff Dunning appointed as special advisor to TCs triennial review
Former RHA chief executive Geoff Dunning has said he does not expect to see “wholesale changes” to the way the traffic commissioners (TCs) operate after being appointed as a special advisor to a government review into their role.The TCs triennial review, something all non-departmental government agencies are subject to every ...
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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 ...