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Latest Industry news – Page 48
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ArticlePump price consumer watchdog needed “urgently”, MPs tell Chancellor
Twenty nine MPs, including ex-Home Secretary Priti Patel, have written to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt demanding he launch a PumpWatch commissioner.The letter follows confirmation from the Leader of the House MP Penny Mordant, during an exchange in the House of Commons on 1 December last year, that the government is considering ...
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ArticleCoventry binmen strikes cost council £7.2m, new report reveals
The cost to Coventry City Council of the strikes among its bin lorry drivers has ballooned to £7.2m, according to a new report.The dispute over pay began at the start of the year and was finally resolved in the summer, by which time households and businesses had endured months of ...
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ArticleRest and Be Thankful diversion route to be upgraded
Transport Scotland said it was developing medium term improvements to the Old Military Road (OMR) through the Glen Croe corridor, days after the Rest and Be Thankful was subject to convoy control.It said the improvements would make it a more resilient diversion route until a long-term solution was in place.Proposed ...
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ArticleConfectionery firm fined after man breaks arm unloading truck
A sweet manufacturer has been fined £5,000 after an employee climbed on a forklift truck to help keep its balance while unloading equipment from a lorry and fell, breaking his arm.According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) the worker at Lees of Scotland was asked to get on the ...
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ArticleHome Farm hails new Mercedes Benz steering system
Oxfordshire arable grower Home Farm (Charlton) Estates has praised its “fantastically versatile” new Mercedes-Benz Unimog for its all-terrain capabilities.Supplied by local dealer Arthur Ibbett, the UGE U430 implement carrier is also one of the first in the UK to be fitted with a comfort steering option, which reduces steering force ...
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ArticleRoads regulator slams National Highways over smart motorway radar detection failures
Radar technology installed across England’s smart motorway network is still not meeting performance targets, according to the country’s roads regulator.National Highways (NH) came under pressure to fit stopped vehicle detection technology on every all lane running (ALR) smart motorway where the hard shoulder has been converted into a live lane, ...
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ArticleTrade bodies demand government widens shortage occupation list
The government is being urged to add HGV drivers and forklift truck operators to the shortage occupation list (SOL) after Brexit and Covid-19 led to a chronic shortfall.Trade associations have teamed up to force the government to address the shortage of skilled workers in the industry and make it understand ...
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ArticleTruck graphics firm OPG secures funding for management buy-out
Truck graphics firm OPG has completed a management buy-out (MBO) and launched its “next chapter of growth” in the 27-year-old business.The Lanarkshire company, which designs and produces graphic wraps for vehicles and works with household names across industries including food and drink, retail, logistics and construction, relied on a six-figure ...
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ArticleHGV driver jailed for causing death by careless driving
An HGV driver who collided with a motorist on the M6 while changing lanes, resulting in her death, has been jailed for 34 weeks.Robert Ward (pictured) initially denied being responsible for Victoria Kavanagh’s death following the collision on 27 July 2020, but he later changed his plea to guilty to ...
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DVSA operation checks out curtain-sided lorries
A recent DVSA enforcement operation in Staffordshire targeting curtain-sided lorries has seen 37 vehicles checked, 20 immediate and seven delayed prohibitions issued and three curtainsiders taken off the road immediately, due to poor load security. Announcing the results of the operation, DVSA said: "Unlike box-sided vehicles, the curtains on a ...
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ArticlePolice reveal towns and counties worst hit by HGV thefts
Sussex has been revealed as the worst county for HGV thefts, with 87 incidents reported to the police since 2020, according to a freedom of information request.Of the forces that responded, Sussex came out top, followed by Hertfordshire (67), Bedfordshire (38) and Derbyshire (14).Included in the data provided to vehicle ...
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ArticleTrucksters launches app to improve mental health of HGV drivers
Freight start-up Trucksters has teamed up with healthcare app Cristobal to provide lorry drivers with a programme to improve their mental health.Trucksters said it was also putting together a driver experience team whose job is to ensure that drivers achieve a better life-work balance, spend more quality time with their ...
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ArticleRHA Benevolent Fund offers support to non-members
An RHA charity supporting people in times of financial difficulties is for the first time offering support to non-members, in response to the cost-of-living crisis.The haulage business group said it had a “moral responsibility” to support the industry and help those facing hardship.The Benevolent Fund, set up in 2000, has ...
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ArticleLogistics UK gives cautious welcome to return of Operation Brock
The reinstatement of traffic management system Operation Brock in Kent will provide certainty to hauliers but must not result in lengthy queues for HGV drivers, according to Logistics UK.The Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) said it had decided to bring back the measure between junction 8 and 9 of the M20 ...
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ArticleCouncils struggle to recruit gritter drivers to tackle cold snap
Nearly two thirds of councils in England are struggling to recruit HGV drivers to grit the roads this winter, according to data from the local government association (LGA).It said 63% of authorities had struggled or were struggling to find skilled drivers for winter resilience activities.Among those struggling, the most common ...
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ArticleHauliers face clampdown on repeated switching of vehicles on and off licence
The senior traffic commissioner is consulting on plans to amend statutory guidance closing a loophole that enables hauliers to ‘draw down’ HGVs not specified on an operator licence.The move was prompted by a recent decision in the upper tribunal concerning a company swapping vehicles on and off its licence.The tribunal ...
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ArticleGas canister thrown from motorway bridge hits truck driver in face
An HGV driver was struck in the face by a gas canister that was thrown from a bridge over the A1(M) near Baldock and smashed through his windscreen.Police are now appealing for witnesses following the “incredibly reckless act” between junctions 10 and 9 at around 7.30pm on Saturday 10 December.Two ...
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Strikes set to delay HGV driving and vehicle tests, DVSA warns
Strike action is threatening to delay thousands of HGV driving and vehicle tests across the country from this week, DVSA is warning.HGV driving examiners who are members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union are planning to take strike action from tomorrow (13 December).The strike action is part of ...
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ArticleAndrew Malcolm recognised with Logistics UK lifetime achievement award
Malcolm Group CEO Andrew Malcolm received the Logistics UK Lifetime Achievement Award at the association's annual awards at London's Westminster Park Plaza hotel last night.He was presented with his award by Logistics UK president Phil Roe, who paid tribute to Malcolm's stewardship of the family firm which celebrated its centenary ...
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ArticleEleven arrested after police operation targeting thefts from HGVs
Police across the Midlands and the North of England worked together this week to swoop on a suspected criminal gang involved in thefts from HGVs.Derbyshire police said 11 men were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit theft, document and driving offences.The arrests took place in Derbyshire, as well as ...