“About time too” was the response of the Freight Transport Association (FTA) following the announcement by Transport Minister Stephen Hammond in July confirming that a new ‘free-flow’ charging arrangement will be introduced to users of the Dartford River Crossing by October 2014.

Bus, coach and truck operators now have more choice than ever of where to go for annual tests as VOSA has opened the 350th Authorised Testing Facility (ATF).

On 1 August, 2013 Transport Minister Norman Baker announced £25 million of capital funding to enable the construction of demonstration-scale waste to fuel and other advanced biofuel plants in the UK.

A haulier, who was jailed after using a device to breach drivers' hours regulations, has been told by Scotland's Traffic Commissioner that he will be disqualified for life from the haulage industry.

Red Recruit Global attended the Totally Expat exhibition in New York in June.

Records management specialist O’Neil Software knows that the success of its website relies on the amount of attention and maintenance put into it, which is why the company redesigns it regularly.

Mudanzas Internacionales Global in Venezuela has reported changes implemented by the country’s customs relating to the import of shipments consigned to Embassies/Consulates to be cleared with diplomatic franchises issued by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs or MPPRE (Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores).

Fuel retailers in remote areas of the UK are being asked to let the government know how much they charge for petrol and diesel as it prepares to seek permission from the European Commission to extend the island fuel rebate scheme.

The Severn Bridges have already been paid for and to ask road users to finance additional infrastructure projects is fundamentally unfair, said the Freight Transport Association in response to the news that construction of a £1 billion M4 relief road in South Wales could be paid for by the Severn Bridge tolls.

A team from Crown Worldwide Group, the ‘Kili Crowners’, has successfully climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in a fundraising effort to benefit CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa. Kilimanjaro towers above the African plains in Tanzania and is the highest freestanding mountain on earth with an altitude of 5,895m.

Following the announcement of the Department for Transport’s proposal to implement a toll on a stretch of the planned new A14, the Huntingdon southern bypass, the Road Haulage Association is launching a sticker campaign against the plan.

Tarik Diab is the Managing Director of Jordanian Coast Cargo Services. In a recent interview for The Mover he told of his journey and how his company became one of Jordan’s industry leaders. Here’s his story.

Bizarre questions asked by buyers when viewing properties

According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the annual cost of sickness absence has climbed to almost £29 billion for UK organisations, according to new figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

If you haven’t seen Windows 8™ yet you are in for a shock. It doesn’t look anything like anything you’ve seen before and, if you were barmy enough to change your entire system to this latest Windows™ product, you’d probably be up the proverbial creek without a paddle in sight. The problem is, all new machines have this strange imposter as the only option, so you’d better get the hang of it pretty sharpish.

The number of new home sales completed using part exchange has risen 11% when compared to the same period last year, according to data from Move with Us, the largest outsourced part exchange provider in the UK.

The UK government is pressing for EU law to create a Europe-wide legal position on nicotine-containing products (NCPs) through the revision of the Tobacco Products Directive. The European Commission has said it expects the new legislation to be adopted in 2014 and to come into effect in the UK from 2016.

PPS Crate Hire will exhibit at the UK’s biggest removals and storage event to be held at the iconic Silverstone Circuit, home of the British Grand Prix in October.

The independent Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) recommendations for this year’s adult and youth National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates come into effect in October.