The UK government cut spending on road safety campaigns from £19 million in 2008/09 to just £4 million in 2011/12 – a cut of nearly 80 per cent. The figure was revealed after a freedom of information enquiry by road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM).

George Davidson aged 57 years from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire was jailed for six months at Carlisle Crown Court on Friday 4th January 2013 for tachograph fraud.

Foreign drivers must prove they have passed an appropriate driving test before getting a British licence under tough new rules announced recently by Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond.

German reliability is not as strong as many believe according to Warranty Direct, who found Audi, BMW and Volkswagen to have some of the least reliable engines in their cars.

Using wireless technology to link a road train, in which a lead truck controls a convoy of vehicles driving behind it, is already technically feasible.

DVLA is warning motorists to check the Certificate of Entitlement (V750) when purchasing a personalised registration number from a private seller after 900 blank certificates were stolen.

The Freight Transport Association has called upon the government to provide the necessary assurance to freight operators to embrace gas as a viable alternative to conventional diesel in its recently published Gas Manifesto.

Action has been taken after figures showed there had been a 60% rise in personal injury claims related to road accidents since 2006, despite vehicles becoming safer and a 20% reduction in the number of reported accidents over the same period.

Mudanzas Gou has been appointed to perform all the logistics and transportation services for the Vochol.

Container service reliability across all trades fell marginally in the third quarter of 2012 with the percentage of on-time ship arrivals dropping to 73.5%, down from the record high of 75.7% set in the second quarter, according to Drewry’s quarterly report Carrier Performance Insight.

Small businesses struggling to access credit are to be given a welcome boost with £110 million of new funding, Vince Cable has announced.

Lynda Rafferty from Irish Relo is this year celebrating 30 years of unbroken service with Patrick Oman’s company in the Irish Republic. Well done Lynda.

Laura May Carmack, AIReS’ Quality Manager, was named the new president of the Pan American International Movers Association after an election at PAIMA’s annual General Assembly meeting on October 9.

PHS Teacrate’s Tara Dawson has been promoted to Telesales Manager.

Hundreds of businesses throughout the UK showed their commitment to fork lift truck safety by taking part in the Fork Lift Truck Association’s 'Go for Gold' challenge during National Fork Truck Safety Week.

Feedback collected by the UK's leading fork lift training provider suggests warehouse workers are being endangered, because their managers don't understand and enforce key safety basics.

The M6 Toll Road is not free to all trucks in July, the Road Haulage Association and route operator Midlands Expressway are warning.

July 8-14, 2013 is National Transplant Week in the UK.