The DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) has announced that it carried out 11,197 more lorry driving tests in the UK between 1 January, 2022 and 31 March than during the same period last year.

The latest TEG index data reveals that the average price-per-mile for haulage vehicles dropped between June and July for the first time since 2019, in line with lower fuel prices.

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has recently launched its Don't Chance Fraud campaign, to highlight the serious consequences of turning to fraud and landing a record on the Insurance Fraud Register (IFR).

TruTac, the supplier of compliance control software products, is warning businesses about little-known but stringent tachograph compliance rules that require commercial vehicle operators to record and show evidence of drivers’ timetables – both during and outside of working hours – for the past 28 days.

Long-term demountable body detester James De-Machen explains why he had a change of heart.

TruTac, the supplier of compliance control software products, is warning businesses about little-known but stringent tachograph compliance rules that require commercial vehicle operators to record and show evidence of drivers’ timetables – both during and outside of working hours – for the past 28 days.

Richard Turfitt, Senior Traffic Commissioner in the UK, speaking at the BAR Conference encouraged operators to report companies that they knew were overloading vehicles, especially the under 3.5 tonne vans not falling under Operator’s License regulations. Richard’s responsibilities include the licensing of the operators of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) in the UK.

From 1 July, 2022 new rules on the use of self-driving vehicles in Great Britain have come into force.

Legal transport specialist Backhouse Jones is reminding operators that from 1 August, 2022 the Office of the Traffic Commissioner will no longer be accepting paper applications for new ‘O’ licences and for major changes to existing licences.

Steeles Removals from Barrow in Furness in Cumbria, UK, has recently added to its fleet of vehicles with a new Scania for long-distance removals built by SBR Specialist Coachbuilders in Preston.

In a long and eagerly awaited decision, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) handed down a landmark judgment on 8 June, 2022 approving the Road Haulage Association’s application for a Collective Proceedings Order (CPO) in respect of damages claims arising from the European Commission’s Trucks Cartel decision.

The International Road Transport Union’s (IRU) annual driver shortage survey shows unfilled commercial driver positions continue to increase at alarming rates across the globe.

Matthew James Global Relocation Ltd has taken delivery of a Mercedes-Benz Econic with impressive direct visibility credentials that make it ideally suited to removals work in and around London.

Volvo Trucks is now introducing a new radar system to detect other road users entering the blind spot on both sides of the truck.

UK Transport Minister Trudy Harrison has announced over £200 million of government funding for an extensive zero-emission road freight demonstrator programme. The announcement was made at the Logistics UK’s Future Logistics Conference on 12 May, 2022.

DKV Mobility customers in Norway, Denmark and Sweden can now pay their tolls easily and conveniently via the DKV BOX Scandic.

Business group Logistics UK has announced the appointment of Kate Jennings as its new policy director, effective from the end of June.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s proposed civil service recruitment freeze could see the UK’s HGV driver shortage escalate if staff managing the backlog of driver testing cannot be recruited, according to Logistics UK.

New EU rules from 21 May, 2022, will mean that operators or users of vans and other light goods vehicles over 2.5 tonnes and up to 3.5 tonnes in weight that transport goods for hire and reward from the UK into, or through the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, will need an International Operators’ Licence.

Tyre company Continental has released a new version of its ContiConnect tyre management system: ContiConnect 2.0. The system allows tyre maintenance to take place exactly when it’s needed.