Transport for London claims 400 operators have already registered to join its HGV / LGV Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS). Officially launched at the CV Show last week, the scheme is free and open to all van and lorry operators driving in and around London who meet the FORS standards. Glen Davies, HGV / LGV development [...]
The number of resident drivers from other EU states on UK roads has risen on UK roads by 270,000 in the last six years. Research by insurance company LV= reveals the cost to the economy of foreign EU drivers will total £795 million in 2008 – a rise of more than £100 million from 2006. [...]
Another new report details how the HGV industry is set to grow and grow, with more HGV training courses needed than ever before. HGV haulage within the European Union (EU) is set for constant expansion until 2030, according to a detailed report written for the European Commission. It predicts that 2005′s EU HGV total haulage of 2,464 [...]
Norwich has abandoned plans to introduce a congestion charge after a study revealed that it wouldn’t raise enough money to fund other transport schemes. However, the £500,000 report has strengthened the case for a Norwich Northern Distributor Road (NDR), which would cut city-centre travel time by 16%. The county and city councils used money from [...]
An Employment Tribunal has given partial support to a sex-change HGV driver in a discrimination case after he transformed himself from Mike Gaynor to Vikki-Marie Gaynor. Gaynor went to the tribunal after she claimed she had been put in a position where she had to resign from her job with Exel Europe. Gaynor took her [...]
Volvo have launched the new FE series truck – which runs on a combination of diesel and electric power, a first for the HGV world. Volvo has begun field trials of a new parallel hybrid truck. The Swedish manufacturer appears to have made a major leap in battery technology and plans volume production of this [...]
Culina Logistics has begun a recruitment drive for its new warehouse in Suffolk, due to open in August 2008. The company wants shift managers, team leaders, HGV drivers and general warehousing operatives to work at the 191,000ft2 facility in Haverhill. Culina says 650 new jobs will be created at the 12.4-acre site when fully operational – including [...]
With two weeks to go until the London Mayoral Election, MT puts the three main candidates on the spot to help London-based operators decide who to vote for. Following MT’s lead story last week on penalty charge notices (PCNs), the most noteworthy response is Ken Livingstone’s answer to whether CVs making essential deliveries in London [...]
The most senior official in the biggest road transport union has warned that more HGV operators will go bust unless the government offers an essential users rebate on diesel tax. Ron Webb, Unite‘s national secretary for road transport, made his comments after meeting with leaders of Transaction, the movement campaigning against the high price of fuel. Webb [...]
A NORTH Warwickshire dustman – who doesn’t believe in eating rubbish – has been presented with an unusual “bouquet” to mark 40 years in the job. HGV driver Pete Dawe is celebrating four decades working for North Warwickshire Borough Council. And the borough’s mayor, Councillor Wendy Smitten paid him a visit at the Sheepy Road depot [...]