DAF Trucks has recently announced several proposals to cut 250 jobs from its Leyland, Lancashire factory, which is more or less a fifth of the site’s workforce, blaming a dramatic slowdown in the demand for new HGVs. This follows an announcement at the end of October, which stipulated that DAF was only to cut the [...]
The best thing about HGV driver jobs is that there are lots of them. The HGV industry is certainly going places; unless a railroad track is built in the exact place of every single highway in the UK, HGV driver jobs are here to stay. In fact, there are great career HGV driving opportunities to [...]
First and foremost, if you are thinking of becoming a professional HGV driver, then you will definitely want to find the best HGV training programme possible, in order for you to learn properly. Thus, the best HGV training would be through a qualified professional school with a licensed and experienced instructor. The professional training that [...]
MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Iveco and Volvo claim that they all remain entirely committed to next year’s CV Show, following the decision by Daf and Scania to pull out. Moreover, Scania MD Hans-Christer Holgersson says: “Instead of exhibiting, we have decided to redirect our resources for 2009 towards local marketing campaigns and exciting new customer initiatives.” [...]
An official statement recently announced that Abingdon, Oxfordshire-based Cannon Group, has shut its transport and distribution operation, and is blaming the collapse of a major customer for the closure itself. In spite of all the efforts made to save the business, Cannon was obliged to notify the staff that their positions were redundant, which was [...]
Apparently, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) has blasted Arun Council in West Sussex for contemplating a difficult and rather complicated entry system to an HGV park as a means to oust travellers. The Westren Arun Area Committee decided on 29th October that the London Road HGV park in Bogner Regis might ultimately have barriers implemented, [...]
Cannon Group, the Oxfordshire firm that recently closed its transport and distribution operation, seems to have been hit by the administration of major customer Bison Concrete Products. First and foremost, Cannon ran as many as 40 HGVs in the Bison livery, but the company went into administration in late October. Even though certain parts of [...]
Instead of having HGVs crossed off its O-licence at a hearing over maintenance issues, Taymix Transport received a formal warning to “shape and sharpen up” as soon as possible. Taymix was called before the Western Traffic Commissioner (TC) Sarah Bell on 28 October 2008 in Bristol. Three senior managers, together with its subsidiary company Translact, [...]
The most controversial episode of Top Gear (the one that featured a HGV crash stunt) was discussed in depth on the forums even before it aired. After transmission, the programme’s coverage of HGVs and HGV driving was the main subject of further postings and comments. However, most seem to feel that, on the whole, the [...]
It was recently announced that UK hauliers will not be obliged to pay the Manchester C-charge while a study into its impact on freight is carried out. The concession itself, which will probably last twelve months, came about after feedback from the industry during the consultation process and pressure from the Road Haulage Association (RHA). [...]