The UK’s apprenticeship system needs a radical overhaul if businesses which make regular levy payments into the scheme are to be able to train new recruits using these funds, according to a new report from business group Logistics UK. According to Logistics UK’s Skills Review, there is great interest across industry to take on apprentices however, over the past five years, only 4% of levy paying employer accounts were able to fully utilise the funds available to them.
Read More »New data from the TEG Road Transport Price Index reveals that road transport prices fell 2.13% during July, with haulage prices dropping just under 4%.
Read More »Transport bodies have reiterated their call on police to apply regulations on moving large or heavy cargo fairly and consistently
Read More »Fermanagh-based Monaghan Freight has taken delivery of a highly spec’d Volvo FH 540 Globetrotter 6×4 tractor unit, plated for 120-tonne operations
Read More »As Operation Brock – a contraflow system designed to keep traffic in Kent moving when there is disruption to travel across the English Channel – once again caused delays to those travelling in Kent and across the UK border last weekend, business group Logistics UK is urging government to find a longer-term solution to protect the UK’s supply chain
Read More »TexCrete, a concrete and cement supplier operating out of Austin, Texas is partnering with CameraMatics to mitigate driver distraction
Read More »Urgent Services, a London-based provider of same-day delivery and courier services, is using a connected multi-camera system from Inseego to improve road safety, reduce operational costs and better protect its reputation. The video telematics solution – fitted on a fleet of new vans that handle critical deliveries across London and Nationwide – has provided added visibility and support to both drivers and office-based managers
Read More »here are plenty of proposed legislative and technological solutions to reduce road vehicle emissions. The EU-funded MODALES project took a different approach: it focused on driver behaviour. The results are now in
Read More »The Driver Vehicle Standards Agency and Health and Safety Executive have updated the safety code of practice on load security
Read More »The Road Haulage Association (RHA) in the UK has been given green light by the Court of Appeal to proceed with truck cartel damages action on behalf of new and used truck purchasers
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