Abe Ledbury is celebrating a number of promotions and qualifications gained as part of a staff development programme aimed at attracting and retaining staff. The Palletline member employs a 75-strong workforce and operates 50 vehicles and 60 tra…
Road Skills Online has urged operators to fill in its new questionnaire, suggesting ways to improve the Driver CPC. The government announced a major review of the qualifcation last November after industry leaders claimed its bureaucratic nature …
The Unite union has added its support to the review of the Driver CPC announced by the government this week and said employers should be made to pay for the training. Following on from positive reactions from the RHA and Logistics UK to the Depa…
The government has hinted at reforming the Driver CPC following calls from the industry for it to be suspended in order to attract back professional drivers. Government minister Trudy Harrison said there were “merits in modifying the processes” …
Moody Logistics and Storage has described its in-house training programme as a “huge success” after its first two driver apprentices gained their Class 2 licences in less than five months. Joe Chan (left) and Tony Hunter, both 24, are the first …
Pallet networks want to see the Driver CPC suspended for two years with a promise it will be reformed or abolished, in order to attract back a “mass exodus” of professional drivers. The association of pallet networks (APN) also said allowing sta…
Government moves to increase HGV testing capacity are still not enough to deliver Christmas, the RHA has insisted. The warning follows moves by the government last week to make another 50,000 HGV driving tests a year available, on top of measure…
Streamlining the testing process for lorry drivers will help make up to 50,000 more tests available, according to the government. Confirming its proposal to allow drivers to take one test to drive both an articulated and rigid lorry, the departm…