The government has announced an investment of up to £100m to improve roadside facilities for HGV drivers. From today (24 November), truck-stop and road service operators can bid for a share of the government’s £32.5m match-funding pot. This is i…
Logistics UK has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging him to cut fuel duty in next week’s budget, in order to provide hauliers with financial stability while they transition to cleaner alternatives. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expecte…
A conference focused on how the industry can decarbonise its operations and achieve net zero will take place in London next month. Aimed at senior business leaders, the one-day gathering will discuss plans, initiatives and projects currently in …
The new Chancellor’s significant package of tax cuts has been largely welcomed by the haulage and logistics sector, which has been specifically designed to help support business growth. Logistics UK said Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini budget’ provided f…
Digital tachograph analysis and software firms are still scratching their heads about how to resolve a serious glitch that has been identified when remote downloading from some second generation units. After Aquarius sounded alarm bells at the s…
The industry has been paying its respects to Queen Elizabeth II who died yesterday. Royal Mail group said it joined with people across the United Kingdom and around the world in mourning her death. “We extend our deepest condolences to His Majes…
The Traffic Commissioners will be the star turn at this year’s Logistics UK’s Transport Manager 2022 autumn conference series where they will be delivering updates on their latest guidance. A Traffic Commissioner will be presenting at each of th…
The process for dealing with professional driving licence applications has been made faster following a change in the law enabling healthcare professionals other than doctors to complete medical questionnaires. The change to the Road Traffic Act…
Logistics operators gave a thumbs up this week to National Highways’ plans to close motorways and A-roads for up to two weeks in order to speed up the delivery of roadworks. Other measures announced this week by National Highways include an incr…
Logistics UK wants an immediate 6p per litre cut in fuel duty and said it would save hauliers £2,424 per 44-tonne truck, per year. The business group also said that one solution to rising prices could be the introduction of a system, similar to …
Logistics UK chief executive David Wells has urged the government to cut fuel duty rather than VAT to ease the pressure on hauliers struggling with rising pump prices. Making the keynote address on the first day of Multimodal 2022 at the NEC Bir…
The DfT has got behind a new recruitment campaign, Generation Logistics, launched today at the Multimodal show by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and Logistics UK. The DfT has put £345,000 into the campaign which will b…
Logistics UK has appointed Kate Jennings (pictured) as its new policy director. Jennings, who will be joining the organisation at the end of June, has worked in policy roles for both the government and the business sector for some years. Her mos…
Self-driving vans, buses and shuttles could soon hit the UK’s roads following the launch today (23 May) of a £40m funding competition. The move aims to kick-start commercial self-driving services, including delivery vehicles. The ‘Commercialisin…