The light commercial vehicle (LCV) market grew by 8.5% to 17,540 units in February – its best February performance for a quarter of a century, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Some staff from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and most UK Border Force staff are planning to go on strike during the month of March.
Supporting economic growth and reaching net zero transport emissions do not have to be mutually exclusive, Jonathan Walker, Head of Cities and Infrastructure Policy, Logistics UK, told MPs while giving evidence before the Transport Committee at the Houses of Parliament last week (1 March 2023).
Logistics UK has said that the consultation on proposed Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) reforms announced by the Department for Transport (DfT) last week (2 March 2023) raises serious safety concerns and devalues the professionalism of the road haulage sector.
Logistics UK – along with seven other trade associations – has written a joint letter to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP, calling for a more flexible Green Super-Deduction scheme, once the current super-deduction programme finishes at the end of March.
Following a meeting with Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak MP, earlier this week (28 February 2022), Logistics UK has expressed its cautious optimism regarding the opportunity the Windsor Framework could provide to ease the passage of goods between Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI).
Britain’s supply chain has been threatened with disruption like never before over the past decade, with Brexit, the pandemic, product shortages, border closures and the war in Ukraine slowing or stopping the passage of goods to their end customer.
The £56 million funding announced by government last week (21 February 2023) to increase the provision of electric vehicle (EV) charge points must create provision for commercial vehicles, according to business group Logistics UK, if the industry is to hasten its transfer to net zero.
Logistics UK is reiterating its call for government to review its funding model for the Apprenticeship Levy, following National Apprenticeship Week (6-12 February 2023).
Following the announcement from Transport for London (TfL) regarding the Direct Vision Standard (DVS) consultation, Logistics UK is calling for further specification details to be released to ensure operators are able to engage and respond in full.
Logistics UK’s Senior Policy Manager, Denise Beedell, has been announced as eighth on GreenFleet’s 100 Most Influential 2023 list, following her outstanding policy work focusing on the logistics industry’s transition to decarbonising fleet operations.
Logistics UK has expressed its disappointment that almost two-thirds of Welsh road building schemes will be scrapped, following the publication of The Future of Road Investment in Wales report last week (14 February 2023).
Logistics UK has been urging government to prioritise the needs of the logistics industry, as Parliament continues to debate the Retained EU Law Bill.
Generation Logistics, the careers and awareness campaign launched by the industry to address challenges in recruitment across the sector, has already created more than one million engagements with target audiences, according to Transport Minister Richard Holden MP (pictured above).
Improved rail connectivity between England and Wales could help ease congestion currently faced by hauliers on the M4, Logistics UK has said, following the UK and Welsh governments’ recent announcement of a new study to explore options for new rail links between the two countries.
Logistics UK has announced a new portfolio of electric/hybrid vehicle training courses which cover safety awareness, preparing the vehicle for repairs and carrying out system repairs and component replacements.
Members had the opportunity to meet with Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Steve Baker MP, at Logistics UK’s Freight Council in Belfast last week (2 February 2023), to discuss key issues facing the logistics sector in Northern Ireland (NI).
Logistics UK has strengthened its Board with the appointment of three new directors. Louisa Hosegood, Simon Hobbs and Gavin Murdoch have joined the Board to help guide the organisation as it continues to lead the logistics industry in its post-pandemic recovery, as well as establishing itself as a top three business group with government and other stakeholders.
Following the recent announcement from government outlining the increased weight limit of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) to support the transition to alternatively fuelled and zero emission vehicles (ZEV)s, Logistics UK is calling for axle weight to also be included to ensure that the increased cargo weight can be used.
The UK’s new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market received a welcome boost in January, with a rise in registrations of more than a quarter (25.8%), according to the latest figures published earlier this week (6 February 2023) by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
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