The UK’s tight labour market is continuing to exert cost pressures on logistics businesses, with firms continuing to compete for skilled mechanics.
Logistics UK submitted its concerns and industry recommendations to the UK government earlier this week (1 February 2023), ahead of the 2023 Spring Budget.
David Wells, Chief Executive of Logistics UK, highlighted the issues HGV drivers currently face regarding roadside facilities and the need for drastic improvement, while speaking at a Transport Focus event held at the Hollies Truckstop in Cannock last week (26 January 2023).
With the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) looming large on the horizon, the Mayor of London has launched a new £110m scrappage scheme providing financial assistance to help eligible Londoners scrap their highest polluting vehicles.
Cutting the Energy Bill Support Scheme will have a significant impact on the ability of the UK logistics industry to plan for a lower carbon future, Logistics UK has said.
Logistics UK has reiterated its call for mitigations to be made in relation to the expansion of the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), earlier this week (24 January 2023), following new figures from Auto Trader showing that van operators will struggle to buy suitably compliant vehicles in time for its introduction on 29 August 2023.
Logistics UK has largely welcomed the levelling up announcement made by government last week (19 January 2023), saying that many of the successful bids include schemes with the potential to improve infrastructure capacity and reduce congestion in local areas.
Logistics UK is encouraging its members to respond individually to a public consultation on updating and changing MOTs in Great Britain, which was launched by the Department for Transport (DfT) last week (18 January 2023).
There are now just seven short years until the ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars and vans comes into force.
Logistics UK has warned that the new offence, carrying a penalty of up to £6,000, for crossing the border with an inadequately secured vehicle will not tackle the root problem of people trafficking across the Channel.
Logistics UK welcomed the publication of the independent Skidmore Net Zero Review report last week (13 January 2023).
Logistics UK – as part of the Northern Ireland Business Brexit Working Group (NIBBWG) – attended a number of high level ministerial meetings last week to discuss the ongoing and future impacts of the Northern Ireland Protocol on NI trade, and to set out the solutions that will provide its members with much-needed trading certainty moving forward.
Clean Air Zones (CAZs) in Sheffield and Tyneside will start to charge non-compliant vans for entering their city centres in the coming months.
Logistics UK has announced the creation of its new Public Affairs team, which will focus on building relationships with UK and devolved parliaments and governments – including Westminster and Whitehall, the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as regional Mayors and combined authorities.
To ensure that it continues to focus on the topics that matter most to its members, Logistics UK launched its annual Logistics Industry Survey earlier this week (10/01/23).
Logistics UK is urging its members to apply to a £7m Freight Innovation Fund (FIF), launched by the Department for Transport earlier this week (9 January 2022) to help the transition to net zero.
Logistics UK announced the appointments of Jonathan Walker as the new Head of Infrastructure and Cities and Jonas Keat as a new Policy Advisor in December.
According to figures released today (5 January 2022) by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), 282,139 light commercial vehicles (LCV) were registered in 2022, the lowest annual figure since 2013 (271,073).
The proposals by the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) to introduce charges for commercial vehicles as part of a new ‘Sustainable Travel Zone’ in Cambridge has met with stiff opposition from Logistics UK.
Logistics UK has participated in a joint letter – together with UKWA, BIFA, Chemical Business Association, Cold Chain Federation and RTITB – sent to Minister for Immigration, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP (pictured above), highlighting the industry’s critical labour shortage ahead of the upcoming Shortage Occupation List (SOL) review.
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