Following on from last year’s popular member briefing on skills, Logistics UK, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department for Education (DfE) will be running another member briefing next week (Wednesday 2 March 2022) about potential routes available for operators to recruit and train for key logistics roles, particularly HGV drivers.
More environmentally friendly HGVs are now allowed on Britain’s roads, following an announcement from the Department for Transport (DfT) earlier this week (14 February 2022).
The publication of the Public Accounts Committee report – EU Exit: UK Border Post transition – last week (9 February 2022) shows that government needs to place an urgent focus on arrangements at the nation’s borders if trade and passenger traffic is not to grind to a halt from this summer onwards.
The van market is evolving fast; with so many changes in technology and legislation, operators and fleet managers must keep up to date with the latest insights into compliance, driver well-being, and vehicle development to succeed.
The potential for the River Thames to carry light freight could deliver jobs, ease congestion and improve air quality, according to a report jointly commissioned by the Thames Estuary Growth Board and the Port of London Authority (PLA).
Demand for electric vans bucked the trend in a falling market for LCVs as registrations grew by more than a fifth (21.4%), in January, according to figures released last week (4 February 2022) by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The 30 May 2022 launch date of the Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone has been postponed, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) announced last week (4 February 2022).
Logistics UK is urging the government to involve and consult with the logistics sector fully as it considers how to tax motoring in the future.
Checks are continuing on goods arriving from Great Britain at Northern Ireland’s ports despite a call from Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots last Wednesday (2 February 2022) to halt post-Brexit checks.
Transport Minister Baroness Vere of Norbiton, who currently holds the roads portfolio, told MPs that she has considered imposing a levy on the road haulage sector at the Transport Committee last week (26 January 2021).
Long queues of HGVs waiting to board ferries at the Port of Dover are not solely a consequence of new post-Brexit customs arrangements, Logistics UK has said.
Department for Transport (DfT) officials have indicated that the changes to standard operator licences which come into effect this month (February 2022), are likely to have no impact on a licence holder’s operations or the application and licensing process.
Van ownership and travel has grown substantially, according to research recently commissioned by Logistics UK.
Logistics UK has expressed its deep concern over suggestions that the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is considering the introduction of a clean air charge on "all but the cleanest vehicles" which would be additional to the existing Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) and a Greater London boundary charge, which would charge a small fee to non-London registered vehicles entering Greater London.
Eyebrows have been raised by the recent announcement from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) that it will be raising most of its statutory fees this year despite delivering what is generally held to be a low level of HGV driver testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Logistics UK has announced that St John Ambulance, Logistics UK has announced that St John Ambulance, the national health and first aid charity with around 580 vehicles in its fleet, has been awarded Van Excellence certification.
The rollout of new smart motorway schemes will be paused until five years’ worth of safety data is available, following recent recommendations from the cross-party Transport Select Committee, which judged the current evidence base insufficient.
New van registrations in the UK grew by more than a fifth (21.4%) in 2021, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Logistics UK has urged members returning to the UK from the EU to ensure they have the right paperwork before they travel, following changes to customs arrangements in the New Year.
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