Following the announcement of a £100m boost to roadside facilities from the Department for Transport today (24 November 2022), Logistics UK’s Policy Director, Kate Jennings, has said that Logistics UK’s members and their employees deserve access to hygiene and rest facilities enjoyed by workers in other sectors of the UK economy.
A potential 23% increase in Fuel Duty, which equates to an additional 12p per litre of petrol or diesel at the pumps, hidden in the content of the Office of Budgetary Responsibility (OBR) Report on Fiscal Responsibility and published on the day of the Autumn Statement last week (17 November 2022), would be a body blow to the logistics industry if introduced, Logistics UK has said.
There was plenty of good news for the logistics industry in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week (17 November 2022) – the commitments to continued road and rail infrastructure, innovation as a growth priority and carbon reduction to name but three.
Light commercial vehicle (LCV) registrations were at their lowest since 2013, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) earlier this month (4 November 2022).
Given an inflation rate of 11.1%, soaring energy prices and falling living standards, the Autumn Statement delivered by the Chancellor today (pictured above right) has been eagerly awaited by business groups, promising as it does to usher in a new era of tax rises and public spending cuts to help plug the UK’s £50bn ‘fiscal black hole’.
Logistics UK has responded to the European Commission’s announcement last week (10 November 2022) that it proposes to launch new Euro 7 standards, by saying that the new requirements must be both sustainable and economically viable.
Logistics UK has opposed proposed charges for Euro VI HGVs to pay to enter the Bath Clean Air Zone (CAZ), should a new charging order be approved.
The deadline for achieving net zero emissions by 2050, and the government’s proposal to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, are driving manufacturers to invest in the production of zero emission vehicles.
A dynamic mechanism to hold tax revenues flat, involving a cut in Fuel Duty while prices rise, would provide logistics businesses with financial stability and prevent additional inflationary pressure on the economy, Logistics UK has said.
Now that the UK’s first four Clean Air Zones are in operation in Bath, Birmingham, Portsmouth and Bradford, and with Bristol's going live on Monday 28 November, Logistics UK is keen to hear from members who are happy to share their experiences of what it is like to operate within them.
With just three live events – in London, Wales and Coventry – and one virtual event left in Logistics UK’s Transport Manager 2022 conference series, anyone wishing to attend is being advised to sign up as soon as possible to ensure their place and keep their compliance knowledge up to date.
Following receipt of a record number of entries for this year’s Logistics Awards – around double the figure received in previous years – Logistics UK’s Board, which comprises representatives from some of the country’s most influential logistics businesses, will now complete the final round of judging before winners are announced at the highly anticipated 2022 celebratory awards dinner.
Logistics UK is advising its members to consider using alternative routes or allow extra time when using the Dartford Crossing northbound between 8.30pm and 5.30am from tonight (Thursday 3 November) until the morning of Friday 11 November.
With net zero deadlines edging ever closer, Logistics UK is delighted to announce its new one-day conference – Delivering Decarbonisation – to be held on 22 November 2022 at the Congress Centre, London.
In 2018, the UK secured a derogation from the European Commission in 2018 allowing category B licence holders to drive alternatively fuelled commercial vehicles with a gross weight of 4.25 tonnes, as opposed to the standard 3.5 tonnes entitlement.
Hundreds of port workers at Liverpool voted for two weeks of strike action this week, after pay negotiations broke down without resolution between Peel Ports and the Unite union.
Logistics UK, one of the UK’s biggest business groups, has been crowned Trade Association of the Year at the 2022 Memcom Excellence Awards.
Figures released yesterday (26 October 2022) by the Department for Transport show that since 1 October 2021 there has been a 34% increase in public electric vehicle chargepoints across the UK, with the total number now standing at 34,637.
The HGV Skills Bootcamp, established by the government in response to the skills shortage in HGV drivers at the height of the pandemic, is bringing new employees into the logistics workforce, according to new data released by the Driver Academy Group.
News that the government is taking steps to stabilise the economy have been welcomed by Logistics UK.
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