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Oxford Street Transformation

The opening of the Elizabeth Line in December 2018 will see footfall hugely increase, so capturing that opportunity through delivering a better shopping and leisure experience makes sense

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Standing up for logistics

From delivering goods to our high streets, collecting waste from our homes, refuelling our petrol stations, supplying money to our banks or carrying vital medicines to our hospitals, the logistics sector is indispensable to our way of life.

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Longer semi-trailers work: time to make the flexibility permanent, says FTA

The Freight Transport Association says a report released today (21 September 2017) by the Department for Transport (DfT) shows that longer semi-trailers (LSTs) continue to make a significant ...

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Use of technology will make our roads safer, says logistics industry

The FTA says the Mayor of London’s announcement today (22 September 2017), of the latest version of his safety proposals for HGVs – the Direct Vision Standard (DVS) …

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Essential industry guide aimed at improving wheel security

There were nearly 400 instances of wheel loss from lorries in 2006, according to analysis undertaken by the Transport Research Laboratory ...

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Tangled or damaged airlines a thing of the past with Line Hugga from Shopfta

It is a well known fact that airlines on heavy goods vehicles can get tangled, resulting in damage and substantial costs for downtime, recovery and repairs ...

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Driver walk around checks made easy with FTA app

The FTA has launched a new internet-based app which enables drivers to carry out their vehicle walk-around checks with the aid of an electronic device ...

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David Wells to become FTA Chief Executive

The FTA is delighted to announce that David Wells has been appointed as FTA’s new Chief Executive Officer effective from 1 May 2015 ...

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New FTA Drivers' Handbook now available

The new edition of the FTA’s Drivers’ Handbook is now available, containing key compliance information which must be provided to all drivers of large and heavy goods vehicles ...

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Government figures show fall in HGV fatal accident rate

Road casualty statistics released by the Government today show that the number of fatal accidents per billion lorry miles fell by 3.5 per cent in 2014 ...

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