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FTA celebrates as WAG considers impact of Severn tolls

The Freight Transport Association, a long-time critic of ever increasing toll prices on the Severn Crossing, is delighted to learn that the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) has taken on board its concerns. In a letter to ...

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Probably the best seminars in the world … Transport Manager 2010

The Freight Transport Association’s annual series of Transport Manager seminars, sponsored by truck manufacturer Iveco, will take place across the UK from September to December ...

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Trust in industry to take the lead, FTA urges Hammond

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has set out where it thinks government should be directing its future transport spending and how industry-led initiatives can be trusted to achieve greater results ...

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Logistics sector leads carbon debate as FTA launches scheme

An industry-led voluntary scheme to record, report and reduce carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from the UK freight sectors, which was founded in January 2010, has now officially launched and already represents the activities of over ...

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Driver training to gain from FTA’s ‘community service’

Driver CPC Community is a new initiative from the Freight Transport Association (FTA) that will effectively remove much of the disruption caused from sending drivers to distant training venues, improving peace of mind ...

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Utilities embrace FTA Van Excellence Code

The civil engineering and utilities sector has pledged its support for the Freight Transport Association’s Van Excellence Code (VEC), which it helped develop. The Code is aimed at establishing a comprehensive and ...

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Extend Severn Crossing study to England, FTA asks government

Fresh from securing a commitment from the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) to look into the economic impact of tolls on the Severn Crossing, the Freight Transport Association has sought the same action from ...

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Win trip of a lifetime at FTA Transport Manager and Fleet Engineer

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Iveco will be giving away 15 fantastic prizes, including a grand prize of an all expenses paid trip of a lifetime to Italy, at the Freight Transport Association’s annual series of Transport ...

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Don’t let your driver become a statistic with FTA’s new drivers’ hours DVD

According to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), weekly rest has been the third highest Graduated Fixed Penalty offence in the last 12 months. Drivers’ hours and working time rules are enforced to ...

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EU Directive could seriously curtail rail freight’s growth, warns FTA

When the next stage of the “Non-Road Mobile Machinery Directive” (NRMM) comes into force by the end of 2011, rail freight operating companies could be left powerless… literally. The Freight Transport Association is ...

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