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Van Excellence celebrates success at Fleet News Awards

Partners and members of the Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) Van Excellence programme are celebrating after a night of success at the Fleet News Awards 2018. Companies and ...

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Lifting 300 miles of roadworks will help deliver Easter

The Easter Bank Holiday weekend is one of the UK’s first big travel times of the year, with holiday traffic added to the usual number of vehicles on the nation’s roads.

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Freight operators should get what they pay for, says FTA

The announcement today (26 March 2018) of a government investment package of £100m to repair some of Britain’s most damaged roads has been met with cautious optimism by the UK’s ...

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Heathrow plans needed to keep Britain trading, says FTA

With the British economy under more scrutiny than ever before thanks to the potential impact of Brexit, the Freight Transport Association (FTA), the UK’s largest organisation representing the logistics sector ...

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Lack of frictionless trade solution for Brexit will stifle economy on both sides, says FTA

While today’s adoption of the proposed Brexit transitional period by the EU27 leaders has been met with cautious optimism by business and politicians, the UK’s leading association representing ...

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Warwickshire teenager scoops top prize in freight industry competition

A teenager from Warwickshire has won the top prize in a national careers competition, hosted by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) on its stand at the Skills Show 2017 and run in partnership with careers campaign Think Logistics.

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Rail investment strategy needs to include freight support, says FTA

The Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP), announced this week by the Department for Transport (DfT) may, on paper, be a more sustainable and profitable method of planning and developing the ...

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Determination to press ahead with Direct Vision Standard is flawed, says FTA

London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan is misguided in his determination to press ahead with new design regulations for heavy goods vehicles operating in the city, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has warned today (22nd March).

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Logistics industry still in the dark about employees' status, says FTA

Today’s (27 March 2018) release of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)’s interim report into the status of workers from the European Economic Area fails to answer the questions which ...

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HGV Road User Levy charges are unfair hit on small business, says FTA

The government’s amendments to the road user levy charges announced today (28 March 2018) are another step on the road to improving air quality for all of us, but at the expense of small ...

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