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FairFuelUK takes a BIG cheque to the Treasury

On Tuesday 15th March, a week before the Budget, FairFuelUK will be taking, quite literally, a BIG cheque to the Treasury to symbolise the huge amount taken in fuel duty from all road users every year.

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McNulty rail review workshop sounds alarm bells with FTA

Rail freight is at risk of being marginalised by passenger rail interests, which could have dire consequences not only for business but for the UK’s carbon reduction ambitions too, warns the Freight Transport Association (FTA).

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Voluntary recording and reporting of carbon emissions from logistics delivers early progress

The development of a voluntary scheme to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from hgvs and vans has reached a scale and level of development sufficient to warrant the publication of a first annual report to coincide with Climate Week (21-27 March).

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EU’s competitive and sustainable transport plans receive cautious welcome from FTA

The Freight Transport Association today welcomed the overriding ambitions revealed in the long awaited 10 year Transport White Paper entitled Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area ...

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Air freight and planning issues on the agenda at FTA International Supply Chain Forum

Air freight issues and UK planning policy reforms will be the main focus of the next meeting of the Freight Transport Association’s International Supply Chain Forum in April.

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FTA welcomes better targeting of truck enforcement on roads in Scotland and Northern Ireland from today

From today non-compliant truck operators on Scotland and Northern Ireland’s roads will be more effectively targeted at the roadside by enforcement agents who have been granted similar stopping powers to those in England and Wales.

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High volume semi-trailers: FTA welcomes next step in considering length increase

The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the publication of a consultation by the Department for Transport which considers the opportunity for increasing the length of semi-trailers by up to 2.05 metres.

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Big-hearted FTA members tally £50,000 for Transaid

Freight Transport Association members have donated £50,000 to support the work of international development charity Transaid as part of their annual membership renewals since January 2010.

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FTA welcomes opposition parties’ support for Freight Facilities Grant in Scotland

The Freight Transport Association’s strong belief that Scotland can only meet its tough environmental obligations if greener forms of transport are encouraged seems to have been adopted by Labour and the Lib Dems in the run up to the Scottish elections on 5 May.

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