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Operator licensing for Northern Ireland by April, Minister tells FTA

In a face-to-face meeting held earlier today, the Environment Minister Alex Attwood MLA reassured the Freight Transport Association that he was confident Operator Licensing would be introduced into Northern Ireland by April ...

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Scotland’s freight facilities grant survives, but is it enough? asks FTA

Fear that the Freight Facilities Grant would be scrapped was partially allayed yesterday when Scottish Government announced funding for it until 2014. However, the Freight Transport Association has expressed concern that the amount being allocated will not match the demand from companies looking to switch to more ...

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FTA pioneers training scheme for Dairy Crest with further education provider

Dairy Crest employees will benefit from high quality apprenticeship training in a unique government-funded scheme developed by Freight Transport Association and Mansfield-based college, Vision West Notts ...

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FTA and GreenRoad join forces for Van Excellence

The Freight Transport Association is delighted to announce that GreenRoad, a leader in driver performance and safety management, is the latest partner of the association’s Van Excellence scheme ...

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Foreign lorries should pay their way on UK roads – but safeguards needed, warns FTA

Government proposals to charge lorries for using the UK’s roads should mean a fairer deal for domestic road freight operators, but it must be cost neutral, warns the Freight Transport Association. Proposals to impose a road user charge for vehicles over 12 tonnes have been broadly welcomed by FTA, which has long argued that ...

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Scrapping RET for lorries threatens freight’s vital role in island life

Scrapping the Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) for lorries which use ferry services to move goods between the Western Isles of Scotland and the mainland will increase transport costs and stoke inflation in those island communities, warns the Freight Transport Association ...

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Logistics greenhouse gas emissions falling despite economic pressures

Logistics operators are on course to meet their voluntary greenhouse gas reduction target through the use of a wide range of efficiency improvement measures, according to the second annual report of the Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme ...

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FTA Ireland signs up to European Road Safety Charter

Ireland's pre-eminent transport trade body, Freight Transport Association Ireland, has signed up to the European Road Safety Charter to promote safer driving practices among commercial vehicle operators in the Republic of Ireland's logistics sector ...

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Logistics takes the lead in tackling its carbon footprint

The Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme’s second annual report (launched on 31 January 2012) shows that the logistics sector is making demonstrable progress in reducing its greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions. Backed by government, academics and the industry, scheme participants are on track to meet the self-imposed and ...

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Putting the rail into retail: FTA study shows why more retailers are getting 'On track!'

The retail sector's reputation as leaders of innovation in the supply chain is underpinned in a study recently published by the Freight Transport Association. 'On track!' promotes the environmental and cost saving benefits that can be found in the supply chain by moving more goods from road and on to rail ...

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