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Caravan Haulier’s “Truly Astonishing” Dishonesty Leads to Licence Revocation in One of the UK’s Worst Compliance Cases

A static caravan transport operator has been stripped of its licences and its director disqualified indefinitely after what a Deputy Traffic Commissioner (DTC) described as “almost as bad as it gets” in terms of deception, obstruction, and compliance failures within the UK haulage sector.
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Government Unveils Ambitious Road Safety Strategy: Our Summary for UK Haulage

The government has published its first comprehensive Road Safety Strategy in over a decade, setting out a sweeping plan to cut deaths and serious injuries on UK roads by 65% by 2035. For the haulage sector, the strategy signals tighter regulations, new vehicle standards, and renewed enforcement, all of which could directly affect operators, drivers, and fleet managers.
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Tracker innovation from Queclink to boost stolen vehicle recovery performance

Queclink Wireless Solutions, a global provider of IoT devices and hardware, is transforming Stolen Vehicle Recovery (SVR) with the launch of a sophisticated backup tracker that combats modern theft techniques and improves retrieval rates in high-risk environments. The GL51CG is a long standby, battery-powered telematics device that supports multilayer protection by providing an easily concealed and hard to detect secondary unit.
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UK Haulage Faces Intensifying Operational Pressures in 2026

UK haulage operators are entering 2026 under sustained operational pressure, as driver shortages, rising costs, and volatile market conditions continue to test the sector’s resilience. Despite stabilisation in some areas since the immediate post-pandemic period, many hauliers report that underlying structural challenges remain unresolved, and in some cases are worsening.
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