Civil engineering firm Kier has been fined more than £4m after its staff twice struck overhead powerlines while working on the M6 motorway
2022 presented itself as another highly challenging year for the UK road haulage network. Record high fuel prices added further crippling costs to the already beleaguered industry that was recovering from Covid and Brexit restrictions.
On 16 November 2020, Robert Gifkins, who worked for Arnold Laver & Company Ltd, was delivering timber to a company in Whaddon near Salisbury. He had climbed onto the bed of his trailer to sling the load and attach it to the vehicle-mounted crane.
Having faced unprecedented rises in fuel costs during the last ten months, fleets have been warned they government may be plotting to increase fuel duty by 23% at the spring budget.
As the UK and wider world recover from the pandemic period, many transport organisations are looking for ways to increase profitability. The shock economic factors over the last few years have no doubt left some companies close to failure or have certainly forced them to reduce their operating costs somewhat. In this article we are looking at the key 5 challenges the industry continues to face in 2022 and into 2023.
Haulier’s have been advised to expect rises of at least 8ppl on diesel for next week W/C 17/10/22. This is on the back of 2 consecutive rises whereby the costs of diesel as risen by 4ppl on average.
he second phase of a pilot program will see customers offered the chance to road test the trucks, initially in Northern Europe.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has temporarily eased the enforcement of EU drivers’ hours regulations for those involved in the delivery of Operation London Bridge during the national mourning period following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.Â
New prime minister Liz Truss has named Anne-Marie Trevelyan as the new transport secretary, replacing the outgoing Grant Shapps.
