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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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Compliance, Distribution, Drivers, eCommerce, Employees, Europe, Freight, Future, Haulage, Insights, International, Logistics, News, Transport, Transport Manager Resources, Warehousing

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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Haulage, International, Press Release, Transport

Derry Bros attracts record numbers of freight customers seeking customs support

Derry Bros achieved strong growth in 2025 with record numbers of hauliers, freight forwarders and logistics operators needing customs support for the movement of goods between the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. The company attracted 300 new customers during the past 12 months, resulting in more than 110,000 processed customs declarations. In particular, the volume of GB-NI declarations jumped by 47% as shippers sought smoother trade across the Irish Sea.
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Haulage, International, News, Transport

Increased digital investment required to keep pace with 2026 customs changes

International freight businesses will need to adopt greater levels of digitisation, automation and electronic reporting to comply with incoming UK and EU customs requirements or face severe consequences in terms of added costs, delays and operational risk. This is the view of Sarah-Louise Murray, Customs Manager at leading customs clearance specialist, Derry Bros, who warns some operators will be in for a shock as many processes that work today may be insufficient in 2026 and beyond.
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International, Press Release

Derry Bros introduces self-service, on-demand solution for fast and cost-effective customs declarations

Derry Bros has launched a self-service solution to help hauliers, freight forwarders and logistics operators to take control of and simplify customs requirements for the movement of goods across UK and EU borders. SelfClear forms part of the company’s all-in-one digital customs solution, Digicom, and is designed to generate fast, secure, on-demand declarations, while reducing associated costs.
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Europe, International, Logistics, Press Release

Derry Bros launches regime 42 service in Europe to streamline EU customs clearance

Derry Bros, the leading customs clearance specialist, has further enhanced its service offering in mainland Europe by taking advantage of EU customs procedure, Regime 42. The company will now be able to assist customers, initially in Belgium and France, with streamlining customs clearance and VAT management for imported goods from the UK.
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Distribution, International, Logistics

Greenspace Industrial join Rainbow Dynamics’ US distributor network

Lancashire-based Rainbow Dynamics has announced a new partnership agreement with Greenspace Industrial – one of Canada’s leading providers of material handling and storage systems - that sees Greenspace become a key distributor of Rainbow’s range of robotic and automated warehouse solutions across North America.
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Europe, Insights, International

Demand for streamlined customs clearance drives record growth at Derry Bros

Derry Bros experienced record demand for its customs clearance services in the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe during 2024 as hauliers sought to navigate increasingly complex cross-border regulations and red tape. The company completed over 250,000 customs declarations during the year – following significant investment in its IT infrastructure, office network and talent development – helping to more than double turnover.
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