General News
New van market maintains growth in May
The number of UK light commercial vehicles (LCVs) registered in the UK grew by 15.3% in May compared with last year, reaching 25,359 units, according
HGV driver penalised for breaking the 90 in...
A Road Haulage Association (RCA) has reported that one of his drivers received a penalty and advised not to return to the EU because they
Plug-in Grants: The latest developments
Last month, the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) increased the end-user limit for Plug-in Van Grant (PiVG) applications by 50%, from 1,000 to 1,500
Stellantis celebrates 1.5 million Vivaro va...
Stellantis is celebrating a landmark 1,500,000 Vauxhall Vivaro and its sister vans built at its manufacturing plant in Luton. First produced in 2001, the Vauxhall
Road casualties increase after Covid dip
The number of drivers and road users killed and seriously injured is back to pre-pandemic levels, and businesses need to take action to reduce this
Hydrogen trucking on the road to success
The H2Accelerate collaboration has today published the latest in a series of whitepapers in support of the use of hydrogen for long-haul trucking in Europe.
Major transport firm hit with £1.9m fine a...
Two major transport companies have been fined a combined total of £2.2m after ‘a loving dad and husband’ was killed when he was hit by
CV manufacturing bounces back in best April...
UK commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturing output increased by 33.3% in April following two months of decline, with 10,504 vans, trucks, taxis, buses and coaches produced, according to the
UK companies readying for switch to electri...
Research conducted by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has found that 70% of van drivers agree that an electric vehicle (EV) would be suitable for their business.
Driving firms risk IR35 exposure if relying...
In April 2021, the off-payroll working legislation (“OPW”), or “IR35 reforms”, rolled out to the private sector, affecting all private sector haulage and delivery firms
