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HGV driver penalised for breaking the 90 in...

Jun 02, 2023Comments off

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

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Plug-in Grants: The latest developments

Jun 02, 2023Comments off

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

Vauxhall Vivaro 1.5 million vans produced

Stellantis celebrates 1.5 million Vivaro va...

Jun 01, 2023Comments off

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

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Road casualties increase after Covid dip

May 31, 2023Comments off

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

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Hydrogen trucking on the road to success

May 31, 2023Comments off

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.

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Major transport firm hit with £1.9m fine a...

May 30, 2023Comments off

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

UK Van Production

CV manufacturing bounces back in best April...

May 26, 2023Comments off

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

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UK companies readying for switch to electri...

May 25, 2023Comments off

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...

May 25, 2023Comments off

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

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ZincFive to accelerate the deployment of EV...

May 25, 2023Comments off

ZincFive®, the world leader in nickel-zinc (NiZn) battery-based solutions for immediate power applications, announced today that they are expanding their presence in the electric vehicle (EV)