Driver Shortage

Driver shortage to be focus at the Fleet &#...

Sep 09, 2021Comments off

Logistics UK and Driver Require will explore ways in which the UK can address the current HGV driver shortage crisis as part of an in-depth

Logistics UK calls for 10,000 EU work visas...

Aug 24, 2021Comments off

Logistics UK has urged the government to replicate its Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme for the logistics sector and prioritise the granting of 10,000 temporary work

DVSA to recruit an extra 40 additional voca...

Aug 18, 2021Comments off

A campaign to recruit additional vocational driving examiners in England and Wales to help reduce the lorry driver shortage has been launched by the Driver

UK supply chain faces collapse in ‘tw...

Jul 28, 2021Comments off

Speaking to the BBC, Richard Burnett, RHA chief executive said that despite meeting with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps last week to warn him of the

Government announces measures to support ro...

Jul 21, 2021Comments off

A package of measures to help tackle the HGV driver shortage has today been announced by the Government. In an open letter to the road

Fleet optimisation software to tackle drive...

Jul 12, 2021Comments off

Implementing fleet optimisation software should be a transport firm’s first step to addressing the driver shortage, according to tech firm The Algorithm People (TAP). It

Government response to driver shortage

Jul 09, 2021Comments off

Transport minister Baroness Vere said extending drivers’ hours was “definitely not a long-term solution” to the burgeoning recruitment crisis, and that the industry had known

SMMT: Can the driver shortage be solved?

Jul 09, 2021Comments off

The UK is currently suffering from an estimated deficit of about 65,000 HGV drivers but what is behind the shortage and what can be done

Drivers’ Hours extension: ‘Utte...

Jul 08, 2021Comments off

There has been a lot of reaction to the government’s decision to temporarily relax the drivers hours rules in an attempt to address the serious

Act today on driver shortage

Jul 05, 2021Comments off

Steve Gooding, president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), has used the inaugural edition of transport and logistics event ITT Hub to