The Chancellor has shown a continuous reluctance to increase fuel duty, and in his speech to the Conservative party conference in September he said that he wanted to freeze fuel duty for the rest of this Parliament. However, the FTA has highlighted that this came with the significant clause “provided we can find the savings […]
With these latest deliveries there are now over 100 Citroën vans in the firm's growing fleet. The company has opted for the Nemo X HDi 75 manual 660 van, which is fitted with a 75hp Euro 5 diesel engine with 62.8mpg on the combined cycle. Citroën claims the vans have a 660kg payload capacity and […]
FTA’s traffic service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, providing vital amber and red winter weather alerts. Daily updates give information on UK road traffic and weather conditions affecting freight operations, with additional alerts on severe incidents. There are also advance warnings of any severe weather forecasts issued by the Met Office. […]
According to SMMT, output for 2013 to date is down 19.9% to 75,484 units and although bus and truck manufacturing is showing signs of growth, the outlook remains gloomy until the end of the year. 'The downward trend in CV production continued in October, given continually low levels of demand across the EU combined and […]
The specialist surfacing and reinstatement company is using TomTom’s driver behaviour monitoring tools to underpin a performance improvement programme that, within just three months, has reduced incidents of speeding by 95%. Other incidents of undesirable driving, such as harsh steering and braking, decreased by 65%. Ferns Surfacing has achieved the savings by educating its drivers with TomTom Active […]
The Isuzu Forward N75.190 7.5 tonne curtainsided-bodied rigid is now operating out of the company’s Northern depot in Leeds and is also the first of the company’s distribution vehicles to carry the newly designed Pedigree Wholesale corporate livery. The company anticipates that the vehicle will cover between […]
According to NAMA, average values of used LCV’s at auction across the board rose by 7.7% from £4,346 to £4,681, and total sales also saw a healthy increase of 14.9% from 7,929 to units. The report suggests that demand for vans and pick-ups of all ages has remained high, showing business confidence has strengthened and […]
FTA has enforced the message of this year's Road Safety Week, which has the theme of “tune into” road safety, by calling on drivers to turn off their phones or to put them in the boot, and urges everyone to refuse to speak on the phone to someone who’s driving. Christopher Snelling, FTA's head of […]
According to STE Waste MD, Marcus Farmer, his seven-strong DAF and Mercedes fleet travelled 20 miles less per vehicle in the first week after being fitted with tracking technology from Navman Wireless. ‘Having visibility of the fleet in seconds has enabled us to better route our fleet,’ he said. ‘And when you consider that every […]
The theme for this year is avoiding driver distractions as Chris Chidley, chief executive of the recruitment agency for the road transport and logistics industry, explained: ‘Whilst driving is the most dangerous thing we do on a daily basis, its familiarity can make drivers become over confident. It’s easy to feel overly safe, cocooned in […]
