Following yesterday’s announcement in Westminster Hall that HGV drivers are to be fined by DVSA if they take their full weekly rest break in their cabs from 1 November 2017, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling for evidence from road users to help highlight the inconsistency in standards of… Read more »
Latest industry views on the news: RHA overnight allowances victory
Commenting on the Road Haulage Association (RHA)’s announcement on the handling of overnight expenses for drivers, Andrew Brookes, head of employer solutions at accountancy firm, Menzies LLP, said: “The commercial fleet industry will be very pleased with the concessions negotiated by the RHA. These will make it far easier for… Read more »
RHA wins significant climbdown from Government on truckers’ Overnight Allowances
The RHA has won a significant concession from tax officials on Overnight Allowances for lorry drivers. It’s taken many months of negotiations with officials from HMRC after members angrily complained that newly imposed rules were confusing, unfair and were costing them money. At the heart of the row was an… Read more »
‘Don’t let a phone call or a coffee cause the death of another road user’ says RHA
The Road Haulage Association is disappointed at the news that HGV drivers are still being snapped eating, drinking, checking paperwork and using mobile phones while driving. “There is absolutely no excuse for this behaviour,” said RHA Director of Policy Rod McKenzie. “If you’re driving – leave your phone alone. If… Read more »
Hero Tanker Driver wins Driver of the Year award
A tanker driver with one of the UK’s largest oil and fuel distribution company’s Certas Energy has been named “FPS OAMPS Hazardous Industries Driver of the Year 2017”, by heating oil trade association The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers, in its annual competition to find the driver who has gone the… Read more »
HMRC create confusion across the road haulage industry over night-out allowance, says RHA
HMRC has created mass confusion over an allowance paid to lorry drivers when they stay away in their cab overnight, says the Road Haulage Association. Since 1991, drivers could be paid the RHA/HMRC overnight allowance free of tax and national insurance contributions when sleeping in their lorry cabs overnight, in… Read more »
FTA says French government must act after driver dies in migrant roadblock
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling on the French government to take urgent action after a van driver was killed when migrants barricaded the A16 near Calais early this morning. The van hit stationary trucks that had been forced to stop at a roadblock of trees and rubble… Read more »
SNAP Account branches out into Ireland and France
Offering an industry leading cashless payment system, SNAP Account has amassed a customer base of over 55,000 drivers from more than 2,000 fleets and they are now expanding into Ireland and France. SNAP customers can pay for parking, washing and the Dartford Crossing (among other things) on one simple account… Read more »
Calais rest area closures could compromise driver safety, says FTA
The Freight Transport Association (FTA), the trade body which represents half the UK’s road fleet, is calling on French authorities to provide more safe lorry parking for trans-European freight transport around Calais, following the closure of four rest areas on the A16 and A26. This week’s announcement by Sanef, the… Read more »
FTA offers fully funded traineeships & apprenticeships to fill skills gaps
Pressures on the freight and logistics industry to deliver goods to increasingly tight timescales are being heightened by shortages of skilled HGV drivers. In fact, the industry estimates that there could be up to 35,000 vacancies for trained operators across the country. To start addressing the problem, government funding to… Read more »
