The DAF UK and Ireland Driver Challenge returns for 2024 – DAF Trucks’ multi-stage search to find the nations’ very best commercial vehicle drivers. The fourth edition of the driving competition follows a highly successful event in 2022 when Colin Court emerged as the pre-eminent driver and crowned DAF UK… Read more »
Traffic congestion tops road safety as the biggest concern for UK van drivers, new Webfleet research reveals
Spending less time stuck in traffic has topped the list of things that would most improve the working lives of UK van drivers, a new research study has found. According to the 2023 European Driver Study from Webfleet, Bridgestone’s globally trusted fleet management solution, almost half (46%) of UK van drivers… Read more »
HGV Drivers deserve better says Logistics UK, following National Parking Survey
Commercial drivers are being ignored when it comes to their right to use proper hygiene and rest facilities while working, according to business group Logistics UK. Speaking after the publication of the National Survey of Lorry Parking (2022) Part 2 by government, Jonathan Walker, Head of Cities and Infrastructure… Read more »
Driver mental health hit by soaring cost pressures, research reveals
More than three quarters (76 per cent) of fleet operators believe that work pressures facing drivers are intensifying in the wake of the ‘cost of business’ crisis. A similar number (75 per cent) also believe the cost-of-living crisis is negatively impacting their mental health, according to a new study from… Read more »
Palletline Logistics welcomes newly qualified HGV drivers into the fold following apprenticeship success
Palletline Logistics, part of the UK’s leading palletised distribution network Palletline, has welcomed four newly qualified HGV Category C+E drivers into the fold following their apprenticeship success. Tom Collins and Tom Dixon, both 25 and based at Palletline Logistics business S&S Distribution, and Jack Clifton and Ashley Norton, based at… Read more »
Industry calls on immigration minister for skills shortage support
Logistics UK has participated in a joint letter – together with UKWA, BIFA, Chemical Business Association, Cold Chain Federation and RTITB – sent to Minister for Immigration, Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, highlighting the industry’s critical labour shortage ahead of the upcoming Shortage Occupation List (SOL) review. The letter… Read more »
Trucksters launches initiative to support lorry drivers with their mental health
Lorry drivers are subject to extreme working conditions making their profession a high-risk health activity, especially mental health with problems including stress, anxiety, chronic fatigue, sleeping disorders, among others. Trucksters, the Spanish start-up revolutionising the freight transport industry, and Cristobal, a healthcare app focused on drivers’ health, launch today an… Read more »
XPO exceeds its goal of hiring over 1,000 UK drivers in 2022
XPO, a leading provider of freight transportation services, has surpassed its goal of hiring at least 1,000 truck drivers in the UK and Ireland in 2022. The company achieved the milestone in early November and has continued to welcome new drivers to its transport operations despite an industry-wide driver shortage…. Read more »
Logistics UK response to National Survey of Lorry Parking
In response to today’s publication of the National Survey of Lorry Parking (part 1) which can be found here. Michelle Gardner, Head of Policy at business group Logistics UK said: “As Logistics UK has been saying for a long time, today’s results from the National Lorry Parking Survey have confirmed… Read more »
Local planning processes are holding back the rollout of safe truck stops, according to MD of William Gilder Group
William Gilder, managing director of Gloucestershire-based William Gilder Group (WGG), is calling for changes in local planning processes, which he says are seriously exacerbating the nationwide shortage of safe HGV driver facilities. £20 million of Government funding was pledged in April 2022 to improve security, lighting, and shower facilities at… Read more »