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News from the Society of Operations Engineers: A new scheme from the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) is helping engineering firms demonstrate competence and deliver professional development. SOE’s Corporate Partner scheme accredits companies’ in-house training programmes, ensuring they meet high industry standards and deliver…

Continued progress by the automotive and transport sector on cutting emissions cannot come at the expense of an industrial renaissance, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has said in an open letter ahead of its European summit. Writing to European…

News from Scania: Staffordshire-based Solus Coaches has taken delivery of its first Euro-6 Scania coach, one of two new Scania Irizar vehicles introduced into the Tamworth operator’s fleet in March.  The second vehicle has a Scania Euro-5 engine.  Both coaches…

Following National Apprenticeship Week and a warning from the CBI that many sectors face a skills vacuum, Transport News Brief takes a look at the need for talent and training at the sharp end of the logistics sector.   Operators…

A petition calling for a three pence per litre cut in fuel duty has been delivered to the door of 10 Downing Street ahead of next week’s budget on 19 March. The petition was presented by Rob Flello, Labour member…

Engineering and manufacturing face a ‘growing skills vacuum’ unless careers in the sectors can be made more attractive, a new report from the Confederation of British Industry says. The CBI is calling for a cut in tuition fees in science,…

More money is being made available to councils to help fix roads damaged by the severe weather, but the Freight Transport Association (FTA) and councils say the network is in need of much more than patch-up jobs. The Department for…

News from Volvo: Robinsons Holidays of Great Harwood, Blackburn, has continued its long association with Volvo Bus following the delivery of two new Volvo B11R coaches with Jonckheere bodywork. “We’ve heard some excellent reports on the performance of the B11R chassis…

News from the Freight Transport Association: The Freight Transport Association has backed the call by Newport East MP Jessica Morden for ‘openness’ from the Treasury about what it intends to do with the Severn tolls when the bridges revert to…

Transport engineering and the automotive component supply chain have the benefit of new funding and support for growth. Funding worth £45.5 million for UK suppliers has been secured through the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative thanks to a bid from…