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From 1 April, foreign hauliers will have to pay to use UK roads as the new HGV Road User Levy is introduced. The charge aims to ensure UK operators are better able to compete with firms from Europe. It applies…

Apprenticeships are going strong and with more backing than ever from government and business their contribution to industry and the wider economy is set to increase even further. Transport News Brief talked Lord Digby Jones, a standard-bearer for the vocational…

News from Fraikin: Fraikin’s long-standing relationship with premium next day delivery specialist City Link continues to go from strength-to-strength after signing two substantial orders. Under a new 10-year agreement, Fraikin will supply 85 Lawrence David single-deck trailers for inter-urban deliveries. The…

News from Catapult: Thames Valley accountants and business advisers James Cowper has been appointed auditors to the Transport Systems Catapult, a technology and innovation centre dedicated to the development and commercial exploitation of efficient transport systems that are essential to the…

In August 2012 Volvo Trucks started out on a journey which would end with one of the most-viewed online videos of all time. The Ballerina Stunt (Live Test One) was the first of six high-quality videos that the manufacturer commissioned…

Details on the extra grants announced in the Budget for businesses recruiting apprentices have been released. An extra £170 million is being made available for Apprenticeship Grants for Employers (AGE) in total, half for 2014-2015 and the remainder for the…

Chancellor George Osborne delivered what he described as a ‘budget for the makers, the doers, and the savers’ this week with measures designed to boost manufacturing and export. Industry is at the heart of economic recovery he told the House…

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…

News from Krone: Active Transport, the Kent based aviation support specialist and groupage services provider, has added 10 Krone Profi Liners to its fleet which, says the company will provide the loading flexibility required to handle a greater variety of…

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…