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It's an inevitable fact of life that the road haulage industry has been hard hit. Some of our unfortunate clients have been advised to put…

Operator licensing for Northern Ireland could be in place as soon as April this year, according to Environment Minister Alex Attwood MLA.  It is believe…

Falling asleep at the wheel and sleep-related vehicle accidents (SRVAs) have become increasing causes of serious road crashes amongst our roads.  Surveys from the UK…

If a vehicle was found by HMRC to be illegally using ‘red diesel’ on the road, then the vehicle may be seized by HMRC. Under…

The Highways Agency is leading on a project to introduce ‘free-flow’ charging at the Dartford-Thurrock river crossing, which would improve traffic flow by removing the…

HSE research shows that unsafe vehicle loads cost the UK millions of pounds in each year. Vehicles carrying unrestrained loads are also a serious safety…

From 1st October 2012, it became an offence to clamp, tow, block-in or immobilise a vehicle without lawful authority on private land. These changes will…

Over 50 people attended a seminar in Staffordshire at which our new consultant, Brian Wake, and director Clare Simmons spoke on Mineral issues on 9th…

British truck drivers can pay up to £13 per day on special road charges when driving on the continent but, at the moment, their foreign…

The Vehicle Operator and Services Agency (VOSA) has the power to inspect “written off” vehicles, where the cost of repairing exceeds the value of the…

The Government is considering increases across the board for road traffic fixed penalties from £60 to £90.  It has also proposed to increase the fixed…

VOSA uses the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) to aid their Examiners to target operators, by calculating who are more likely to be non-compliant when…