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...drivers. We have been lucky enough to have two female tanker drivers work for us. “Most applications for jobs in the fuel distribution industry are from male drivers, but we...
...HGV driver training she needed and facilitated a new career for her with Mϋller UK & Ireland who are keen to recruit veterans into HGV Driver positions through the charity....
...number of drivers are trained in more than one area to ensure flexibility. “Whilst drivers mostly stick to their own areas, some are cross-trained and we do have a contingency...
...the subsequent increase in the number of bikes, we hear from Brake as they revisit the challenges this presents to truck drivers. Every professional truck driver knows that encountering cyclists...
...– and this, combined with an existing shortage of HGV drivers more than 76,000 individuals has meant that haulage firms are now struggling to recruit new drivers – a problem...
...history. Driver shortages impact profits Reported EBITDA of £7.4m was down slightly on the prior year due to the short-term negative impacts of the driver availability issues, which affected the...
An apprentice HGV driver is celebrating after being the first to successfully qualify as a Class 1 driver under a new apprenticeship programme. Michael Taylor from Middlesbrough, the first driver...
XPO Logistics has created a new Female Driver Academy to help attract more women into the industry. The female drivers who join the Academy will undertake a 12 to 16-week...
...operations and any changes to the Driver CPC regime must respect that premise. Today’s consultation is bad news for road safety and haulage operators, as well as drivers.” Unacceptable impacts...
...consortium comprising business organisation Logistics UK, HGV training specialist HGVC, and workforce solutions group Manpower. With limited spaces available, the Driver Academy Group is calling on HGV drivers to apply...
...invasion of Ukraine, is filling Putin’s coffers and helping to fund the war. It has to stop.” Global diesel shortages With the UK having pledged to stop importing Russian diesel...
...adding to the drop in demand. Diesel shortages Across Europe and the East coast of the United Sates in particular, there are concerns over a shortage of diesel reserves. Under...
...hours, it’s a full day off the road each time for a driver and we’re rolling it out to every driver across the business so that’s a real investment from...
...our two longest serving drivers – Kenny and Craig. “We always try to keep drivers in their ‘own’ tanker. It promotes an ownership of the vehicle and a sense of...
...the highest standards.” Stuart Honour, a driver with the HOYER Petrolog Fleet in the South East, is the second driver featured. Stuart, who has been with HOYER for 18 months,...
...current plans to boost driver welfare to help tackle the effects of driver shortages throughout the UK. Built to last Onroute acquired Junction 29 knowing that resurfacing would be required...
...in the haulage industry, namely solving issues of driver shortages and improvement in driver quality of life, thanks to remote tele-operated vehicles. Drivers can stay local as well as take...
...DVSA to speed up its testing regime, but these measures will take some time to produce new drivers. Our industry needs drivers now, and we are urging government to replicate...
