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The Department of Transport has confirmed that it will push forward with £1 billion plans to complete the upgrade of the A66 trans-Pennine road
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The decision of the Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon to reinstate specialist vehicle testing and extend driving licences in Northern Ireland is a vital step in supporting the recovery of the logistics industry as the economy eases out of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to FTA, one of the UK’s biggest business groups
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA), one of the UK’s biggest business groups, is urging government to follow through on its promise made two years ago today to provide safe parking spaces for those charged with keeping goods moving throughout the pandemic and beyond: HGV drivers. Two years after the government pledge, FTA’s members report provision has not improved, and many are forced to take their rest breaks in unsafe locations with inadequate welfare, hygiene and sanitation facilities.
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The London Lorry Control Scheme set to make a controversial return on June 1. To support retailers re-stocking during the COVID-19 crisis, London Councils suspended the London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) in the middle of March
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FTA, the business group which represents the logistics sector, has reacted with extreme disappointment to TfL’s decision to reintroduce all London road charging schemes with immediate effect.
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the Government’s COVID 19 strategy, but key items still remain unresolved
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA), the business group which represents the logistics industry, has urged the government to use the next stage of its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to ease business back to work after the COVID-19 crisis, to prevent significant job losses and avoid decimating recovery plans for companies.
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FTA, the only business group representing all of the logistics sector, has been selected by TransFollow as a UK distributor of eCMR, the electronic version of consignment notes
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FTA, the business organisation representing the logistics sector, has learned that the long-awaited LGD Driver Apprenticeship Standard for Cat C+E licences, is to be published this summer.
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While the UK remains in lockdown to limit the spread of COVID-19, government ministers are preparing to issue their “back to work” plans to restart the economy. And according to FTA, the business group which represents the logistics industry, these plans will create both opportunity and risk for businesses keen to comply with new safe working regulations and get their complex supply chains re-started or re-energised to cope with growing demand
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Entries to FTA’s annual Logistics Awards, sponsored by Port of Dover, are now open and with submissions already flooding in, the business group is urging anyone wishing to apply to submit their application now to be considered for one of the logistics industry’s most prestigious awards. FTA’s annual celebration is the only awards by the industry for the industry and is one of the biggest events in the logistics calendar.
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The Freight Transport Association has launched its Northern Ireland Protocol Policy Report, a document to highlight the key measures its members from across the logistics sector believe are needed to keep trade between Northern Ireland (NI) and Great Britain (GB) moving as efficiently as possible once the Brexit transition period concludes on 31 December
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