Posts Tagged ‘Road Haulage Association’

  • RHA and Close Brothers announce ground-breaking apprenticeship scheme

    on Dec 5, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on RHA and Close Brothers announce ground-breaking apprenticeship scheme

    As part of their long-established commitment to supporting small and medium sized enterprises, Close Brothers Asset Finance, together with the Road Haulage Association, launched a scheme whereby RHA members with less than 20 vehicles have been applying for funding to recruit and train the next generation of HGV drivers. 

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  • TfL lorry permit scheme poses several questions says RHA

    on Nov 16, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on TfL lorry permit scheme poses several questions says RHA

    News that Transport for London has finally issued its consultation into lorry Direct Vision Standards and a new permit scheme for lorries entering London, has been met with caution by the Road Haulage Association

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  • RHA disappointed at lorry park set back

    on Nov 15, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on RHA disappointed at lorry park set back

    The Road Haulage Association is disappointed to learn that the Department for Transport’s Judicial Review into the planned lorry park in Kent has been rejected

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  • HSE reviews approach to trucker’s toilets – RHA relieved

    on Nov 7, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on HSE reviews approach to trucker’s toilets – RHA relieved

    The Road Haulage Association has expressed its relief at news that the Health and Safety Executive has reviewed it’s approach concerning access to facilities for visiting delivery drivers and has re-examined the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, in particular Regs 20 and

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  • Highways England targets inappropriate driver behaviour

    on Nov 6, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on Highways England targets inappropriate driver behaviour

    The Road Haulage Association is fully supporting Highways England’s enforcement action to target non-compliant drivers of all classes of vehicle

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  • Mayor closing London for business

    on Nov 5, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on Mayor closing London for business

    The Road Haulage Association is outraged at the news that Central London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone is to start on 8 April 2019 – seventeen months earlier than originally planned

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  • RHA criticises lack of parking facilities

    on Nov 1, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on RHA criticises lack of parking facilities

    Last night the scenes at Kent’s Ashford Truckstop were an HGV driver’s nightmare as over 200 trucks were turned away because of the lack of parking space

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  • RHA worried over new rest rules

    on Oct 31, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on RHA worried over new rest rules

    From 01 November, the DVSA will start to punish drivers who take full weekly rest breaks in cabs outside formal rest areas (i.e. service areas and truck stops). This will apply to weekly rests taken in public lay-bys, on or close to public roads and on motorway slip roads. Penalties will include fines and prohibitions

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  • We want a cleaner London – but not at any price says RHA

    on Oct 22, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on We want a cleaner London – but not at any price says RHA

    The Road Haulage Association is warning that the London economy risks being damaged by the new Toxin Tax and the planned Ultra Low Emission Zone being imposed by mayor of London Sadiq Khan.  

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  • RHA warning over ban on drivers sleeping in lorry cabs

    on Oct 15, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on RHA warning over ban on drivers sleeping in lorry cabs

    The Road Haulage Association has won clarity over the new DVSA ban on lorry driver weekly rests taken “in-cab” from the 1st November. It was not clear that in-cab rests taken in OFFICIAL truck stops would be exempt from this enforcement.  The Association was worried that fines could be imposed after a rest weekly rest was taken even in a truck stop or motorway service area rather than in lay-bys and other places. The RHA asked for clarification from DVSA and the Department for Transport that in cab weekly rests taken in official truck stops would not result in

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  • Direct Vision Standards a challenge for road hauliers says RHA

    on Sep 24, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on Direct Vision Standards a challenge for road hauliers says RHA

    As Transport for London release their interim HGV star ratings as part of their Direct Vision Standard proposal the Road Haulage Association (RHA) welcome the clarity that TfL have brought with this announcement

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  • RHA win concession on truckers’ overnight allowances

    on Sep 6, 17 • in General News, UK News • with Comments Off on RHA win concession on truckers’ overnight allowances

    The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has won a significant concession from tax officials on Overnight Allowances for lorry drivers.  

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