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