Scrapping the Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) for lorries, which use ferry services to move goods between the Western Isles of Scotland and the mainland will increase transport costs and stoke inflation in those island communities, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has warned.
Lucky Red is yet another new customer for Isuzu Truck UK in the food distribution sector, with the recent arrival of the first pair of Isuzu Forward 7.5t refrigerated trucks into the company’s UK distribution fleet.
Government proposals to charge lorries for using the UK’s roads should mean a fairer deal for domestic road freight operators, but it must be cost neutral, warns the Freight Transport Association.
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has welcomed the government’s proposals to charge foreign trucks for using UK roads.
