From September 10 anyone driving vehicles of 3.5 tonnes and over on a commercial basis will need a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence and with time running out, the Road Haulage Association’s training arm, RHA Training has just signed up its 1,000th candidate for its Driver CPC-related courses.
Haulage firms have been warned the latest diesel price rises will see many transport companies going out of business as they struggle to cope with spiralling costs. The Automobile Association (AA) has confirmed that average diesel prices have increased by 1.36 pence to 104.85 pence in the last month. “Any rise in prices affects...
In the past four weeks alone hauliers have seen the equivalent of an extra £1,000 per vehicle slapped on to their annual fuel bill, according to the Road Haulage Association (RHA). “On 22 April 2009, the Chancellor in his spring Budget stated that he expected energy prices to come down,” said RHA Head of...
