Vehicle and fleet safety technology specialists CameraMatics asked over 600 small business owners in the UK, Ireland, and the US about their main vehicle-related business challenge. The results paint an interesting picture in the run-up to June 27, designated by the UN as World Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME)...
The Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) ever popular Transport Manager conference series will be back in autumn 2020 at 11 venues around the UK. The conferences, now in their 19th year, will once again highlight and explain key issues for anyone involved with running vehicle fleets, providing professional advice and helping...
With the potential easing of lockdown restrictions and the re-emergence of non-essential travel, the Swedish ferry company Stena Line has announced a set of safety measures aimed at ensuring ferry travel is the safest form of public transport. Social distancing, fog machines, fresh sea air inside the ships and the...
The continued extension of delivery hours is vital to support the nation’s economic and societal recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak, according to FTA, one of the UK’s biggest business groups. With ‘non-essential retail’ opening from 15 June 2020, and the government’s active travel plans coming to fruition, continued flexibility in...
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling for government to request an implementation period for whatever Brexit agreement is reached in negotiations, to enable the industry to adopt and adapt to new trading practices with the EU. This must include consideration of how the Northern Ireland Protocol can be implemented...