HGV News

Highways England says we have a real problem with tyre pressure on our roads. According to research they recently released, one in every four cars on the road has at least one tyre that is dangerously under-inflated; nearly all HGVs are running with at least one under-inflated tyre at any given time. This is clearly […]

Last month, a van driver in Cheshire became the first to be successfully prosecuted under new rules giving police broader authority to enforce lane-hogging regulations. The driver received five penalty points and fines totalling nearly £1,000 after he was caught hogging the centre lane on the M62. His actions caused as many as six drivers […]

We talk a lot about the HGV driver shortage in our regular blog posts. Yet the same shortage threatening the haulage industry is also biting at the heels of the transport industry. Companies desperate for coach and bus drivers are finding they just cannot fill open positions fast enough. According to one source, a more […]

Highways England has announced plans to spend some £1.5 billion on motorway improvements in three key areas around the country. All three are areas in which the HGV Training Centre offers comprehensive training for professional drivers. For example, students can come to us for HGV training in Northamptonshire, where money will be spent on the […]

In the ongoing push to reduce the number of accidents between HGVs and cyclists, the government has come up with a number of controversial ideas that may or may not work. One of the latest ideas is one that it could result in the end of HGV drivers operating in the busiest city centres. According […]

Every summer, drivers take to the roads en masse for holiday travel. Being a leading provider of HGV training in Tyne & Wear, we have first-hand knowledge of just how busy some roads can get. All along England’s north-east coast, summertime traffic peaks around the end of July and into early August as holidaymakers flock […]

A team of researchers in Australia has decided to undertake a project that will look at horse transport practices in relation to injury and disease. As horse owners already know, their animals are subject to all sorts of physical problems when transported carelessly or not according to standards. The Australian researchers want to find out […]

You have seen remote control cars, aeroplanes, and helicopters. However, what about a remote control forklift? That is exactly what was on display earlier this month in Leeds when Van European unveiled its new equipment purchase. The family-run business spent £32,000 on a two-tonne Palfinger Crayler remote control forklift after seeing a demonstration online. If […]

The CPC training requirements first introduced for discussion in Europe more than a decade ago are now the law of the land. Here in the UK, both HGV and PCV drivers had deadlines of 2014 and 2013 respectively to earn their certificates under the regulations. From this point forward, professional drivers must undergo at least […]

We took the occasion in our last blog post to address the government’s rejection of a proposal put forth by the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and Freight Transport Association (FTA) to address the driver shortage through apprenticeships. While that was certainly bad news, the industry is not sitting still. The RHA has devised an introductory […]