Van drivers – the silent professionals
One in ten vehicles on the road is a van - 4 million vans
Vans equal £56bn pounds of the UK economy
IOC at Silverstone to look at how we can address the challenge of safety on our roads with Highways England.
Highways England Van Summit 11th September at Silverstone, a shared showcase of all things road from cone trucks to speed camera vans.
Green lighting at the Salford, AJ Bell rugby stadium for challenging questions on UK-wide compliance for clean air zones.
Manchester, Trafford Park logistics homeland for a run on the M60 to the rugby stadium of AJ Bell for a well attended Motor Transport Clean Air roadshow.
Trucks showcasing gas in the car park, a busy micro-table trade show and a long room full-house seminar room shadowed with green roof lights to set the mood for compliant emissions and green transport.
Motor transport, Hayley Pink delivered the H&S, ‘turn left onto the rugby field if the alarm calls’ Three short workshops, gas, electric & euro 6 with a free lunch. Carl Lomas met up with Megan Black.
Tally of almost three hundred EVs for the South East.
The Big Red Machine talked moving six hundred vans for ULEZ at the recent TfGM Manchester freight forum. This week Royal Mail reported it is rolling out 190 electric vans in London and the South East to add to the 100 that it already operates in the UK.
The new vans have a green livery rather than the traditional red.
In heatwave July on Thursday 25th Boris Johnson appointed a new Secretary of State for Transport.
MP for Welwyn Hatfield since 2005 Grant Shapps takes the top job at DfT.
Friday saw two more new Transport Ministers appointed as the department looks set for a clean sweep.
There are two IOC must-do dates for your diary in Q4 2019
Heads of Industry Sept 17th - National Courier Awards Oct 15th.
New step by GLA brings sole trader status eligibility
ULEZ scrappage scheme looked flawed for courier, final mile van drivers; a first draft asked for VAT or company registration - a final mile driver had to be Ltd or VAT registered, (£85k threshold).
Alex Williams TfL talked 'giving the money away' at last week's TfL freight forum.
We repeat the extract below and re-list the Ford scrappage deal. First we bring news that GLA no longer ask for VAT or company registration for owner-drivers. GLA-TfL scrappage, get a Ford and win a double-bubble ULEZ solution.
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