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10 applications and decisions that caught our eye this week - 6 April

06 April 2018

David Harris

We've picked out 10 applications and decisions that stood out this week, including William Gilder and Veolia.

One in 20 HGV drivers stopped by DVSA caught breaking drivers' hour rules in 2017

06 April 2018

David Harris

More than one in 20 lorry drivers stopped by the DVSA last year were breaking drivers’ hours rules, the agency said this week.

M6 Commercials fined £20,000 after apprentice suffered fractured skull

30 March 2018

David Harris

A Birmingham-based motor vehicle company has been fined £20,000 after an apprentice mechanic suffered a fractured skull as he worked on a commercial vehicle trailer.

Hauliers to be stung with government 'green tax' for older HGVs

28 March 2018

Hayley Pink

Around half of UK hauliers face a 20% hike in HGV Road User Levy fees next year following government reforms to the scheme revealed today (28 March).

Paper O-licence application forms won't be downloadable from next month

27 March 2018

David Harris

Paper O-licence application forms will cease to be downloadable from the internet in April as the DVSA steps up its efforts to get hauliers to apply online rather than through the post.

HGV gas attacks are a myth, says Royal College of Anaesthetists

26 March 2018

Chris Tindall

Respiratory experts have cast doubt on claims that there have been a spate of gas attacks on HGV drivers in the UK, saying they are “a myth”.

Eight applications and decisions that caught our eye this week - 26 March

26 March 2018

David Harris

Eight applications and decisions that caught our eye in the last week, including Eddie Stobart and ATW Transport.

Truck driver that caused fatal M1 crash given 14 years in prison; second driver gets three years and four months

23 March 2018

A truck driver has been sent to jail for 14 years for causing a motorway crash that killed eight people.

Ashtead Plant Hire becomes first haulier prosecuted in two years for breaching Bradford on Avon weight restriction

23 March 2018

Chris Tindall

Nationwide construction firm Ashtead Plant Hire has become the first haulier in two years to be prosecuted by Wiltshire Council after breaching Bradford on Avon’s 18-tonne weight restriction.

ANSA Environmental Services granted licence variation on maintenance condition

23 March 2018

David Harris

A public inquiry (PI) has confirmed that waste management specialist ANSA Environmental Services can have a variation to its licence at one of its operating centres, on the condition that all maintenance is carried out inside the company’s maintenance building with the doors closed.