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Places available at final FTA Transport Manager conference of 2018

FTA’s final Transport Manager conference of 2018 takes place next week at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, with places still available.

Lawyer warns of O-licence ‘ignorance’

A leading transport lawyer has warned that too many restricted licence holders are completely ignorant of O-licence requirements.

Sibling smugglers jailed in HMRC sting

Two London-based brothers, who evaded £3.6m in tax by distributing alcohol smuggled into the UK, have been jailed for more than 12 years.

Bodycams to be used at waste sites

Environment Agency enforcement teams have found inspecting waste sites so risky that some are now wearing body mounted video cameras to discourage and record abuse.

VAT fraud ends in 11-year ban

A haulier who falsified his firm’s tax returns in an effort to keep afloat has been banned from being a director for 11 years.

Traffic Commissioner throws out waste offender’s licence bid

A convicted waste offender who applied for an O-licence has been turned down.

Company fined £54,000 after driver crushed

A company has been sentenced for safety breaches after a driver was crushed by a forklift truck.

Cigarettes smuggled by truck in a white goods shipment

An eight-strong gang that smuggled more than 2 million illegal cigarettes into the north-east hidden among fridge freezers on the back of a truck received sentences at Teesside Crown Court on 26 October of more than 26 years.

TIP Skips’ O-licence appeal dismissed by Upper Tribunal

The Upper Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by a Wigan skip operator against the refusal of an operator’s licence.

Environment Agency reports record fines

A total of 93% of the 14,000 businesses regulated by the Environment Agency demonstrated good compliance with their environmental permit conditions in 2017/18, according to its latest annual report ‘Regulating for people, the environment and growth’.