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Royal Mail

Ten applications and decisions that caught our eye this week

Royal Mail and Maritime are amongst the names in our round-up of the latest applications and decisions.

Bonded warehouses must provide visiting drivers with toilet access, says HSE

The HSE has clarified that bonded warehouses must provide visiting drivers with adequate toilet facilities after an HGV driver was told by staff at Expeditor International that she should use a portable toilet rather than staff toilets due to security concerns.

UK new heavy truck market off the pace in first nine months of 2018

The UK heavy truck market remains in recession, with registrations of HGVs at 16 tonnes and above 8% lower in the nine months of 2018, new data shows.

Environment Agency

Waste operators to pay back illegal earnings

Two waste operators have been ordered to pay back hundreds of thousands of pounds of money they illegally earned following a proceeds of crime case brought by the Environment Agency.

Health and Safety

Safe and sound

A rigorous risk assessment and proper planning are crucial to health and safety compliance

Mercedes Actros

Used Truck of the Week 25 October

Used truck of the week is a Mercedes-Benz 6x2 Actros 2533

Health and Safety

Haulage worker suffers injuries in conveyor incident

Haulage and waste processing business Loosemores Transport has been fined £18,000 after an agency worker received injuries while working on a waste sorting conveyor.

Compliance

Big brother or big bother?

Under what circumstances is it appropriate for employers to use covert surveillance of employees?

O-licence

“Keeping it in the family” sees O-licences suspended

Traffic Commissioner (TC) for Scotland, Joan Aitken has suspended three Bonnybridge-based hauliers for a “tangled family weave” that allowed one of them to operate vehicles in excess of its authorisation.

Matt Squire

MAN to invest £20m in localised satellite service centres

A £20m investment in the MAN Truck & Bus UK network is going a long way

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