The number of HGV drivers in the workforce fell by 49,000 in Q4 2021 (compared to Q4 2019), according to new analysis of the latest ONS statistics published today (16 February 2022) in Logistics UK’s Skills and Employment Update. But with numbers of driving tests...
The trade union “Unite” claims that the government is not monitoring the number of lorries entering and leaving the UK after it introduced a scheme during the HGV shortage last year. The number of lorries entering and leaving the UK under a scheme...
The chief executive of one of the fastest-growing UK pallet networks says there are some promising signs that the worst of the driver shortage crisis could be over as the new year gets underway. Pallet-Track’s Caroline Green said she had seen the “noise decrease” over...
Skills boot camps’ are expected to provide instruction for up to 11,000 HGV drivers The UK government has offered contracts worth £34.5m to companies to train new lorry drivers as it battles to alleviate an ongoing supply chain squeeze caused by the Covid-19 pandemic...
West Yorkshire Combined Authority has announced its plans to fund courses for HGV drivers Leeds and West Yorkshire are so short of qualified HGV and bus drivers that politicians are going to fund free training to help plug the staffing gaps. The West Yorkshire...
New rules governing the roadworthiness of HGVs will give Manx transport authorities “teeth” to tackle “unscrupulous” operators, a haulage firm boss has said. The regulations, which come into force on 1 January 2020, bring the island broadly...
