01/02/2010
Vehicle spot-checks will take place in the coming weeks as part of a
new campaign to reduce the number of death and injuries relating to
poorly-secured vehicle loads.
1st February 2010
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15/01/2010
1. We welcome the opportunity to comment on your transport strategy consultation.
2. The Road Haulage Association represents businesses, both very large and small, whose main activity is providing transport and logistics services. In keeping with the structure of the sector, a large proportion comprises relatively small firms, of the sort that provides the backbone of the British economy
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15/01/2010
Further to the notifications that were made by the Department for Transport between 7 and 11 January 2010, the Department has agreed to amend and extend the temporary, and limited, emergency relaxation (not suspension) of the enforcement of EU drivers’ hours and working-time rules for drivers involved in the distribution of gas / heating oil and Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG). It should be noted that this relaxation now applies to drivers involved in the distribution of gas oil, and is no longer restricted to drivers involved in the distribution of heating oil and LPG.
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11/01/2010
The Department for Transport has agreed to a temporary, and limited, emergency relaxation (not suspension) of the enforcement of EU drivers' hours and working-time rules for those hauliers involved in the distribution of de-icer products direct to airports.
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08/01/2010
The Department for Transport has agreed to a temporary, and limited, emergency relaxation (not suspension) of the enforcement of EU drivers' hours and working-time rules for those hauliers involved in the distribution of animal feed from animal feed manufacturers to farms.
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08/01/2010
The Department for Transport has given notification of a 24 -hour extension of the temporary and limited relaxation in enforcement of drivers' hours rules for the distribution of road salt only.
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25/11/2009
Defra methodology on trucks and vans contained in new Defra methodology guidelines for carbon reporting
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16/11/2009
RHA submission advance of the Pre-Budget Report, 2009-10.
Road haulage and the recession; the impact of the 12% increase in diesel duty
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24/08/2009
OCRS (Operator Compliance Risk Score) was introduced by VOSA to help improve the targeting of its enforcement effort, which should reduce the burden placed on operators who are generally compliant
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19/08/2009
The Stobart Group proposal to longer semi-trailers
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18/08/2009
The RHAs Response to the Governments Road Safety Consultation
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07/07/2009
Frequently asked questions concerning Fixed Penalty Notices with associated links to VOSA information.
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30/06/2009
The Department for Transport recently met the RHA to discuss guidance...
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30/06/2009
Securing loads for safe transport and safe unloading
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28/05/2009
You will be aware that the 2008 Finance Act introduced new rules concerning refunds of vehicle excise duty (VED). The new rules had effect as of 1 January 2009.
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17/04/2009
Following consultation VOSA will be introducing revised commercial fees for testing and inspecting HGVs and PSVs.
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08/04/2009
HAVE YOU SEEN THESE TANKERS?
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01/04/2009
The Road Haulage Association welcomes the imminent conclusion of the EU Access to the Market and Access to the Profession deliberations, which have gone on over several years.
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27/03/2009
April 1st 2009 sees the introduction of the long awaited legislation permitting the police and VOSA to impose financial penalties against foreign and UK drivers who work illegal hours, drive trucks that are in breach off safety regulations or are overloaded. Police will be able to enforce immediately. VOSA starts from late May and progressive implementation should be expected.
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24/03/2009
As VOSA gets down to changing the sites where its staff carry out annual tests in its Testing Transformation Programme, the first meeting of an industry liaison group took place last Friday.
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01/05/2008
Protecting the environment is now high in the public mind; but as a haulier, you may not realise that "green haulage is efficient haulage".
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27/02/2009
The RHA supports the stated road safety and fuel efficiency goals of Transport for London but believes the Freight Operator Recognition Scheme is ill-considered “regulation through the back door”. We take strong exception to plans to use the FORS scheme as a means of discriminating among FORS members and non-FORS members in the way parking regulations are enforced. The points we made in January 2008 remain relevant.
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01/05/2008
UK diesel duty is much the highest in the EU and puts British domestic hauliers at a disadvantage against hauliers from Ireland and continental Europe. We calculated the difference for a typical 44 tonne truck using the latest data and exchange rate available in April 2008, as part of our continuing campaign for the long-promised "level playing field" for British hauliers.
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09/05/2008
The RHA ran a sustained and innovative campaign on fuel duty and taxes as soon as duty increases were announced in the 2007 budget and has led the debate since that point. In response to requests from members, we compiled this summary, which records activities through to Spring 2008.
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