The Road Haulage Association writes in advance of the Budget in which it wants the Chancellor to ensure smooth border and customs checks for hauliers post Brexit, to work with the sector to help reduce the 45,000 driver shortage and to cut fuel duty by 3 pence per litre.

The Government will give the go-ahead to a new generation of driverless cars at this week's Budget, Philip Hammond has indicated.

Conservative peer & former chairman of the National Conservative Convention, Baroness Pidding, writes following her question in the House of Lords on the impact of an increase in the number of penalty points imposed under a fixed-penalty notice, issued to drivers caught using a hand-held mobile phone.

Conservative MP, Steve Double urges the Chancellor to show that Britain is both Brexit-ready and open for business by cutting Air Passenger Duty

Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Miller writes ahead of her Lords Question on the effect of Brexit on UK food prices over the next five years.

Philip Hammond is sounding out the implications of a Budget revamp of VAT for small firms that could raise up to £2bn a year for the Treasury.

A new report by design, engineering and project management consultancy, Atkins, has found that a risk adverse culture within the infrastructure sector and a lack of certainty about which new technologies to invest in could cost the UK millions of pounds in efficiency savings and restrict the ability of its businesses to capitalise on the global digital revolution. Atkins became a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group on July 3, 2017.

The Road Haulage Association fully supports Highways England’s enforcement action to target non-compliant drivers of all classes of vehicle. 

The Road Haulage Association is outraged at the news that Central London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone is to start on 8 April 2019 – seventeen months earlier than originally planned.

The Go-Ahead Group has today published its sustainability report for the year ended 1 July 2017, which coincides with the Group's Annual General Meeting. This publication illustrates the company’s sustainability performance and progress across all aspects of the organisation's activity.

Last night the scenes at Kent’s Ashford Truckstop were an HGV driver’s nightmare as over 200 trucks were turned away because of the lack of parking space.

Volumetric concrete mixers, weighing upwards of 40 tonnes, are currently exempt from strict HGV regulation due to a legal loophole, says the Mineral Products Association.

Liberal Democrat Transport spokesperson Baroness Jenny Randerson writes ahead of her debate in the House of Lords on 'Measures to improve the reliability of railway services'.

The case to expand Heathrow airport has reportedly been thrown into doubt after fresh government figures showed Gatwick to be the better option on certain factors.

The South West is not asking for more money than anywhere else - just its fair share, argues Luke Pollard MP.

Senior industry figures have called for the Government to seek out their guidance to ensure that trade keeps moving at the Channel Ports if the UK crashes out of the EU with no Brexit deal.

The Road Haulage Association is warning that the London economy risks being damaged by the new Toxin Tax and the planned Ultra Low Emission Zone being imposed by mayor of London Sadiq Khan.  

The Road Haulage Association welcomes today’s announcement by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling of a £345.3 million funding package to improve local roads and public transport across the country. 

From tackling congestion to rolling out 5G and ultrafast broadband, improving our infrastructure is the key to ensuring the UK succeeds on the global stage, writes Lord Adonis 

RAeS President, Sir Stephen Dalton, explains why now is the right time to consider the impact of its outreach programmes and look to future collaboration with industry and Government to support growth in the next two decades. 

Plans to trash ancient dormouse woodland shows Government rowing back on its own biodiversity commitments.

Air traffic between the UK and the EU could "theoretically" come to a halt on Brexit day, Philip Hammond has warned.

Businesses across Scotland are marking their diaries for second Heathrow Business Summit Scotland, set for 18th October in Edinburgh.

Apprentice opportunities at new railway academy in Widnes.