The senior traffic commissioner is consulting on plans to amend statutory guidance closing a loophole that enables hauliers to ‘draw down’ HGVs not specified on an operator licence. The move was prompted by a recent […]
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A Peterborough haulage company that was refused its application to operate 50 lorries and 50 trailers has won its appeal after the upper tribunal ruled that the traffic commissioner had acted unfairly. REL Haulage will […]
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Nick Denton recently retired from his full time role as traffic commissioner (TC) for the West Midlands after 10 years regulating the road transport industry. Quite rightly, he takes immense pride in the quasi-judicial role of TC, which is a far…
The Traffic Commissioners will be the star turn at this year’s Logistics UK’s Transport Manager 2022 autumn conference series where they will be delivering updates on their latest guidance. A Traffic Commissioner will be presenting at each of th…
The traffic commissioners have repeated their warning to hauliers providing traction-only services about their responsibilities for the condition of trailers, following a spate of cases at public inquiries. In their annual report, the TCs said t…
Senior Traffic Commissioner Richard Turfitt (pictured) has warned hauliers of their obligations regarding trailers amid a spate of Public Inquiries following serious transgressions. Speaking at the Microlise Transport Conference last week, Turfi…
Traffic Commissioner Nick Denton revoked the licence of West Midlands firm CCS Waste after the company was found to be acting as a front for the disqualified operator Jones Waste Services, which Denton said had “a similar disregard for safe and …
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, patron of transport charity Transaid, will address delegates at this year’s Microlise Transport Conference. The conference takes place on the 18th of May at the Coventry Building Society Arena. Microlise ha…
The traffic commissioners have made operators aware of the help and advice available about new customs rules that came into effect at the beginning of January. Anyone moving goods between Great Britain and the European Union (EU) through a goods…