Fta Pushes For Zero Vat

• The Freight Transport Association is lobbying UK and European Customs to oppose the charging of VAT on transport services when the Single European Market comes into force next......

Shipper Provides Port Backloads

• A new haulage operation, Return Loads of Felixstowe, plans to provide backloads for lorries coming into Felixstowe. The company has been launched by shipping agent Pat......

Premiums To Rocket

• The Road Haulage Association's new conditions of carriage will push up goods-intransit insurance premiums. Insurance companies plan to increase their rates to cover the higher......

Parcelforce Tops £600m Turnover

• A year after its launch Parcelforce has opened nearly 80 dedicated delivery depots for its standard service and added 2,000 vehicles to its fleet — but it has cut its sorting......

Green Thinking

• BRS managing director Steve Abel has urged operators to implement Green strategies which result in "significant cost savings". Speaking at the Scottish RHA conference, he......