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British operators
Is a German supermarket chain importing German trucks and
drivers to deliver throughout the UK? Chris Tindall reports.
GERMAN SUPERMARKET there, or very few." Lidl faces a VOSA probe after Hugh Thompson MD of Maidformer drivers and subbies comstone-based John Seymour Transplained about the use of Germanport, estimates that Lidl is using at registered trucks driven by German least 10 German-registered vehi drivers on domestic UK work. cies — he claims the supermarket A VOSA spokeswoman conthreatened it would increase the firms that the agency is aware of number of German drivers: the situation and is investigating "There are definitely Germancomplaints from drivers that caboregistered units doing repetitive
tage rules were being broken. [UK] work," he adds. "We have One owner-driver, Robert lost a bit of business because of it." Cooper, claims he lost out on work And another Lidl subcontracat the Belvedere, Kent, depot tor, Ray Francis of Whites Transbecause of the supermarket's polport in Ramsgate, reports that he icy. He adds that he complained to has been forced to make drivers Lidl but was told that orders were redundant following Lidl's deci "coming from above". sion to reduce its work and he attitude appears to be 'if you don't He adds: "British road haulage believes it was passed on to Gerlike it you can walk out and you
is having a bad time as it is. Now man and Ukrainian drivers, have nothing'." there's a German company not "It's frustrating," he says. "We The rules covering cabotage allowing British drivers to work have 10 trailers parked up. Their state that foreign operators can
GERMAN SUPERMARKET there, or very few." Lidl faces a VOSA probe after Hugh Thompson MD of Maidformer drivers and subbies comstone-based John Seymour Transplained about the use of Germanport, estimates that Lidl is using at registered trucks driven by German least 10 German-registered vehi drivers on domestic UK work. cies — he claims the supermarket A VOSA spokeswoman conthreatened it would increase the firms that the agency is aware of number of German drivers: the situation and is investigating "There are definitely Germancomplaints from drivers that caboregistered units doing repetitive
tage rules were being broken. [UK] work," he adds. "We have One owner-driver, Robert lost a bit of business because of it." Cooper, claims he lost out on work And another Lidl subcontracat the Belvedere, Kent, depot tor, Ray Francis of Whites Transbecause of the supermarket's polport in Ramsgate, reports that he icy. He adds that he complained to has been forced to make drivers Lidl but was told that orders were redundant following Lidl's deci "coming from above". sion to reduce its work and he attitude appears to be 'if you don't He adds: "British road haulage believes it was passed on to Gerlike it you can walk out and you
is having a bad time as it is. Now man and Ukrainian drivers, have nothing'." there's a German company not "It's frustrating," he says. "We The rules covering cabotage allowing British drivers to work have 10 trailers parked up. Their state that foreign operators can "coming from above". sion to reduce its work and he attitude appears to be 'if you don't He adds: "British road haulage believes it was passed on to Gerlike it you can walk out and you
is having a bad time as it is. Now man and Ukrainian drivers, have nothing'." there's a German company not "It's frustrating," he says. "We The rules covering cabotage allowing British drivers to work have 10 trailers parked up. Their state that foreign operators can
only operate on a casual basis and carry domestic loads for a maximum of a month before returning to their country of origin. Lidl declined to comment.