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In the news – what is new for hauliers From online shopping trends, export opportunities and successes in industry representatives’ lobbying of government, there are some interesting titbits of news for anyone in the haulage industry. Online cross-border shopping UK Haulier recently reported the results of market research showing that the UK is the third…

Why compare lorry insurance? There are essentially two very good reasons why you might want to compare lorry insurance: getting the cover that is most suitable for your HGV operations, and buying it at a competitive price. It might be worth looking at each of these reasons a little more closely: Suitable cover … according…

Keeping healthy on the road Lorry driving might not seem to be an immediate candidate, but it might in fact be quite punishing on both mind and body. Yet staying fit, healthy and mentally alert is important to the way you do the job and to keeping yourself and other road users safe. Here are…

Why use a broker for your HGV insurance? When you are looking to arrange your HGV insurance there are a number of ways you might go about it. You might choose an insurer suggested or recommended by someone you know, you might shop around amongst those insurers whose names you know, you might run through…

Road haulage news What’s in the news for the UK’s haulage operators? The following titbits might give you some food for thought – or even spark a lively debate – when you are viewing the environment in which your business is working. Faster and safer The 6th of April 2015 sees the introduction of new…

Buying a lorry at auction tips Whether you are buying your first HGV, replacing a vehicle that has outgrown your present haulage needs, or looking to expand your vehicle fleet, one of the methods for finding what you need is to buy at an auction. As well as the advantages, however, buying at auction may…

What do you need to be a truck driver? According to the HGV Training Centre, there are as many as 40,000 job vacancies for fully trained and qualified lorry drivers in the UK. If you make the grade, therefore, the figures suggest that you need never worry about getting work as an HGV driver. So,…

Operating your HGV throughout the winter It’s not over yet. The very dead of winter may have been passed, for this year at least – but it is by no means over. The months ahead may still bring their fair share of snow, ice, floods and high winds – all of which make driving conditions…

Reducing HGV journeys You might be forgiven for thinking that improving the transport of goods around the country is almost entirely down to extending the road network and to spending yet more public money on doing so. After all, that is the apparent message in the government’s unveiling on the 1st of December 2014, of…

How to get suitable HGV cover Before looking at how to get, it might be helpful to ask just what is suitable HGV cover. The deceptively simple and apparently straight forward answer is probably going to be that suitable insurance for your heavy goods vehicle is the cover that most appropriately meets the needs and…