Month: August 2019

Members of Parliament are calling for a complete ban on the use of hands-free mobile phones while driving. Earlier this month, the Transport Committee released its Road safety: drivi…

The National Trailer & Towing Association (NTTA) has introduced the UK’s first-ever free trailer safety check programme for users of braked and un-braked trailers up to 3,500kg gross w…

The FORS Members’ Conference returns this autumn for its fourth year, with a packed schedule designed to show how FORS helps commercial vehicle operators become safer, smarter and …

The Department for Transport (DfT) has released guidance titled ‘…

FORS Gold requirement ‘G8 Staff travel’ has been introduced to encourage the promotion of sustainable staff travel behaviour and minimise the negative impact of staff travel to and from …

Rochester truck company Harlex Haulage Services achieved the highest level of FORS accreditation by putting safety first. Through a continued commitment to improving its safety performanc…

The Department for Transport (DfT) has published its two-year action plan ‘Road safety statement 2019: a lifetime of road safety’ with a mission of making UK roads a safer place for ever…

FORS will be exhibiting at this year’s Causeway Coast Truckfest, Europe’s largest trucking festival held in Northern Ireland. The event, which has been running since 1983, will take p…

Bridge strikes are becoming an increasing problem across the transport industry. According to Network Rail, five easily avoidable railway bridge strikes take place each day in the UK. HGV…

Randox Testing Services has become the latest FORS Associate, offering its bespoke drug and alcohol testing services to the extensive FORS membership base at discounted rates.…

With tough governmental targets on air quality, now the responsibility of local authority bodies and Clean Air Zones in place in major UK cities, environmental efficiency is now even…

North Yorkshire based delivery company, Economove, has increased safety measures and performance on its vehicle fleet to gain FORS Gold, the highest level of the national  accredit…