First-year evaluation of the HGV speed limit increases confirms industry view that modest increases improve road safety and operating efficiency. 

'This will be a long drawn out process and it is important to stress that hauliers will not get an immediate pay-out; indeed there is no guarantee of any pay-out at all. However it would appear that based on the high level of evidence already received that the prospects for compensation look encouraging.' says RHA Chief Executive, Richard Burnet.

The RHA welcomes the Government's move to crack down on illegal lorry parks, but more legal parks are required to solve the problem.

A new plant capable of producing some of the biggest Titanium aerospace castings in the world is nearing completion at AMRC Castings’ facilities on the outskirts of Sheffield, England.

Ageas UK comments on annual results published today at a transport conference, celebrating Britain’s most improved roads and identifying persistent high risk roads.

The cost of modernising the Great Western railway is currently estimated to be £5.58 billion, an increase of £2.1 billion since 2013, and there are delays to the electrification of the route of at least 18 to 36 months. Delays to the electrification programme will cost the Department up to £330 million.

Aspiring aerospace professionals looking to take their first steps towards a high flying future can find out more about apprenticeship opportunities at an Airbus Group Apprenticeship Information Events being held in North Wales and Portsmouth.

RHA supports tougher penalties for those using hand-help phones while behind the wheel. 

1922 Committee Chairman Graham Brady MP and Parliamentary Labour Party Transport Committee Chair Gavin Shuker MP join forces to write in support of Heathrow Airport expansion.

The Justice Committee Chair writes that plans to expand Heathrow announced this week are 'a perfect recipe for judicial review'.

Ahead of her debate, Labour MP Seema Malhotra calls for a direct rail link between Feltham and Heathrow Airport with a new station en route at Bedfont.

Airbus today celebrated the delivery of its 10,000th aircraft - an A350-900 for Singapore Airlines.

The National Audit Office has today published its findings from its investigation into the Department for Transport’s grant of £30 million towards the construction of the Garden Bridge, the proposed pedestrian bridge and garden spanning the River Thames in central London.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee chair Neil Parish MP joined stakeholders from the energy sector including Calor Gas, to discuss the questions of improving UK air quality and reducing emissions.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published an initial review of the potential consequences of Brexit, focussing on key areas of interest for the mineral products sector.

Heathrow has claimed they are able to offer a comprehensive plan to get UK regions connected to growth quicker and give all of Britain a ‘Brexit boost’.

The issues of UAVs and airspace management were debated at Cranfield University’s Technology Conference Visions of an Autonomous Future on 16 September 2016 part of its celebrations of 70 years since the foundation of the College of Aeronautics.

The benefits of Heathrow expansion could be delivered four years early, giving the British economy a £1.5bn ‘Brexit boost’ whilst a third runway is built, according to new proposals to be launched on the first day of the upcoming Conservative Party Conference. 

 The Government must stop dithering and make the long awaited announcement on the future of airport capacity for the South East says GMB.

At the launch of the UK’s first Flying Challenge programme, 30 young people from Bristol Metropolitan Academy in Fishponds met Olympian Kriss Akabusi and French Astronaut Claudie Haigneré.

A new poll from ComRes shows that parliamentary support for Heathrow expansion grows as Government decision looms.

Faversham & Mid Kent MP Helen Whately writes following her debate this week on 'fly-parking by HGVs in Kent' in which the Roads Minister committed to 'a new survey of parking provision across the country'.

Longer semi-trailers (LSTs) work well for the economy, congestion, air quality and pollution, says the Road Haulage Association. The government should make more permits available to the industry.