As we reflect on #worldmentalhealth day spare a thought for our hard working truckers - supplying what we need often under great stress and pressure: be kind if you meet one please RHA #nationallorryweek

Driver shortages: It’s not just about HGVs - @RHARodMcKenzie has written about how the shortage of drivers is impacting the coach sector, and what we're doing about it #DriverShortage #Coaches news.rha.uk.net/2021/10/11/dri…

Today, as part of our #NationalLorryWeek roadshow, we welcomed MP Kim Leadbeater MBE MP to our Bradford office along with local hauliers Redhead and Pink Link Ltd, to discuss the challenges facing the logistics sector.

We're parked up and ready to go at @srcinfo this morning where we'll be talking to students about the range of career opportunities available in logistics. #NationalLorryWeek

We're proud to announce that we'll be working with Peterborough College and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority to produce a bespoke training package to offer HGV driver training to local residents, helping to meet industry needs. #DriverShortage #NationalLorryWeek cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/news/hgv-drive…

The situation at Felixstowe continues to get worse, with long waits for truckers and a knock-on effect across the whole supply chain, "RHA members are incredibly frustrated," @RHARodMcKenzie explains. okt.to/lSPIEy

RHA TWPD Group Chairman Paul Johnson, welcomes delegates to the RHA Transport, Warehousing & Pallet Distribution Group & International Group, annual seminar

"We need to encourage people into the industry." Yesterday, as part of our #NationalLorryWeek roadshow, we spoke to students at @srcinfo about the careers and opportunities that exist within logistics. Find out more: nationallorryweek.co.uk via BBC North East

Our #NationalLorryWeek roadshow has arrived in Newport, Wales! This morning we called in to see Ray Clegg, Managing Director of local haulage firm Alan R Jones & Sons.

"We don’t want cabotage to sabotage our industry," @RHARodMcKenzie told BBC Radio 4 Today. Proposals to relax #cabotage rules in the UK would mean taking work from UK hauliers and giving it to operators from overseas with who run on cheaper fuel and who don't pay tax in the UK.

We oppose the government's plan to allow unlimited cabotage in the UK. @RHARodMcKenzie said: “This proposal undermines the good work done already on training, testing of drivers, and the improved pay and conditions we have started to see for drivers.” okt.to/wfyV0T

There are a lot of ways in which the UK can tackle the HGV driver shortage, @RHARodMcKenzie has told BBC News (UK) but relaxing #cabotage rules to allow unchecked work by overseas drivers isn't the solution

Our #NationalLorryWeek roadshow is at St Paul's CE Primary School Stalybridge in Stalybridge, Cheshire today where we are talking to pupils about road safety and the importance of lorries. Find out more: nationallorryweek.co.uk

Driver CPC is a barrier to truckers getting back behind the wheel, writes @RHARodMcKenzie. "CPC creates a barrier for experienced lorry drivers returning to the cab. It puts a hurdle in the way, adds complexity, and is seen by many drivers as pointless" okt.to/dmDC2p

As the Net Zero agenda gathers pace, have your say on the issues you face on reducing CO2 emissions from your fleet: okt.to/CVzbeo Your feedback will help develop future tools and guidance tailored specifically to the needs of small, medium and large businesses.

Never one to mince his words, is Duncan

"If you were designing a visa system to fail, you would design it something like this," @RHADuncanB tells @CommonsBEIS when asked about the Government's Christmas visa scheme for overseas HGV drivers.

A wet Wednesday in Westminster City Council sees the RHA team inc @RHARodMcKenzie Paul Mummery Declan RHA talk to a great turnout of MPs on issues hitting the industry while Caroline Nokes looks on from the cab of one of Freightlink Europe finest. A new driver in the making perhaps?

Simon Chamberlain Chamberlain Transport MD talks #cabotage to BBC Breakfast. Firms will lose work by being undercut by foreign trucks using cheaper fuel. How can they recruit drivers if the work isn’t there? This short term measure will inevitably undermine the long term plan.

We hear from Helpdesk Team Leader, Joanne Priestly, on what bought her to the logistics industry and how she works to support and guide our members on a daily basis. Read more: nationallorryweek.co.uk/industry-focus… #NationalLorryWeek