Momentum grows for C+E licence to be included in LGV Driver apprenticeship

Training specialist HGVC has been appointed by highways service provider Ringway to train up 43 drivers as part of the government’s skills bootcamps campaign. As part of the deal, HGVC will deliver funded courses with the department for education stumping up 70% of the fees. The training programme was introduced to avoid a potential shortage […]

East Anglian family haulage firm Bartrum Group has weathered the “perfect storm” of Brexit, driver shortages, “extortionate” agency rates and the Covid-19 pandemic to deliver a 53% rise in pre-tax profit in 2020.

Marks and Spencer is to pay new HGV drivers a £2,000 sign-on bonus in a bid to ensure against empty shelves this summer, as the driver shortage crisis continues.