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Work is to start on turning the M26 motorway in Kent into an emergency lorry park, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper. Overnight closures for surveying work have already started and there will be further closures in December to install gates in the central reservation.
The M26 forms a triangle with the London orbital M25 and the M20 to and from Dover and the Channel Tunnel and is used ...
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The Canal & River Trust will be holding the Freight by Water 2018 conference in Leeds on Wednesday 10 October, with the support of the Freight Transport Association.
It brings together operators, freight carriers, logistics specialists and public bodies to look closely at the potential of the mode in the UK ...
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The Freigfht Transport Association says said that it welcomed publication of the government's No Deal Notices for road haulage, aviation and food exports and imports on 24 September. It said that while they confirmed what it already knew it would help traders and logistics companies prepare for the worst case ...
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The Freight Transport Association(FTA) says it is deeply concerned by the lack of progress in Brexit negotiations and the rhetoric used on both sides in the past few days. With the threat of No Deal looming on the horizon, FTA is urging the UK and EU-27 leaders, including the European ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed Government plans, announced in mid-September to upgrade part of the A14 link to Felixstowe to motorway standard. Also included in the plans are a new new Oxford-Cambridge Expressway.
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The Freight Transport Association has reacted angrily to the government's Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report, published on 18 September, saying that it had ignored the industry’s repeated warnings about the importance of lower-skilled workers.
FTA said it failed to acknowledge the value these workers bring to the nation's economy and how ...
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The Government published a series of technical notices’ advising what steps would be taken in the event of a so-called ‘No deal’ Brexit next March – apparently a move to reassure business that it had matters in hand, though having the opposite effect on many people.
The papers, which covered a ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is calling on the government to clarify the position for European seasonal employees after the UK leaves the European Union, in order to provide some stability for a sector already facing significant skills gaps.
It says that the country could face a crisis if the government ...
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Dara O'Briain, the face of Mock the Week, Star Gazing Live, Robot Wars and many other TV shows will add another accolade to his portfolio in December when he hosts the 2018 FTA Logistics Awards at London's Royal Lancaster Hotel.
The awards, on 13 December and now in their second year, ...
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A key road link for the port of Belfast is being delays because of procurement errors, reports the Freight Transport Association.
It says that the £130m York Street Interchange project says that the long-awaited improvement faced a further delay after the High Court ruled there were mistakes in the way the ...
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