Extended producer responsibility for packaging makes businesses that supply or import packaging report it and pay fees. Who is obligated, large versus small producers, and what transport firms should check.
You must register for PAYE if any employee is paid £96 or more a week. What new transport employers must set up, when to pay HMRC, and the quarterly option for small payrolls.
Businesses manufacturing or importing 10+ tonnes of plastic packaging pay Plastic Packaging Tax on components with less than 30% recycled content - £228.82 per tonne from April 2026. The registration tests and record trail.
Government grants for zero-emission trucks run from £15,000 to £81,000 depending on vehicle weight. The tiers, the eligibility rules and how to weigh a grant against whole-life costs.
Postponed VAT accounting lets you declare and recover import VAT on the same VAT Return instead of paying it upfront at the border and reclaiming it later - a real cash-flow difference for import-heavy operators.
Since 6 April 2022, PPE duties extend to limb (b) workers - casuals, agency-style relationships. Free PPE, suitability assessment, training, and the worker's own duties. What changed and who it catches.
Every truck workshop runs a compressed air system - and under the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 it needs a written scheme of examination before it operates, and examinations to that scheme.
Police can require your licence, insurance and MOT certificate at the roadside - and you have 7 days to produce them at a police station. How the rule works and what fleets should tell drivers.
Loads overhanging the front, rear or sides trigger escalating requirements - visibility, marker boards, attendants and police notice. The Construction and Use thresholds every flatbed operator should know.
The paper POD chase - notes lost, invoices delayed, disputes unprovable - is a data problem, and the Future of Freight's digital agenda starts at the signature on the doorstep.
GOV.UK's public inquiry guidance for goods vehicle operators: the triggers, notice periods, what the inquiry can decide, and how the hearing itself runs - from the official guide.
Trucks hurt people and damage property off the public highway too - in yards, at docks, on customers' premises. Where motor cover stops and public liability starts.