Border Force's official vehicle-security routine: watch the loading, lock and seal, check fabric and roof, record on the checklist. The system that protects operators and drivers.
Coal deliveries appear in GOV.UK's load-securing guidance by name - with a local-delivery exemption and the tipper sheeting rules alongside. Solid fuel logistics.
Eligible employees can take up to 52 weeks' maternity leave, and partners can take paternity leave, pay and shared parental leave. What transport employers must provide and what stays protected while staff are away.
SSP pays up to £123.25 a week for up to 28 weeks, employer-paid. The floor not the ceiling, the occupational scheme question, and what it means for drivers off sick.
The Special Types General Order lets abnormal indivisible load vehicles run outside C&U weights. The three STGO categories, their weight limits, notice periods and speed limits.
Before a subcontractor moves your freight, check their operator licence on the official public register, their insurance, and their compliance history. The due diligence that protects your operation.
Drivers need a digital tachograph card to store their daily work records - £32 for a first GB card, £19 to renew or replace. Online and postal routes, the 90-day renewal window, and the 7-day rule for lost cards.
Most in-scope HGV work needs a tachograph, but the exemption list is longer than operators assume. What the exemptions cover, the four tachograph types, and the risk of guessing wrong.
The driving, other work, availability and rest symbols every digital tachograph uses - what each one records, when to select them, and the border-crossing symbol rule.
A tail lift is lifting equipment under LOLER and work equipment under PUWER - marked SWL, thorough examinations, defect reports and training. What operators must actually do.
Government's Future of Freight plan names data and technology as a core theme - and fuel is where fleet data pays back fastest. The telematics discipline.
An abnormal load move starts days before the wheels turn. STGO sets the notice periods for police and bridge authorities, and ESDAL is the system that carries them.