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Truck News1 Feb 2021FORS launches Abnormal indivisible loads training
FORS is launching a new training course for transport managers, to help them better understand how to manage the transportation of abnormal indivisible loads.
Latest News8 Oct 2020FORS launches virtual classroom training
FORS has launched a new virtual classroom to provide its members with a more classroom-like training environment.
Latest News13 May 2020DriveTech whitepaper outlines training requirements in light of mandatory speed limiters
Drive Tech has outlined the importance of driver training as new type approval regulations come into force leading to the introduction of mandatory speed limiters in cars and vans.
People News27 Apr 2018FORS welcomes 1,000th Practitioner
Scott Sharkey from Les Smith Haulage has become the 1,000th FORS Practitioner, six years after the qualification was introduced.
Latest News29 Mar 2018Walkers Transport teams up with Rochdale LGV to launch driver training programme
Transport and third-party logistics specialist Walkers Transport has teamed up with Rochdale LGV Driver Training to deliver a training programme for external drivers.
Latest News12 Mar 2018FORS annual report highlights growth in member benefits
FORS, the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme, has highlighted the increase in member benefits resulting from investment in new products and services in its 2017 Review.
Latest News8 Mar 2018Three-quarters of drivers have not completed CPC training required by 2019, finds Fleet Source
Only one-quarter of drivers have completed the full 35 hours CPC training required of them by 2019, research from Fleet Source has found.
Latest News1 Mar 2018Walkers Transport gains JAUPT approval for bespoke CPC training courses
UK transport and third-party logistics specialist Walkers Transport has received JAUPT registered training centre approval to deliver bespoke CPC training courses for its drivers.
People News6 Mar 2017Ryder invests in future truck technicians
Ryder has donated a Euro-5 Iveco Stralis to Stephenson College in Coalville, where its Apprentice Technicians study.
Truck News25 Jan 2017FTA offers fully funded traineeships and apprenticeships to fill skills gap
Pressures on the freight and logistics industry to deliver goods to increasingly tight timescales are being heightened by shortages of skilled HGV drivers.
- Latest News14 Jul 2016
Blue Triangle Training aims to help tackle driver shortage
Newly-launched Birmingham-based driver training business Blue Triangle Training is offering tuition to drivers wanting to gain their HGV/LGV licences.
People News18 Mar 2016Search begins for top truck technicians and apprentices in IRTE competition
The hunt is under way for the UK’s top heavy goods vehicle (HGV) technicians and apprentices as online registrations for the Heavy Vehicle Engineering Competition open.
Truck News22 Dec 2015IMI and SOE to professionalise heavy vehicle maintenance sector
The IMI and SOE are to launch a campaign to formalise skills assessment and training for technicians working on buses, lorries and other heavy vehicles.
