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HAULAGE INDUSTRY * Ireland & UK
* Ireland - Call to reduce 13.5% VAT rate
Dublin,Ireland -HGV Ireland -November 13, 2009: -- The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) has called on the Government to reduce the 13.5% per cent VAT on vehicle repairs and servicing... SIMI says the current 13.5% VAT rate on repairs and servicing has helped enormously in the fight to win back work from the black economy. However, the level of activity outside the VAT net is increasing... The 13.5% rate of VAT on repairs and servicing must be retained, according to the Society...
* Ireland - Four haulage operators ordered to surrender licences
Dublin,Ireland -HGV Ireland -November 10, 2009: -- Four licensed haulage operators have been ordered by the Department of Transport to surrender their haulage licenses of face Garda action... Transport Minister, Noel Dempsey, has confirmed that four operators have been order to surrender their licences... The Minister has confirmed that four operators have been contacted under new rules, which came into force in September... “If they haven’t handed up their licence within another week or so, then the gardaí will be taking action against them,” the Minister commented... (Photo from 630singles: Ireland Temple Bar Beer Trucks Panorama From Web)
* Northern Ireland - O-licensing in
Belfast,North Ireland -HGV Ireland -November 12, 2009: -- Improved road safety and fairer competition in Northern Ireland took a step closer to realisation on Tuesday when the Goods Vehicle (Operator Licensing) Bill passed the Consideration stage... The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has led the campaign to bring O-Licensing to Northern Ireland and eagerly anticipates the Royal Assent of the Bill, which is expected in mid-December... The FTA played host to Minister for the Environment, Edwin Poots, when he announced plans to introduce legislation covering O-licensing for Northern Ireland’s commercial road transport industry at the leading trade body’s Transport Manager seminar last month...
* UK - New HGV driving licence proposals
London,UK -HGV UK -November 13, 2009: -- Proposals to improve skills and safety drivers of lorries and buses and new drivers have been published by the Department for Transport (DfT) in conjunction with the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)... The measures are contained in a consultation on the implementation of new European requirements on driver testing, training, examination and licensing which come into force in 2013... At present, drivers of medium-sized and large buses and lorries need to renew their licences every five years once they reach the age of 45. Over-45s also need to demonstrate their fitness to drive through a full medical report... From 2013, under-45s who drive these vehicles will also need to confirm medical fitness and renew their licence every five years. However, under-45s will not require a full medical report and will still only need to renew their photograph every 10 years. (Photo from autoplates: semi-truck license plate)
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