<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Articles about drivers</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/</link><description /><language>en-gb</language><copyright /><generator /><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>MPs call for Driver CPC to include cycle awareness training</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/05/135512/mps-call-for-driver-cpc-to-include-cycle-awareness-training.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/05/135512/mps-call-for-driver-cpc-to-include-cycle-awareness-training.html</guid><description>A total of 66 MPs have now signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for all HGV drivers to undertake a cycling awareness training course as part of the Driver CPC.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SfL revamps apprenticeship programme</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/05/135508/sfl-revamps-apprenticeship-programme.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/05/135508/sfl-revamps-apprenticeship-programme.html</guid><description>Industry training council Skills for Logistics is revamping its apprenticeship...</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Luxury accomodation on the move</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/04/135475/luxury-accomodation-on-the-move.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/04/135475/luxury-accomodation-on-the-move.html</guid><description>For any driver who complains they don't have enough space in their cab to sleep in at night, a Spanish firm has come up with a solution: the Hotelmovil.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Train to Gain slammed by MPs</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/01/135468/train-to-gain-slammed-by-mps.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/02/01/135468/train-to-gain-slammed-by-mps.html</guid><description>A government training scheme set up to help hauliers boost the skills of their workers has been savaged by MPs for setting over-ambitious targets and then turning firms away when it went £50m into the red.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Renault Trucks offers fuel-saving training</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/27/135450/renault-trucks-offers-fuel-saving-training.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/27/135450/renault-trucks-offers-fuel-saving-training.html</guid><description>Renault Trucks UK managing director Laurent Farman has confirmed that, short of a the Sterling/Euro exchange rate undergoing a miraculous realignment, new truck prices will have to rise by at least 15%-20% when the market begins to recover. </description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Driver CPC training consortium launched</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/22/135416/driver-cpc-training-consortium-launched.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/22/135416/driver-cpc-training-consortium-launched.html</guid><description>A training company has launched a scheme designed to help medium and large road transport operators implement their in-house Driver CPC training programmes.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scania searches for top young driver</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2010/01/15/135361/scania-searches-for-top-young-driver.html</link><guid 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transport</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2009/12/28/135243/weak-pound-boosts-middle-east-transport.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2009/12/28/135243/weak-pound-boosts-middle-east-transport.html</guid><description>A return to the legendary heyday of transport beyond Europe's borders could be on the cards for drivers thanks to the weak pound, as hauliers report a boom in work in far-flung corners of the globe.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Membership to TfL's FORS rises 268%</title><link>http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2009/12/09/135180/membership-to-tfls-fors-rises-268.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2009/12/09/135180/membership-to-tfls-fors-rises-268.html</guid><description>The number of companies signed up to TfL's Freight Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) has risen by 268% from 97 to 357 in the past year, but the FTA says more tangible benefits are needed to make the project more appealing to operators. </description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>