The government has launched a campaign called ‘Generation Logistics’, which will be an industry-led recruitment and awareness campaign supported by the government to help address the skills shortage in the transport and logistics sector. Why has the government...
Pallet-Track chief executive Caroline Green has reported there are promising signs that we could be through the worst of the HGV driver shortage crisis. Wage increases and more tests easing HGV driver shortage Since the height of the HGV driver shortage in...
Rail fares increase in line with July’s RPI inflation rate The government has confirmed that rail fares across England are due to increase by 3.8% in March 2022. This is the largest increase in rail fares within the last nine years with the increase being in line with...
It’s all gone quiet over there…or has it? Now that we are approaching a month into the brave new world of the UK being outside of the confines of the EU and well into a third Covid “lockdown”, one could be forgiven for thinking that the much-predicted bedlam at the...
COVID-19 sends rail off the rails The Covid-19 pandemic has had far-reaching implications for many business sectors and on our way of life generally. Its impact on the rail industry has been particularly acute in the short-term, and although the long-term...
How has COVID-19 affected the haulage industry? In this article, we will be covering how COVID-19 has affected the haulage industry. The data we will be using in this article is from a series of surveys undertook by the Road Haulage Association (RHA) in April 2020. In...
During this difficult time Hawsons are here to help and support their clients as best they can The Government has announced new measures to help businesses through this difficult time. The first being the tax helpline to support businesses affected by coronavirus. If...
Bank of England Update for Businesses and Households During this difficult time for businesses and households, the Bank of England has put together a list of sites where you can find the latest updates from the Government. The following has been circulated by the bank...
In 2015 the cost for HS2 was £56bn, but a leak from the still unpublished Oakervee report says that costs could increase by 20%. From the last estimated price for the project of between £81bn and £88bn to £106bn. This has prompted the Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps...
Hawsons Chartered Accountants turned 165 years old in 2019 Hawsons Chartered Accountants was founded in the city of Sheffield in 1854 – more than 25 years before the creation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales – by Alfred Allott and John...
Tax implications of the Election Result The general election has ended and the Conservatives have secured a large majority winning 365 seats. What does this mean for tax? How will the election result affect you or your business? Tax expert Craig Walker provides a...
The cost of keeping Britain on the rails On November 14 the Office of Rail & Road published its annual statistical release. This showed that the net support given to the UK rail industry in 2018/19 totaled £7.1bn. The lion’s share of this went to Network Rail who...