Month: March 2020

FORS has launched online toolkit to show how FORS helps supply chain quality assurance

FORS has launched a Specifiers Toolkit to demonstrate to supply chains how specifying FORS helps show quality assurance. The new FORS Specifiers Toolkit is now available on the FORS website. It has been designed to assist supply chain decision makers interested in learning how the scheme can simplify quality assurance required for commercial vehicles, either … Read more

New 20mph speed limit introduced in Central London

Transport for London (TfL) introduced a new 20mph speed limit throughout the streets of Central London across 8.9km of the capital’s roads. The speed limit applies to roads within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ). Speed is attributed as a factor to approximately 37 per cent of fatal or nearly fatal road collisions in London. The … Read more

Highways England revitalises 50-year-old bridge in Manchester

Highways England begins work on revitalising a 200-metre-long bridge in Manchester which carries the M60 over the River Mersey and Palatine Road near Didsbury. To ensure the work can take place, Highways England is lifting the motorway by five millimetres. Bridge specialist Mabey Hire has been brought on to create temporary structures to support the … Read more

Paramount Haulage uses school visit to raise awareness of road safety

FORS Gold member Paramount Haulage has been explaining road safety around Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) to school children, with a visit to a local primary school. The haulage company based in New Cross, South London, decided to arrange a visit to West Lodge School, after Paramount Haulage Director, Norbert Walsh, noticed his son had a … Read more