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Jan 9, 2025 | 
news.cvshow.com | Ashton Cull
Ashton Cull, RHA Senior Public Affairs Lead, said: Published 9 Jan 2025By CV Show News“We support the Government’s efforts to dismantle people-smuggling gangs and their trade in human misery, and we’re hopeful that the measures they’ve announced today will be a sufficiently disruptive deterrent. “Commercial vehicle operators get unwittingly caught up in this trade with criminal gangs using ever-resourceful ways of securing ‘clandestine entrants’ into UK-bound vehicles undetected.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
rha.uk.net | Ashton Cull
When most people think of safety in road haulage they think about the machinery, but the most important part of our industry has always been the people, in this instance the person behind the wheel. In recent years, there has been a noticeable decline in the number of drivers entering and remaining in our sector. Antisocial working hours and long periods away from support networks make it a difficult career choice for many.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
britsafe.org | Matthew Sulley |Pinsent Masons |Mike Robinson FCA |Ashton Cull
As we know, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA) imposes duties on employers to ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees and not to expose others affected by their activities to health and safety risks, insofar as is reasonably practicable.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
britsafe.org | Ashton Cull |Mike Robinson FCA |Matthew Holder
In recent years, there has been a noticeable decline in the number of drivers entering and remaining in the road transport sector. Antisocial working hours and long periods away from support networks make it a difficult career choice for many. Physical and mental health issues among drivers are made much worse by the poor-quality roadside facilities they have to use while doing the job we all rely on them to do.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
shorturl.at | Mike Robinson FCA |Ashton Cull |Matthew Holder
When all is said and done, we are all going to be affected by such a wide-ranging and significant Budget, whose main task was laying the groundwork for longer-term investment in things like infrastructure, housing and public services. Photograph: iStock/stocknsharesAll of which will take time to bear fruit. During which, we’ll have another election and plenty of other events to contend with.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
britsafe.org | Mike Robinson FCA |Ashton Cull |Matthew Holder
When all is said and done, we are all going to be affected by such a wide-ranging and significant Budget, whose main task was laying the groundwork for longer-term investment in things like infrastructure, housing and public services. Photograph: iStock/stocknsharesAll of which will take time to bear fruit. During which, we’ll have another election and plenty of other events to contend with.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
rha.uk.net | Ashton Cull
By Ashton Cull, RHA Policy LeadWe continue to work in an environment of significant change for the commercial vehicle sector. As import and export procedures become more complex, the change we’ve been experiencing in recent years has been significant. Our work continues on behalf of our members who are adapting to different approaches in an ever-evolving landscape. With the roll out of new regulations and controls, members have had to react quickly to absorb fresh challenges.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
rha.uk.net | Ashton Cull
Facilities improvement must be a priority for the next Government03 Jun 2024Posted By Ashton CullBetter facilities, and more safe and secure parking for drivers remains a key priority for us. Commercial vehicle drivers are vital to our economy, yet they still face a poor standard of facilities at service stations and truck stops throughout the country, including a severe lack of secure parking.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
rha.uk.net | Ashton Cull
Better facilities, and more safe and secure parking for drivers remains a key priority for us. Commercial vehicle drivers are vital to our economy, yet they still face a poor standard of facilities at service stations and truck stops throughout the country, including a severe lack of secure parking.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
rha.uk.net | Ashton Cull
Increasingly, drivers are at risk of freight crime, with thousands of incidents being reported each year. Cargo theft is as bad as it’s been. To address this, it’s crucial that drivers have access to better and more secure roadside facilities if they’re to effectively carry out their role. Speaking to BBC Essex on the growing issue of freight crime RHA Public Affairs Manager, Ashton Cull said:“Freight crime often goes unseen and under reported.
