Today; Thursday 5th Ocotber 2023, the Safe and Accessible Travel Division at Northern Ireland's Department for Infrastructure gave advance notice that week commencing 13th November 2023, the Department will introduce a ban on tyres aged 10 years and older on the front axles of HGV’s, buses and coaches, and to the tyres on all axles of minibuses when fitted in single configuration. The restriction will also apply to re-treaded tyres, where the date of re-treading...
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NTDA delighted by DfT announcement on use of rear-facing red flashing lamps on breakdown vehicles
The NTDA has welcomed the Government’s publication, today, of its ‘Plan for Drivers’ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plan-for-drivers/the-plan-for-drivers which contains details of the decision by the Secretary of State for Transport to amend the legislation to permit breakdown vehicles to be fitted with rear-facing red flashing lamps when recovering broken-down vehicles on GB roads. The regulatory amendments that would permit red flashing lamps on breakdown vehicles are not expected to enter into force until 2025 but, as an interim...
NTDA 94th Annual Dinner and 10th Tyre Industry Awards Evening Schedule
The 94th NTDA Annual Dinner, sponsored by Maritime Cargo Services and the 10th Tyre Industry Awards Ceremony sponsored by SAILUN will take place on Thursday 19th October 2023 at the Double Tree by Hilton, Milton Keynes, Stadium Way West, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK1 1ST. The event has been sold out since May, so congratulations if you are one of the lucky people who has secured a ticket for the tyre trade's premier networking event. Here's...
2023 TRA RRS Tyre Collector of the Year Award Finalists Announced
Since 2021, the Tyre Recovery Association’s Responsible Recycler Scheme Tyre Collector of the Year Award has been presented at the NTDA’s Tyre Industry Awards. This year the award, once again sponsored by, Michelin Tyre PLC, has attracted a stellar lineup of finalists from across the UK as follows: Black-Ram Recycling Ltd Fraser Evans & Sons Ltd Kal Tire Murfitts Industries Ltd PPP Group UK Rubber Ltd Vellco Ltd The TRA and NTDA would like to...