I attended the RHA (Road Haulage Association) Parliamentary drop-in, where I learnt that 5.7 million people work in the transport and storage industry, and the road haulage industry is worth £13.5 billion to the economy with around 61,303 road freight businesses in the UK.
The RHA is the leading trade association representing over 8,500 road haulage, coach and van companies across the UK, 85% of whom are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Our members are operators of vehicles who, between them, operate around 250,000 HGVs (half of the UK fleet) out of 10,000 operating centres and range from a single-truck company to those with thousands of vehicles.
Everything we eat, drink, wear and consume, depends on road haulage services, so it is important to support the companies and drivers that operate them.
The growth, productivity and competitiveness of the UK economy is dependent upon having an efficient road haulage sector and road infrastructure that works for all users. That's why RHA have my wholehearted support.