ABOUT

THE CAMPAIGN

Celebrating an essential industry

Now in its eighth year, National Lorry Week celebrates the lorries, people and businesses who keep our shelves stocked and goods moving.

Trucks are essential to our way of life; they deliver everything that we use and consume – from toilet roll to TVs – but are often taken for granted. We’re on a mission to change that.

National Lorry Week takes place from 24 to 30 October, but we’ll be celebrating throughout the month.

What to expect

This year’s National Lorry Week will see our roadshow travel across the UK for four weeks showcasing the industry and everything it has to offer.

We’ll be meeting with members, industry partners, schools, colleges and Government along the way to champion road transport.

We’ll also be highlighting stories from real people working in our industry and promoting the opportunities available to the next generation and those looking for a career change.

National Lorry Week is the perfect chance to champion logistics as a modern, innovative, and exciting industry. We hope you will join us.

This year’s campaign is sponsored by…

THE INDUSTRY

Dynamic, innovative and exciting

From food and drink to clothing and medicines, the things we buy, eat, wear and use are brought to us by road. Trucks are fundamental to our way of life.

Eighty-nine percent of the things we buy or use have been transported by road and handled by a series of hardworking people along the way. That’s a huge amount. From the producer to the driver, the warehouse operative to the transport manager, and many others in between.

The road transport industry works incredibly hard every single day, to ensure our shops, factories, hospitals, schools and homes have everything they need.

It doesn’t end there – there is a vast chain of professionals involved when we’re finished with things too, including recycling and waste management, many of whom are developing smarter and more sustainable ways of bringing materials back into production as goods or energy.

What is logistics?

Logistics is the industry which manages how things are acquired, stored and transported to their destination via road, air, rail or sea.

Logistics is a dynamic and exciting industry offering a range of opportunities to people of all backgrounds. There are thousands of careers supporting the process of moving goods.

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The RHA

Who are we?

The RHA is a trade association supporting people and businesses in the road transport industry.
We offer a voice for our members to work with governments, policy makers and local authorities across the UK on the issues most important to them.
We campaign on a range of priorities including changes to legislation, rising fuel costs, better roadside facilities and the transition to a Net Zero transport system.
Our 8,500 members have access to technical and professional services to help comply with industry regulations and assist in running their businesses efficiently.
We also offer a wide range of accredited training programmes to help firms develop their teams and operations.
The majority of our members are small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) but we also represent larger firms across the sector.
We have proudly supported hauliers since 1945 and now include coach and van operators in our membership.
We champion the highest standards in our industry and work hard to be the go-to organisation for driving business on our roads.