The RHA stated: “We are making the move due to the crippling cost pressures that hauliers are experiencing as we emerge from the pandemic and one year on from the UK’s departure from the EU.
“With shortages of drivers, vehicles and parts combined with increasing wage, fuel, and energy costs, now is not the time to pile on extra costs on small businesses and put our economic recovery at risk.
“The costs of operating a 44-tonne truck have increased by nearly 17 percent in the past year.
“As the global oil price and demand for fuels increases, we have near record diesel prices compounded by an 18 percent increase in driver wages.
