News / Slight increase in road freight rates won't relieve pressure on UK hauliers

UK haulage rates in November unexpectedly rose amid the UK haulier crisis, but remained below November rates from the past two years.  

According to TEG Road Transport, the average haulage and courier vehicle price per mile index over last month rose from 120.5 to 122.2 in the UK. 

TEG said this was predominantly due to a significant jump in courier prices, but haulage prices also saw a slight increase. 

However, David Perfect, director of UK haulage company Perfect and Sons, told The ...