Some have said that the focus for many transport businesses should be “staying in the mix through 2026”.  What that actually means will be different across the sector. For some it may mean keep doing what you did last year. For others it may mean growth, consolidation or diversification.

Those strategies will also depend on external factors, in particular demand and supply of freight services.

In order of highest priority, our freight survey last year showed that the four issues of most importance to transport businesses were: business cost and economic pressures; the poor state of the roading network; the health, safety and wellbeing of drivers; and regulatory requirements ...