Industry bodies back pre-pack rules review

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The road Haulage Association (RHA) and the Freight Transport Association (FTA) have welcomed the government's decision to evaluate the pre-pack administration process, which aims to ensure that pre-pack sales are only completed when there is strong justification.The review is expected to begin in late spring, once the Insolvency Service has revised the standard of information that insolvency practitioners need to provide creditors after a pre-pack sale has been made. Ministers hope this will make the process more transparent for creditors.Tougher enforcement needed on foreign tacho fiddling TACHOGRAPH FIDDLING by foreign operators is a "real and hidden" problem that is not being taken seriously enough by Vosa or the courts, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) has warned. RHA policy director Jack Semple told MPs that falsifying the drivers' hours record was a "broad concern" across the industry but particularly on foreign LGVs, which are not being sufficiently dealt with by the authorities. He said: "We have evidence from colleagues on the Continent that the use of magnets is becoming more common. That is a serious offence.