About the HGV Networking Group
The HGV Networking Group was founded to give professional drivers a credible, independent voice within the road transport industry.
Created by drivers with lived experience, the group exists to improve understanding, safety, health, and working standards across haulage and logistics through collaboration, not conflict.
Our background
or many years, conversations about drivers have often taken place without drivers present.
Policies, procedures, and industry decisions are frequently shaped by people far removed from the realities of life behind the wheel — the pressure, fatigue, isolation, responsibility, and risk that professional drivers manage every day.
The HGV Networking Group was formed to help bridge that gap.
Not by shouting.
Not by blaming.
But by ensuring that real-world experience is part of the discussion.
A driver-led approach
The group is led by a former professional driver who understands the industry from the cab outward not from theory or assumption.
That lived experience informs everything we do, from how issues are framed to how solutions are proposed.
Our approach is grounded in:
- practical understanding
- evidence and lived reality
- calm, constructive dialogue
- long-term improvement rather than short-term reaction
Independence matters
The HGV Networking Group is not a union, political organisation, or commercial enterprise.
We are not funded.
We do not charge subscriptions.
We do not represent corporate interests.
This independence allows us to speak honestly, work openly, and engage across the industry without conflict of interest.
All work is carried out on a voluntary basis, driven by commitment rather than obligation.
What we aim to change
Our focus is on areas that directly affect safety, wellbeing, and sustainability within road transport, including:
- access to preventative driver health support
- mental health awareness and suicide prevention
- fatigue, cognitive overload, and human-factors risk
- driver safety and freight crime awareness
- training standards, CPC accessibility, and inclusion
- facilities, respect, and professional dignity
These issues are interconnected.
Addressing them properly requires cooperation not division.
Working together
The HGV Networking Group engages with organisations, associations, and stakeholders across the sector to promote understanding and progress.
We believe lasting change happens when drivers, operators, industry bodies, and public services work toward shared goals.
Our role is to help connect those conversations respectfully, responsibly, and with clarity.
Our guiding principle
When professional drivers are supported properly, the entire transport system becomes safer, stronger, and more resilient.
Looking ahead
The challenges facing the road transport industry will not be solved overnight.
But meaningful progress begins with honest conversation, mutual respect, and a willingness to listen.
The HGV Networking Group exists to support that process — and to ensure drivers remain part of it.