What are road freight services?

Road freight services can include:

  • furniture removal
  • log haulage
  • road freight forwarding
  • road vehicle towing services
  • transportation of goods by road
  • truck hire with a driver.

'Transportation of freight by road' includes the transport of:

  • goods:
    • in a raw or natural state
    • in a wholly or partly manufactured state
    • solid, liquid, or gaseous in nature
  • livestock
  • material
  • merchandise
  • wares.

Typically, goods will be sent by road freight where the goods are transported in bulk using large vehicles.

Road freight services do not include:

  • passenger transport services such as buses and taxis
  • courier services
  • operating road freight terminals
  • providing crating and packing for road freight transport
  • leasing or hiring trucks without drivers.

Reporting payments made to contractors

Steps Progress

Contractor payments

10 mins

Building and construction industry

13 mins

Cleaning services

6 mins

Courier services

8 mins

Information technology services

6 mins

Road freight services

8 mins

Security, investigation, or surveillance services

6 mins

What to report

2 mins

How to report

2 mins

If you report incorrectly

4 mins

Contractor records

2 mins

Related courses

1 mins

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