The FTA says there has been a recovery in demand for distribution services in the UK.
More operators are looking to expand their fleets as a result of increasing market optimism, the association's latest quarterly transport activity survey concludes.
It reveals that the second half of 2006 saw an increase in demand for domestic, third-party and
international road freight services following sustained market weakness in 2005 and early 2006.
But operators continue to report deteriorating journey times - 58% of the survey's respondents say road network reliability is worse than it was a year ago.
Only 4% of respondents intend to actively recruit from Romania and Bulgaria, which joined the EU on 1 January.
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