Shortage of Storage Space
A POPULAR prediction is that the UK economy will show a dramatic recovery from the pandemic, but this could be curtailed by a simple shortage of storage space. Even before Covid, the UK was significantly […]
A POPULAR prediction is that the UK economy will show a dramatic recovery from the pandemic, but this could be curtailed by a simple shortage of storage space. Even before Covid, the UK was significantly […]
DAIMLER Truck AG is aiming to separate from its parent company and stock market listing by the end of this year and, in addition to a financial shake-up, plans have been unveiled by the company […]
SCHMITZ Cargobull, Europe’s biggest manufacturer of semi-trailers, is opening a new factory in Manchester to build customised vehicles for UK and Irish operators. Andreas Schmitz, CEO at Schmitz Cargobull, said: “The UK is a key […]
MENZIES Distribution has acquired JBT Distribution, an independent logistics and supply chain services business with annual sales of over £23 million. The transaction extends Menzies’ network coverage with the addition of 200 vehicles and six […]
TOTAL Vehicle Solutions (TVS) Group has acquired Wilcox Group Ltd, trading as Wilcox Commercial Vehicles. Wilcox is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of aluminium bodies for rigid and tipping trailers and is the first […]
LORRY drivers employed by Great Bear Distribution who work on the Unilever contract at Port Sunlight have secured an inflation beating pay deal. The 18 month deal will see all elements of pay increase by […]
TWO OF Carrier Transicold’s longest serving network service partners have relocated to improved facilities situated in the most convenient locations. Leading the investment, Robson Refrigeration, trading as Carrier Transicold East & North Yorkshire, has spent […]
FIFTH generation family business Simpsons Malt has reduced net CO2 emissions from its trucks by up to 90% in a matter of weeks after switching its fleet from diesel to HVO, or hydrotreated vegetable oil, […]
TO IMPROVE safety, Volvo Trucks has developed an acoustic alert system with unique, premium sounds for its electric truck models. The alert, designed to be pleasant and unobtrusive will increase safety by making pedestrians, cyclists […]
UNITE union, has welcomed the decision by the Department of Transport (Dft) not to extend the ban on lorries parking in Kent. Kent council was granted the lorry parking ban after the UK’s transition period […]
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