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GXO expands partnership with Abercrombie & Fitch to UK

GXO has expanded its partnership with Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F Co), managing the fashion retailer’s UK e-commerce fulfillment and returns from its dedicated, newly refurbished 170,000-square-foot facility near London. The expansion follows the success of GXO’s partnership with A&F Co in the United States, where the company operates a high-tech distribution centre featuring advanced automation […]

DX invests £3m in EVs for IKEA partnership

Parcel delivery company DX Group has invested another £3m to boost its fleet of electric vans for exclusive use in its delivery and logistics partnership with IKEA. The funding, which will see 53 new electric vans added to the fleet, is the group’s second major round of funding in electric vehicles for its IKEA contract. […]

Janssen buys Maltacourt in UK expansion drive

Janssen buys Maltacourt in UK expansion drive

Dutch multinational Janssen Group is continuing its drive into the UK market with the acquisition of Maltacourt Global Logistics. This is Janssen’s second acquisition in the UK logistics sector this year, following its takeover of Norman Global Logistics in March. Announcing the deal, Janssen Group described freight forwarding firm Maltacourt as a “highly respected and […]

Generation Logistics wins more government funding

Generation Logistics wins more government funding

The Generation Logistics campaign, which aims to improve recruitment and retention in the logistics workforce, has won another year of government funding. The £300,000 of DfT funding – down 13% from last year’s £345,000 award – will be used to focus largely on raising the profile of logistics in schools and colleges, by supporting educators […]

SSE to trial van from First Hydrogen

SSE is to be the first utility to trial a hydrogen-powered vehicle from First Hydrogen – and put it to the test in real-life fleet operations. The vehicle, based at an SSE site in Aberdeen located next to a hydrogen fuel station, will be deployed with SSE engineers, enabling the company to experience refuelling times […]

Vertellus to showcase solutions at Road Transport Expo

Vertellus, the innovative commercial vehicle contract hire company, is exhibiting at this year’s Road Transport Expo, the free-to-attend one-stop industry tradeshow taking place at the NAEC Stoneleigh from 28th – 30th June. Visitors to stand G54 will be able to explore two of Vertellus’ fleet of 30 Renault Trucks E-Tech vehicles, which are available with box, curtainsider and fridge […]

UK battery service set for major European launch

A pioneering mobile electric vehicle (EV) battery service facility that is fully-equipped to test and remanufacture up to 2,000 battery packs per year will make its European debut at the REMATEC automotive remanufacturing exhibition in Amsterdam between June 27-29. UK-based Autocraft EV Solutions, part of Autocraft Solutions Group, will launch its unique REVIVE™ MOBILE Repair […]

DMN Logistics acquires JLL Vehicle Distribution

DMN Logistics acquires JLL Vehicle Distribution

DMN Logistics has completed the acquisition of JLL Vehicle Distribution to boost its EV and transported vehicle logistics operation as it focusses on business growth and expansion in 2023. Alvechurch-based JLL Vehicle Distribution, established as a father and son business in 2010, offers boutique and EV transport operations for Inchcape, Autorola, Audi as well as […]

Webfleet launches trailer management solution

Webfleet, Bridgestone’s globally trusted fleet management solution, has launched Webfleet Trailer, a dedicated high-end trailer management solution designed to support transport and logistics companies with trailer fleets operating long haul. Webfleet Trailer is a proactive monitoring and reporting tool fully integrated into the Webfleet telematics platform, giving fleet operators a one-platform-solution for both their fleet vehicles and trailers. It connects to all leading Electronic […]

Zenobē & National Express 1st sustainable shuttle service

Electric vehicle (EV) fleet and battery storage specialist Zenobē has partnered with National Express to deliver the first sustainable shuttle bus service to Glastonbury, putting the wheels in motion for the decarbonisation of mass passenger transport to and from large-scale events. Zenobē will provide National Express, the UK’s leading public transport operator, with eight electric […]

Recycling right way to drive efficiency & cut costs

RCP – With 75% of warehouse and logistics businesses facing pressure from customers to improve the sustainability of their operations, there’s never been a better time to invest in waste management systems. Despite 80% of businesses in the sector having goals and targets in place to support environmental programmes, after talking to many leaders in […]

IAM RoadSmart launches new campaign

As the UK’s leading road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart is launching a campaign, in alliance with organisations across the industry, to make the roads safer for motorcyclists and ensure they are consistently recognised as vulnerable road users. A statement from CEO at IAM RoadSmart, Antony Kildare: In some respects, the outlook for motorcycling in the […]

Mercedes-Benz to launch its electric tractor

Mercedes-Benz will launch its eActros 600 long-distance electric truck on October 10. The battery-powered zero-tailpipe-emission truck, which was first unveiled as a concept prototype at last year’s IAA Transportation Show, was initially known as the eActros LongHaul. Its new name is derived from the battery capacity in kWh, just like its eActros 300/400 distribution trucks. […]

Renault to participate in Webfleet programme

Webfleet, Bridgestone’s globally trusted fleet management solution, has announced that Renault Group vehicles will participate in Webfleet’s OEM.connect programme. Through OEM.connect, Renault Group passenger and light commercial vehicles with line-fitted connectivity will be ready to connect with Webfleet’s service platform without the need for aftermarket hardware installation. This will make it easier, faster and cheaper […]

Port of Tilbury launches recruitment drive

Port of Tilbury launches recruitment drive

The Port of Tilbury is looking to fill 30 new jobs and ten warehouse and logistics apprenticeships as it continues to expand its business. The 30 new skilled jobs include warehouse operatives, warehouse co-ordinators and gatehouse administrators. The port is promising competitive salaries, attractive benefits and a career in a growing industry. The business is […]

Snetterton-based Foulger Transport join Palletforce

Snetterton-based Foulger Transport join Palletforce

Foulger Transport has quit Palletways to become the seventh Kinaxia subsidiary to join Palletforce – following in the footsteps of Lambert Brothers, Panic Transport, William Kirk, N C Cammack, Maiden’s of Telford and Bay Freight. Palletforce has also announced this week that Sprint Xpress, another East Anglian haulier, has joined its network, having defected from […]

Pallet-Track celebrates 30 million milestone

Pallet-Track has moved 30 million consignments, without losing a single pallet in the hub, the pallet network announced the milestone this week. The milestone consignment, which was handled at the network’s central hub in Wolverhampton on Millfields Road, was sent to Hull-based plumbers’ merchants James Hargreaves and contained bathroom supplies. It was collected by Action […]

DPD to launch new EcoLab to cut carbon emissions

DPD is looking to cut carbon emissions in transport, delivery and buildings with the help of its first EcoLab, which will work with innovative companies with sustainable solutions. The parcels giant is partnering with innovation specialist L Marks in the EcoLab. The two companies are calling for applications from candidates wishing to participate in the […]

Fenton Packaging Solutions buyout complete

Leeds-based Fenton Packaging Solutions has been sold by way of a Management Buyout (MBO). Ownership of the company has passed from former Managing Director Bob Clarke to: Sales Development Director Chris Warren; Supply Chain Director David Wilson; and Finance Director Sharon Dakin – who are now joint managing partners. “Over the last 18 months, Bob […]

HGV levy to start again on 1 August

HGV levy to start again on 1 August

The HGV levy, abandoned at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, is to be reintroduced from 1 August with a new emphasis on emissions, weight and time spent in the UK. The department for transport (DfT) said vehicles of 12 tonnes or more driving on motorways or A roads must pay the levy. The amount […]

Yusen Logistics and Howdens joinery get makeover

Yusen Logistics has changed the vinyl wrapping on 58 of its truck cabs to a striking black livery to reflect its distribution contract with Howdens Joinery Group. Hexagon Leasing, which supplied the Renault D Range 18-tonners and T480 6×2 tractor units, worked with graphics specialist RGVA to complete the project and wrap most of the […]

EFS Global acquires 23rd business ILS Holdings

EFS Global acquires 23rd business ILS Holdings

EFS Global is back on the acquisition trail having snapped up its 23rd business since 2015 with the addition of East Sussex-based ILS Holdings. The deal meant EFS acquired the holding company’s two subsidiaries, Sussex Pallet Services and Independent Logistic Solutions, which is a freight collection and delivery service that operates throughout Europe. It also […]

MP praises HGV training firm GO-LGV

MP praises training firm GO-LGV

A local MP has praised a Gosport-based HGV training provider for simplifying the process for candidates to obtain their Class 1 licence. Caroline Dinenage said GO-LGV was helping to bolster the workforce amid a shortfall in professional drivers, after she visited its premises to learn more about how it was encouraging people into the industry. […]

Electra wins funding for long-haul electric HGV

Electra Commercial Vehicles has secured funding from the European Horizon 2022 framework to build a long-haul 40-tonne HGV, with a range of 800 km, as part of the Escalate Project. Escalate is a pan-European 37-member consortium from 13 countries. The project aims to advance the development of heavy vehicles of 40 tonnes and above with […]

Speakers announced for Zemo 20:Zero conference

Zemo Partnership’s 20th Anniversary Conference and celebration reception Zemo 20:Zero takes place on Thursday 15 June at City Hall, London. Supported by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the event – called Zemo 20:Zero – has also been scheduled to coincide with national Clean Air Day 2023. It will review progress so far on the […]

DP World to reward customers that switch from road to rail

DP World to reward customers that switch from road to rail

DP World is to directly incentivise customers to move their imported goods off the road and onto rail in a major new initiative, as part of its ambition to be the most sustainable logistics business in the UK. The company’s Modal Shift Programme is designed to increase the attractiveness of intermodal rail for customers through […]

Allstar improves fleet charging network with InstaVolt

Allstar improves fleet charging network with InstaVolt

Fuel payment firm Allstar has added charge point provider InstaVolt to its EV charging network, taking the Allstar network to over 11,000 charge points across more than 4,000 locations. InstaVolt operates over 1,000 public charging point and is aiming for a total of 10,000 rapid EV chargers by 2030. The company brings more than 500 […]

CW Russell adds Mercedes-Benz Arocs to fleet

Construction and muckaway haulier CW Russell said Mercedes-Benz now accounts for the lion’s share of its HGV fleet after taking delivery of another three Arocs 8×4 tippers. The latest 3240K models have ClassicSpace L sleeper cabs and have 170mm engine tunnels to allow space for the under-bunk fridge drawers it specified. The new tippers will […]

XPO offers additional paid leave for UK & Ireland

XPO offers additional paid leave for UK and Ireland colleagues

XPO, a leading provider of innovative and sustainable transport and logistics solutions in Europe, now offers 10 days of additional paid leave for UK and Ireland colleagues while they or their partners undergo fertility treatment. This applies equally to anyone in any relationship. The policy of paid leave is part of the commitment XPO made […]

Webfleet Cold Chain solution helps refrigerated fleets

Webfleet, Bridgestone’s globally trusted fleet management solution, has launched Webfleet Cold Chain. With real-time monitoring power, the single-platform solution helps temperature-controlled fleets maintain cargo quality and safety, which is key to avoiding extra costs from damaged goods or compliance issues. Refrigerated cargo must be transported within a specific temperature range. Inconsistent temperatures can damage goods, […]

Pallet-Track’s charity golf day raises over £6k

Over 50 golfers teed off for a great cause and raised £6,360 for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity at Wolverhampton logistics firm Pallet-Track’s annual golf day. The 17th staging of the event took place at Morley Hayes Golf Club in Derbyshire and featured 52 golfers from 14 teams, made up of colleagues from Pallet-Track’s headquarters, its network […]

Birmingham haulier takes green ambitions up a gear

Multi award-winning transport and logistics operator Mobile People Powered Logistics has announced that it has been certified as a Carbon Neutral Business under the UN’s internationally recognised calculation ISO 14064. This makes it, the directors believe, the only independent operator in the UK currently, and the first independent haulier and palletised delivery business in England […]

Bridgestone makes investment in retread tyre range

Bridgestone’s commitment to its retread tyre offering has been emphatically underlined with a multi-million-pound upgrade of its range, which will further expand its manufacturing processes and lead to more ‘hot’ products being produced than ever before from its Lincolnshire factory. Under the new ‘Bandag Hotread’ name, Bridgestone’s retread solutions will become some of the most […]

Cost efficiency boost for Southern Cranes

Southern Cranes and Access is targeting ‘major fleet efficiency and productivity improvements’ following the introduction of a new integrated camera telematics solution. The Sussex-based crane hire and powered access specialist has rolled out Webfleet, together with MANTIS Live cameras, across its 91-strong mixed fleet of vans, cranes and heavy haulage transport. Southern Cranes worked closely with AES Fleet, an official […]

First all-electric coach arrives in West Midlands

A West Midlands bus and coach operator is leading the drive to zero emissions after investing in the region’s first all-electric coach. Solihull-based LandFlight Travel Services is taking green travel up a gear following delivery of the new 50-seater Yutong TCe12 coach, which is now in service on daily commuter routes for corporate clients.  The revolutionary […]

Preston-based FDC invests in Scania fleet

Preston-based FDC invests in Scania fleet

Preston-based haulage and logistics operator FDC Holdings has marked the conclusion of its 25th anniversary celebrations with investment in two new Scania tractor units and ten new trailers. The £600,000 investment brings the £25m-turnover firm’s fleet to 70 vehicles and 100 trailers, which are emblazoned with the firm’s anniversary logo. “It’s taken a huge amount […]