Project Speedbird Receives Government Funding
Project Speedbird, a project that involves Wilton-based Nova Pangaea Technologies, has secured government funding. The Department for Transport has awarded Project Speedbird, a partnership between Nova Pangaea Technologies, British Airways, and LanzaJet, £484,000 to fund a feasibility for the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the UK. “We are very excited to have been […]
National Weekend to Deliver New Career Opportunities for All
Have you ever stopped to wonder how goods make it to the shops, or how factories, schools or hospitals (among others) are restocked with whatever they need, whenever they need it? The answer is the logistics sector – one of the UK’s biggest and most complex industries, which is at the heart of every part […]
How to Help Employers Upskill Their Fleet of Drivers
HGV training and recruitment experts, Driver Hire Training, have revealed some top tips on how to upskill your fleet of drivers. Training and upskilling your drivers is ultimately an investment in your people, and one of the best ways to motivate and get the best performance from your workforce is by helping them understand that […]
West Midlands Supports the Installation of Green Technology
The West Midlands has been handed £1 billion funding to expand the region’s transport network and support the installation of green technology. The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has secured the money from the government’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) fund. Hundreds of millions of pounds will now be used to kickstart a range […]
Funding Packages for Transport Infrastructure Welcomed
Yorkshire leaders have welcomed multimillion-pound funding packages to support transport projects in South and West Yorkshire. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced he intends to allocate £830m to West Yorkshire to support the development of an integrated transport system. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority submitted a £920m bid for a five-year City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement […]
Panther Logistics Signs Exclusive Partnership with Sky
Panther Logistics, a Northampton-based transport company, has sealed an exclusive partnership with Sky to deliver the broadcaster’s new Sky Glass TV to customers across the UK. Under the contract Panther Logistics will provide customers with delivery to room of choice, stand assembly and attachment to the TV, premium time slots, collections, exchanges, and removal of […]
Clipper Logistics Boosts Financial Wellbeing
Clipper Logistics is offering all its staff the ability to access their pay ahead of pay day in what it claims is an industry first. The move to offer flexible pay and break out of the locked pay cycle is part of the company’s major push to improve the financial wellbeing of Clipper’s workforce. The […]
Fleet Shifting Being Resource Rather than Cost
Shortages in drivers, vehicles and fuel mean fleet management is undergoing a fundamental change in becoming more resource rather than cost-based. Fleet software company FleetCheck said that the situation – prompted by everything from the pandemic to the semiconductor shortage to Brexit – was likely to persist for some time. Peter Golding, managing director, explained: […]
Logistics UK Partners with D4Drivers to Improve Health
Logistics UK has announced its partnership with D4Drivers – a leading driver medical supplier – to offer its members easier access to driver medicals, and improve overall health and wellbeing across the logistics industry. Logistics UK members will receive discounted access to two new services delivered by D4Drivers: Logistics UK Health and Wellbeing, which will […]
Drivers Direct Add Extra Horsepower To Charity
Runcorn-based logistics recruitment company Drivers Direct has raised £2,500 for charity Hampshire Spirit Horse Rescue, a charity that cares for abused and neglected horses. Run entirely by volunteers, the charity works with the community to help teach younger members how to take care of the animals in a safe and productive way. Hampshire Spirit Horse […]
Woodland Acquires 50% of Worldwide Book Services
Woodland Group and Worldwide Book Services (WBS) are delighted to announce the strengthening of their alliance with Woodland Group having successfully acquired 50% of the UK logistics company. This move marks the combined forces becoming the strongest supply chain suppliers to the media and publishing industry across the globe and their combined substantial volumes further […]
Sign up Now to Route to Net Zero for Logistics Free Webinar
One of the UK’s biggest business groups, Logistics UK, will be launching its route map to help decarbonise the logistics industry via a webinar on 10 November 2021, as it publishes its Route to Net Zero manifesto on the dedicated Transport Day at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). During the one-hour webinar – which […]
Descartes Unveils AI and Machine Learning Enhancements
Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, unveiled artificial intelligence (AI)- and machine learning (ML)-based enhancements to its Routing Mobile & Telematics suite. The enhancements help customers achieve outstanding optimization results and learn from real-world outcomes to maximize fleet performance. “Descartes has a long history of innovation, including robotic process […]
DPDHL Group and Google Cloud Collaborate to Deliver
Google Cloud announced it is helping Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL Group), one of the world’s leading logistics companies, to deliver scalable cloud services that meet the demands of Deutsche Post DHL’s growing logistics business, demands that have massively grown in the last few years. Deutsche Post DHL Group started using Google Cloud services in […]
Hydrogen Growth to Dictate Future of Panel Van Power
The rate of growth of the hydrogen refuelling infrastructure is likely to dictate which power option many fleets choose for their panel van over the next few years, says FleetCheck. The fleet software specialist points out that, for some fleets, the EV panel vans now on sale require considerable operational compromise, which hydrogen could potentially […]
Feature Allow You to Send Parcels without Address
Amazon has introduced a new feature that enables us to send friends a gift, even if we don’t know their address. It’s an idea that could take off this Christmas, says ParcelHero. If you have ever wanted to send a Christmas gift to someone but been put off because you don’t know their full address, […]
Logistics UK : Prime Minister Comments on Supply Chain
Speaking in response to Boris Johnson’s comments that the supply chain issues currently being experienced in the UK are the fault of the haulage and logistics industry, David Wells, CEO of business group Logistics UK said: “To suggest that the current issues being experienced in the supply chain are the fault of the very industry […]
Charging Group Solve ‘Last Stumbling Block’ to EV Adoption
A new kerbside charging group has been formed by the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) to solve what the industry organisation describes as the “last stumbling block” to fleet electric vehicle (EV) adoption. AFP chair Paul Hollick said that the committee had been very much created to try and promote effective on-the-ground solutions for businesses’ […]
Five Point Fleet Fuel Plan Launched by FleetCheck
A new five point fuel plan for fleets has been launched by FleetCheck as petrol and diesel shortages continue across the country. Peter Golding, managing director at the fleet management software company, said that the plan contained basic advice that company car and vans operators could adopt quickly and easily, and also longer term suggestions. […]
Logistics UK Hosts at Conservative Party Conference
The government must increase its focus on job training for Level 2 to support the economy, according to Logistics UK, one of the UK’s biggest business groups. Elizabeth de Jong, Logistics UK’s Policy Director, hosted a Fringe Event at the Conservative Party Conference, with panellists Alex Burghart MP, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills, and Steve Granite, […]
Zenith Commercial Drives Growth with Senior Appointments
Zenith Commercial is supporting its growth plans with several senior appointments. With the division passing the milestone of 50,000 commercial vehicles under management and nearly 500 employees, it’s making a series of investments in its people. Sally Warren is appointed as maintenance operations director and joins the business from Royal Mail, where she was head […]
Interphone Deliver Commercial Residential Properties
Interphone, the security systems and building technology integrator, has teamed up with Amazon Key for Business to enable easier, more efficient Amazon deliveries to multi-dwelling units (MDUs) in the UK. As an Amazon service provider, Interphone will install and maintain the Key for Business device free of charge to qualifying building owners and managers within […]
Impressive Milestone for Isuzu Award Winning Grafter Range
The Isuzu Grafter 3.5 tonne rigid truck range has won the 2021 ‘Best Builders’ Truck’ award for a record breaking ninth year in succession. The multi-award winning trophy for Isuzu Truck, presented by leading UK business van magazine ‘Trade Van Driver’, is unprecedented in the history of this publication’s awards programme. According to this year’s […]
Logistics UK Urges Government to Increase Transport Investment
Submitting a response to the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review regarding transport investment, Elizabeth de Jong, Policy Director at Logistics UK, comments: “Logistics UK is urging the government to recognise the vital role the logistics industry plays in supporting the UK as it recovers and rebuilds from the COVID-19 pandemic and transitions to a net zero […]
Railway Manufacturer Partner with 3D Design Pioneers
Dassault Systèmes has announced that PESA Bydgoszcz SA., a leading Polish railway manufacturer, has chosen the 3DEXPERIENCE platform from Dassault Systèmes to optimise the design process and significantly shorten time to market of new products. Signing off a contract for a 3-year project to implement the 3DEXPERIENCE platform in the product development area, is a […]
First UK Logistics Operator to Adopt Zero-Emission Forklifts
A family-run logistics business continues to lead the way in promoting more sustainable fuel choices having become the first in the UK to adopt the next generation in environmentally responsible zero-emission truck-mounted forklifts. South West-based SAS Logistics are blazing the trail with zero-emission, all-electric drive, MOFFETT eSeries E4 25.3NX. It is the latest step in […]
Tructyre Joins Tyre Safety Campaign
In this year’s annual Tyre Safety Month, TyreSafe is asking Britain’s motorists What’s Stopping You? TyreSafe’s October-long Tyre Safety campaign is an opportunity for all tyre companies to join forces and raise awareness of tyre safety. With more than half a million trucks on Britain’s roads, our industry has a unique duty to do its bit […]
UK’s First Live Micromobility Event : University of Warwick
Micromobility refers to small lightweight efficient vehicles, which can be used to make short distance journeys. Types of micromobility vehicles we could see in our communities include bikes, hover boards, e-bikes and e-scooters. They can be used to save time, avoid congestion, remove parking conundrums and most importantly they use much less energy than a […]
Webfleet & Bridgestone Develop Integrated Tyre System
Webfleet Solutions, Europe’s leading telematics solutions provider, is introducing WEBFLEET TPMS to the market. The joint development between the telematics leader and its parent company Bridgestone, a global leader in tyres and rubber providing solutions for safe and sustainable mobility, provides predictive tyre management integrated into the award-winning WEBFLEET fleet management solution. Designed for heavy […]
Whistl Launches Driver Academy to Train Next Gen HGV Drivers
Whistl, the UKs leading logistics specialists in e-fulfilment, contact centres, mail and parcels, has announced it has launched the Whistl Driver Academy to invest, train and develop the next generation of HGV drivers for its expanding business. The company has developed a multi-level approach to training for potential HGV drivers. It is providing HGV Apprenticeships […]
Logistics UK Calls on Government to Freeze Fuel Duty
Business group Logistics UK is calling on government to freeze fuel duty forever to help the sector make the shift to alternatively fuelled vehicles on the road to Net Zero. As David Wells, Chief Executive of Logistics UK explains, the sector needs time to prepare for alternative fuels: “As the logistics industry recovers from the […]
DPD’s Fleet Grows with Additional 250 Tiger Trailers
Leading express parcel delivery specialist, DPD, is introducing 250 Tiger trailers to its UK logistics fleet during 2021, with the orders from the Cheshire manufacturer split into two product types, one of which has impressive green credentials. Delivered in several batches respectively, Tiger Trailers is amidst manufacturing 100 tandem axle single deck box van trailers, […]
Partnership Develop Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Trucks
The partnership of Ballard, a global leader in fuel cell technologies, and QUANTRON, a global leader in electric vehicle integration is expected to accelerate deployment and market adoption of these technologies. The combined, complementary expertise of Ballard and QUANTRON enables broader customer access to zero emissions electric trucks without compromising on range, payload, vehicle utilization […]
Hermes UK Confirms 1,400 Jobs Commitment and Eco Initiatives
Hermes UK, one of the UK’s leading consumer delivery companies, has confirmed that it will be recruiting for 1,400 full time roles at its new parcel distribution hub in Barnsley which is due to be completed as scheduled in September 2022. These will include a general manager, operations managers, engineers, health and safety officers, planning […]
Shellea Crosby from Tuffnells Talks About Being a Woman
Byline: Shellea Crosby, Commercial Director The parcel and courier sector has a long history of being perceived as a masculine and male-dominated field, and this is still very much the case, but slowly times and attitudes are changing, and women are thriving not only in this industry but also in senior positions. At Tuffnells, newly […]
Woodland Group Launches Supply Chain Platform
Woodland Group is proud to launch its new digital platform, Woodland Online, delivering full supply chain management from online quoting and booking, to tracking, reporting, WMS and supplier integration, stock and PO management. Woodland Online also offers clients the opportunity to access reports on their supply chain’s environmental impact, a continuation of Woodland Group’s growing […]