Network Rail Upgrades Around the Country
It is a clear and impressive feat that from Leeds to Carlisle, Nottinghamshire, Maidstone and all manner of other places located around the country that steps are being taken to improve the conditions of railways. Whilst a number of these developments will undoubtedly prove to be disruptive for commuters for a largely short period of […]
Complaints Made About Burley and Hyde Park In Leeds
A number of complaints have been made from individuals in the densely populated student areas of Burley and Hyde Park in the Leeds, West Yorkshire area, on the lack of space on trains running from Burley Station to Leeds Station in the city center. Burley Station itself, situated behind a Cooperative food and drinks outlet […]
Will Grexit Follow Brexit? Speculation Pushes GBP
The GBP EUR exchange rate continued advancing this morning as investors became increasingly concerned about the possibility of Greece crashing out of the EU due to its explosive levels of debt. As it stands, the Pound Euro pairing is trading comfortably above 1.17 and is close to its highest levels of 2017 so far. While […]
Is It Better To Outsource Or Invest In Equipment
Businesses spend a lot of money every year on outsourcing. One study found that deals totaling more than £3 billion were signed in the year to September 2016 – double the value of those agreed in the previous year. Put simply, outsourcing is a big business and big business needs outsourcing. But how do you […]
Cenex Dedicate Themselves to Helping Youth Charity
The environmentally-friendly dedicated low carbon enterprise known as Cenex, which has a footing in Loughborough, revealed on the 6th February of this very year that it would dedicate itself towards supporting the single charitable organization located in the region of the East Midlands. This organization is known as Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People […]
TOTAL Lubricants at The Commercial Vehicle Show
TOTAL Lubricants is looking forward to attending the largest road transport and commercial vehicle event in Britain when it exhibits at The Commercial Vehicle Show at Birmingham’s NEC in April. TOTAL will be showcasing its range of products including RUBIA engine oils, Coolants, AdBlue and more, but will also be promoting its range of Added […]
Update on Midland Railway Network Improvements
Railway repair and renovation works are still under way in the area of Kettering as part of Network Rail’s ambitious initiative to improve the conditions for thousands of commuters along the Midland Main Line in the United Kingdom. Level crossings along the line are to be improved, vehicle carriage “points” will be reinstated and more […]
Falcon Coaches save admin’ and time using TruTac software
Luxury coaches are highly specialist and expensive vehicles to purchase. As such, operators look after them carefully and often run them for longer than other commercial vehicles. This means many top-end PSV’s still have analogue tachographs and many fleets have a mixture of both analogue and digital records to analyse, potentially creating an administrative and […]
Trade Figures Rise in Port of London
The last ten years have been good for trading figures in the Port of London but 2016 saw the location experience the highest amount of trade for the port in the last ten years, reaching a staggering 50 million tons by the end of the year. It is clear however that these successful figures reached […]
Kout Food Sells Monopoly to Euro Garages
A company known as Kout Food Group (aka KFG) has recently announced that it has successfully completed its sale of portfolio along the roads to another transportation business called Euro Garages. Euro Garages will be the new beneficiaries of KFG’s hard work to transforming an area of roadside land into a booming hub of fast […]
Daytona Tamworth Celebrates Half-Term in Style
Get your hot wheels heated and put your foot down for some action on the racing grounds at Daytona Tamworth! The site in the Midlands will be the latest site to provide fun for hard-working children off for the half-term hols and will be launching its Junior Race School on the 20th February this year […]
The North Must Consider the Potential of its Air Transport Routes
The Chair of Trasnport for the North, Mister John Cridland CBE, has compiled a report that indicates that the North of England must improve its transportation networks inside and outside of the United Kingdom if it is to progress into the future of a globalised world. Indeed, it was estimated that a grand total of […]
Is Logistics a New Option to Reduce Unemployment Figures?
The City of Liverpool College (no prizes for guessing where that is, by the way) has developed a brand new initiative to reduce unemployment figures in the area by implementing a training program that will help unemployed people to have a footing in the logistics sector. Abacus UK Training Limited will be hosting the event […]
Settle-Carlisle Railway Reconstruction Close Completion
Exactly a year ago this very month saw the downward lurch of the Settle-Carlisle rail line by 2.5 meters, resulting in the shifting of half-a-million tons of solid ground, thus putting the railway in jeopardy of being destroyed along that line, causing chaos for all involved. In order to restore the services that the railway […]
The Depreciating Value of Cars
A recent study compiled by Carspring has drawn light on the various aspects of depreciation that have been affecting the car industries across this country in the year as compared with the rest of the countries around the globe. The initiative to do this came as a result of an announced objective on the 25th […]
Freight Association Urges Caution with Brexit Advice
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is encouraging its members to carefully consider the options when seeking advice on the likely implications to their business and services of the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Director General, Robert Keen says: “There has been a huge volume of announcements and press coverage on the likely impact […]
Global Super Tanker-Star Vehicle of the Firefighting World
The Global Super Tanker was released to quench the thirst of ferocious wildfires occurring in Chile in South America, and in doing so succeeded an achieving an all-time world record in the amount of water that it succeeded in dropping in order to prevent as much damage to the affected regions as possible. An aerial […]
Latest Network Rail Upgrade at Maidstone
The railway network at Tovil in Maidstone will benefit from a new intended initiative to give it a brand new footbridge. This development along the railway will ensure that pedestrians wishing to get across the railway tracks will be in a much safer position to do so than ever before and will be able to […]
Masternaut Hires a New Vice President of Global Sales
Mister Olivier Mansard has come all the way from France to be enrolled as the new VP of Global Sales of Masternaut, which is one of the leading businesses in fleet telematics provisions around Great Britain and France. Having been in place and operating between the neighboring countries since the year 1996, the company caters […]
NG Bailey Benefit from Street CraneXpress
A crane and lifting specialist that has its roots in Sheffield known as Street CraneXpress has just finished implementing a lightweight crane system for a manufacturing enterprise known as NG Bailey. This will enable the company to lift weighted cargo and products weighing up to a total of 400 kilograms at their new site in […]
Formoa 017FE- a Flexible Bond For Vehicles
The fleet companies and businesses dealing in commerce will no doubt be extremely pleased to hear of the all-new adhesive substance designed by Forgeway, one of the primary and bright forces of bonding manufacture in the land. Having been operating on transport vehicles such as buses and trucks for 20 years now and with its […]
TruTac. Working with the PSV Industry for Total Fleet Control
TruTac, one of the UK’s leading logistics software and tachograph analysis providers, work with the CPT (Confederation of Passenger Transport) and PSV operators throughout the UK to supply tailored software, hardware, stationery and training – all of which contribute to increased efficiency and compliance control. CPT: “We are delighted with the positive start TruTac’s CPT […]
Britain Has Revealed its New Report on Heavy Goods Vehicles
The number one (nay, the only one) Center of Excellence dedicated to lowering the carbon and fuel rates in various forms of technology in Britain has revealed its new report on heavy goods vehicles. Hired to make these findings by this country’s government, Cenex’s new document will be a key template to helping transport companies […]
FleetCheck Raise Concerns Over MOT Rule For Vans
One of Great Britain’s most respected fleet management enterprises, FleetCheck, is preparing to submit a report to the government’s Department for Transport in response to the alteration in MoT regulations regarding van vehicles in the country. The extension of van vehicles’ MoTs to a total of 4 years is a concern for the enterprise, which […]
LCV Report Indicate Concerns For Maintenance Prices
In a recent study conducted by the vehicle rental business Northgate in collaboration with market researches GfK, it was found that no less than 64 per cent of firms relying on LCVs (also known as “light commercial vehicles”) take into consideration the prices for maintaining these vehicles as the top priority, rather than other factors […]
LCVs Indicate Concerns for Maintenance Prices
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have had a wonderful time at the Global Transport Finance Awards, having been awarded by the prestigious body for transport and logistics the covetous “Aircraft Finance” company of 2016 prize. Having achieved seven lucrative deals all around the world ranging from the Asian continent to Africa and the United States, […]
Tyre Manufacturer : Fleet Numbers Increasing
A tyre manufacturing company known as Vredestein is hoping to expand its horizons in the year 2017 by attracting the attention of fleet companies around the country towards its products. The company has announced its desire to appeal to the various demands of fleets around the logistics industry by highlighting the durability and quality of […]
Step Closer to the Electrification of Newbury Train Line
A brand new bridge has finally been put into place in the area of Newbury, Berkshire, which will benefit travelers on all forms of transport, from car drivers to pedestrians to train commuters in the area. Having recently erected this structure, which is a lot higher than the previous bridge that was in place before, […]
Fiskerton and Lowdham Train Station is Extending
Fiskerton and Lowdham train station will be extended by Network Rail in the transport system’s very latest initiative to improve the travelling conditions of commuters across the country, particularly in the northern regions of the land. A grand total of no less than 48 million pounds were devoted towards the improvement of the signaling facilities […]
Positive News For Passengers and Users of the Rail Services
There is very positive news for passengers and users of the rail services of the East Coast Main Line train services, which will see the implementation of a 3.6 million pound upgrade to enable a renewal of crossing levels so that trains along the route can continue the sterling work that they are currently doing […]
2 Workers From Travis Perkins in Finals of RITIBS
Forget the Champions League: two workers for Travis Perkins have been selected in the grand finals of the RTITBS Forklift Operator of the Year Competition! Working for one of the busiest and successful transportation companies for businesses dealing in trade, Messrs Adam Hayes and Kristian Sherratt competed valiantly with opponents from other countries including the […]
Flying High with IWM Duxford and Plans For the Future
The skies themselves were the limit on Friday the 27th of January for IWM Duxford, who saw the culmination of several plans and thumb biting preparations, when they were set to oversee a large number of events to do with aviation models. This will have allowed for viewers and bystanders alike to experience IWM Duxford’s […]
Useful Chip-in From Teletrac Navman Director
The Local Government Association (LGA) has today declared that all at the wheel of a lorry are now required to use satellite navigation systems throughout their journeys. For Teletrac Navman, a company that has been in the transportation logistics sector for a quarter of a Century, this is a significant new step that its employees […]
Commuters Kindly Tolerate Lewisham Disruptions
Monday the 30th was no doubt a disruptive day for railway networks all around the country, but Network Rail are particularly pleased to be able to express their gratitude towards the tolerant demeanor of travelers along the Lewisham route. This follows on from the time when a cargo train ran off the tracks not far […]
Passengers, Travelers and Commuters be Vigilant
Passengers, travelers and commuters alike will need to be vigilant particularly around the areas of the where a passenger vehicle was dramatically derailed at Lewisham. Whilst Network Rail wish to report that they have been employing their dedicated team of individuals to help try to rectify the problems and damage as quickly as physically possible, the […]
ALA Receives Well-Deserved Award!
January the 26th was a proud day for the Advanced Logistics for Aerospace business when their efforts were recognized through being awarded by a UK and Italian awards ceremony dedicated to conglomerates that consistently raise the bar in terms of improving businesses and ensuring success. A logistical success in Britain, ALA was finally given the […]