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ArticleEnter the 2025 Motor Transport Awards to be in with a chance of seeing your company name up in lights
The 2025 Motor Transport Awards are now open for entries. Every year Motor Transport reviews the Awards categories to make sure they are kept fresh and relevant to the issues facing road transport operators. Most of the awards are for hauliers or own account operators running 11 ...
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ArticleMajor restructuring and leadership changes rolled out at at Renault Trucks Commercials
Renault Trucks UK and Ireland is making significant structural and leadership changes to its retail arm, Renault Truck Commercials, as it moves to grow its UK market share.
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ArticleWestland Assets buys Nottingham delivery firm Direct Sameday Services
Special purpose vehicle Westland Assets has acquired Nottingham-based delivery firm Direct Sameday Services (DSS) and its associated companies Direct Sameday Services North West and Direct Sameday Vehicle Hire.
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ArticleNewly refurbished warehouse delivers one-stop shop for Celkom Transport customers
Pallet-Track member Celkom Transport has opened a newly refurbished 50,000sq ft warehouse at its York site, to meet increasing demand for logistics support, as it continues to grow.
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ArticleThe Delivery Group boosts fleet with 20 Tiger trailers
Parcel and mail handling specialists The Delivery Group has added 20 additional Tiger trailers to its fleet.
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ArticleBretts successfully navigates through turbulent transport sector
Bretts Transport said the cost of living crisis, as well as high fuel and inflation costs, was to blame for a 17% reduction in its revenues last year – but operational changes had helped it more than double its profits.
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ArticleDennis Eagle owner in the spotlight over ‘free’ safety upgrade
A bin wagon supplier at the centre of a lorry death tragedy has been accused of “the worst kind of opportunism” after a BBC investigation claimed it was asking councils to pay for a safety upgrade.
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ArticleTotal Home Delivery boss on the “heartbreaking” end of his business
The boss of a company that swooped in and took on all of Star Transport & Warehousing’s contracts, staff and customers when it collapsed into administration, has apologised “from the bottom of my heart” to anyone affected by its own collapse last September.
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ArticleHoward Tenens fixes sights on low carbon future
Howard Tenens said it was on track to reduce fleet emissions by almost half by the end of the decade, thanks to it embracing a range of clean technologies.
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ArticleHuge response to plans to raise speed limits in Scotland
A consultation into plans to increase the speed limit in Scotland for HGVs has already attracted nearly 9,000 responses – and there’s still two months left before it closes.
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ArticleDrinks are on Tradeteam after securing 10-year contract with Molson Coors
DHL’s drinks arm Tradeteam has been chosen by brewer Molson Coors in a 10-year distribution contract deal.
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ArticleFreezing assets of smugglers could prevent HGV stowaways
New measures that target the bank accounts and assets of people smuggling gangs have been welcomed by the RHA, which said it hoped they’d stop stowaways ending up in lorries.
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ArticleKings sees wins with fleet management software
Kings Heavy Haulage in Bristol said productivity had been boosted by 15% - equivalent to three extra days a month – thanks to Bridgestone’s fleet management platform Webfleet.
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Article“Unforgivable”: Network Rail blasts lorry drivers for striking bridges
Network Rail is pleading with HGV drivers to know the height of their vehicle after a bridge in Birmingham was struck three times in one week.
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ArticleAll change at Culina as Eddie Stobart CEO becomes latest to depart
Culina has seen another major management shift this week after David Pickering, chief executive of subsidiary Eddie Stobart, announced that he has left the logistics firm after 34 years.
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ArticleFLS Group makes four key promotions to help drive growth
FLS Group has strengthened its leadership team to support its growth plans in the UK and mainland Europe.
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ArticleStop unfairly penalising hauliers found to be carrying illegal immigrants, RHA tells government
The RHA is urging the government to reform the Entrant Civil Penalty Scheme, which it says is unfairly penalising compliant drivers and operators when illegal immigrants are found hidden in their vehicles.
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ArticleWelsh Government to create task force to secure future of Holyhead Port
The Welsh government is to put together a task force, which will include logistics bodies and transport operators, to help deliver a new strategy to secure the future of Holyhead Port.
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ArticleRHA calls for commercial vehicle charging infrastructure to be “urgently prioritised”
RHA has welcomed research this week which shows that local authorities are accelerating investment in EV charging infrastructure, but the association is warning that much more needs to be done to provide charging infrastructure for commerioal vehicles.
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ArticleGovernment consultation to remove regulations around electric vans welcomed by Logistics UK
Logistics UK is calling for the government’s recently launched consultation on zero emission vans to deliver regulatory alignment between 4.25 tonne electric vans and 3.5 tonne diesel vans and prevent legacy legislation from inhibiting electric vehicle take up in the future.