Industry News
Date set for inquest into smart motorway deaths
An inquest into the deaths of two men who died after being struck by an HGV on a stretch of smart motorway on the M1 starts on Monday (18 January).
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Contract Wins
Expect Distribution wins two major new contracts
Expect Distribution has begun 2021 as it ended last year, winning two new contracts with pharmaceutical and panelling clients.
Careers
Europa appoints recruitment head amid further expansion plans
Europa Worldwide Group has employed a new head of recruitment as part of its continuing focus on growth and expansion.
Carbon emissions
Mars puts sustainability first in £350m warehousing deal with DHL
Mars has partnered up with DHL in a logistics operation involving the construction of two warehousing facilities and the aim of removing one million miles from the roads.
News
Simon Gibson Transport upbeat despite 2019 profit slide
Simon Gibson Transport saw its pre-tax profit fall by 38% in 2019, but it pointed to an impressive performance overall despite “ever increasing demands of the modern logistics environment”.
Industry News
“Crazy” extra paperwork will put us all out of business, claim shellfish hauliers
UK shellfish hauliers have warned they stand to go out of business due to spiralling costs and a deluge of paperwork now that the country has left the EU.
Contract Wins
Arrow XL signs storage and delivery deal with Gaia Baby
ArrowXL has secured a contract with Scandi-inspired nursery furniture provider Gaia Baby.
Air quality
Logistics giants urged to collaborate over decarbonisation plans
A third of companies involved in European logistics are making headway with their carbon reduction strategies, with another fifth in the process of implementing measures, according to new research.
Air quality
Electric refuse truck leads Stroud council’s zero-carbon initiative
A fully electric refuse truck has taken to the streets in Gloucestershire in a bid to make the entire district carbon neutral.
Industry News
Truck cartel compensation hearing to start in April
A hearing to decide whether or not a claim by hauliers for compensation over price-fixing by a cartel of truck makers can take place will start in April.