Interviews

Shop fitter Sigma still flat out despite upheaval of Covid-19

January 12, 2022 Steve Hobson

Sigma has been working in the retail sector for over 20 years and provides some of the high street’s biggest retailers with services including store construction and consolidation, fixture procurement and M&E installation.

Why a young transport lawyer harbours an ambition to be a traffic commissioner

December 27, 2021 Admin Support

Charlotte Hunt was appointed transport and regulatory solicitor in the growing London office of law firm Weightmans in August 2021 after almost five years with Woodfines. Having completed her law degree at the University of Hull in 2014, Hunt harbours what many would regard as an unusual ambition for someone who has only just turned 30 – to become a traffic commissioner (TC).

Spin off complete, GXO MD looks forward to a bright future for contract logistics and ecommerce

November 16, 2021 Steve Hobson

In August 2021 XPO completed the spin off of its Logistics division to create a new, separate company GXO, leaving the former Transport division to trade on as XPO.

Scania head of sustainability talks BEVs, hydrogen and green vehicles as a service

November 11, 2021 Steve Hobson

As part of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scania held a one-day conference at its new Eurocentral flagship dealership to the east of the city to review road transport’s progress towards net-zero emissions. MT caught up with Scania’s global head of sustainability Andreas Follér at the event.

CitySprint grows workforce by one sixth to handle Christmas peak

November 10, 2021 Steve Hobson

Sameday delivery specialists CitySprint is recruiting 500 more couriers across the UK to take its fleet off vans, cars and bikes to over 4,000 as Covid-19 means a continuing increase in the number of people shopping online and delivery volumes reach record levels.

Pallet-Track CEO: “Sales up but high cost base will hit profits”

October 26, 2021 Tim Wallace

Caroline Green joined Pallet-Track as chief financial officer a year ago and replaced Nigel Parkes as chief executive on 1 April. She began her career with Xerox and joined Pallet-Track from e-commerce specialist ReBound Returns, where she was chief operating and finance officer. MT finds out how the new job is going and gets her views on the challenges facing the wider sector… Q&A Pallet-Track profits were up 57% last year. Do you expect that trend to continue? Yes and […]

Logistics UK chief argues driver shortage is an economic not just a transport problem

August 27, 2021 Steve Hobson

On August 22, Logistics UK and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) wrote a joint open letter to Kwasi Kwarteng MP, secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS), to ramp up pressure on the government to take action over the chronic HGV driver shortage.

Partners& offers much more than the cheapest price when it comes to insurance and risk management

August 11, 2021 Steve Hobson

Formed in April 2020, Partners& was created by bringing together four quality insurance brokers to offer improved risk management capabilities, insurance broking and employee benefits expertise, to become what it describes itself as a “next generation” insurance adviser.

Microlise listing on stock market will fund new products to improve operator efficiency

July 19, 2021 Steve Hobson

Telematics market leader Microlise became a PLC when it listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange on 22 July. CEO Nadeem Raza tells MT why.

Hellmann Worldwide reaps benefits of restructure and refinancing with return to profitability

June 21, 2021 Steve Hobson

After a difficult period in 2016, when the future of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics’ UK operation faced an uncertain future, the business has since been restructured, refinanced and had a new management team installed.