All articles by Carol Millett – Page 6
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ArticleWhistl invests £6m to expand fulfilment operations at Lutterworth site
Parcels, mail and e-fulfillment specialist Whistl is set to expand its fulfillment capability through a £6m investment in its Lutterworth site.
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ArticleArrowXL appoints new business development executive
Two-person home delivery specialist ArrowXL has promoted Jack Cannon to the role of business development executive, as part of the company’s ‘grow your own talent’ initiative.
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ArticleLTS Global Solutions marks 25th anniversary with two new commemorative trucks and major investment drive
Coleshill-based logistics, transport and shipping specialist LTS Global Solutions is celebrating its 25th anniversary with two new commemorative vehicles.
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ArticleMenai Suspension Bridge to reopen with 7.5-tonne weight limit increased to 40 tonnes
The Menai Bridge will be fully reopened on Saturday 2 November until February next year, following works which saw a lane closure, temporary traffic signals and a 7.5-tonne weight restriction imposed.
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ArticleLabour MP Ruth Cadbury appointed chair of new House of Commons Transport Committe
Labour MP Ruth Cadbury has been appointed as the chair of the newly elected Transport Committee.
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ArticleC&D South West celebrates daughter following in father’s footsteps to become HGV driver
Holly Smith is following in her father Shane’s footsteps and joining Somerset-based C & D South West as an HGV driver.
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ArticleOxa unveils autonomous Ford E-Transit van
The first Ford E-Transit vans to be fitted with autonomous vehicle technology have hit UK roads.
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ArticleHalf of UK truck drivers switch off safety assistance systems, Allianz study reveals
A survey conducted across five countries, as part of this year’s 12th Allianz Motor Day has revealed that 54% of UK truck and van drivers, ‘often’ or ‘sometimes’ switch off the driver assistance systems in their vehicles.
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ArticleLeyland Trucks hits latest manufacturing milestone with 125,000th HGV
Leyland Trucks, the Lancashire-based producer of DAF commercial vehicles, has achieved its latest manufacturing milestone – producing its 125,000th HGV.
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Article M&H Carriers opens new 15,000 sq ft Perth Hub in expansion move
Scottish delivery firm M&H Carriers has opened a new hub in Perth as it looks to expand its business into the morth of Scotland.
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ArticleRefrigerated trucks and vans pump out much higher levels of CO2 and NOx, research reveals
Trucks and vans fitted with transport refrigeration units (TRUs) add around 11% more CO2 emissions compared with standard vehicles without TRUs on-board, which amounts to an estimated total of 5,600-plus kilotonnes of CO2 a year.
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ArticleStringent cost controls help Malcolm Group deliver profit rise despite turnover falling in 2023
Stringent cost controls saw The Malcolm Group increase its pre-tax profit in 2023, despite tough trading conditions driving down turnover during the year.
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ArticleSaint-Gobain celebrates it’s 10th annual Driver of the Year awards with logistics partner XPO
Over 100 colleagues, suppliers and stakeholders gathered in Castle Donnington to recognise and participate in the 2024 Saint-Gobain Driver of the Year awards which were once again held in partnership with XPO Logistics.
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ArticleVolvo Group and Daimler Truck create joint venture to develop software-defined vehicle platform
Volvo Group and Daimler Truck have signed a binding agreement to establish a new joint venture which aims to lead the field in software architecture and launch “a new era of self-optimizing trucks”.
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ArticleDHL eCommerce UK boosts management team with two key appointments
DHL eCommerce UK has made two new appointments to its management team, drawing on experience from the retail industry.
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ArticleKuehne + Nagel reveals turnover and profit plunge in 2023
Kuehne + Nagel saw both turnover and pre-tax profit plunge in 2023 following two years of “extraordinarily favourable” results, and against the backdrop of the Ukraine War, an economic slowdown, and rising interest rates and inflation, the company has revealed.
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ArticleFreight crimes could cost the industry £6.1bn by 2049, research reveals
An estimated £250m is lost annually to freight crimes in the UK, totalling a predicted £6.1bn by 2049, according to research by SNAP, the haulage industry digital marketplace.
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ArticleGXO unlocks growth for luxury retailer Beauty Pie
Contract logistics provider GXO is celebrating its first year providing order fulfillment services for Beauty Pie, a luxury cosmetics retailer, following its acquisition of e-commerce order fulfillment platform PFSweb (PFS).
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ArticleSchmitz Cargobull’s all-electric semi-trailer makes England debut at Marine & Cargo
Marine & Cargo has put the first all-electric Schmitz Cargobull S.KOe COOL semi-trailer into operation in England.
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ArticleSkills shortage and AI pose key challenges to logistics sector, survey reveals
A newly published survey of global logistics firms and goods manufacturers has identified internal skills shortages, complex customs regulations, the challenge of AI, and geopolitical disruption, as major market hurdles.