![Mercedes-Benz_eActros_600_(1)[1]](https://d2cohhpa0jt4tw.cloudfront.net/Pictures/274x183/8/2/0/17820_mercedesbenz_eactros_600_11_978080.jpg)
Industry news – Page 142
-
Article
Highways England: delivering a better service to the freight industry – have your say
Highways England, which manages the 4,300-mile Strategic Road Network (SRN), wants operator views on what it is doing well, what it could do better and initiatives that could improve the service.It has recently started a three-year project aimed at improving the service it provides to the freight and road haulage ...
-
ArticleThames 'superhub' plans revealed for former Coryton refinery
Thames Enterprise Park has submitted an outline planning application to Thurrock council to create a 5 million sq ft ‘superhub’ on the site of the former Coryton Oil Refinery.The park, a joint venture between logistics developer iSec and biofuels specialist Greenery, is adjacent to London Gateway Port and is intended ...
-
ArticlePrologis gets consent for new speculative development at DIRFT
Prologis has secured planning consent for a 535,000sq ft speculative building at its Prologis RFI DIRFT development near Crick in Northamptonshire.The consent was gained by working closely with Daventry district council and providing a high level of detail within the initial submission and consultation so that a quick decision could ...
-
ArticleFood retailers take on extra space at Symmetry Park
Developer db symmetry has announced two major deals with food retailers.The Co-op Food Group has signed up for a purpose-built 661,000sq ft regional distribution centre at Symmetry Park Biggleswade while Iceland Foods has taken a 221,000sq ft speculatively-built warehouse at Symmetry Park Swindon (pictured).The Co-op unit has been let on ...
-
ArticleEight 'billionaires' now form the Motor Transport Top 100, 2018's list reveals
Eight road transport and logistics businesses now have an annual turnover in excess of £1bn.They are: Royal Mail; DHL; XPO Logistics; FedEx Corporation (comprising FedEx and TNT); DPD Group UK; UPS; Wincanton and Menzies Distribution.The billionaires dominate the Motor Transport Top 100. Collectively they are responsible for 71% of all ...
-
Article
UK hauliers scramble for no-deal Brexit international haulage permits
Hauliers are racing to grab a share of the permits that will allow them to continue to operate in Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit outcome.The bidding kicked off this week (26 November) with just 984 annual European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) permits on offer. Hauliers ...
-
Article
Brexit set to compound sector skills shortage irrespective of the final deal, warns FTA
Uncertainty over the immigration system after Brexit next year will compound the industry’s driver shortage and goods and services could grind to a halt, according to an FTA report.The FTA’s skills shortage report showed that there has been no let up in the struggle among haulage and logistics business to ...
-
Article
UK 'four meals away from anarchy' in event of Brexit no-deal, warns expert
The prime minister needs to get a Brexit deal through parliament, as the UK is only ‘four meals away from anarchy’ in the event of no-deal, delegates at the Feeding Cities Summit were told yesterday (21 November).Speaking at the UKWA event, Stephen Lawrence, CEO of property investment and development firm ...
-
Article
Registration open for Microlise Transport Conference 2019
Registration is now open for next year’s Microlise Transport Conference, which takes place at The Ricoh Arena on 15 May.A mix of speakers will cover the major topics affecting road transport businesses and the conference programme will include workshops and 50 exhibitors.Quentin Willson, journalist, presenter and industry lobbyist, will return ...
-
ArticlePallet-Track to bring in power assisted equipment for all tail-lift deliveries
Pallet-Track members have backed a move to increase the pallet network’s internal delivery rate to pay for power-assisted delivery equipment to address weight concerns.From 1 February 2019, all vehicles making tail-lift deliveries will have power-assisted pallet trucks on board – similar to those pictured with network member Bartums – to ...
-
Article
DAF engineers to be behind the wheel when HGV platoon trial takes to UK roads within the next few months
The UK’s first on-road HGV platooning trial will begin in spring next year with a convoy of three wirelessly connected DAF trucks driven in the first phase by the manufacturer's engineers, Highways England has confirmed.If the first phase of the £8.5m government funded trial is a success a second phase ...
-
ArticleThird group reveals hand in price-fixing legal action
A third group action has been registered with the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) seeking redress for those affected by the €3bn truck price-fixing cartel.Law firm Edwin Coe is seeking damages for businesses that were both direct and indirect purchasers of trucks (companies that used transport services provided by hauliers). It ...
-
ArticleBT Fleet Solutions set to gain from sell off, analysts predict
Analysts believe BT's sale of its fleet solutions business could aid the latter's stated expansion plans.According to reports, the telecoms giant has appointed investment bank Lazard to oversee the sale of BT Fleet Solutions, with a price tag of £200m.BT Fleet Solutions oversees BT’s 33,000-strong fleet and provides fleet management ...
-
ArticleGoodman has big plans for warehousing in Bedford
Goodman has begun development of a 405,000ft² warehouse in Bedford, due for completion next summer.The cross-docked facility, to be known as Bedford 405, is being constructed at Bedford Commercial Park, a new mixed-use development. The site is adjacent to the A421, seven miles east of Junction 13 of the M1 ...
-
Article
Inquest into death of driver killed while delivering a pallet to a home address gets underway
The inquest into the death of HGV driver Petru Pop, began this week at Buckinghamshire's coroner's court.The inquest, which will be heard by a jury, is tabled to run until 13 November.Pop died in November 2016 whilst making a delivery to a residential address in High Wycombe on behalf of ...
-
Article
Highways England failing hauliers over its management of the Strategic Road Network, new report finds
Poor road conditions and a failure to open major routes after incidents has led to low levels of satisfaction among hauliers about how motorways and A-roads meet their needs.A report into the roads network managed by Highways England found just half (52%) of freight, logistics and delivery companies are satisfied.Many ...
-
Article
Impossible to check EU workers’ rights without a system in place, warns FTA
Government plans requiring UK employers to conduct immediate “right to work” checks on all EU staff in the event of a no-deal Brexit are unworkable and could spell catastrophe for the logistics supply chain, according to the FTA.The plans were revealed by immigration minister Caroline Nokes during an evidence session ...
-
ArticleBirmingham clean air zone plans: we want to be a clean air city
Birmingham City Council is reviewing the £100 per visit charge for pre-Euro-6 HGVs proposed for its clean air zone (CAZ) planned for January 2020 and may reduce it when it submits its final plan to government at the end of 2018.Speaking at the inaugural Birmingham Transport Conference organised by consultants ...
-
ArticleLogistics sector sees fewer company failures during the third quarter
The logistics sector defied the economic uncertainty surrounding Brexit with a fall in company failures in the third quarter of the year, according to a new report.Creditsafe’s latest quarterly review of the logistics sector shows that company failures have fallen from a high of 534 in the first quarter of ...
-
Article
Motor Transport's budget 2018 overview
MT takes a look at yesterday's pre-Brexit budget (29 Oct) delivered by Chancellor Phillip Hammond to see what lies ahead for the logistics sector and UK economy as it approaches a crucial point.Infrastructure The government has committed £30bn in its “biggest ever” strategic roads investment programme. It will pay for ...