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Latest Industry news – Page 63
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ArticleBBC's Jeremy Vine hits back in Waitrose truck row as petition to have him sacked tops 10,000 signatures
A petition calling for broadcaster Jeremy Vine to be sacked from the BBC after he claimed a cyclist had been ‘close-passed’ by an HGV on a busy London street has sailed past 10,000 signatures.The TV presenter and radio DJ posted footage on Twitter of an incident that occurred while he ...
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ArticleBridgestone launches Fleetcare integrated tyre and fleet management package
Bridgestone has launched an integrated tyre and fleet management solution called Fleetcare, which is "designed to fast-forward business for fleets".An evolution of Bridgestone’s Total Tyre Care service, Fleetcare combines Bridgestone’s best-in-class tyre range and tyre management options with fleet management solutions from its telematics subsidiary Webfleet.Through providing a complete package ...
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Scottish Transaid dinner takes shape
The Scottish Transaid Dinner, which was derailed by the Covid-19 pandemic, is back on track, taking place at the Bothwell Bridge Hotel, near Hamilton, on the evening of Thursday 15 September 2022.The fund raising charity dinner has been organised by a committee headed by recently retired Scottish Traffic Commissioner Joan ...
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ArticleGreen hydrogen refuelling firm Element 2 recruits ExxonMobil veteran Nick Shelley
Green hydrogen refuelling company Element 2 has appointed former ExxonMobil executive Nick Shelley as senior business development manager as it moves to scale up the business.Shelley (pictured) spent more than 20 years at ExxonMobile in a number of senior business development, sales and marketing roles. His most recent role was ...
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Diesel van registrations plunge in May as BEV demand continues to rise
UK van registrations saw a fifth consecutive month of decline in May, falling by a quarter ( -25.1%) to 22,000 units, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).However electric van registrations continue to rise, with SMMT reporting a leap of almost a third ...
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ArticleHexagon Leasing hires new chief executive Alan Ellison
Contract hire, vehicle sales and fleet management provider Hexagon Leasing has recruited Alan Ellison (pictured) to the new role of chief executive.He takes up his new post this week having previously spent five years as commercial director at Motus Commercials after 12 years at DAF Trucks in various senior roles. ...
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ArticleChancerygate plans major £32m spec warehouse development in Surrey
Industrial property developer Chancerygate has acquired two adjacent sites in Leatherhead, Surrey as part of plans to build 82,400sq ft of Grade A industrial and warehousing space.The sites, which total 4.6 acres, are located off Cleeve Road in Leatherhead Business Park close to the town centre and one mile east ...
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ArticleGovernment invests £160m in four road schemes to boost regional growth
The government has announced a £160.8m investment in four major road projects in Newcastle, Cornwall, Greater Manchester and Southampton.The four major road schemes announced today (6 June) includes £78.5m for a new 6.2km road linking St Austell to the A30 – the main transport artery in Cornwall, which DfT said ...
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ArticleLogistics industry key to success of government’s levelling up agenda, report finds
The UK logistics industry is one of the fastest growing areas of employment in the UK, bringing career opportunities to deprived areas targeted by the government’s levelling up agenda, according to an independent study by Frontier Economics.The study, commissioned by Amazon and supported by Logistics UK, found that the sector ...
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ArticleBridgestone unveils 'revolutionary' tyre and fleet management solution
Bridgestone said its new integrated tyre and fleet management package will 'revolutionise the fleet market' by offering connected data and reporting under one agreement and delivered by a single partner.Developing Bridgestone’s Total Tyre Care package, Fleetcare combines its tyre range and tyre management solutions with fleet management from telematics specialist ...
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Article"Unfair, confused and misleading" - industry hits back over threat of supply chain levy
The logistics sector has slammed a new report by the Transport Select Commmitte (TSC) demanding it solves the driver shortage and upgrades rest facilities within two years or face a government supply chain levy.Logistics UK chief executive David Wells (pictured) branded the report "confused and misleading", insisting that the industry ...
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ArticleUphold pledge to help cold chain operators hit by end of red diesel rebate, sector tells government
The Cold Chain Federation is calling on the government to make good on its promise to provide financial support to cold chain transport operators hit by the removal of the red diesel rebate for transport refrigeration units (TRUs), which came into effect on 1 April.The CCF, which represents businesses which ...
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Article'Solve your problems within two years or face supply chain levy,' Transport Select Committee warns logistics sector
The logistics sector must solve its driver employment crisis and fix its dearth of secure rest facilities within two years, or else the government should step in and impose a levy, MPs have warned.The Transport Select Committee (TSC) said the industry had been given long enough to get its house ...
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ArticlePrometeon announces new organisational structure
Prometeon Tyre Group has announced a reorganisation of its UK and Nordics business in order to strengthen its position in the market.The new organisational structure means Ali Yilmaz (pictured) becomes commercial director and is also in charge of logistics.Marisa Hever-Smith will head up CFO and HR Administration.Both Yilmaz and Hever-Smith ...
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ArticleUK commercial vehicle production in April delivers best performance since 2016
British commercial vehicle production rose 27.6% in April for the fourth consecutive month, delivering its best performance since 2016, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).However SMMT called on the government to take action to help support the industry as the pressure from supply chain delays and ...
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ArticleWheely-Safe targets emergency services sector in new deal with Woodway Engineering
Wheely-Safe has agreed a new distribution deal with emergency services lighting and equipment supplier Woodway Engineering.The contract will see Woodway Engineering supply its UK and Ireland customers with Wheely-Safe’s latest generation of intelligent tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), wheel loss and wheel rim temperature sensors.The family firm will offer Wheely-Safe’s ...
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ArticleInternational hauliers vent their frustration as queues return to Dover
Lorries headed for Dover were trapped in 20-mile long queues again this weekend with further delays in the pipeline as another wave of holiday-makers prepare to head for the port this week, ahead of the Platinum Jubilee weekend.The queues began to build on Friday (27 May) with the Kent Resilience ...
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ArticlePanattoni plans major logistics development in Crawley as demand for warehousing grows
Industrial real estate developer Panattoni is fast tracking plans for a 199,672sq ft speculative, last-mile logistics development in Crawley, in response to strong and rising demand for warehousing.The detailed planning application for Panattoni Park Crawley, submitted to Crawley Borough Council, is for a semi-detached unit of 134,012sq ft and 65,660sq ...
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ArticleRevised Euston HS2 plan would need 800 trucks a day to remove spoil
A decision to reduce the size of HS2’s London terminus station at Euston means spoil will no longer be removed by rail and may have to be achieved with thousands of HGVs instead.In a written statement by the parliamentary under-secretary for state, Baroness Vere, she said a smaller, 10 platform ...
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ArticleNew data reveals UK's drink driving capital
A study of five years’ worth of government data has found that the West Midlands is, by a significant margin, the UK’s drink driving hotspot.The analysis of the data found that the region recorded 89.48 drink driving incidents per 100,000 people, a full 32 accidents higher than the second place ...