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Latest news – Page 209
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ArticleGXO Logistics signs e-fulfilment deal with Dunelm
GXO Logistics has agreed a deal with homeware retailer Dunelm Group to provide increased capacity for its home delivery fulfilment operations in Staffordshire.GXO said it intended to outfit Dunelm’s new facility in Stoke with technology, including Cognex machine vision systems and ProGlove barcode scanners, as well as train Dunelm colleagues ...
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ArticleEuropa Road profit remains static in 2020
Turnover and profit were maintained at Europa Road last year, despite Brexit uncertainty and pandemic-related restrictions.The latest financial results for the company in the year ending 31 December 2020 showed revenue was broadly static, at £119.6m compared with £119.9m in 2019.Pre-tax profit was virtually unchanged at £5.5m.The company, one of ...
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ArticleCitroen's fully electric LCV range arrives in UK
Citroen is now offering a full range of 100% electric LCVs, including its new e-Berlingo van, mid-sized e-Dispatch and large e-Relay electric models.The e-Dispatch was the first to become available, rolling off production lines in 2020, followed by the e-Relay that arrived in UK showrooms in August.Both models were joined ...
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ArticleDrivers Direct in £3.15m management buyout
(From left) FDC investment director Ondrej Okeke; Drivers Direct chief executive Gethin Roberts and Drivers Direct MD Daniel JellicoeDriver recruitment firm Drivers Direct has undergone a management buyout (MBO) after receiving a £1.75m investment from a private equity firm.The MBO sees ownership of the Runcorn business transfer to the current ...
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ArticleScania head of sustainability talks BEVs, hydrogen and green vehicles as a service
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.MT: While ...
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ArticleAdministrators disclose full details of Fruehauf collapse
Fruehauf’s collapse can be attributed to a toxic mixture of Brexit, Covid-19 and a global shortage of materials, according to its administrator.In a report into the trailer maker’s descent from a leading manufacturer of tipping trailers holding 90% of the market share, Quantuma Advisory said unverified draft accounts for the ...
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ArticleTIP Trailer Services expands truck business with Steers Group acquisition
TIP Trailer Services has bought Steers Group and its wholly-owned subsidiary Eurotrail UK for an undisclosed sum.Following the change of ownership of the Leeds-based firm, TIP also confirmed members of Eurotrail’s management team would remain with the business, as will key members of staff.Bob Fast, TIP Trailer Services president and ...
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ArticleUrban driver apprenticeship "will give HGV industry an overhaul", says Seetec
The new urban driver apprenticeship will attract a new generation of professional drivers into the industry by offering flexible working patterns and a better work-life balance, according to skills provider Seetec.Signed off in September and following on the heels of the HGV driver category C+E apprenticeship, the urban driver apprenticeship ...
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ArticleDSV opens new Leicestershire facility
(From left) Nicolai Opolzer, senior project manager, DSV Group property, and Winvic project manager David GilbertDSV’s new, 522,000 sq ft facility in Leicestershire has opened and will become home to all three of its business units: DSV Roads, DSV Solutions and DSV Air and Sea.Located on the Mercia Park industrial ...
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ArticleMaxus extends Scotland dealer network
Maxus has expanded its dealer network in Scotland after partnering with Eastern Western Motor Group to add a new dealership in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire.The addition of Western Maxus brings the number of its dealerships in Scotland to four, with more than 42 located across the UK.The new dealership is located ...
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ArticleTaking shortcuts on HGV driver testing is not the answer to the driver shortage
Changes to lorry tests to address HGV driver shortages require caps on driver training charges and the introduction of mandatory mentoring schemes to properly solve shortages.We want to see more considered measures ahead of government-led changes being introduced on 15 November 2021. Reducing the length of driver tests is not ...
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ArticleHGV operators won't hit net zero targets without more support, DfT warned
The government’s target of phasing out non-zero tailpipe emission HGVs from 2035 might be “impossibly fast” and interim solutions are required, according to hauliers.As ministers geared up to host ‘Transport Day’ at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the DfT confirmed its recent proposals to ban the sale of HGVs ...
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ArticleDHL eCargo bike set to "transform home delivery"
DHL said home deliveries would be transformed with the roll out of its new eCargo bike for small items.Operating in Edinburgh – selected as its mix of terrain and size of the city is considered to be the best environment to conduct the trial – and manufactured by EAV, the ...
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ArticleCitySprint grows workforce by one sixth to handle Christmas peak
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. Mark Footman, chief operating officer at CitySprint, ...
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ArticleScania sets out its vision for net zero as part of COP26
As part of the COP26 Glasgow climate conference, Scania used the official opening of its £10m flagship dealership and Scottish HQ at Eurocentral to the east of Glasgow to hold a one-day conference on 8 November to look at how the road freight transport industry can make the transition to ...
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Article"Unfair and immoral" to make drivers pay for training, Unite insists
The Unite union has added its support to the review of the Driver CPC announced by the government this week and said employers should be made to pay for the training.Following on from positive reactions from the RHA and Logistics UK to the Department for Transport’s plan to look at ...
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ArticleDHL drivers in new strike threat over 3% pay offer
Another row is brewing between DHL and its lorry drivers on a Sainsbury’s contract after they rejected a 3% pay increase.The dispute involving more than 140 HGV drivers undertaking deliveries across the South West comes less than a month after the delivery firm settled a pay row among its drivers ...
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ArticleFears of trade meltdown if Northern Ireland border solution is suspended
Tariffs on most goods and increased restrictions could be imposed on EU-UK trade if Great Britain pulls out of the current Northern Ireland border solution, ParcelHero has warned.There is increasing concern that the UK government will trigger Article 16, which allows parts of the protocol to be unilaterally suspended if ...
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ArticleDrones will deliver 80% of all items, new government report predicts
The use of drones in logistics could result in £2.8bn of savings and boost productivity, according to a government report into robotics.The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said investment by companies such as Ocado and Amazon into robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) was already transforming the sector, ...
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ArticleFraikin opens service support centre
The new 24/7 Service Support Centre underlines the company’s renewed emphasis on bringing its maintenance and breakdown support in-house, moving away from using third-party contractors for out-of-hours calls.Fraikin has opened a 24/7 service support centre at its Coventry headquarters, underlining its renewed emphasis on bringing maintenance and breakdown support inhouse.Caroline ...