New skills bootcamps will lead to higher wages, returning HGV drivers told
HGV drivers who left the industry are being urged to return and sign up to government-funded refresher courses and earn more money than they did before.
HGV drivers who left the industry are being urged to return and sign up to government-funded refresher courses and earn more money than they did before.
DPD customers with accessibility issues can now instruct couriers to make more time and wait at the door, via its new ‘More Time Needed’ option on its app.
Teletrac Navman has launched Smart Dashcams, which relies on AI video technology to deliver tailored training programmes aimed at improving behaviours behind the wheel.
The industry has given a mixed reaction to new data suggesting nearly a third of the UK’s hauliers are at risk of imminent collapse due to record diesel prices and rapidly rising driver wages.
Yodel has announced two appointments to its leadership team to support further operational development across the business.
Currie Solutions is set to move out of the red, three years after the loss making logistics firm was purchased in a management buy-out, and despite having to battle its way through the impact of Brexit, the pandemic, the driver shortage crisis and global supply chain restrictions.
Biggleswade-based haulier AG & Sons Transport has become a shareholder member of Pall-Ex in a move aimed at strengthening its service offering.
The Logistics Skills Network (LSN) has called on the DVSA to take urgent action to address a shortfall in HGV driving tests that the LSN said is now creating a bottleneck blocking attempts by industry and government to address the HGV driver shortage.
Lloyd Morgan Group has become an official delivery partner of the government-backed National Highways programme Driving for Better Business.
Electric truck manufacturer Volta Trucks has revealed the forthcoming 7.5- and 12-tonne Volta Zero variants – the second product family in its full-electric vehicle range.