Expect Distribution has launched a two-man delivery service following demand from e-retailers to transport larger, bulkier items. The new service will cover every single UK postcode on a weekly basis, and the West Yorkshire-based company aims to break into some niche market sectors. Neil Rushworth, operations director, says: “The growth of e-retail is huge and […]
Scania’s board of directors has chosen its executive vice president and head of franchise and factory sales, Martin Lundstedt, as its new chief executive. Lundstedt will take up his new position on 1 September, replacing Leif Ostling. The shakeup sees current head of research and development within purchasing, Per Hallberg, appointed as head of production and […]
Deutsche Post DHL has been hit with a tax bill for more than half a billion euros, after a ruling by German financial authorities. DHL will need to make an additional €516m VAT payment after a review of how it handled tax relating to postal services. The period investigated ran from 1998 until July 2010, […]
Eurovision Logistics has become the first transport operator to support FairFuelUK (FFUK) with a monthly contribution. The Hull-based firm has backed the campaign for many months but wanted to make a financial gesture to help the FFUK team continue its battle for a fair deal on fuel. “We very much appreciate someone taking the impetus […]
Road transport trade associations the FTA and RHA have welcomed the appointment of Beverley Bell as Senior Traffic Commissioner (STC). Bell, who has been acting STC since Philip Brown’s retirement last October, takes on her new role for at least the next four years. She will also continue as TC for the North West of […]
In his introduction to Vosa’s recently published 2012/13 business plan, chief executive Alastair Peoples promises the agency’s focus will be “on balancing ‘regulatory’ enforcement interventions with education initiatives to empower the industry to increasingly manage [its] own compliance”. To the glass half empty contingent, this could sound like an alarming budget-driven reduction in enforcement effort […]