A future Labour government must tackle the supply chain bottlenecks creating shortages of low and zero emission trucks and vans needed by hauliers to meet the demands of the UK’s Clean Air Zones. This was a key issue raised by RHA MD Richard Smith and Chris Ashley, RHA policy lead for environment and vehicles, when […]
Maxus has announced its latest partnership with Euro Commercials, as it continues to expand its dealer network in the UK. Euro Commercials is based in South Wales and operates at five different locations in Cardiff, Newport and Swansea. It has been in operation for 40 years. This latest partnership will see the Cardiff dealership offering […]
Cambridgeshire-based family firm Welch’s Transport is gearing up to provide local businesses with a net zero pallet delivery service as it awaits the arrival of its first fully electric Renault HGV. Welch’s new electric vehicle is expected next month and should be on the roads around Cambridge soon after. It will be identifiable by its […]
Urban logistics property developer and asset manager Chancerygate has announced four new appointments to help drive its UK and European growth strategy. Helena Redding and Oliver Johnson join as asset manager and assistant development manager respectively. The company has also strengthened its finance team with the hire of Alex Houghton as senior financial analyst and […]
JMS Plant Hire has added two new DAF XF 530 Super Space Cab 6×2 tractor units and three new Nooteboom 3-axle stepframe trailers to boost its growing commercial vehicle fleet. The North Lanarkshire company has taken delivery of the trucks, which were supplied by Asset Alliance Group, on a three-year contract hire deal with the […]
First Hydrogen has given the first glimpse of its next generation zero emission vans. The Generation II images show partial shots of the van and its design which was produced in collaboration with engineering group EDAG, which develops concept vehicles and prototypes. They show the next generation’s front and rear detail, the front featuring a […]
Menzies Distribution has won a five-year contract with Weber, the UK arm of building materials giant Saint-Gobain. Menzies began managing the company’s UK deliveries, including pallets and full loads, from its manufacturing sites to domestic customers at the beginning of this year. Ahead of commencing operations, four Menzies team members attended the Weber Training Academy […]
The GMB union claimed retail giant Amazon had classed staff taking part in its first ever UK strike this week as ‘a no show – effectively an unauthorised absence’. Hundreds of Amazon workers in Coventry have walked out in a pay dispute. The union said staff had been offered a pay rise of just 50p […]
A wine and drinks supplier has been fined £800,000 after an HGV driver was killed by a forklift truck at a depot in Salford. Kingsland Drinks in Irlam, Manchester, pleaded guilty to breaching sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act at a sentencing hearing at Manchester Magistrates’ Court this week. John Fitzpatrick was […]
Digital freight management firm Zeus has recruited a sustainable expert boffin from the University of Cambridge to help it become a net zero business. Dr Christopher de Saxe (pictured) becomes Zeus’ first head of sustainability and he will oversee development of the company’s commercial pilot programs with electric HGVs and alternative fuels. He will also […]