productCommercial vehicle operators are advised to acquaint themselves with the revised statutory vehicle operator licensing documents which were released in mid-December by the Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain’s office, says Ruth Waring.
articleUnite the Union has called the Sports Direct pledge to release £10m for the pay of permanent and casual warehouse workers a ‘publicity stunt’.
articleA company manufacturing precast concrete panels was fined after a worker was injured while loading freestanding concrete units onto a vehicle.
articleA UK operations manager has begun a three month secondment to Transaid’s Professional Driver Training project in Zambia and is helping the charity to improve the quality of training delivered by the programme.
newsPrologis will develop two speculative units of 113,335 sq ft and 78,780 sq ft at Prologis Park West London, its 30 acre site next to Stockley Park in Hayes, Middlesex.
productThe B-FV4 desktop printer series from Toshiba TEC is said to provide the perfect printing solution for courier and post room environments. Offering the ultimate in flexibility and ruggedness, they create stamp and shipping labels that are both crisp and clear.
newsDevelopers St Francis Group and Marcol Industrial have acquired the former Rolls-Royce East Works site. Construction work is to start on the 65-acre business park early this year.
productThe UK supply chain community needs the support of a Government that not only understands the problems that it faces but, more importantly, is prepared to take appropriate steps to help solve them.
articleBYD has supplied the global logistics specialist with a fleet of electric distribution vehicles.
productThe Delivery Conference 2016 will be MetaPack’s seventh annual event and will host influential movers and shakers speaking about customer experience, cross border trade and the future of delivery.
productSouthampton based, Meachers Global Logistics, has recently implemented a restructuring of its senior management team with the appointment of two general managers.
newsThe DSV Group has acquired UTi Worldwide, a global, supply chain services and logistics company with 21,000 employees in 58 countries.
newsRico are pleased to announce that on 18th January they have taken a majority shareholding in Circle Express.
newsFollowing the historic international deal agreed at the UN climate conference, COP21, and the news from Davos that climate change is the world’s most impactful risk*, leading companies such as Dell, Unilever and Walmart are establishing the extent to which impending climate regulation will impact their business.
articleDX has announced the launch of DX ‘Parcel Exchange’, a service that brings InPost and Doddle Click & Collect networks under one web interface.
articleProposals for a new multi billion pound road link across the River Thames between Essex and Kent have been announced.
newsThe Road Haulage Association welcomes the Department of Transport’s consultation proposing increased fixed penalty notices, associated fines and penalty points for the drivers of heavy goods vehicles and other motorists caught using a hand-held mobile phone while driving.
articleA company based in Whitchurch has been fined for safety failings after the death of an employee.
newsInternational development charity Transaid is challenging industry professionals to get fit for 2016 and help Transaid improve the lives of people in Africa, by signing up to one of its two cycle rides.
newsThe plan for a DHL warehouse at Magna Park in Leicestershire has been approved by Harborough District Council.
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