The cost to Coventry City Council of the strikes among its bin lorry drivers has ballooned to £7.2m, according to a new report. The dispute over pay began at the start of the year and was finally resolved in the summer, by which time households and businesses had endured months of disruption. The council originally […]
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Eddie Stobart has ended a long-running dispute with 184 HGV drivers that had been pursuing an unfair dismissal claim relating to the logistics giant taking over the running of a Tesco DC in Doncaster in 2012.
The administrator of Kent-based Coolfruit said it had been unable to save the fresh fruit haulage business and was now attempting to sell off its assets instead. The Ashford company, which traded out of two operating centres and held a standard international licence authorising 25 HGVs and 25 trailers, appointed administrators from SFP Restructuring on […]
The latest report from Ti, IRU and Upply on road freight prices has revealed that both spot and contract rates are falling quarter on quarter, dropping by 7.5 and 2.8 points, respectively. The report is predicting that with volumes slackening and available capacity improving, the downward trend in rates looks set to continue in 2023. […]