The HGV Road User Levy has smashed its initial £20m revenue target in its first year of operation, generating £44m in revenue from foreign-registered hauliers and prompting calls for the money to be reinvested in UK road freight.
A road transport lawyer has warned that a case that saw Stobart (Ireland) Driver Services, a division of Eddie Stobart Logistics, pay compensation to 21 drivers for alleged breaches to their weekly rest periods could have an effect on decisions made in the UK.
Upmarket grocer Fortnum & Mason has increased the efficiency of its tea packing process by installing a dedicated chamber within the retailer’s warehouse in Sutton near Ely in Cambridgeshire.
John G Russell, part of the Russell Group, is set to exhibit its rail service to France, which was launched following a restricted capacity trial period, at this year’s Multimodal show.
A strike due to begin today by 100 dairy drivers working at Moran Logistics’ Leeds depot has been called off, with an “amicable conclusion” to the dispute reached.
Europa Road has launched a direct service to and from the UK to Stuttgart five times per week.
DHL Supply Chain has joined the Movement to Work scheme, which helps businesses train people aged 18-24.
John Lewis has signed a deal with the owner of Magna Park in Milton Keynes to build a new 638,000ft² DC at the distribution park.
ELB Partners has taken delivery of a triple-deck trailer from Lawrence David, with a fuel-saving curved-roof design.
It’s enough to put you off all those Easter eggs…. according to a story on the BBC’s news website, a group of seven stowaways in Calais were recently instructed by their trafficker to hide themselves inside a tanker load of warm chocolate.