Cambridge City Council’s decision to scrap plans for a congestion charge, which would have seen HGVs charged £50 a day to enter the city, has been welcomed by the RHA. The plans have been abandoned after concerns were raised by business groups and politicians about the impact of a proposed peak time congestion charge in […]
Cambridgeshire-based family business Welch’s Transport has launched its net zero delivery service in Cambridge after taking delivery of a Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide 4×2 curtainside rigid, the first fully electric HGV on its fleet. The new 19 tonne E-Tech D Wide was selected to provide the first net zero delivery service in Cambridge, which […]
A six-month trial of a new micro-logistics hub in Pimlico has been launched today (17th April) which aims to improve air quality by cutting the number of trucks and vans delivering parcels to offices and residents’ homes in Central London. Westminster City Council, in partnership with Cross River Partnership (CRP), is setting up the micro-logistics […]
Delivery drivers for online electricals retailer AO have crowned the A9 in Scotland as the best road to drive in the UK, whereas research reveals that the British public prefer the A591 in the Lake District National Park. Both delivery drivers and the public agreed that the M6 and M25 motorways are the worst roads […]
Electric cargo bike provider Zedify has secured £5m in funds to roll out its low carbon service across more of the UK. The first and last mile delivery firm said this new round of funding would enable it to open new locations including in Manchester and Birmingham and make itself available to 20% of the […]
Pall-Ex Group is planning to roll out a last mile delivery scheme across multiple cities early next year after its launch in London delivered service levels above 96.5% and boosted members’ annual revenues by over 29%, on average. The London Project was developed by Pall-Ex in collaboration with 13 of its members to tackle the […]
Delivery start-up Hived has sealed a partnership deal with fashion retailer Asos to fulfil its same-day delivery orders in Greater London. The delivery company, which was launched in 2021, operates an electric fleet of vans, cars and bikes, offering same-day, next-day and two-day shipping options to all of Greater London. It boasts a 99.99% on-time […]
The DVSA has warned HGV drivers they will be slapped with £300 fines and sent to the back of the queue if they are caught violating traffic rules on Kent roads this summer.
A parliamentary petition calling for the removal of temporary traffic measures to tackle congestion has reached over 15,800 signatures in just two days.
Researchers at Aston University have claimed commercial fleets could halve their emissions and better meet clean air targets using new technology which imitates how ants share knowledge and scales it up to optimise routes around busy cities.