The regrading of HGV drivers working for Plymouth city council from unskilled to semi-skilled workers has added £3,000 to their salaries. The pay deal, described as groundbreaking by the Unite union, has boosted pay among 46 HGV drivers working on the Devon council’s refuse collections by 12.5%. The union added that the move to reclassify […]
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Clipper Logistics is set to transfer around 70 drivers on its Arcadia delivery partnership to other contracts and will lose “minimal” amounts on the deal, following the retail giant’s collapse, motortransport.co.uk has learnt.
Mixed fleet waste operator Hargreaves UK Services has signed a pence-per-kilometre (PPK) contract with Prometeon Tyre Group for their Bulk Logistics Division. The deal covers the Durham-based firm’s extensive fleet of walking floor and tipper artics, together with a specialist eight wheeler rigid fleet. Prometeon will also take on Hargreaves’ Industrial Division that includes 32 […]
The daughter of a lorry driver crushed to death by a 1.4 tonne pallet of tiles is calling for HSE to set clear limits on pallet weights and ensure responsibility for safety across the entire supply chain.