HEIKO SELZAM is preparing to take on the job of managing director at Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK, effective from 1 April 2022. He succeeds Wolfgang Theissen, who passed away in September. Heiko is a familiar face […]
GEORGE Stewart, who ran livestock haulier RW Stewart set up by his father, has passed away at the age of 86. He had received the Transport News 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award, which coincided with the […]
Gregory Distribution has been working closely with Freeway Fleet Systems to help integrate its acquisitions of ARR Craib and Pollock (Scotrans) by digitally streamlining its engineering operations, writes Carol Millett. The company, which purchased Pollock […]
An investigation into the possibility of building a bridge linking Scotland with Northern Ireland cost the taxpayer almost £900,000, the department for transport (DfT) has admitted. Prime Minister Boris Johnson commissioned a study into the […]
The new MD of Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK is Heiko Selzam. A familiar face within the global business, he joined what was then Daimler AG in 1996 as sales executive for commercial vehicles. Since then, roles […]
FERRY company Stena Line has launched its first national recruitment campaign to fill 60 vacancies onboard its Irish Sea routes. The campaign entitled ‘A Life Less Ordinary’ is highlighting the benefits of life onboard ferries […]
Econ Engineering sales director Andrew Lupton has passed away, aged 56. The company said Andrew died on Sunday 9 January, and that death had come as a ‘terrible shock’. He ran the second-generation family engineering […]
Logistics companies are reporting signs that the HGV driver shortage crisis may have turned a corner, writes Carol Millett. However some cautioned that, unless wage rises are maintained and facilities improved, the easing of the […]
BP and M&S have agreed to extend their convenience agreement until 2030, to build on the success of their 16-year collaboration. The pair first teamed up in 2005 to introduce M&S Food stores at BP […]
FOLLOWING the outbreak of the Omicron Covid-19 variant and pursuant to Article 14(2) of the retained EU Drivers’ Hours Regulation, the DfT has gained the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport to temporarily […]
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