The Swain Group has rebranded its Express Freight Services business as Swain Container Solutions. It is a move designed at rationalising its operations, reflecting the group’s commitment to aligning its divisions under a single brand […]
Hauliers are being warned that the M62 will be closed for two weekends during September as Network Rail replaces a bridge between junction 19 at Heywood and junction 20 at Rochdale. The first closure is […]
ROAD transport businesses and road fleet operators are being given the chance to cut their fuel bills by thousands of pounds per truck and reduce their environmental impact as part of a new instructor training […]
The Schengen area Entry/Exit System (EES) for non-EU nationals will go live on 10 November, the European Commission has confirmed. EES is an automated registration system for UK and other non-EU travellers who don’t require […]
ReFuels has started construction of a new Bio-CNG refuelling station at Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. The public access station will be operated under the CNG Fuels brand and will be able to refuel 14 […]
New research from the Global Payroll Association (GPA) has revealed that companies involved in the transport and logistics sector have been fined a combined total of £1.9m for deliberately lying about the amount of tax […]
Kitchen and joinery product supplier Howdens is to refurbish half its trailer fleet and put nine new gas-powered tractor units on the road as part of a sustainability drive. TIP Group will renovate around 400 […]
The traffic commissioner’s office in Leeds is relocating to new premises next month. It is in the process of letting operators know, with the new office of the traffic commissioner (OTC) moving to Quarry House, […]
Logistics UK is urging the chancellor Rachel Reeves to protect the current rate of fuel duty to ‘ensure that the industry can play its part in driving economic recovery’. Policy director Kevin Green said the […]
Last year Ian Roger stepped onto the stage at the Crown Plaza to collect the richly deserved Industry Lifetime Achievement award. Now there is a book in the offing that charts the history of the […]
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