Parcel, freight and secure courier specialist DX Group is investing £3.6m into upgrading its existing depot network. The £3.6m programme is part of DX Group’s wider growth plans and is expected to be completed by early July 2023. In the DX Freig…
FedEx has paid tribute to one of its employees who was stabbed to death in a shocking attack at its Rotherham warehouse on Wednesday morning (2 November). Emergency services were called to the depot in Hellaby at 9.39am to reports of a disturban…
Almost a fifth of transport and storage businesses have no cash reserves left, raising concerns there could be another repeat of the City Link disaster on Christmas Eve 2014. Government figures showed that 19.2% of transport companies – almost o…
Evri, formerly known as Hermes UK, is trialling a photo service which will alert customers once their parcel has been collected or explain why a collection has been unsuccessful. The move is aimed at improving its communications with customers u…
APC Delivery network member Celtic Couriers is opening a new operational depot at Llangennech in South Wales in response to growing demand for its services from SMEs. The launch follows a growth surge at the company over the past six months whic…
CitySprint is gearing up for Christmas by recruiting 600 couriers across the UK. The same-day distribution firm said the new recruits will join its existing fleet of more than 3,500 couriers and it is hiring across a range of vehicles, with a pa…
CitySprint is accelerating its drive for regional growth with the acquisition of Dorset-based Astral Couriers. This latest purchase by CitySprint, announced today (24 October), is its second acquisition this year, following on the heels of its a…
EV delivery firm Packfleet has pledged to make its new hires the best treated drivers in the country, with what it described as “sector-topping benefits”. It said it already pays its drivers above the London living wage, as well as providing pri…
Veteran driver George Sinclair (pictured) has been awarded £1,000 in Very.co.uk vouchers by Yodel after celebrating his 45th anniversary with the company. Having started at what was then Home Delivery services, owned by Littlewoods, in August 19…
Administrators appointed to handle the affairs of haulage and freight forwarding firm Cargo Worldwide (UK) said the trading premises of the east London business had been cleared of all assets and company records upon their arrival. The company e…
Couriers believe smart motorways are more dangerous than not taking enough rest, according to a survey. The Courier Support Survey, conducted by Courier Exchange, found 40% of courier firms put smart motorways as the greatest risk to health and …
UK e-commerce sales have fallen to their lowest level since the online boom started in March 2020, home delivery specialist ParcelHero reported this week. Pointing at statistics that show that online sales fell from 37% of the entire retail mark…
Parcel delivery firm Evri, which was formerly known as Hermes, has forged a strategic partnership deal with Vinted, the online marketplace for second hand clothes. The partnership, which comes seven years after Evri became a Vinted delivery part…
Rising shipping costs have prompted online fashion retailer Boohoo to become the latest business to announce it is introducing charges on returned items. Analysts predict more will quickly follow suit. A Boohoo spokeswoman said: “As the cost of …