Co-op’s bid to provide sustainable methods of delivery using autonomous robots has reached Leeds, with 20,000 residents able to make use of the novel service. Following a roll-out in Bedford earlier this year, the food […]
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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, […]
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As M&H Carriers took delivery of its latest electric van, managing director Fraser MacLean made an impassioned plea this week for other hauliers to start to electrify their fleets to help cut the sectors’ emissions. The Highlands-based firm …
Royal Mail is seeking permission from the government to stop making letter deliveries on Saturdays as it tries to reverse its multi-million pound losses in the first half of the year. Its non-executive chair, Keith Williams, said “urgent reform”…
Volta Trucks is collaborating with Cake, the Swedish maker of lightweight electric motorcycles, to test drive a city centre final mile delivery service. The first trial, which will take place in Paris with fashion retailer H&M Group in the f…
Retailer Furniture Village has extended its six-year relationship with Asset Alliance Group by refreshing part of its home delivery fleet with 15 MAN and eight DAF trucks. The 7.5 tonne DAF LF 180 and MAN TGL 7.190 vehicles, supplied on a five-y…
DPD has become the first company to sign up to a new scheme from First Bus offering local Glasgow businesses use of its extensive EV charging infrastructure. DPD drivers will now have access to the Caledonia depot to charge their EVs while in Gl…
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…
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…
Palletways London has invested in a new fleet of electric pump trucks to help drivers making multi-drops for home deliveries across the west, north-west, southwest and central London. The purchase of 23 electric pump trucks has been prompted by …
Palletways haulier IEFS Logistics is finally rebranding as Ketra (Linked Logistics) after being delayed by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Barking-based firm is rebranding five years after being acquired by fellow Palletways member Ketr…
Royal Mail is ramping up its transformation to a parcels-led business with the launch of two new large parcel conveyors which can handle parcels upto 30kg in weight. First off the chocks is a large parcel conveyor at Gatwick Mail Centre with pla…
SAIC MAXUS is showcasing its latest line-up of electric vehicles at the IAA Transportation 2022 Show in Hanover, Germany, this week as it continues its drive into the European EV market. The Chinese OEM is hoping to further boost sales of its ra…
Palletways member International Forwarding Limited (IFL) is seeing business boom in its warehousing operations with pallet volumes increasing “significantly” over the past 18 months. According to the Coleshill-based business the spike in volumes…