Transport and Logistics Network
Accounting firms KPMG and PwC have been fined over their audits of Eddie Stobart Logistics (ESL) for “not satisfying the relevant requirements”. UK accounting regulator, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), said there were “numerous, serious a…
Road Transport Expo 2023 (RTX) opened for business today at NAEC Stoneleigh, with its ‘all about the truck focus’ obvious from the moment visitors entered the site. The award-winning show, now in its second year, provides an ideal platform to br…
MAN Truck & Bus UK has appointed Tracey Perry as sales director of its truck, bus and coach division. Perry, who takes up her new role on 1 July, succeeds Matt Squires, who has taken on the new position of operations director for MAN Truck &…
Parcel delivery company DX Group has invested another £3m to boost its fleet of electric vans for exclusive use in its delivery and logistics partnership with IKEA. The funding, which will see 53 new electric vans added to the fleet, is the grou…
Last year saw the slowest pace of growth in the contract logistics market since 2014 (other than the Covid contraction of 2020), according to TI’s latest Global Contract Logistics Report. The research found that the contract logistics market was…
Logistics UK is calling for urgent action to prevent a decline in the number of HGV maintenance apprenticeships, following the government’s funding review for apprenticeships. Jonas Keat, Logistics UK policy advisor, said the association was ” d…
Dutch multinational Janssen Group is continuing its drive into the UK market with the acquisition of Maltacourt Global Logistics. This is Janssen’s second acquisition in the UK logistics sector this year, following its takeover of Norman Global …
EV and business expense payment firm Allstar has inked a deal with European charging company Fastned to allow its customers to use Fastned’s network of high-power chargers across the UK. This latest deal enables commercial business drivers using…
Delamode International Logistics director Mike Thomas has been appointed the new chair of the UK Warehousing Association’s (UKWA) management board whilst Gary Whittle, commercial director of Meachers Global, has been named as UKWA’s vice chair. …
The Generation Logistics campaign, which aims to improve recruitment and retention in the logistics workforce, has won another year of government funding. The £300,000 of DfT funding – down 13% from last year’s £345,000 award – will be used to f…