Tevva has secured European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) for its 7.5 tonne battery electric truck. The new certification means it can now start producing and selling in volume across the UK and Europe. […]
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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”…
Royal Mail said it now expected operating losses to plunge to £350m and blamed the impact of ongoing strike action in part for up to 6,000 predicted redundancies. In a trading update the company said around £70m of losses during H1 2022/23 alone…
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…
The industry has been paying its respects to Queen Elizabeth II who died yesterday. Royal Mail group said it joined with people across the United Kingdom and around the world in mourning her death. “We extend our deepest condolences to His Majes…
Renewable biomethane supplier CNG Fuels has launched its tenth low-carbon HGV refuelling station in Castleford today (17 August), as demand for the fuel continues to soar. CNG Fuels said the addition of the new station – which can fuel up to 500…
Parcel delivery specialist Whistl has recruited Mark Lawrenson (pictured) to the new role of head of operations for its downstream access (DSA) business. Whistl claims to be the largest DSA operator in the UK with over 50% of the market. The ope…
High inflation, the cost of living crisis and a fall in demand for Covid-19 test kits have seen Royal Mail’s total parcel volumes plummet, with the company currently losing £1m a day, according to Keith Williams, chair of Royal Mail. In its late…
Disruption to Royal Mail parcel and letter deliveries now looks inevitable after the Unite union said strike action among managers will start later this month. The trade union said 2,400 frontline delivery managers will work to rule on 15-19 Jul…
Royal Mail said it had written to Unite asking it stop using “misleading figures” after the trade union claimed it planned to cut 542 frontline delivery managers from the business. Summer strikes are now on the cards after a vote among workers r…
Royal Mail said it did not recognise the figures Unite claimed were being cut from its delivery work and questioned why it was balloting for strike action after its restructure was completed. The union warned that letter and parcel delivery “cha…
Transport businesses looking to electrify their depot-based vehicle fleet are being offered a new site planning tool developed by UK Power Networks. In what the company describes as a first for the industry, the tool aims to transform the proces…