Redhead Freight is to cease to trade this month with the loss-making haulier’s trade and assets transferred to parent company Shenker AG, the logistics arm of Deutsche Bahn. The Palletforce member, which trades as Redhead International, has a fl…
Operators planning to hire self-employed drivers following Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s promise to repeal changes to the IR35 off-payroll working rules by next April could still risk the ire of the Transport Commissioner and HMRC. The warning com…
Transport industry veterans Richard Harris and Mark Bigley have acquired Staffordshire-based logistics firm Berser International Cargo Services, which is a member of Palletways and part of Imperial Logistics. The pair have extensive experience i…
Turners (Soham) is continuing on its acquisition drive, according to its latest annual results report, which also revealed a modest rise in revenue and pre-tax profit in 2021. The Newmarket-based company employs 3,975 staff and operates a fleet …
DHL has announced the start of construction on its new £230m hub in SEGRO Park Coventry. The new facility will double DHL’s handling capacity and is expected to create 650 new jobs for the area. This latest project is part of DHL’s £482m investm…
DX Group failed to take sufficient disciplinary action against employees who had offered a bribe for confidential competitor information and “curtailed” a probe into the bribery allegations, according to the findings of an internal investigation…
Digital tachograph analysis and software firms are still scratching their heads about how to resolve a serious glitch that has been identified when remote downloading from some second generation units. After Aquarius sounded alarm bells at the s…
Parcel delivery firm Evri is to open a £60m parcel sortation hub in Barnsley next Tuesday (20 September). Named Colossus, the 341,000 sq ft facility is said to be the biggest of its kind in Europe and will sort 1.1 million parcels a day for onwa…
Tevva has announced that Kinaxia Logistics has agreed to trial its 7.5-tonne battery-electric truck. The truck is the first in a series of commercial vehicles from Tevva, which includes 7.5-tonne, 12-tonne, and 19-tonne hydrogen-electric version…
DX chief executive Lloyd Dunn has resigned with immediate effect, the parcels and logistics company announced today (6 September). In a Stock Exchange announcement the group said it has begun the search for a replacement and will consider both i…
Swain Group has purchased Nottingham-based Proctors Transport (Langar) and W Coy & Son, enhancing the range of services it can provide in construction and specialist movements. Swain has recently won a number of contracts in building ma…
Kinaxia plans to standardise its operating process and complete the rebranding of its 13 transport companies next year, following a refinancing deal back in March which cleared a £42m debt. Chief executive Simon Hobbs (pictured left with CFO Ben…
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…
An oversupply of PPE stockpiled during the Covid-19 pandemic, combined with a shrinking economy, the decline of the Covid-fueled online shopping boom and a major expansion in storage space are creating a glut of new warehouses which will struggl…