Pall-Ex has given its 500 staff personalised, reusable drinks bottles to boost their health and reduce plastic waste. The group said the vacuum flask bottles were particularly useful to its HGV drivers, who often relied on bottled drinks while o…
Scottish distribution firm M&H Carriers has hailed a year of “incredible growth” after online ordering soared to unprecedented levels. The company, which trades primarily out of Inverness and operates 26 HGVs from four bases, also expanded i…
Concrete frame contractor CGL Group has commissioned its first zero-emission vehicles with an order of four Mercedes-Benz eVito vans and two nine-seater eVito Tourers from Rygor Commercials. The new vehicles are due for delivery before the end o…
If London’s delivery boom is to become sustainable it needs to create space for 10,000 parcel pick up points, build consolidation centres, roll out electric vehicle charging points and prioritise delivery vehicles by introducing a pay-per-mile r…
Electric truck manufacturer Tevva has been awarded a £4.2m grant – the lion’s share of a total of £5.7m of funding from the UK’s Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC). The grant will help finance the development of Tevva’s next generation, zero-emiss…
Building consolidation centres close to where people live and work is key to the future of UK logistics, according to property developer Prologis UK, which is funding a report into the future of freight. It said there was a “damaging misconcepti…
Fast growing logistics firm Advanced Supply Chain Group (ASCG) has been acquired by the Reconomy Group, which specialises in outsourced services to drive the circular economy. Reconomy said the transaction would enable ASCG’s customers to benefi…
North Yorkshire family haulier Campeys of Selby has taken delivery of the first of 11 new compressed bio gas (CBG) powered tractor units. The new Scania R410 4×2 tractor is driven by a 13-litre, CBG-powered engine which runs on renewable biometh…
Climate protest group Insulate Britain is accusing the National Highways of failing to take standard safety measures to cut traffic speeds as motorists approach their motorway blockades. The group, which is carrying out a series of climate prote…
Parcel delivery firm DPD is covering up its logos on its trucks this week with a giant sticky note stating: “Tackle the Climate Crisis” as part of as campaign called the World’s To Do List. The campaign, which comes ahead of the critical climate…
Deliveries from Arla’s Aylesbury distribution centre are facing major delays after vegan climate activists blockaded all entrances and exits this morning (31 August). Around 50 activists from Animal Rebellion, which is affiliated to climate camp…
Commercial vehicle company Marshall Fleet Solutions (MFS) has launched a new division dedicated to helping operators cut their carbon emissions and play their part in averting climate breakdown. The launch closely follows the publication of the …
UK electric truck company Tevva has told HGV operators to speed up plans to decarbonise their fleets after a new UN scientific report warned that climate change, triggered by human activity, will lead to increasingy heat waves, droughts and floo…
Karima Haji has been appointed transformation director for Scania (Great Britain). She joins the company’s executive team on 1 September 2021 from her current role as IT & operations director at Volvo Car Financial Services UK. Haji will lea…