A Lincolnshire food recycling firm has been fined £36,000 for illegally spreading waste on three farmlands. Whites Recycling pleaded guilty to eight offences, including the breach of environmental permit conditions related to the spreading of […]
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Recovery bodybuilder and rental firm Recovery World has ordered its first ever Isuzu 13.5-tonner, which will come fitted with an RW60 six-tonne steel Slidebed body. The recovery truck will be delivered to the Hertfordshire company […]
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DHL Supply Chain has won a three-year contract with energy supplier SSE and gas distribution company SGN to provide logistics support and help deliver essential services. The new contract will see DHL running operations five days a week for SSE and SGN, as well as providing a 24/7 business continuity team for warehouse and transport work. The supply chain management and third-party logistics firm will work for both companies out of two sites in Thatcham and Glasgow, providing operations support for […]
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Asset Alliance Group has inked a “significant” deal with Domino’s which sees it supply the pizza company with15 Mercedes-Benz trucks, eight Scania rigids and eight DAF tractors. The Mercedes-Benz Actros 2532L 26-tonne trucks, which are supplied on a five-year full-service contract hire agreement, come with Carrier Transicold Iceland engineless refrigeration units to help reduce carbon emissions. The trucks, which will be based at depots in Warrington and Avonmouth, will deliver to Domino’s franchisees in the north west and south west […]
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International transport development chaity Transaid has outlined some of its planned to raise money for its vital work in 2023, Transaid’s 25th anniversay year. Next year will see the return of the popular London to Paris cycle challenge which will take place between September 21 and 25. The ride and will involve cycling 187 miles across magnificent English countryside and picturesque rural French landscapes. The group will depart from Greenwich Observatory on 22 September and pedal to Paris over three […]
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ELB Partners is training local talent to overcome its HGV skills shortage and attract a new generation of drivers. The firm has partnered with EP Training Services to tap into a latent talent pool and get enthusiastic would-be truckers behind the wheel. It has already helped former teacher Sam Cates to gain his Class 2 HGV licence after he joined the company in November 2020. He has also acquired a crane truck licence and will be undergoing training for his […]
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Zenith reported “strong income growth” in its second quarter financial results, despite a challenging economic environment for the fleet management and leasing firm. Turnover for the three months ending 30 September increased by 24.3% to £161m compared to the same period in 2021, which it attributed to higher lease incomes. Gross profit increased to £36.7m and it was able to reduce its pre-tax loss during the period to £15.7m, compared to a £21.5m loss in Q2 2021. Zenith said supply […]
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CV production in the UK grew by 10.7% in October, rounding off 10 consecutive months of growth this year. The SMMT said 8,740 trucks, vans, buses and taxis rolled off British factory lines last month, marking the best October since 2019. Exports increased by 50.2% to 5,905 units and the business group said this was down to strong demand from overseas markets, with 5,579 destined for Europe. It added that production for the UK fell sharply, down 28.4% compared with […]
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A row has broken out over plans to charge Euro-6 HGVs £50 for entering Bath’s clean air zone (CAZ), with Wiltshire council expressing its “opposition and frustration” at the proposals. Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) Council leader Kevin Guy said he made “no apology” for putting the health and wellbeing of residents first, but he wanted to work closely with Wiltshire Council to improve the community’s health. Guy said he had written to Wiltshire Council’s leader Richard Clewer setting […]
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