May 2023

The pallet network sector saw a 6.3% volume growth in the first quarter of 2023, compared to the same period in 2019, with seven million pallets delivered and B2C demand up by 32%. Announcing the sector’s latest first quarter results, Paul Sanders (pictured), chairman of the Association of Pallet Networks (APN), said they indicated a […]

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RHA is calling on members to respond to a consultation on proposals laid out in the recently published National Highways 2025-2030 plan for the Strategic Road Network. The plan, which comes under the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3), eshews major new road building, focusing instead on upgrading existing roads, via proactive maintenance and improvement works. […]

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HGV drivers employed by aggregates firm Maen Karne in Cornwall will begin a series of strikes from 30 May in a fight to get union recognition. The drivers, who are represented by Unite, deliver fresh concrete across the county and the union claimed the strikes would cause severe to disruption to the construction projects of […]

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DHL said it strongly refuted claims being made by the Unite union that management at its plants responsible for the Jaguar Land Rover contract were refusing to address serious safety concerns among workers. Unite said strike action was now looming at the Halewood site in Merseyside and additional plants across the Midlands because the logistics […]

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Mercedes-Benz truck dealer City West Commercials has joined forces with sweeper manufacturer Scarab to build a “one-of-a-kind” demonstrator vehicle. Based on a 13.5-tonne GVW Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis, and equipped with Scarab’s Magnum 72 Hydrostatic single-engine sweeper body, both companies believe the truck is unique. The vehicle has already been bought after receiving a high level […]

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Transport and logistics operator Mobile People Powered Logistics (Mobile PPL) has been certified as a carbon neutral business under the UN’s internationally recognised standard ISO 14064. The Pallet-Track member is laying claim to being the only independent operator in the UK, and the first independent haulier and palletised delivery business in England and Wales, to […]

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UK commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturing output increased by 33.3% in April following two months of decline, with 10,504 vans, trucks, taxis, buses and coaches produced, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). As recent supply chain shortages continue to ease, production ramped up to deliver the […]

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More than one in five employees in routine manual and service occupations in England, which includes the logistics sector, are smokers – a rate three times higher than other industries. According to data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) the employee smoking inequality gap has grown by 5% over half a decade, […]

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Preston-based logistics specialist FDC Holdings has acquired its headquarters from Harworth Group for £12.3m and boosted its fleet with the addition of two new Scania tractor units and ten new trailers. The company is also planning to invest a further £2m on capital equipment and a range of building improvements at the site The 330,000 […]

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