Long-vehicle hit central reservation on A34 and overturned It spilled luxury cars worth more than £70,000 each and damaged the tarmac Road is closed in both directions A lorry transporting brand new Range Rovers crashed on a busy dual carriageway last night, scattering its expensive cargo across both sides of the road. The long-vehicle hit […]
A logistics personnel recruitment company based in West Yorkshire is targeting turnover of £65m in 2012 having maintained double-digit growth for the past four years. The company has recently moved its head office to Brighouse. Transline Resource Group, which specialises in recruiting HGV drivers and industrial workers, has experienced turnover growth from £25m three years […]
Skills for Logistics (SfL) has been awarded £1.14 million, under the third phase of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills’ Employer Investment Fund (EIF3), to deliver a programme for a transition from military to civilian logistics for up to 1000 people leaving the armed forces. Through its EIF3 funded Military Transitions to Logistics programme, […]
Matthew Marriott, commercial director of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK, looks at the current issues facing the logistics industry in terms of recruitment, skills, and investing in talent, and what methods can be employed to effectively attract and retain new recruits. When asked what they want to do when they are older, children normally say things […]
Britain’s roads are to receive a £170m funding boost, the transport secretary announced at the Conservative Party conference yesterday (8 October). The Highways Agency will deliver 57 road improvements by March 2015, part of a £217m programme to reduce congestion on Britain’s motorways and A-roads. Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: “These £217m road improvements […]
A CREWE HGV driver agency boss says he is bucking the trend of rising unemployment by appealing for extra staff. Driver Hire, which is owned by Martin Kenyon, supplies temporary drivers to the road transport and logistics industry. Business is booming and Martin could do with a few more hands behind the wheel. “I’m really […]
Renault Trucks showed a 13-tonne electric Midlum at the IAA Hannover show. The concept truck, which is about to undergo trials with Nestlé in Zurich, carries two tonnes of batteries, has a 3-tonne payload and a range of 135km. The vehicle was developed in conjunction with its technical partner PVI. Renault also unveiled its Euro-6 […]
Volvo Trucks is to sell the first series-manufactured new Volvo FH to the highest bidder on eBay. The truck is a unique one-off collector’s item and all the proceeds will go to charity with bids starting at one Euro (81p). Starting on September 19th, the auction will be open for ten days to bidders from […]
On Sunday September 16th Steve Jackson completed the first of two Half Marathons, at The Great North Run, Newcastle in 2 hours and 2 minutes. Most of this was in pouring rain but he still managed to raise the fine sum of £1290 for the PDF Charity. Steve used to be a lorry driver many […]
William Gilder has received planning permission to build an overnight truckstop in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. The waste and agricultural haulier has said that he expects the work to be completed within the next six to 12 months, however construction has not yet begun on the 50 space truckstop. “We have made a few preliminary measures, but […]