Transport for London has begun a public consultation about whether vans should be included in London’s Low Emission Zone from January 2012. Transport for London was originally meant to begin implementing its plan this year, on October 4th, but Boris Johnson, London Mayor, has postponed the third phase of the LEZ. He cited the recession [...]
Home Delivery Network (also known as HDNL) is to rebrand as Yodel. HDNL bought the domestic B2B and B2C firms of DHL Express UK earlier this year, and they will be also under the new branding. When DHL’s domestic parcel arm was acquired by HDNL in January, it included 71 service centres, 5 hubs and [...]
The Coventry based Aspray 24 has decided to launch a freight forwarding division, which it hopes will boost its turnover by expanding and diversifying its business. The new service, Aspray International, has already been piloted for several months with Aspray 24’s existing clients. When the business goes live, it will include the IT and track-and-trace [...]
Orwell Crossing Lorry Park’s boss has said that since turning its attention away from LGV / HGV driving to focus on other modes of transport it had managed to stay afloat and continue trading. In November of 2009, Orwell Crossing Lorry Park was in danger of closing because local HGV / LGV drivers were more [...]
Unipart Automotive has had its first batch of Renault Kangoo vans delivered. The delivery is for its national logistics service. The Unipart Group is a full-service logistics provider that also delivers consultancy services in supply chain and operational excellence. It was created from British Leyland, a state-run business. Unipart was privatised in 1987, which created [...]
Solutions SK, a subsidiary owned by Stockport County Council, has ordered two Mercedes Benz Econic refuse collection vehicles. The vehicles are on a six year agreement for maintenance and contract hire. The vehicles are made up of Zoeller lifters, Faun refuse bodies and Euro-5 engines. The model is a Mercedez Benz Econic 2629LL 6×2. Solutions [...]
John Owen (Aggregates) has had the first of three DAF CF85 tippers delivered to celebrate its 45th year in business. The Sheffield-based bulk aggregates company has bought three vehicles to join its current fleet of 20. The new DAF Euro-5 360hp HGVs cement DAF as being John Owen’s first choice when it comes to vehicle [...]
The chief executive for the Road Haulage Association, Geoff Dunning, comments on the road-user charging system: “For years we have been pressing for a system whereby foreign operators pay for the privilege of using our roads and we have asked for an early meeting with Hammond to establish what the proposals are and, perhaps more [...]
The new government, run by Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, released its coalition policies late last week. This document outlines all the government plans to spend and save and in which sectors they plan to do so. This includes the policies that will affect the LGV / HGV driving world. [...]
Royal Mail Group experienced a dip in annual turnover for the first time in a decade, but this did not stop their operational profit from rising to £404m. The Royal Mail Group is the parent company for Royal Mail (the postal service), The Post Office and Parcelforce (the delivery specialists). It employs around 193,000 people [...]