Telford based SP Holding Renault Trucks has just taken on its first HGV master technician apprentice. Reece Roberts, who is 18, had been cleaning toilets for another of the firm’s divisions over the summer months when his hard work was noticed. The service manager at SP holding, Tony Williams, is Reece’s apprenticeship manager, he stated: [...]
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) trial into longer semi-trailers got underway in earnest at the end of last week, with Stobart Group being the first HGV driving firm to use the 15.65m trailers. The delivery of produce, for supermarket giant Tesco, saw the group carry 54 cages of goods which was approximately 20% more than [...]
Lincolnshire-based Openfield has just taken delivery of eleven new Mercedes Benz Actros HGVs. The grain merchant’s fleet is some 25 HGVs in total, with the eleven new Actros units replacing the current Actros vehicles on the company’s books. The first six Actros HGVs Openfield used proved invaluable to the company’s success. Their contract manager, Keith [...]
It’s good news for logistics giant Norbert Dentressangle (ND), the HGV driving company have just put pen to paper in a contract renewal agreement with heating and ventilation company Daikin. As part of the deal ND will hold responsibility for the picking, storing, palletising and unloading of Daikin products at ND’s new shared facility in [...]
To meet the new London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) standards TNT Express have taken delivery of 22 new HGV tractor units. The new vehicles have now been delivered, but the firm still have 85 more tractor units on order, which they hope to take delivery of over the coming months. TNT Express are refreshing their [...]
As part of their £500m logistics investment, Asda are to open two new depots and increase capacity at another. The supermarket giant has been improving its delivery network and store access in the UK over the last year. This year the company will see a new depot open in Rochdale which will serve the M62 [...]
Palletways has just launched a new hub scanning system, which it hopes will increase productivity and reduce the chance of lost pallets. The new system was unveiled at the Palletways Lichfield base and cost £750,000 to implement. It encompasses over 140 scanners and 16 high definition cameras, a set of which are positioned close to [...]
Wetherby-based Encon has just received eight new DAFs from Fraikin which it will use for the delivery if its insulation materials. The trucks have been specified with curtainsider bodies built by Bevan Group. The contract hire deal will see the vehicles deliver thermal and acoustic insulation, including fire protection and building products to customers across [...]
HGV driving firm Rhys Davies Freight Logistics have just appointed Gary Philips as their commercial manager and are expecting to expand their freight forwarding arm over the next twelve months. The Cardiff-based firm have appointed Phillips to increase turnover, and he has the remit not just to boost sales at Rhys Davis Forwarding, but also [...]
Katem Logistics has painted one of their HGVs bright pink in a bid to raise £5,000 for charity. The Palletforce member wants to raise money for Cancer Research UK after the sales department’s Katie Davidson wanted to raise awareness of breast cancer. Katie said: “It has been really well received by everyone at Katem and [...]