DriveTech, part of the AA and the UK’s leading driver training provider, has launched an educational video explaining the new Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance on driving and riding for work. Clarifying what the new guidance will mean for UK businesses, the video outlines the HSE’s updates following recent changes in employment…
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Menzies Distribution has announced it is the UK’s first distribution business to specify fully recyclable branding for its final mile vehicle fleet. Menzies partnered with vehicle and architectural branding experts Aura Brand Solutions, and sign materials manufacturer Metamark, to review the materials used in fleet livery graphics. The work has focused on testing…
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Lidl France has awarded a contract to a consortium made up of VINCI Construction and VINCI Energies subsidiaries to build a logistics hub and offices for its regional headquarters in Saint-Augustin, located in the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France. Worth about €79 million, the contract covers the building of 55,000 sq. metres of warehouse…
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Free courses for adults to train to be HGV drivers are under way across the country – as part of a package of measures to ease driver shortages and support supply chains. Skills Bootcamps in HGV driving are free, flexible, intensive courses designed to train drivers to be road ready and gain their licence,…
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Royal Mail and Ford have partnered to trial a new city-friendly approach to parcel delivery in Manchester. The purpose of the trial was to examine whether multi-modal delivery using Ford’s routing software could help Royal Mail to increase its foot-based deliveries of larger parcels in urban areas. Ford’s software helped Royal Mail to…
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A Transport Decarbonisation Strategy for the North of England – outlining the target of near-zero carbon emissions from surface transport by 2045 – has been launched today by Transport for the North (TfN). It is the first time a regional strategy of this type has been produced, bringing together the region’s leaders to speak…
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HS2 has confirmed that a Hitachi/Alstom JV has been awarded the contracts to build Britain’s next generation of high speed trains at their factories in Derby and County Durham in a major deal set to support 2,500 jobs across the UK. The landmark contracts – worth around £2 billion – will see the JV…
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Transport for London (TfL) has announced that all privately-owned e-scooters and e-unicycles, including those that can be folded or carried, will be banned on London’s transport network from Monday 13 December. This is the result of safety concerns about these items following recent fires on TfL premises & services. Customers in possession of…
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As part of the government’s efforts to decarbonise in line with their net zero strategy, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is introducing a new non-commodity element into the gas bill called the Green Gas Levy (GGL), administered by Ofgem. What is the Green Gas Levy (GGL)? The Green Gas Levy places…
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The Department for Transport are carrying out a review of the Driver CPC. The review will look at how the Driver CPC can be updated to reduce the burden on drivers – both returning and new – and ensure it doesn’t act as a barrier to working in the sector. The Department are seeking the views…
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