London’s leading warehousing and logistics experts PF Whitehead Logistics are proud to be silver sponsors of and take part in charity Transaid’s long-awaited Way of the Roses cycle challenge. This years’ challenge will involve two days of cycling through the Lancashire countryside and Yorkshire Dales, covering a total distance of… Read more »
Scania announces community engagement programme and new charity partnership
Scania (Great Britain) Limited is delighted to announce a new community engagement programme, entitled Scania Community, whereby the business will begin an official partnership with leading UK charity, Cancer Research UK. In addition to this, Scania will also support environmental charity, The Wildlife Trusts. Furthermore, the company’s Milton Keynes UK… Read more »
Waitings does the heavy lifting for charity with Scania
Leading civil engineering and specialist plant hire business, Waitings Limited has added a 150-tonnes gross train weight, double-drive STGO Category 3 Scania 650 S heavy haulage prime mover to its Cliburn, near Penrith, Cumbria-based fleet. Waitings operate a large fleet of earthmoving equipment including excavators up to 70-tonnes in weight. … Read more »
Striking charity demonstrator hits the road for Volvo dealer
Thomas Hardie Commercials has put its first new Volvo FH Globetrotter demonstrator into service, featuring a unique, eye-catching livery to help raise funds and awareness for Derian House Children’s Hospice, which helps young people and their families across North West England. The 6×2 pusher axle tractor unit sits at the… Read more »
Truckwash boss raises hundreds for HGV driver mental health awareness
Laura Cardwell, Managing Director of Lymm Truckwash, and her team raised nearly £1000 for mental health charities including YoungMinds, The Calm Zone, Andy’s Man Club and Heads Together during a Driver Day event. On Thursday 29th April, Lymm Truckwash invited transport managers, company owners and industry professionals to a Driver… Read more »
Menzies Distribution Group joins Transaid in drive to improve global road safety
Menzies Distribution Group (Menzies) has become the latest supporter to sign up as a corporate member of Transaid, the international development organisation committed to improving global road safety standards. The company has pledged its support for an initial three-year period, just months after it acquired Bibby Distribution (now Menzies… Read more »
Palletways joins forces with Mates in Mind to support employee mental health
Palletways, an Imperial Group company and Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network, has partnered with Mates in Mind, a UK charity that helps organisations improve their workforces’ mental health. Mates in Mind was established in 2017 to address mental ill health in the construction sector and more… Read more »
Sales of Volvo’s FH Unlimited Edition raise £70,000 for NHS Charities Together
Less than six months after launching the FH Unlimited Edition tractor unit, Volvo Trucks has presented NHS Charities Together with a cheque for £70,000 – following its pledge to donate £1,000 for every special edition model sold in the UK. Christian Coolsaet, Managing Director of Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland,… Read more »
Transaid to help protect professional drivers in Zambia from Covid-19
Transaid has secured vital seed funding for a new six-month project to help protect health supply chain and mobile workers in Zambia from the increased risk of exposure to COVID-19. Professional drivers in particular have been battling deteriorating working conditions, potentially increased road safety risks and lack of access to… Read more »
Yodel donates more than £1,000 to The Royal British Legion
Independent parcel carrier Yodel has donated more than £1,000 to The Royal British Legion in recognition of Remembrance Day. Highlighting its long-standing commitment to the Poppy Appeal, Yodel also displayed poppies on 50 of its trailers to show support for The Royal British Legion during the month of November. Yodel… Read more »
