Award-winning manufacturer and retailer Cook has responded to surging demand for its premium quality frozen ready meals by adding another Mercedes-Benz truck to its logistics fleet. Following a £16-million investment the fast-growing company is also preparing to open a second kitchen on the Eurolink Industrial Estate in Sittingbourne, Kent. The… Read more »
New Generation MAN TGX Flagship for Hammond Transport
Family-owned Essex based haulier Hammond Transport has recently taken delivery of a new fleet flagship, a New Generation MAN 26.510 TGX 6×2 tractor with the range-topping GX cab, and it’s is already proving a huge hit with drivers and the many fleet admirers. The new Truck, a real eye-catcher in… Read more »
HaulTech Company Growth Continues as New Sales Director Appointed
TECHNOLOGY specialists HaulTech have achieved record growth throughout 2020 and have appointed a new sales director to help the organisation continue its growth trajectory. The Staffordshire-based technology provider has seen its foundations further cemented and sales increased during what had been a record-breaking 2020 for the business despite the impact and challenges brought about… Read more »
OC Spas splash out, making Isuzu Grafter its automatic choice
One of the first customers in the UK to take delivery of the newly launched 2021 spec Isuzu Grafter 3.5 tonne rigid, with the 6-speed automatic gearbox specification, are Cornwall based hot tub and spa supplier OC Spas from Hayle. Replacing an existing 15 plate Isuzu Grafter that has been… Read more »
Strong trading performance for DX (Group) plc in half year report
DX, a leading provider of delivery solutions including parcel freight, secure courier and logistics services, unveiled strong trading figures in its half year results announced today, and £4m of further investment over the next six months as it completes a £10m investment programme started in 2019. Revenue increased by 7%… Read more »
Tonnes & Tonnes’ Brazilians are nuts about their stunning Mercedes-Benz Actros Edition 1
Most truck drivers will spend an entire career on the road without getting an opportunity to pilot a vehicle as exclusive as the Mercedes-Benz Actros Edition 1 – no wonder newly-qualified Sonara Ferreira thanks her lucky three-pointed stars every time she takes a stint at the wheel of her company’s… Read more »
Unemployment is soaring: Government must unlock access to logistics careers
In response to figures released last week from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that show unemployment is at its highest rate since 2016 at 5.1%, Elizabeth de Jong, Director of Policy at Logistics UK, comments: “The logistics industry is in desperate need of workers to fill a variety of… Read more »
Bigger loads, better efficiencies with Isuzu 11 tonne fuel tanker
By upgrading from its previous Isuzu 7.5 tonne fuel oil tanker to a brand-new Isuzu 11 tonne tanker, Kinch Fuel Oils Ltd are benefiting from much greater additional payload using a truck that can still access the many tight and restricted customer locations throughout Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. Despite increasing the… Read more »
Exintra Group proves reducing CO2 footprint is always ‘in fashion’
Dutch logistics specialists, Exintra Group, has put two Volvo FH LNG tractor units into operation for transportation of product for international fashion retailer Primark. The trucks – which will operate on regular runs to the UK – were specified for their proven ability to reduce CO2 emissions and supplied by… Read more »
Home delivery specialist grows haulage operation with Mandata TMS
West-Midlands based, BJS Home Delivery, the ‘two-man’ home delivery and warehousing experts, are investing in a Mandata TMS and integrated ePOD solution to support their fast-expanding general haulage operation, BJS Haulage. With over 50 relatively new artics already on the road, BJS expects to more than double its fleet size… Read more »
