HGV apprenticeship gives single dad fresh start
Nationwide Platforms, the UK’s leading provider of powered access machines for hire, invested in 40 HGV apprentices at the end of 2021 following the national shortage of drivers affecting businesses…
Is the HGV Driver Shortage Being Addressed?
The HGV driver shortage has been a pressing issue for a few years but it reached a critical point in summer 2021. As a result, drivers and haulage subcontractors have…
Hermes Invests In International Growth
Hermes UK, the UK’s biggest dedicated parcel company, has announced an £11 million investment in its international business to continue to support the booming global e-commerce market. This includes creating…
UK Fuels brings bunker fuel purchasing and added refuelling convenience to HGV Operators
UK Fuels has enhanced its fuel bunkering services with an expanded network of 3,500 filling stations that will accept operator-branded Bunkerplus fuel cards. The bunkering service is specifically designed for…
Telematics supplier achieves unprecedented 156% growth in turnover in 2021 to €19.26m
MUNIC.io, the specialist in artificial intelligence and embedded technologies for the automotive and fleet sectors, today announced that despite the worldwide shortage of semiconductors, the French telematics box supplier achieved…
As the UK plans to diverge from EU manufacturing regulations, new ONS figures show the impact Brexit has already had on UK businesses
New figures released by the ONS reveal UK companies’ annual rates of return have consistently fallen since the 2016 Brexit vote, with manufacturing particularly badly hit. ParcelHero warns this comes…
Roses are red, Violets are blue, Valentine’s flowers don’t turn up, So we tweet bad reviews
Tweets reveal that almost a quarter of consumers did not receive their flowers at all last Valentine’s Day. New research has shown that Valentine’s Day flower deliveries could be leading…
Point of no return: 89% of consumers identify returns as priority for ecommerce retailers
89% of consumers identify ease of returns as top priority when purchasing online. That’s according to new data from delivery experience platform Sorted, which found that retailers who get the…