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Logistics costs set to rise warns Logistics...

May 24, 2021Comments off

Logistics businesses have shown impressive resilience throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, but costs are set to rise warns Logistics UK. The cost of moving goods and

Rural roads ‘pose a specific and signific...

May 24, 2021Comments off

Research from the AA Charitable Trust shows 71% of fatal car crashes involving young drivers take place on rural roads. The research, funded by the

EAV urban lightweight vehicles to be develo...

May 24, 2021Comments off

Electric Assisted Vehicles (EAV) Limited, the Oxfordshire-based, world-leading micro-mobility manufacturer, has been chosen for a unique engineering and operations project, working with the City of

Britain’s cars getting older, but van own...

May 24, 2021Comments off

Vehicle numbers on UK roads fell to 40,350,714 in 2020, according to Motorparc data released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the

Footage shows driver on phone narrowly avoi...

May 24, 2021Comments off

Veering on to the hard shoulder and back again, narrowly avoiding a collision with another HGV, the driver caught in the footage was using his

FIAG guide helps companies roll out a post ...

May 21, 2021Comments off

The Fleet Industry Advisory Group (FIAG) is so concerned at the impact Covid-19 is having on the safety and compliance of vehicle fleets it has

Hultsteins connect to TRAILAR solar power f...

May 21, 2021Comments off

Sweden/UK transport refrigeration manufacturers, Hultsteins have teamed up with TRAILAR, the UK’s leading transport solar power innovators, to facilitate a ‘free-at-the-point-of-use’ solution for users of

Europe’s most powerful EV charging hu...

May 21, 2021Comments off

UK-based Pivot Power, part of EDF Renewables, and Oxford City Council have joined up with Fastned, the European electric vehicle (EV) fast charging company, Tesla

The Drivers’ Lottery: Win while you work

May 20, 2021Comments off

Britain’s hardworking white van drivers are pocketing weekly cash prizes thanks to The Drivers’ Lottery, simply by driving better. The fast-growing prize draw is the

Net Zero plans must consider rural communit...

May 20, 2021Comments off

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) believes that a one-size-fits-all approach to net zero carbon emissions is likely to have disproportionate societal effects