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2023 predictions – what is the year g...

Jan 09, 2023Comments off

Rob Shaw, SVP International Sales, Fluent Commerce: “It’s fair to say that businesses will have a strong focus on profitability and cash flow in 2023. Whilst top line revenue and growth are important, we see a

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Chip crisis subdues new car market

Jan 09, 2023Comments off

The UK new car market recorded its fifth consecutive month of growth in December, with an 18.3% increase to reach 128,462 new registrations, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

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National Highways launches mobile tyre-mana...

Jan 09, 2023Comments off

One in five breakdowns on the strategic road network (SRN) is caused by tyre failure: that’s 50,000 tyre-related breakdowns every year. And 30% of those involve commercial vehicles. National Highways has analysed tyre breakdowns across the

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2022: A year of ten million pallet movement...

Jan 09, 2023Comments off

Upholding its position as industry leader, between 1 January and 31 December 2022, the Palletways Group belonging to Imperial, a DP World Company, which operates in the UK, the Benelux, Germany, Iberia, Italy and Hungary, transported

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Mark Delaney

Jan 09, 2023Comments off

Mark Delaney, VP, Industry Strategy, Retail & CPG At FourKites, Mark engages with retailers’ c-level leaders and their teams to understand and address industry specific workflows and use cases. He has more than 20 years of experience

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How to optimise Last Mile Deliveries

Jan 09, 2023Comments off

Last Mile Deliveries take place within the last or final mile of the supply chain. These are deliveries direct to consumers, whether it’s two miles or 20 miles, it’s all Last Mile. Last Mile Delivery has

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EV review and predictions for 2023

Jan 09, 2023Comments off

It’s been hard to keep up with the news over the last year in the UK with three prime ministers, the rising cost of living, and the tragic loss of Queen Elizabeth II, so we’ll forgive

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Over 100 high-speed charging hubs opened in...

Jan 09, 2023Comments off

Zap-Map, the UK’s leading charge point mapping service, has published new year-end figures for charge point installations in 2022. While extremely high growth in the number of ultra-rapid chargers across the country is the defining characteristic

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750 seat belt and mobile phone offences in ...

Dec 20, 2022Comments off

National Highways says it identified more than 750 seat belt and mobile ‘phone offences along a short section of the M6 in Merseyside earlier this month – the highest number at a single site in a

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Push to increase diversity in HGV driving

Dec 20, 2022Comments off

In recent years there has been an increase in women looking to become HGV drivers. In 2011/12, just 6.7% of all HGV test passes were achieved by women; by 2021/22 this had increased to 9.7%. However,