Business Services
FedEx Express enhances next-business-day service in Northern Europe
Four Boeing 757s will bring faster shipping, later pick-up times to customers across the region
Chancellor unveils UK’s first ‘Airport City'
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, recently unveiled plans for the development of a £659million ‘Airport City’ – the first of its kind in the UK – at Manchester Airport.
Kuehne + Nagel to further expand its perishables logistics operations
Leading logistics company Kuehne + Nagel has announced that it has entered into an agreement to take over J. van de Put Fresh Cargo Handling, Amsterdam. The acquisition of the Dutch handling agent for perishable goods will enable Kuehne + Nagel to further enhance its global ‘fresh-to-door concept’.
Abu Dhabi picked to host leading air transport event in 2012
30 September – 3 October 2012 - The World Route Development Forum to bring together 4,000 industry leaders
Transport sector employers report improved hiring prospects
Eight months on from the UK’s official emergence from recession, employers within the country’s transport sector report slightly improved hiring prospects for the fourth consecutive quarter says Manpower, a world leader in innovative workforce and outsourcing solutions.
The impact of conspicuity on fleets
(Insurance) Picture the scene, it is rush hour on a dark damp winter's evening. It is cold, wet and foggy. The traffic is still hurtling by regardless at high speed. A HGV commercial vehicle driver has a collision with a novice car driver who pulls out without due care and attention, the HGV driver manages to control the vehicle to mount the roadside instead of jack knifing and both drivers are safe. The HGV vehicle, however, is damaged and needs recovering. But that's just the beginning of the story...
Are you safe from prosecution?
In October last year, a family of six died when a lorry crashed into their car on the M6 motorway. This tragic accident was front page news and shocked the nation. It resulted in the 46-year old lorry driver being arrested and eventually charged with six separate counts of Causing Death by Dangerous Driving, each carrying up to 14 years imprisonment.
Careless driving could cost you dear
Over the past 18 months, the Govern-ment has waged a war against bad drivers and, in turn, has forced those that employ drivers to think much more carefully about safety at work, including company vehicles.
