Boroughbridge, UK: Reed Boardall is celebrating a three-year partnership with the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. “The support they have provided will help greatly towards the vital funding of our service,” said Katie Collinson, corporate and partnerships manager, Yorkshire Air Ambulance. “It costs £12,000 a day to keep both of Yorkshire’s air ambulances maintained and in the …
London, UK: Zero-hours workers and employees have new rights following a Supreme Court ruling. All UK workers and employees will now receive the same minimum level of paid annual holiday leave following the ruling. According to the ruling, all employees and workers in the UK will now receive the same minimum level of paid annual …
London, UK: Businesses importing goods have less than a month to switch to the UK’s new customs system. Import declarations must be submitted through the new Customs Declaration Service from 1 October this year when it takes over from the Customs Handling Import and Export Freight (Chief) system for import declarations. HMRC is writing to …
Newport Beach, California, US: Provender Partners has acquired a 217,540-square-foot temperature-controlled food factory and warehouse in Vineland, New Jersey, from Safeway Fresh Foods, for $22.5 million. Safeway, an agriculture and food manufacturing company, which provides fresh and prepared foods for retailers throughout the Mid-Atlantic states that through its fresh food division Sunnyside Farms, it will …
Tipton, UK: Narrow Aisle, maker of Flexi Truck articulated fork trucks, has extended its warranty, service and parts operation in Scotland. Coverage will be extended all of Scotland including rapid response to call-outs, the company says. John Maguire, managing director, Narrow Aisle, said: “The Scottish market is extremely important to us and Flexi Truck sales …
Birmingham, UK: The Cold Chain Federation’s conference, Cold Chain Live! takes place on 8 to 9 September at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre. “After three years in which the cold chain has been tested beyond anyone’s lived experience, the industry comes together to reflect on what we learnt about our people, our ways of working and …
London, UK: Sysco’s UK businesses, Brakes and Sysco Speciality Group, are testing electric vehicles to understand the challenges and opportunities for decarbonising the fleet. This builds on Sysco’s commitment to add nearly 2,500 electric vehicles to its US fleet. The UK pilot will include two 19-tonne temperature-controlled electric trucks and two vans operating from Brakes …
Birmingham, UK: IMHX 2022 opens its doors at the NEC, Birmingham in two weeks’ time. New for this year’s event will be the Sustainability Zone with innovations in technology, infrastructure, and people. Each area will provide practical insight into the tools available to build and maintain a sustainable, profitable and agile business model. The Sustainability …
Preston, UK: UK supermarket chain Booths is lowering emissions from its temperature-controlled fleet with new Carrier Transicold equipment. Booths has added three Carrier Transicold Vector E-Cool all-electric engineless fridges. The new Vector E-Cools, mounted to tandem-axle urban trailers from Gray & Adams, are joined by six new Daf CF 4×2 tractors fitted with Carrier Transicold’s …
Hamburg, Germany: Strikes by dockworkers at Felixstowe are disrupting operations at the UK’s largest container port, forcing carriers to re-route cargo and cancel port calls. European supply chains are set for further disruption as transport unions step up industrial action in response to soaring inflation with the threat of industrial action at the port of …
Munich, Germany: Transport fridge maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Transport Europe is using the Hanover Show to promote its deal with Idem to offer its telematics on Mitsubishi fridges. Earlier, Mitsubishi launched an all electric fridge. Now it is cooperating with Idem for open-system transport telematics. At the IAA Transport show (20-25 September), Mitsubishi will …
Wolverhampton, UK: Jim Agnew joins Asset Alliance Group as national key account manager, a new role and part of the company’s plans to secure larger fleet customers. Agnew joins after 19 years with Ryder, where he held roles in rentals and sales. He has also worked for National Car Rental. “As part of Asset Alliance Group’s ambitious …
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