IoC at Palestra House TfL HQ location for the 15th London Freight Forum.
A Friday peak hours full house of cross-sector transport on the eve of the Lord Mayor's Show.
Nick Davies head of transport at Sainsbury's talked brand loyalty and took questions on profitability of home delivery.
Prof Alan Braithwaite delivered research findings on a van project focused on East London, "Vans are under-researched, vans are demonised but not the problem, there needs to be more research of van freight."
The third annual Freight in the City Expo started true to transport with a bacon butty breakfast at the Ally Pally, North London former BBC site with views across London and the reality of a City with air quality issues.
The Ally Pally Freight in the City Expo moved into the Great Hall as more vehicles, equipment and technology were on showcase to make urban deliveries cleaner, safer and quieter. Alongside this, a packed seminar programme opening with Venn Chesterton from TRL and Express key notes from operators, Gnewt, Sam Clarke and CitySprint Ali Kagalwalla.
Industry speakers focused on exploring practical examples of sustainable city logistics operations from around the world.
Carole Woodhead, (just Walker) has moved up, she becomes chief executive Hermes Europe. Carole will take responsiblity for Europe.
“I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved in the UK and would like to thank my fantastic team,” said Walker. “This new role is an amazing opportunity for me to use my experience, industry expertise and UK success to help support and develop Hermes’ businesses across Europe."
Martijn de Lange steps up to take chief executive of Hermes UK.
On the eve of the Lo-City Alexandra Palace show, the Mayor of London confirmed (Friday Nov 3rd) plans for the next major stage of his hard-hitting measures to help tackle London’s lethal air pollution and dramatically reduce harmful emissions with the early introduction of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in central London from 8th April 2019.
The upcoming edition of Warehouse and Logistics News passes on the IoC's message about Code of Practice to an even wider audience. The National Courier Awards and the Heads of Industry round table earlier the same day are also covered in a publication than reaches nearly 40,000 subscribers in the sector every fortnight.
Euston Traffic as roads close Friday Oct 27.
NW1 closures were tweeted by the IoC from first am.
Euston water main work closed roads in NW1, end of a busy Friday as road works continued.
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