Matt Hancock, Health and Social Care Secretary, said: “I want to thank the Royal Mail, who, from this weekend, will empty some of their post boxes seven days a week to speed up home testing."
Royal Mail are introducing a weekend extension for over 15,000 existing priority postboxes from 21 November to help speed up testing.
Collections will now be made from these priority postboxes on a Sunday.
CitySprint - the UK’s largest same day distribution company - has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the same day business of Leeds-based Sterling Services.
Loveday Ryder will become the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's Chief Executive on 1 January 2021.
HSE Kanwal Kanda, head of transport sector briefs IOC round table on the inspection programme and how feedback is aimed to deliver best practice.
Big turnout for Wed at One IOC fellows' Zoom round table as sector puts forward its Covid champions and Covid police.
Fellows can view the Zoom recording of the round table here. Please contact IOC for the passcode.
Whistl has announced that it is to move in to a new 78000 sq. ft. depot at Bristol Patchway in 2021.
The site, which is currently under development, will be used for the company’s business mail and parcel collection and sortation operations for the South West.
APC Overnight celebrated its 25th anniversary and this week reported strong results for the 2019/20 financial year, with 18.2% year-on-year growth in gross profit, totalling £18.5 million.
Continuing on its success from the previous year, and further to significant investment in additional sortation capacity at the Cannock hub, this year again saw notable growth in The APC’s ‘Fragile & Liquid’ services, which allowed the business to meet continued consumer demand across the UK for products like craft beers and gins.
Government takes historic step - sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans to end in the UK by 2030.
£1.3 billion to accelerate the roll-out of chargepoints.
Green number plates for clean vehicles from December 2020.
42% will not return to High Street
Shopping online is the new normal for 64% of UK.
Truck, van and cargo cycle for pandemic freight delivery.
Diversity of workforce win in the access to clean air vehicles.
Old school round table feel for virtual meeting rich in operators' knowledge for alternative fuel vehicles.
- Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils have launched a competition to select up to three operators for a twelve-month trial of rental e-scooters
- Trial is open to all London boroughs that want to join
- E-scooter rental trials could begin in spring next year
We are starting to see more and more e-scooters on roads and pathways. IOC chairman Carl Lomas took a look at e-scooters in Vienna. Lomas comments, ‘road safety is clearly the top issue when looking at scooters.’
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