Grant Shapps, ‘Today (9 May 2020) I am announcing a £2 billion package to put cycling and walking at the heart of our transport policy’
It is true to say that moving beyond COVID will be a gradual process… not a single leap to freedom. When we do emerge, the world will seem quite different, at least for a while. The need to maintain social distancing means that our public transport system cannot go back to where it left off.
Yes, Absolutely, road and ferry, we can!
The Institute of Couriers IOC reported recently the critical medical deliveries courier company Absolutely has been doing in London and the South East with NHS trusts. They are regularly utilising their ambient and temperature-controlled divisions to ensure urgent and critical medications, for cancer patients, are delivered on time.
Yodel has teamed up with Arrow Cars to strengthen the carrier operation as COVID-19 leads to a spike in demand for online shopping
Parcel carrier Yodel has agreed a partnership with Arrow Cars, the UK’s largest national private hire company, to increase the capacity of its operation as consumers embrace online shopping during COVID-19.
Final mile food to customers in London.
Waitrose is opening (7 May) a six-acre Customer Fulfilment Centre in Enfield, North London, to double its online grocery orders in the capital by September.
Friday (May 1st) saw yet another update.
Latest Government guidance about the Job Retention Scheme.
Alan Lewis, logistics sector employment expert, Partner, Constantine Law Limited has updated the frequently asked questions for fellows of the Institute of Couriers. Alan is delivering a keynote update at the IOC fellows' heads of industry Zoom round table online, afternoon of Thursday May 14th
London traffic levels down during COVID-19, clean air is most evident on the capital’s roads, with Marylebone Road seeing a reduction in the daily average of NO2 by 48% and Oxford Street has seen a reduction of 47%.
Daily average NO2 has reduced by around 40 per cent at roadside sites in central London, and 20 per cent elsewhere.
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