Juan Andrés had braced himself for what promised to be an atypical holiday season. But the lorry driver from southern Spain never imagined that Christmas Day would be spent in his cab tucking into a ham and cheese sandwich – among provisions handed out…
Ministers have failed to set out plans for roadside toilets for hauliers trapped in huge queues for Channel ports in just five weeks’ time, an inquiry has heard.Truck-drivers say they are still in the dark over promises made last month – amid alarming …
Management at one of the UK’s biggest haulage networks said the business was on the right track – a year after coming under new ownership and despite the lockdown.
Twelve months ago Pall-Ex was sold by ex-Dragon’s Den star Hilary Devey to a combination…
Truck drivers will need a permit to enter Kent after the Brexit transition period ends, the government has said.
The announcement comes after a letter from cabinet minister Michael Gove warned that queues 7,000-trucks-long could clog up roads around th…
The Irish Road Haulage Association is warning trade will be “severely upset” because of Brexit and the price of some goods could double in price.President of the Irish Road Haulage Association Eugene Drennan said there could be a delay i…
Requiring hauliers to obtain special permits to enter Kent from neighbouring counties will be “pointless”, an industry body has claimed.
Road Haulage Association (RHA) policy director Duncan Buchanan said the measure aimed at avoiding post-Brexit gridl…
A SHOCKING video that appears to show a child driving a lorry on a busy motorway is being urgently investigated by police.
Cops are probing the eight second viral clip that appears to show a little boy driving a HGV down the M1 in Northern Ireland.
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Pall-Ex has won the coveted Silver Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award from the Ministry of Defence for its support of the Armed Forces community.
The logistics giant has actively supported ex-military personnel by providing jobs and training since…
Pall-Ex Group has acquired the Fortec Distribution Network.
Purchased by a new subsidiary company For-Ex Distribution Network Ltd, the network will remain trading as Fortec Distribution. It will continue to operate as a separate pallet network within t…
Lorries
24 July 2020
Deliveries: not on Sundays?
Deliveries: not on Sundays?
freight organisations this week criticised Hampshire County Council’s suggestion of banning lorry movements on Sundays and banning lorries from overtaking on motorwa…
The DfT has launched a website of motorway services to help ease hauliers’ journeys as they deliver vital supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The website provides a list of those services on the national road network which are still operating and op…
With mounting pressure on a number of distribution operations, the Government has taken steps to ease the pressure on drivers and transport operations to make sure that the supplies that we all need continue to get through, writes John Kendall.
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A subsidiary company of Pall-Ex (UK) has completed an acquisition. The deal is the first since the parent company was sold last year.
Cranleigh Distribution Services has acquired the goodwill of the UK pallet operation from Surrey-based Cranleigh Freig…