Around 100 HGV drivers at Heathrow-based aviation catering firm DO & CO are being balloted for strike action over pay and employment conditions. The dispute stems from the transfer (TUPE) of 1,800 workers from Gate Gourmet and DHL Supply Ser…
Wincanton has repeated its insistence that the pay offer to staff at B&Q’s distribution warehouse in Worksop was fair and competitive, after workers said they were escalating previous industrial action to all-out strikes. The home improvemen…
Lebanon’s economic crisis has sent the currency into a tailspin and driven prices sky-high.
Lebanese truck and bus drivers and others blocked main roads in the capital and other areas on Thursday in protest at the failure of politicians to address an e…
Furious HGV drivers stuck in Calais for DAYS in Brexit red tape mayhem. Image:Pixabay
HGV drivers are said to have been stuck for up to two days to get through customs checks in Calais due to Brexit red tape.
HGV drivers are said to have been stu…
Operators and drivers of cars, vans and other light goods vehicles are being warned of new regulations that come into effect from 21 May 2022 on transporting goods to the EU.
The rules apply to to both cars and vans towing trailers as well as vans or …
Refuse truck drivers in Eastbourne have blocked an attempt by non-striking council workers to drive a bin lorry, as a strike enters its third day.BBC political reporter Ben Weisz filmed the lorry as it attempted to cross a line of union members.Eastbou…
7 January 2022, 09:06 | Updated: 7 January 2022, 09:31
Small business minister Paul Scully told LBC London needs “strong leadership” to tackle Tube strikes and keep Londoners moving.
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Mr Scully described the strikes, carried o…
A new primrose species is already under threat from mining for electric car parts, Kew Gardens scientists have warned.
A variety of Cape primrose found last year in Katanga, in the Congo, grows on copper ores in the mining region of the country.
The …
Female paramedic is killed and three are injured in horror crash between a cement lorry and an ambulance in KentEmergency services were scrambled to the A21 in Sevenoaks just after 8pmThree staff members were travelling in the ambulance at the time of …
The regrading of HGV drivers working for Plymouth city council from unskilled to semi-skilled workers has added £3,000 to their salaries. The pay deal, described as groundbreaking by the Unite union, has boosted pay among 46 HGV drivers working …