AP Møller-Maersk is to acquire Danish company Martin Bencher Group and launch a new product, Maersk Project Logistics. Denmark-based Martin Bencher was founded in 1997 and is an asset-light logistics provider that specialises in project logistics. Project logistics is not new to Maersk, however, the company already has “niche competencies” based …
Read More »Traffic at standstill on A2 after fatal crash near Cobham
Traffic has been brought to a standstill on the A2 following a fatal crash. Emergency services were called following a crash involving a BMW and a Royal Mail lorry at around 9.50am, on the westbound carriageway near Cobham services. Traffic held on the A2 after a serious crash. Images: UKNIP …
Read More »'Massive cringe alert for me' – Creative Hits and Misses of the Week
… from Royal Mail resurrecting its 'Home' parcel picture for social, to messages of support being projected on the White Cliffs of Dover, … Source link
Read More »Gousto partners with London food bank to make food parcels healthier
FOOD & DRINK 5 August, 2022 | by Angela Beevers Recipe box firm Gousto is working with one of the UK’s busiest food banks on a new pilot scheme that aims to make food parcels healthier. With current food parcels being designed for people in occasional crisis, they generally consist …
Read More »Royal Mail orders another 2,000 electric vans
Image: Royal Mail Last summer, Royal Mail announced an ambition to add 3,000 more EVs to its fleet as soon as possible, up from around 300 EVs it was operating at the time. The firm has now posted strong progress, celebrating the deployment of its 3,000th EV at its Peterborough …
Read More »Antony Gormley sculpture ‘too male’ for college, students say | UK | News
“Alert” is a six-metre stack of steel blocks depicting a person squatting, and is due to be installed at Imperial College, London. But a student union motion says it may hurt the college’s reputation because of its “obvious” three-metre phallus. The work was donated by ex-student Brahmal Vasudevan, founder of …
Read More »Bank warns of recession and 13 per cent inflation; Hosepipe ban begins; Ruling on Archie Battersbee; Royal Mail’s 2,000 EV vans – Car Dealer Magazine
UK to be hit by drawn-out recession and 13 per cent inflation, Bank warns Britons face two years of tumbling household incomes with inflation set to soar to more than 13 per cent and the economy plunging into the longest recession since the financial crisis, the Bank of England has …
Read More »Man denies alleged North Hill assault which left student needing brain surgery
A man has denied beating a student and leaving him in the street with severe head injuries. Paul Martin David Roberts pleaded not guilty at Plymouth Crown Court to the charge of causing grievous bodily harm to the then 19-year-old Callum Turner in North Hill. Roberts, of Wordsworth Crescent, is …
Read More »Alsager businesses left confused over why town has a Stoke-on-Trent postcode
Businesses in Alsager say they have always wondered why the town has a Stoke-on-Trent postcode despite being in Cheshire. Alsager is covered by Cheshire East Council, Cheshire Police, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service and has a Crewe telephone code. But its postal address has the Stoke-on-Trent code of ST7. It …
Read More »Leading ‘Profit-For-Purpose’ Housing Organisation Celebrates New Service Offer With Bold Rebranding
Plumlife, the North West based housing company specialising in shared ownership and property management, is rebranding to Plumlife Homes. Under the new overarching banner of Plumlife Homes will be three specialist brands which will sell aspects of the organisation’s full-service offer; Plumlife Sales (Shared Ownership & New Homes Sales), Plumlife …
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