Daily Archives: May 19, 2023

TalkTalk Business’s transport and logistics research reveals ITDMs and frontline workers agree that the next two decades will see AIs, robots and driverless vehicles come to dominate the industry. Businesses are set to continue taking advantage of AI’s benefits and applications, such as reducing operational costs by automating inventory and service-level management. TalkTalk Business, proudly the clear industry leader across…

Manchester-based O’Gara has added four new Volvo FMX 420 8×4 rigid tippers to its fleet. The business – which specialises in demolition, muckaway and the supply of aggregates and soils – opted for the Swedish manufacturer due to the FMX’s proven reliability, comfort and driving performance. Supplied by Paul McNicholas, Customer Solutions Manager at Thomas Hardie Commercials, two of the…

To help reduce the environmental impact of its waste management operations in the Hull area, the Ashcourt Group UK has taken delivery of its first two fully electric 18 tonne Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide skip loaders. The two new E-tech D Wides, with Harsh HS14T 4×2 skip loader equipment, will be working in Ashcourt Group’s waste management operations in…

• Progress at HS2 Old Oak Common station site as 1st base slab poured (RailUK) • Plans submitted for snaking Silvertown ped & cycle bridge (ConstructionEnq) • France developing next generation, double decker TGVs (CNNTravel) • Lisbon car ban limits downtown through traffic (CityLab) • The future of mobility is smaller (McKinsey) • More US cities losing air service as…

Not Far From Gerrards Cross  (map bottom right)… … is Little Missenden (map top left). And here is the headline. Groan! But here is the large hole with someone (maybe not a  policeman?) looking into it! It doesn’t look too bad from a distance and at a normal viewing angle. But it is fenced off for safety reasons; but more…