A local MP has praised a Gosport-based HGV training provider for simplifying the process for candidates to obtain their Class 1 licence. Caroline Dinenage said GO-LGV was helping to bolster the workforce amid a shortfall in professional drivers, after she visited its premises to learn more about how it was encouraging people into the industry. The process for gaining an…
Leeds-based Fenton Packaging Solutions has been sold by way of a Management Buyout (MBO). Ownership of the company has passed from former Managing Director Bob Clarke to: Sales Development Director Chris Warren; Supply Chain Director David Wilson; and Finance Director Sharon Dakin – who are now joint managing partners. “Over the last 18 months, Bob Clarke had very much stepped…
The HGV levy, abandoned at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, is to be reintroduced from 1 August with a new emphasis on emissions, weight and time spent in the UK. The department for transport (DfT) said vehicles of 12 tonnes or more driving on motorways or A roads must pay the levy. The amount charged will depend on the…
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Did You Spot It? Either the trolleys are rather small or the track guage is much bigger than “standard. It is, if course, the latter. The trolley rails are 5 feet 2 1/4 inches apart. In the Republic of Ireland the indigenous gauge is 5 feet 3 inches and traditional tracks in Spain are 5 feet 5 and 21/32 inches.…