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JTX Fitness, the home gym equipment specialists, has chosen leading 2-person delivery company ArrowXL, to handle the delivery of its entire product range to households across the UK. It follows an 8-fold increase in orders since the start of the pandemic as people continue to turn to home fitness with many gyms remaining shut. ArrowXL will receive in bound stock directly from Felixstowe and provide warehousing at its new site in Enfield before delivering items…

Palletways UK, Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network and part of South African based Imperial Group, has launched the industry’s first palletised freight product specifically for home deliveries. The new Pallets to Consumers (P2C) service is for companies who sell directly to the end consumer and need a reliable delivery partner to get their product to its destination. It aims to improve the efficiency of product deliveries and offer much-needed flexibility for…

Manchester-based logistics firm, Select Transport, is one of the latest firms to join Palletways, which is an Imperial Group company and Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network. Select, based at the World Freight Centre at Manchester Airport, specialises in warehouse and storage, European transport, airfreight haulage, UK contract haulage and aviation security. Boasting a 32-strong fleet of vehicles and employing close-on 60 members of staff, Select Transport have joined as the local Palletways Member…

As the Government prepares to introduce controversial new three-tier ‘traffic light’ lockdown rules, ParcelHero says home delivery firms are braced for a Level Three red alert. At the height of the coronavirus national lockdown in March, the Government prioritised delivery drivers as key workers. Under the Government’s new three-stage ‘traffic light’ coronavirus alert plans – which could be introduced as early as Thursday –  Britain’s delivery drivers are again bracing for the front door’s return…

Temperature-controlled logistics specialist, Arra Distribution report a marked improvement in compliance management, including more efficient driver monitoring and smoother DVSA inspections, since installing software tools from fleet management and tacho software experts, TruTac. With 60 vehicles delivering 24/7 from 5 distribution hubs throughout the UK, Arra required a system which would consolidate all driver, vehicle and tachograph data so that compliance procedures could be managed online from anywhere within the operation. “The beauty of TruTac’s…

This week sees the opening of a new distribution depot by Hermes UK, the consumer delivery specialists, in Valor Park, West Thurrock. Around 140 new jobs have been created at the 157K sq ft warehouse, which has been opened ahead of the busy Black Friday and Christmas peak periods. The new facility will be able to handle over 115K parcels each day with the ability to operate 24/7 as needed. It forms part of the…

Boom in online retail set to continue into festive season UK independent parcel carrier Yodel has announced that it is recruiting 2,950 new colleagues across the country as it prepares for what is expected to be the busiest festive period in recent history. The new roles include a total of 2,500 self-employed and 450 employed opportunities, including couriers and parcel sorters at one of Yodel’s 50 locations nationwide. Yodel’s recruitment drive is in response to…