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HUNDREDS of music fans, craft enthusiasts and nature lovers will today descend on a leafy corner of Oxfordshire for the county’s first major festival of the year.Wood festival – a three-day environmentally-friendly celebration of the performing arts at…
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK – CILT(UK) – is delighted to announce Rebecca Hicks, South West General Manager for EV Cargo, as its inaugural Next Generation Conference Chair.
For the first time in the Institute’s history,…
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An entrepreneurial family-run business is cleaning up in Warwickshire after securing funding to extend its services.
Bear Cleaning was launched by former Warwickshire police officer Ted Hunter and his wife, Kate, who was a social worker…
Bin collectors in Northampton have called off a proposed strike after winning what workers have called a “significant” new pay deal.
But they have now accepted a new offer which will see loaders paid £10 per hour and drivers £12.
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Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull are blessed with more than their fair share of canals and the history of Britain’s canal network means there are many great hostelries waterside to pay a visit to. Of course back in the day they were there for purely…
‘This really is the future’: HGV manufacturers race to decarbonise trucksLorry vehicle makers are backing a range of technologies from gas to battery electric to cut UK’s carbon footprint on the roads “Just be careful where your back end is going,” say…
Volta Zero
Volta Trucks has revealed the next evolution of its Zero range of electric heavy goods vehicles.
The 7.5- and 12-tonne variants seen here will join the larger 16-tonne model that is undergoing testing and development ahead of custome…
Volta Trucks, the leading and disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, has revealed the forthcoming 7.5- and 12-tonne Volta Zero variants – the second product family in its full-electric vehicle range.
The 7.5- an…
Calls have been made to legalise the use of e-scooters in public in a bid to improve their safety.
© Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post E-scooters are available for rent as part of trial schemes in several English cities but not in Scotland
The devices ca…
Do you remember how Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in the world, blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March last year? Now, a giant lorry carrying nine cars has blocked a narrow country lane in Somerset, England. However, only a “very…