GB registered HGVs in the UK completed 18.7 billion kilometres shifting 1.45 billion tonnes of goods. These government statistics underline the scale and importance of road haulage to UK industry. Without HGV transportation, goods cannot reach their destinations and businesses cannot operate. Read on to learn more about the importance […]
Specialist companies provide distribution services, or pallet delivery services. These companies collect and distribute pallets for goods from businesses around the UK.
For those who don’t work in the freight and logistics industry, it may well seem that the life of a lorry driver is a pretty easy one – they sit down all day, listening to the radio! The truth is that there are a number of factors that HGV drivers […]
The distribution industry is changing constantly. The meteoric rise and growth of pallet systems in the UK underlines the inherent flexibility of a sector that serves almost every corner of industry, with the focus on continuously enhanced levels of customer service.
First established in the 1980s, the original ‘hub and spoke’ distribution systems dedicated to palletised freight offered a revolutionary solution for the transportation of palletised goods across the UK. This reflected the model already used in the parcels industry. It provides reliable, economical solutions for next-day delivery of one to […]
The information on this page will help to explain exactly what is involved in the process of pallet delivery and also how distribution networks operate. It will present the reader with a clear and concise view of the industry, and its purpose.
Around the world, there are some incredibly strange and peculiar roads, which can make driving in other countries an interesting experience.
While Britain may have roads in better conditions than in some other nations, it’s no secret that some of the tarmac and concrete surfaces that we drive on each day aren’t what we would call “in good condition”!