Carol Millett

Iconic haulage brands, including Eddie Stobart, Great Bear and Fowler Welch, are set to disappear as parent company Culina Group brings its logistics businesses together under a single banner.

Culina subsidiary Fowler Welch saw pre-tax profit more than halve in 2025 as higher labour and warehouse costs eroded margins, despite an increase in revenue.

Great Bear Distribution reported a pre-tax loss of £13.2m in 2025 after battling rising operating costs, underutilised warehouse capacity and the loss of customer contracts during the year.

Fashion, home and beauty retailer Debenhams Group is moving its fulfilment operations back to Burnley, through a new global distribution partnership with GXO Logistics, which is expected to create over 1,200 jobs.

The RHA has launched a major campaign push ahead of the upcoming Budget, warning MPs that escalating fuel costs are severely squeezing operator margins, locking up working capital, and threatening the viability of essential transport contracts.

Fraikin has beaten rivals to win a competitive tender for the supply of 15 new 3.5-tonne electric vans, as part of a five-year contract hire deal with premium food distributor Classic Fine Foods

Wholesaler Bidfood has opened a space-saving four-bay overhead charging gantry at its Slough depot, which the company claims is the first of its kind at a UK commercial transport depot.

The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) is calling on the government to move to long-term funding for local highway maintenance, arguing that a five-year funding model could unlock up to £2.2 billion in efficiency savings for reinvestment in the local road network.

Around 500 Hatfield HGV drivers and warehouse workers on XPO's Arla contract have won a "much-improved" pay offer after balloting in favour of strike action, union Unite announced today (26 October).

HGV drivers are being warned against being recruited by people smuggling gangs after five men involved in hiding people in lorries to transport them to France were found guilty of people smuggling.