Wiltshire haulier Downes Transport has said a return to the Pallet-Track network is like “coming home to the family” after signing a contract to cover the SP postcode from Monday (October 4). Wolverhampton-based Pallet-Track said it was thrilled that family-owned Downes, which is based in Amesbury,...
The chief executive of leading logistics company Pallet-Track has called for a moratorium on the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) to encourage experienced HGV drivers who have left the industry to get back behind the wheel. Caroline Green said: “The government has committed to write...
The Wolverhampton-based Pallet-Track network has kept things close to home to sign up its latest shareholder member, Walsall-based Trailer Freight International (TFI). TFI is based just six miles from the Pallet-Track central hub and joins the network as part of its plan to accelerate its growth...
Nearly 50 golfers teed off for a great cause and raised £4,750 for youth homelessness charity St Basils at Wolverhampton logistics firm Pallet-Track’s annual golf day. The 15th staging of the event took place in scorching conditions at Morley Hayes Golf Club in Derbyshire on Tuesday...
Responding to business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng’s call for businesses to prioritise hiring UK-based workers rather than relying on labour from abroad to fix a shortage of lorry drivers, Caroline Green, chief executive of Pallet-Track, said: “This is a long-term goal and what we need now...
There has been much said in the media in recent months about the chronic shortage of HGV drivers we currently face in the UK – and we’ve been at the forefront of the conversation. Our CEO Caroline Green has featured on BBC Radio 4’s lunchtime news...
A team of intrepid cyclists braved non-stop torrential rain to ride 127 miles from Wigan to Wolverhampton and raise nearly £8,000 to date for a young persons’ homelessness charity. The team of 20 riders from Midlands logistics firm Pallet-Track and its shareholder members took on the...
Lancashire-based logistics experts join Wolverhampton-based network in July An internationally-accredited haulage business with expertise ranging from storing food to moving heavy industrial equipment has become the latest member of the Pallet-Track network. UKI Express Transport Ltd, which is based in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, joins the Wolverhampton-based business from...
A forward-thinking Leicestershire logistics firm is pledging to invest tens of thousands of pounds in free training courses to help tackle the chronic shortage of HGV drivers in the UK. Translink Express Logistics, in Narborough, has launched the first scheme of its kind to offer fully-funded...
The chief executive of one of the Midlands’ fastest-growing logistics companies is leading a rallying call to government to address the UK’s chronic shortage of HGV drivers. Caroline Green, CEO of Wolverhampton-based Pallet-Track, says solving the 70,000-plus driver deficit goes beyond what one company can achieve...
Rapidly-expanding Merseyside haulier SSO Logistics is the latest new shareholder member to join the growing Pallet-Track network, a move which is directly helping to create 12 new jobs. And, apart from boosting revenues, the St Helens-based business will also be able to cut its carbon footprint...
Leading logistics business Pallet-Track opened a new hub this week to provide much-needed additional capacity, just yards away from the original Black Country facility it launched its fledgling business from 17 years ago. The business launched in Woden Road West, Wednesbury in January 2004, moving 852...