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Pallet-Track chief executive Caroline Green says there are some promising signs that the worst of the driver shortage crisis could be over as the new year gets underway. Caroline said she had seen the “noise decrease” over the chronic lack of HGV drivers which plagued…

The annual Pallet-Track Shareholder Gala returned with a bang at the weekend, with a fantastic night marking the network’s outstanding performance in unprecedented times. The glittering awards ceremony took place on Saturday, November 27 at a new venue, the De Vere Cotswolds Water Park, when…

A team from Pallet-Track is getting ready to brave the elements as they take part in this years’ Big SleepOut to raise money for the youth homelessness charity St Basils. Six volunteers from the Wolverhampton-based logistics firm will take on the chilly challenge on the…

One of London’s leading logistics companies has invested more than £1 million to future-proof its fleet with the addition of nine new direct vision standard (DVS) tractor units. Wimbledon-based ELB Partners, a member of the Pallet-Track network, has purchased the fleet of Volvo FM Globetrotter…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…