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Thursday 'most dangerous day for bikers'
Posted:4th April 2012
Category:Courier Insurance
This Thursday April 5 is the most dangerous day to ride a motorcycle, according to new figures showing peak insurance claims.The data from insurance firm Bennetts showed that Thursdays in general are the worst day of the week for bik...
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Insurance price hikes for using mobile phones imminent
Posted:30th January 2012
Category:Courier Insurance
Following the first major insurer's decision to increase premiums for being caught using a mobile phone whilst driving, it seems likely that others will quickly follow suit.As ...
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Courier firms warn of delivery chaos before Christmas
Posted:8th December 2011
Category:Courier Insurance
Courier firms are already warning retail and internet shopping outlets that there could be a repeat of last year's chaos with deliveries in the period leading up to Christmas, when a backlog of 4.5 million parcels wasn't cleared until New Years Da...
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Haulage costs expected to increase during Olympics
Posted:5th August 2011
Category:Courier Insurance
Next year's Olympic Games in London are causing much excitement and anticipation, but if your London based business relies on regular deliveries, you might not be looking forward to it quite as much. The Road Haulage Association (RHA) beli...
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Worker's head crushed by reversing lorry
Posted:2nd August 2011
Category:Courier Insurance
A parcel carrier has been fined £150,000 following an incident at its depot in Essex where an employee had his head crushed by a reversing lorry. Simon Mason, 22, an employee of Tufnells Parcels Express Ltd had been working as a ware...
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Logistics firms 'not ready' for the Olympics
Posted:27th July 2011
Category:Courier Insurance
Today marks one year until the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games, but while the construction work is completed and athletes are busy training, it has emerged that fewer than 5% of transport companies are prepared for the disruption to d...
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Close roads on a Sunday to tackle obesity
Posted:10th May 2011
Category:Courier Insurance
In a bid to reduce childhood obesity, Public Health Minister, Anne Milton has suggested the UK close some roads to allow children to play outside safely and to help reduce childhood obesity. During a debate at Westminster, Anne Milton sugg...
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Budget offers hope for transport industry
Posted:23rd March 2011
Category:Courier Insurance
Struggling to cope with some of the highest fuel prices in Europe, UK transport companies can breathe a small sigh of relief after Chancellor George Osborne delivered his budget. Haulage companies and couriers nationwide, expecting thei...
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New solution to help tackle future icy roads
Posted:21st January 2011
Category:Courier Insurance
With temperatures dropping again Scotland are getting prepared after key routes were not clear during the recent bad weather. Even though roads were salted and gritted, with temperatures dropping below -25C these conventional treatments proved ine...
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Flood warnings for Wales
Posted:13th January 2011
Category:Courier Insurance
Staveley Head, a leading courier insurance broker, would urge people to pay attention to flood warnings in Wales after a delivery driver became stranded and an elderly woman became trapped in he...