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London, UK: From Monday 8 June a two-week quarantine period will be enforced for anyone arriving in the UK following UK government guidance. Freight drivers are exempt from the quarantine requirement but they must fill out a Public Health Passenger Locator Form available on a government website before each and every journey.  More details about …

Glasgow, Scotland: Catering supplier McLays Foods has been delivering fresh meat and produce to some 6,000 homes in Glasgow with vulnerable people shielding from Covid-19. The home delivery has been helped with route planning software supplied by Trakm8. Craig McLay, director at McLays Foods, said: “We usually supply fresh produce to hospitality businesses across Scotland …

Belfast, Northern Ireland:  Whatever Brexit agreement is reached the logistics industry will need time to adapt to new trading practices with the EU, the FTA says. It is calling for careful consideration of how the Northern Ireland Protocol can be implemented to protect NI’s trading relationships.   Seamus Leheny, policy manager for Northern Ireland, FTA, said: …

London, UK: CoolKit has supplied 19 refrigerated vans and made a donation of over £4000 to FareShare, a food distribution charity that has seen demand double during the pandemic. Coolkit provided its first van to FareShare in June 2019 and has now supplied 19 refrigerated vans. Mark Beaton, sales manager, CoolKit said: “Their request was …

London, UK: The consultation on temporary changes to the congestion charge fees and hours of operation ends tomorrow (4 June). Transport for London (TfL) is consulting on temporary increases to the congestion charge and its hours of operation which could be imposed as early as Monday 22 June. It is proposing to increase daily charges …