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Glasgow, UK: Star Refrigeration has a heating and cooling online hub to help businesses respond to guidelines from the UN Climate Change Conference. COP26 takes place from 31October to 12 November in Star’s hometown of Glasgow. Hailed as the most important climate event since the Paris Agreement in 2015 world leaders are to negotiate the …

London, UK: The logistics industry has welcomed most of the measures put forward by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the Budget but cautioned that labour shortages will remain a problem, fuel duty prices are still high and more details are needed on lorry parks. Highlights for the sector include a freeze on fuel duty, extending the …

London, UK: The Department for Transport has confirmed that it is amending cabotage rules until 30 April 2022 so that non-UK drivers can make unlimited drops in the UK over two weeks. The change, contained in a DfT policy paper, follows a one-week consultation on the proposals. Foreign operators that come into the country laden …

Heathrow, UK: has appointed Alessandra Tagliabue to a newly created role of business development manager for Europe. Tagliabue was previously with a healthcare provider and before that worked in Spain within the logistics sector. Tagliabue is fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and English, with direct experience of working with European customers and will help PML …

Glasgow, Scotland: DR Macleod has received the first of two Carrier Transicold Vector HE 19 multi-temperature fridges. The fridge specification will help reduce vehicle noise and emissions. The fridges are on two new 13.6-metre Gray & Adams reefers, additions to the 100 trailer fleet, 30 of which are refrigerated. DR Macleod ordered its first Carrier …