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28 April 2026

Royal Mail to reduce second-class postal service

After being fined last year for poor record, the Royal Mail is investing £500 million to reduce their number of late deliveries - promising to meet new delivery targets by next May.

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28 April 2026

Can cargo bikes replace vans in urban business operations?

Five London-based businesses are being given the opportunity to trial electric cargo bikes as part of a new initiative to test role in urban logistics.

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28 April 2026

As fuel costs rise, so do petrol thefts

Petrol theft has surged by 62% since 2025, according to new figures from fuel theft recovery company Pay My Fuel.

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28 April 2026

Councils to fix potholes or risk losing funding

The government is clamping down to ensure that every pound goes straight into tackling potholes across England, and not elsewhere.

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28 April 2026

Government opens fund to fix England’s foundations

The UK government’s fund to fix England's bridges, flyovers and tunnels is now open.

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24 April 2026

CILT (UK) will be attending Multimodal 2026

CILT (UK) is excited to announce that they will be attending Multimodal 2026, the UK and Ireland’s leading supply chain and logistics event.

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21 April 2026

US tariff refund process begins

The United States (US) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that importers can begin filing requests for tariff refunds from Monday 20 April via an online portal.

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21 April 2026

Cargo theft on the rise in the UK

According to new research from Geotab, UK fleets are growing complacent on cargo theft, despite continuing high incident rates and sharply rising losses.

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21 April 2026

Chaos for travellers with new EU entry-exit system

The Entry-Exit System (EES) is a new EU digital border control system that requires non-EU citizens, including all British passport holders since Brexit, to register biometric data when entering and leaving the Schengen Area.

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21 April 2026

Londoners to face longer commutes as Tube strikes go ahead

Tube strikes across London are going ahead this week, with more planned in the coming months, as the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union accuses Transport for London (TfL) of refusing to negotiate to avoid walkout chaos.

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