Category: Motor Industry

Many of you will know that leading same day courier company Rock Solid Deliveries are based in Birmingham. Birmingham has recently introduced a clean air zone in the city, meaning that highly polluting vehicles are charged for entry into the city centre. Bath has a similar scheme, there are plans for others in cities across […]

This is an article which can not only apply to courier and delivery companies like ours, but also wider and larger scale transportation services which operate on a commercial basis. We are all at the mercy of the weather, and living in the UK we know this better than anyone. This is perhaps a poignant […]

If any of you have visited the petrol pumps recently, you will have seen the significant rise in both petrol and diesel prices from 12 months ago. The pick up in activity after the pandemic, along with supply and demand issues is pushing up the price of fuel more and more, and there doesn’t seem […]

Many of you will have seen the lorries on the motorway bearing the sign ‘abnormal load,’ but (apart from the obvious) do you know what it actually is? This blog post will provide a little more explanation. By definition, an abnormal load applies to any vehicle transporting goods where any of the following applies: – […]

When most of us think about couriers or problems they may face, we often link these to problems concerning parcels and packages. Many of us forget that any courier driver can be on the road for a considerable length of time and as such they experience all that our network of roadways can offer – […]

If you are a regular reader of our blog posts you may remember a recent posting where we considered the role of diesel fuel within our industry. With that in mind, we thought it was only fair to now consider the implications of electrical vehicles and whether this is something that could be adopted within […]