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An Eddie truck could have your name on it

Eddie Stobart Logistics is to raise money for transport charity Transaid by donating the naming rights of one of its trucks at a charity auction at Multimodal 2019. The auction will be held during the Multimodal Awards ceremony on Tuesday 18 June, the first evening of the Multimodal show, which takes place at the Birmingham NEC from 18-20 June 2019. The winning bidder and one lucky business card raffle winner will skip ... [+]

End-to-end stuff from Transaid

Transport charity Transaid is inviting riders to sign up for its biggest ever cycle challenge, 972 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats. Participants  can either sign up for the full 12-days, companies or groups of friends can split into a four-person relay team or individual riders can take part ... [+]

Sam’s the man for Transaid

International development organisation Transaid has appointed Sam Clark as its new Head of Programmes. He replaces Caroline Barber, 37 who was promoted to chief executive in August. He expects to spend about three months in the field every year across the five countries in which Transaid currently has projects – ... [+]

Team Transaid raises £100,000…and counting

A team of 58 cyclists from the transport and logistics industry have completed a 240-mile London to Paris ride to raise vital funds for international development organisation Transaid. They faced hilly terrain and the long plains of northern France, to cross the finish line at the Eiffel Tower on 24 September. The ... [+]

Transaid seeks artic for Uganda training

International development organisation Transaid has launched an appeal to find a second-hand tractor unit and trailer to support its new driver training project in Uganda. Transaid urgently requires an artic combination to train hundreds of new commercial vehicle drivers in the Mukono district, east of Kampala, where Transaid has embarked on ... [+]

Transaid to boost road safety in Uganda

International development organisation Transaid has launched a major truck and bus driver training project in Uganda. Set to become one of its largest initiatives in Africa, the Professional Driver Training – Uganda (PDTU) project has received major external funding. The primary role is to ensure Ugandan drivers are in a ... [+]

New chief for Transaid

International development organisation Transaid has appointed Caroline Barber to take over as chief executive from 1 August. She will replace Gary Forster, 35 who is stepping down after 11 years. Caroline first became involved with Transaid whilst on secondment as a Project Manager for Wincanton and joined the organisation full-time in ... [+]

Traffic Commisoner to be Transaid ambassador

Scottish Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken is to become an ambassador for Transaid. Having spent the last 14 years as Traffic Commissioner for Scotland and a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Logistics & Transport, she will be raising the international development organisation’s  profile, as well as promoting events and creating ... [+]

New chief for Transaid

Jo Godsmark has been appointed chair of the Transaid international development organisation, taking over from Graeme McFaull, who is stepping down after six years. She is a director of Labyrinth Logistics Consulting, where she heads up the supply chain division, and became a trustee of Transaid in 2014 and has ... [+]

DHL lends a hand to Transaid

DHL Supply Chain is running a programme of activities to support Transaid for the next six months, starting with the two week secondment of senior driver trainer Chris Brook who has recently returned from the charity’s Professional Driver Training Programme in Malawi. DHL Supply Chain has worked closely with Transaid as ... [+]

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