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How to find haulage carriers in less than 4 minutes

If there's one key to freight forwarding today, it's efficiency. In this post, we discuss how HX helps freight forwarders allocate loads faster.

Why freight forwarder insurance is essential for your business

Freight forwarder insurance is a safety blanket. It helps protect forwarders from accidents and damages.

Haulage prices climb as diesel prices fall

The latest update from the HX Price Index

Haulage prices soar as springtime surge gathers pace

The latest update from the HX Price Index

Average Exchange haulage prices increase as UK spring arrives

The latest update from the HX Price Index

Haulage prices fall in February, continuing an ongoing trend

The latest update from the HX Price Index

Haulage prices fall following traditional Christmas spike

The latest update from the HX Price Index

Haulage prices rocket amid retail sales spike

The latest update from the HX Price Index

Haulage prices drop despite ongoing driver shortage

The latest update from the HX Price Index

Meet our Finance Manager upgrade: accounting software integrations

Following on from Making Tax Digital,  you can now integrate your Finance Manager with one of three compliant accounting software – Xero, Sage Business Cloud and QuickBooks!

Haulage prices jump despite more HGV drivers on UK roads

The latest update from the HX Price Index

The UK Haulage Resilience Report

In 2021, we surveyed UK haulage companies on the challenges and opportunities of a post-Brexit haulage industry. In only a year since then, we’ve witnessed ongoing HGV driver shortages, new Covid-19 variants, runaway inflation and the Russia-Ukraine war.

August haulage prices jump despite fuel price drops and recession fear

According to the Exchange price index, despite fuel prices decreasing and the threat of a recession, average haulage prices-per-mile increased in August 

An Important Update from Lyall Cresswell, TEG CEO and Founder of Haulage Exchange 

New Rules for International Road Haulage

How to become a HGV driver

Heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) carry essential loads up and down the UK, delivering everything from food to building materials. Haulage jobs and HGV drivers are, therefore, pivotal to the economy, making the current shortage of drivers a real concern.

The 2021 Post-Brexit Hauliers Survey

With surging demand for UK haulage in 2021, what industry-specific challenges are being faced by haulage companies?

Trans.iNFO catches up with CEO Lyall Cresswell on the digitisation of supply chains

Founder and CEO, Lyall Cresswell, shares his thoughts on how Transport Exchange Group pioneered the digital evolution in logistics with its market-leading freight tech solutions.

The UK Hauliers Brexit Transition Deadline Survey

With days to go until the deadline, how many haulage companies are ready for the transition date on 31st December and what does the industry still need to do?

How the Exchange is Responding to the Effects of COVID-19

We have various measures in place to prioritise the safety of our members, staff and partners during this time.

Top tips for creating your Brexit action plan for freight forwarders

With Brexit looming is your freight forwarding company ready?

Step-by-step guide to starting a haulage company in the UK

Discover our top tips for building the foundations of a successful haulage company.

Top tips to finding return loads for HGVs

How do you find those return loads when you get where your delivery is due? Here are some tips to ensure you’re rarely left with no cargo, whatever your current requirements are.

North Yorkshire Police Launch Operation to Target Cargo Thieves

Cargo theft is one of the most serious problems faced by haulage companies in the UK, and it’s a sad reflection of the times that we have to spend so much time putting in measures to counteract it. Police in North Yorkshire have recently launched an initiative to increase their patrols in order to help curb the incidents of this kind of crime.

The Next Frontier: Customer Trials of the Fully Electric MAN Begin

Customers, including huge companies such as Aldi, will be testing the trucks over the coming months - using them to fulfil their regular delivery contracts and seeing whether the new MANs measure up.

Freight and the City: Keeping the Show on the Road

Logistic industry associations speak out as the new anti-pollution legislation threatens companies and their city transport contracts, arguing that the rules were set by the government and local councils without sufficient reflection on the effects they will have on freight forwarders and hauliers.

Why can’t I currently retrofit my commercial vehicle to meet Euro-6/VI standards and when will I be able to do so?

Imagine if you could move physical cargo across continents as effectively and smoothly as a computer moves data. This is the groundbreaking concept of the physical internet and a philosophy that logisticians and academics hope to integrate into real-world freight supply chains by 2050.

How a submariner made electric trucks a reality and why freight exchange platform members should be excited

What links a former Israeli submarine officer to the UK freight sector? The answer is a state-of-the-art electric truck with range extending technology, which could one day dramatically increase the size of a collaborative logistics platforms’ virtual electric lorry fleet.