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Planned 3p fuel duty rise scrapped
26/06/2012
In a move which is sure to give a sigh of relief to UK hauliers everywhere, the government has announced it will not go ahead with the planned 3p fuel duty rise this summer and will freeze it for...
Tfl begins ORN (Olympic Route Network) operation on July 25th
13/06/2012
Enforcement on the ORN (Olympic Route Network) commences on 25th July, just a few days before the opening ceremony. Roads in central London and around venues will be much busier than normal...
The Jordon forthcoming data line has the future in mind
11/05/2012
Jordon freight has recently signed a service contract for installation of a leased line and already the fibre cabling has been installed. This private data only ultra high speed connection will...
Industry: EC demands compliance with the WTD
04/05/2012
The Working Time Directive (WTD), adopted in 2002 to improve the health and safety protection of persons performing road transport activity (amongst various other benefits including competition and...
Olympic awareness campaign ramps up ahead of stress tests
Having been busy attending seminars, meetings and conferences as well as discussing intently with staff and suppliers, we are now on an active campaign approaching our customers armed with masses of...
Tech: The end is nigh for Windows XP, welcome the future
11/04/2012
It’s unusual that we feel the need to comment about a tech story but we are sure there are plenty of us in the transport and logistics business who are still using Windows XP. This article is...
Industry: Summer fuel duty rise to go ahead
21/03/2012
The Chancellor George Osbourne today announced in his 2012 budget that the planned August fuel duty rise would go ahead. Hauliers and road users are already paying record prices and this...
Industry: UK transport sector continues to suffer
01/03/2012
Record fuel prices are driving UK transport companies to despair with a fuel duty rise looking increasing likely. SMEs in particular are suffering from the rising costs as well as having to...
Meet you at the Summer Freight Planning Conference
Jordon Freight will be sending two delegates to the hotly anticipated Summer Freight Planning Conference. Director, Jon Swallow and Road Freight Manager, Simon Fisk will be attending the all...
Olympic awareness schedule begins
31/01/2012
Even though the Olympics are still some months away, we here at Jordon don't like to leave things to chance. Due imminently are a series of Olympic Awareness meetings for our operational and sales...
Industry: Foreign vehicle tax proposal in consultation period
26/01/2012
The UK government is in consultation over plans to charge foreign vehicles up to £10 a day to use UK roads. The consultation will run until 18 April 2012. Implementation is not likely to...
Olympic Games 2012 road freight management strategy begins
18/01/2012
The Olympic Games is the world's biggest logistical event and commences in London on 27th July 2012 and completes on the last day of the Paralympics on the 9th September. Although still a few...
New appointment improves quality synergy
05/01/2012
We would like to congratulate Mr Simon Fisk on his exciting new appointment as European Road Freight Manager. This appointment brings the export and import overland departments under one umbrella...
Jordon appoint Citation Plc as Employment and H&S advisers
09/12/2011
Jordon Freight has officially appointed Citation Plc as Health & Safety and Employment Law advisers. In a new 3 year deal the appointment has been made in conjunction with current work being...
Jordon opt for Plantronic CS60 headset roll out
09/11/2011
After a lengthy trial period we have finally committed to issuing new Plantronic headsets for operational staff. The dual benefit is that customers will receive information faster and staff will...
Customer satisfaction surveys heading out
11/10/2011
Every now and again I’m sure you receive customer satisfaction surveys. In general nothing much may happen with the information you provide, or at least that you notice but we hope to be...
New Berths at The Port of Felixstowe
We thought it should be known as it’s our hometown that The Port of Felixstowe has recently opened new berths numbers 8 & 9. These are the only berths in the UK capable of accommodating the...
Cargo webtrack beta testing underway
22/08/2011
In line with the companies IT development plans Jordon have began testing of their cargo tracking feature which is due to be located within the website portal. Customer feedback found that some of...
New Head of Health & Safety appointed
22/07/2011
We would like to congratulate Mrs Donna Begg who after an intensive week long course successfully completed an IOSH training program and examination. Donna now becomes the new head of Health...
Jordon trialling new Plantronics CS60 headsets
12/07/2011
Jordon Freight are currently undergoing trials of the new Plantronics CS60 bluetooth headsets. Mainly for operational use, if the trial proves successful Jordon will consider a full roll out of the...
We are recruiting!
20/06/2011
We currently have a vacancy for an experienced road freight operator. Please visit our vacancies page for more information.
Our new website is now LIVE!
14/06/2011
Welcome to our new website, designed over six months of hard work and incorporating everything we do. There may be a few technical gremlins lurking on the site so please feel free to contact us if...
Jordon Freight Launches Preview Of Website
10/05/2011
We're launching an overview of the website whilst we work behind the scenes on finalising the content. Keep tuned for the anticipated full launch at the beginning of June 2011.
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