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Friday, 10 December 2021

Other Regional Press

• Electric forecourt at Gatwick Airport will be a UK first - and is the net zero carbon equivalent of a petrol stationA partnership between Gatwick Airport and sustainable energy company GRIDSERVE will build the Gatwick Electric Forecourt – an electric charging, net zero equivalent to a petrol station - that will be available to millions of passengers, commuters, staff, local residents and businesses that pass through the airport and its surrounding motorway network each year.
• Drivers must prepare for a 'bumper-to-bumper' Christmas getaway, warns AADrivers should expect long delays and some problems on major routes, says the AA, which expects millions of cars to take to the roads this Christmas.

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• Royal Mail partners with Ford to trial more sustainable deliveriesRoyal Mail and Ford have partnered to trial a new city-friendly approach to parcel delivery in Manchester.    The purpose of the trial was to examine whether multi-modal delivery using Ford’s routing software could help Royal Mail to increase its foot-based deliveries of larger parcels in urban areas.   Ford’s software helped Royal Mail to use fewer vans in the trial area. The software enabled several posties to make deliveries with one vehicle supporting them.