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SEC-04Future

The next decade of delivery, planned like everything else

Cleaner vehicles, smaller vehicles and, eventually, no vehicle at all. We adopt new methods the same way we adopt anything: trial it, measure it, then roll it out properly.

Electric cargo bike delivering through a city street
FWD-02 — Urban micro-hub trial
Delivery drone carrying a parcel above a residential area
FWD-03 — Airborne delivery assessment
SEC-04.1Forward programme
FWD-01

Electric fleet transition

Phased replacement of diesel vans with electric equivalents, planned around real route ranges and depot charging capacity rather than headlines.

FWD-02

E-cargo bikes in city centres

Dense urban drops handled by electric cargo bikes from micro-hubs: faster through traffic, no parking penalty, no emissions at the kerb.

FWD-03

Drone trials for hard-to-reach drops

Assessing airborne delivery for rural and time-critical items, working within civil aviation rules and existing route structures.

FWD-04

Data-led route design

Every completed route feeds the next plan — drop density, dwell time and failure causes reviewed weekly, not annually.