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Building the infrastructure behind modern driver work.
Managed driver operations, practical logistics advisory and technology ventures built from real operational experience.
The model
One company, three ways of working
Wentworth Ridge is an operating and venture company focused on driver work, logistics operations and practical technology.
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Operations
Managed driver capacity and last-mile operational support for logistics networks.
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Advisory
Practical guidance for courier businesses, logistics operators and entrepreneurs.
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Ventures
Digital products addressing trust, accessibility, workforce organisation and operational intelligence.
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UK Logistics Pulse
The forces shaping movement, work and delivery
A changing view of the physical, commercial and workforce signals behind UK logistics, drawn from official national statistics and read together.
Estimated commercial vehicle miles travelled across Great Britain since midnight, vans and lorries combined. Derived from the latest Department for Transport rolling annual figures (75.5 billion miles, 12 months ending March 2026). An annualised indicator presented live, not vehicle tracking.
Every parcel is counted once; the difficulty of reaching the door usually is not. Explore the Observatory →
Movement
207Mmiles/day
Average daily van and lorry miles, Great Britain
Cost
174.0pper litre
UK average diesel · +6.89p on the previous week
Demand
28.3%of retail
Spending online, June 2026 · +0.6pp on May 2026
Workforce
32,000vacancies
UK transport & storage, April to June 2026
Online share of retail spending, 24 months
Great Britain · seasonal peaks in November
View as table
| Month | Online share |
|---|---|
| Jul 2024 | 26.9% |
| Aug 2024 | 25.5% |
| Sep 2024 | 27% |
| Oct 2024 | 27.7% |
| Nov 2024 | 30.3% |
| Dec 2024 | 29% |
| Jan 2025 | 26.8% |
| Feb 2025 | 25.9% |
| Mar 2025 | 26.6% |
| Apr 2025 | 26.2% |
| May 2025 | 26.1% |
| Jun 2025 | 26.5% |
| Jul 2025 | 26.7% |
| Aug 2025 | 26.1% |
| Sep 2025 | 27.2% |
| Oct 2025 | 27.9% |
| Nov 2025 | 32.3% |
| Dec 2025 | 29.4% |
| Jan 2026 | 28.5% |
| Feb 2026 | 27.4% |
| Mar 2026 | 28.2% |
| Apr 2026 | 27.4% |
| May 2026 | 27.7% |
| Jun 2026 | 28.3% |
What the signals suggest
Fuel cost pressure is intensifying: average diesel jumped 6.89p in a week to 173.97p a litre, the second consecutive weekly rise and a much sharper move than the previous week's 2.56p (petrol climbed too, up 3.84p to 156.13p). For an operator running a typical 80-litre tank, that single week added roughly £5.50 to every fill. Online demand stayed firm in June at 28.3% of retail spending, up 0.6 points on May; structural demand for fulfilment remains solid. Transport and storage vacancies edged down to 32,000 in the spring quarter: hiring pressure is easing again, though the market remains far looser than the 2021 squeeze. Underneath it all, commercial vehicles keep covering roughly 207 million miles across Great Britain every day.
Wentworth Ridge reading · 29 July 2026
Sources: DfT provisional road traffic estimates (published 2026-06-25) · Weekly road fuel prices (DESNZ) (week beginning 27 July 2026) · ONS internet sales (June 2026) · ONS vacancies (VACS02) (April to June 2026) · Last updated 2026-07-29
Methodology
Live estimate: derived continuously from the latest official annual or quarterly total (daily estimated miles × proportion of the day elapsed, resetting at midnight UK time). It is a live presentation of an estimated rate, not measurement.
Latest official figure: the most recent value published by the named official source, shown with its reference period. Figures are updated when new releases are verified; if an update fails, the last verified value remains displayed with its original date.
Commercial vehicle miles combine van and lorry traffic. Van traffic includes tradespeople and other commercial activity beyond parcel delivery.
Operational credibility
Grounded in real delivery operations
This is not theory. Wentworth Ridge works inside the day-to-day realities of parcel delivery, and brings direct experience of the things that decide whether an operation succeeds.
- National parcel networks
- Depot-based delivery operations
- Subcontracted driver teams
- Route economics
- Fleet and driver costs
- Volume fluctuations
- Compliance and onboarding
- Service continuity
Operating as a company since 2019, with leadership drawing on more than twenty years of experience inside major UK parcel delivery networks.
Advisory
The questions we help answer
Practical advice grounded in the economics and operational realities of running driver-based businesses.
“Is this delivery contract commercially viable?”
“What should I pay drivers?”
“Should I supply vehicles or use owner-drivers?”
“How do I scale without losing operational control?”
“What compliance processes do I need?”
“Where can technology remove operational debt?”
Ventures
Products built from operational reality
Every venture addresses the same underlying problems: information loss, operational friction and poor decision-making in real-world work.
Start with a conversation
Whether you need operational capacity, an experienced view of a logistics challenge or a partner for a new driver-focused venture, start with a conversation.