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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 advisory company serving courier businesses and logistics operators.
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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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Research & Tools
Independent industry research and practical tools for operators and drivers, including the UK Logistics Pulse and the Observatory.
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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 (76 billion miles, 12 months ending June 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
208Mmiles/day
Average daily van and lorry miles, Great Britain
Cost
199.2pper litre
UK average diesel · -0.11p on the previous week
Demand
28.3%of retail
Spending online, September 2026 · +1.0pp on August 2026
Workforce
32,000vacancies
UK transport & storage, July to September 2026
Online share of retail spending, 24 months
Great Britain · seasonal peaks in November
View as table
| Month | Online share |
|---|---|
| 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 | 27.3% |
| Oct 2025 | 28% |
| Nov 2025 | 32.4% |
| Dec 2025 | 29.6% |
| Jan 2026 | 28.7% |
| Feb 2026 | 27.6% |
| Mar 2026 | 28.4% |
| Apr 2026 | 27.6% |
| May 2026 | 27.8% |
| Jun 2026 | 28.5% |
| Jul 2026 | 27.5% |
| Aug 2026 | 27.3% |
| Sep 2026 | 28.3% |
What the signals suggest
Diesel averaged 199.22p a litre in the week beginning 26 October 2026, down 0.11p on the previous week, with petrol at 174.07p. Online shopping took 28.3% of retail spending in September, up 1.0 percentage point on both August and September last year. Transport and storage employers advertised an estimated 32,000 vacancies in July to September 2026, and vans and lorries covered 76.0 billion miles in the year to June: roughly 208 million miles a day across Great Britain.
Wentworth Ridge reading · 28 October 2026
Sources: DfT provisional road traffic estimates (published 2026-09-30) · Weekly road fuel prices (DESNZ) (week beginning 26 October 2026) · ONS internet sales (September 2026) · ONS vacancies (VACS02) (July to September 2026) · Last updated 2026-10-28
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?”
Related ventures
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Separate companies, founded and owned by Wentworth Ridge's founder; Wentworth Ridge Ltd holds no shares in them. Each attacks a form of the same problem: information loss and operational friction in real-world work.
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