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All Motor Transport articles in 2012 – Page 15
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ArticleDavid Price Food Service enters into CVA
Newcastle-based David Price Food Services has secured a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) that will see its unsecured creditors paid 38p in the pound on debts of about £2.1m.The arrangement, which the firm said was approved by more than 99% of creditors at a meeting on Wednesday 5 September, safeguards the ...
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ArticleNews Extra: who owns UK road transport and logistics?
UK logistics is pretty much a private, and foreign, affair. The operators sitting at the top of the MT Top 100 are German, Swiss, Dutch , French and American. Looking at UK-based firms, very few sit on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).The number of UK logistics firms turning to the ...
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ArticleWincanton wins Smyths Toys distribution contract
Smyths Toys Superstores has awarded Wincanton a one year distribution contract to handle the toy retailer’s nationwide deliveries.The contract will see Wincanton manage product distribution from the retailer’s warehouse in Newcastle-under-Lyme to its 39 stores across the UK.“When we began to look for a logistics partner we had a clear ...
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ArticleAmazon to open of three more UK distribution centres
Online retailer Amazon will open another three DCs across the UK, following the opening of its Hemel Hempstead depot last week.The opening of the new depots are expected to create a further 2,000 jobs over the next two years, with 800 permanent positions created at the Hemel Hempstead fulfilment centre."We ...
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ArticleFormer Mercedes-Benz boss joins Howard Tenens
Former Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles MD Ian Jones has become a non-executive director at Stroud, Gloucestershire-based family-owned distribution firm Howard Tenens.Howard Tenens chairman and chief executive, Peter Morris, said: “Ian’s breadth of experience in the global commercial vehicle industry will add significant value to Howard Tenens.”Jones said he was “delighted” to ...
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ArticleUnite attacks Stobart's plan to make Doncaster drivers redundant
The Unite union has accused Tesco of getting Stobart Group “to do its dirty work” for it, after the 183 drivers based at the operator’s Doncaster DC were told they faced possible redundancy.Eddie Stobart revealed its plans to staff at the DC yesterday (5 September), confirming Unite’s worst fears following ...
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ArticleAspray Transport to expand capacity
Express delivery firm Aspray Transport will shortly begin constructing a new 10,000 pallet high-bay storage facility at its Willenhall, West Midlands hub.Construction of the 17m high facility, which will also include an area for block stacking, will begin in October.The firm, which recently bought over five acres of additional land ...
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ArticleUPS expect early 2013 completion for TNT merger
UPS and TNT Express do not now expect their multi-billion euro merger, announced in March, to be completed until early 2013.The operators had originally hoped to seal a deal in the first half of the year, but involvement from the European Commission as regulator scuppered this timetable.Last month the European ...
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ArticlePotter Group Logistics nets £3.2m contract extention
Potter Group Logistics has had its storage and distribution contract with Greencore Grocery extended by a further two years.The contract, worth approximately £3.2m, sees Potter group storing and moving ambient finished products for the manufacturer to customers in retail and foodservice sectors.Greencore Grocery has now retained Potter Group Logistics as ...
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ArticleNew deal takes the biscuit for DHL Supply Chain
Burton’s Biscuit Company has entered into a five year partnership with DHL Supply Chain.DHL will be working with the biscuit manufacturer, who produces brands such as Jammie Dodgers, Maryland Cookies and Wagon Wheels, to support their international and domestic growth.Neil Grocock, chief supply chain officer at Burton’s Biscuit Company, said: ...
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ArticleGeoPost creates 900 temp Interlink and DPD jobs
GeoPost UK is preparing for its Christmas peak by launching a recruitment drive across its InterLink and DPD businesses.The company is looking to fill 900 temporary vacancies, largely for drivers and sorters, to match the increase in parcel volumes in the run up to Christmas.Chief executive Dwain McDonald ...
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ArticleOFT calls for information on UK petrol and diesel market
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has today (5 September) issued a call for information on the UK petrol and diesel sector, in order to identify whether there are competition problems it can investigate.“We are keenly aware of continuing widespread concern about the pump price of petrol and diesel ...
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ArticleUnited Biscuits puts 20 Cartwright longer semi-trailers into service
United Biscuits has taken delivery of 20 tri-axle longer semi-trailers from Cartwright.The own-account operator, known for brands such as KP Nuts, Jaffa Cakes and McVities, is running the 15.6m curtainsiders from its DC in Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire.The rear command-steer trailers are painted in six different liveries and have ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle renews contract with Maxxium UK
Norbert Dentressangle has had its contract with alcoholic drinks distributor Maxxium UK extended until June 2014.The new contract will see the introduction of radio communication technology and a new bonded warehouse management system to improve efficiency.“We have an extremely positive, healthy and honest relationship with Norbert Dentressangle and consider them ...
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ArticleWincanton scoops Ella's Kitchen contract
Wincanton has won a two-year warehousing and distribution contract with baby and toddler food manufacturer Ella’s Kitchen.The contract will see Wincanton managing inbound deliveries from factories, picking, packing and distributing five million cases a year to supermarkets across the UK and its growing list of international customers.James McMaster, chief operating ...
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ArticleCILT urges government to develop long-term road strategy
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has called upon the government to speed up the “long overdue” creation of a funding and strategy package for Britain’s roads.CILT has urged the government to develop a plan that stretches further than the current five year strategy.Following the publication last November ...
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ArticleDSV signs up with Green Freight Europe
DSV Road has signed up to the Green Freight Europe initiative, as part of its commitment to minimising its environmental impact.Green Freight Europe is voluntary programme promoting cooperation between transport companies and their customers.The initiative is focused on building and maintaining a platform to collect, compute and report CO² emissions ...
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ArticleBibby Distribution orders 450 MANs
Bibby Distribution has become the latest operator to commit to a fleet refresh, with MAN set to deliver a total of 450 TGX tractors to the business during the next 18 months.An initial 55 Euro-5 units have already entered service in the Bibby fleet, with 131 scheduled for delivery in ...
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ArticleAW Jenkinson saves £700,000 after Driver CPC courses
Penrith-based AW Jenkinson is expected to shave £700,000 off its fuel bill after putting drivers through a CPC course in fuel efficient driving techniques.One tipper driver is saving the company £156 a week alone after it approached Focale Training and asked it to design a course for 280 fleet drivers.The ...
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ArticleDon't underestimate Paralympic impact, operators warned
Operators should not underestimate the effect the Paralympics will have on deliveries over the next 10 days.James Hookham, MD of policy and communications at the Freight Transport Association, says: "We are treating the Paralympics as seriously as the Olympics and will be providing our members with the same level of ...