All Motor Transport articles in 2013 – Page 3
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Lakeland to spend £10m expanding Cumbria DC
Kitchenware retailer Lakeland is to spend £10m expanding its DC in Cumbria by 50% to provide additional capacity to match expected sales growth in the UK and abroad.The company celebrated record sales in 2012 and is looking to add to its 60-strong high street presence in the UK in the ...
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Allport Cargo Services puts new leadership team in place
Allport Cargo Services, which recently rebranded and adopted its new name in celebration of its 50th anniversary, is to reshape its executive team with the appointment of joint group MDs from April.Danny Clayton, MD of the supply chain division, has been named as joint MD of Allport Cargo Services alongside ...
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MT ArticleMiniclipper grows business and fleet
Miniclipper Logistics has expanded its operations and vehicle fleet due to increased demand for warehousing from existing customers, as well as new business wins.The operator has taken on an 87,000ft² warehouse a mile from its main base in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, boosting its overall warehousing capacity to 200,000ft².Jayne Masters, sales ...
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MT ArticleVauxhall remains largest CV manufacturer in the UK
Van production at Vauxhall’s Luton and Ellesmere Port plants totalled more than 58,000 units in 2012, making the company the UK’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer for the 11th year running.Total production at Luton for Vivaro vans was 53,465, with manufacturing at Ellesmere Port contributing 5,373 Astravans to the 58,838 total.In ...
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MT ArticleStobart to discontinue chilled operations
Stobart Group is to discontinue its chilled operations “as a stand alone unit” insisting that the “change will not affect Stobart's national network solution for customers”.In an interim management statement today (17 January), Stobart said the Eddie Stobart transport and distribution division continued to perform in an uncertain economic environment ...
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MT ArticleTNT Express and TNT Post await HMV outcome
HMV transport providers TNT Express and TNT Post are awaiting the outcome of the retailer’s administration.Both carriers have confirmed that they worked with the music and film retailer, which appointed administrator Deloitte on Tuesday (15 January).A spokesman for TNT Post confirmed that the carrier would continue working with HMV as ...
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MT ArticleAdvanced Supply Chain to offer China freight forwarding service
Advanced Supply Chain plans to begin a freight forwarding operation serving China, which it hopes will open up the country for British businesses.The new plans will extend its existing relationship with Chinese logistics provider Sinotrans and provide import and export at the Pinhu Logistics Centre in Shenzhen, South China, which ...
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MT ArticleExpansion means better coverage from Rygor
Like hauliers, truck dealers are consolidating, getting bigger, and widening the range of services they offer. Dealers no longer just sell trucks; they are increasingly taking on the vehicle repair and maintenance as more operators close their fleet engineering departments and rely on dealers for their R&M and other technical ...
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MT ArticleAKW predicts £1m boost to turnover
Expansion into international distribution should add around £1m a year in turnover this year, Manchester-based operator AK Worthington (AKW) has predicted.Having started daily services to nine overseas countries with weekly services to eight more, contributed to a 5.9% rise in the year to 30 June 2012 in annual turnover to ...
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MT ArticleNFT finds Yoplait's sweet spot
French yoghurt manufacturer Yoplait has extended its contract with chilled food and drink specialist NFT for a further three years.The contract involves NFT storing up to 500,000 cases a week at its Daventry depot, repacking products to meet UK requirements, and delivering to all the major UK retailers nationwide. This ...
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MT ArticleDHL lends support to rugby's Harlequins
DHL Express will today (18 January) transport nearly a ton of rugby kit and equipment for London side Harlequins in support of their Heineken Cup clash in France with Biarritz.The gear will be moved from Harelquins’ training ground at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford to the Parc des Sports ...
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MT ArticleBrian Yeardley Continental turnover up 17% in 2012
Brian Yeardley Continental said a willingness to reinvent itself and innovate had helped boost turnover by 17% during 2012.Summary accounts for the year ending 31 December 2012 showed sales increased to £10.2m during the period, compared with £8.7m in 2011.However, managing director Kevin Hopper said he expected a tough 2013 ...
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MT ArticleTNT Express: our future is still bright
TNT said it is more certain about its future after the collapse of its multi-billion euro acquisition by UPS last week, despite analysts warning that the industry giant needs to “work out what is going on”.UPS pulled the plug on the €5.16bn (£4.31bn) deal after it became clear that the ...
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MT ArticleVosa stands by ATF owner association
Stan Robinson ATFVosa has given its backing to the formation of an association for the owners of authorised testing facilities (ATFs) and said it wants to work in partnership with them.More than 50 ATF operators attended the inaugural meeting of the ATF Operators Association last week in Coventry, where Vosa ...
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Stobart sells automotive aftersales arm to Paragon Group
Stobart Group has sold its automotive after-sales division, Stobart Vehicle Services, to Paragon Group for an undisclosed sum.The division, which was part of Autologic prior to its purchase by Stobart in August 2012, provides car manufacturers and dealerships with services ranging from new car preparation to customisation.As part of the ...
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Wincanton wins Rolls-Royce military contract
Wincanton has won a five year contract with Rolls-Royce, which will see it store and transport generators for the UK armed forces.The firm will store the generators, which are used to power medical and communications equipment, at its shared user warehouse in Middleton, Greater Manchester. It will also pack ...
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MT ArticleSuttons Group MD to retire
Andrew Palmer, MD at Motor Transport Award-winning Suttons Group, is to retire at the end of April.John Sutton, who currently manages the group’s international division, will take on Palmer’s responsibilities as group MD from 1 May.Palmer (pictured second from right with Christine Bond of Mexichem Fluor) will step down ...
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MT ArticleMeachers and Steve Porter launch Isle of Wight consolidation centre
Southampton-based Meachers Global Logistics and Isle of Wight operator Steve Porter Transport Group have announced the opening of a cross-Solent consolidation centre as part of their alliance.The move cements the strategic partnership that the operators entered into last year, which sees them co-operating on the delivery of inbound and outbound ...
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MT ArticleExciting future ahead for MotorTransport.co.uk
As MotorTransport.co.uk approaches its first anniversary, we are making some exciting changes to the site and bringing you additional content that you can only access online.To ensure we continue to provide you with the most relevant news and content to help you and your organisations stay on top of developments ...
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Former Kuehne + Nagel man joins Great Bear as chief executive
Great Bear Distribution has appointed former Kuehne + Nagel senior vice-president for contract logistics, Glenn Lindfield, as chief executive.Lindfield, who will step down from his role as senior vice president for contract logistics for K+N North West Europe, will take on his new position from 1 February.He will take ...