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All Motor Transport articles in 2015 – Page 18
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ArticleCountrywide Freight opens ninth depot in record time
Countrywide Freight Group has sourced and opened a new depot in just eight weeks to meet a major client’s urgent request for a dedicated logistics operation to service the Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton areas.The 21,927ft² site on the Pensett Estate in Kingswinford is Countrywide Freight’s ninth depot.The firm’s other depots ...
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ArticleListen to the Motor Transport Podcast
Never mind if you can’t read, download or browse Motor Transport on your commute to and from work – you can now listen to it! Subscribe on iTunes to our new, regular podcast to hear our journalists discuss and debate the hot news of the past week.In our launch edition ...
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XPO Logistics can take the heat with extended Kidde Safety contract
XPO Logistics has renewed its warehousing and distribution contract with fire safety equipment manufacturer Kidde Safety for a further two years.Under the terms of the contract, XPO will continue to run the manufacturer’s logistics operation, including the storage and distribution of products such as smoke alarms, fire extinguishers and fire ...
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Calais migrant problems 'not going away overnight'
No end to the migrant crisis appears to be in sight for international vehicle operators crossing the Channel to the UK via Calais, after the town’s mayor Natacha Bouchart warned the problems there were not going to go away anytime soon.Her comments came as the UK’s Border Force confirmed there ...
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Further industrial action hangs in the balance at Indesit
Union Unite has warned further industrial action could be on the cards by drivers and warehouse staff at white goods manufacturer Indesit UK, if a ballot on the company’s latest pay offer leads to it being rejected. The union, which staged the last of three strikes over pay and conditions ...
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ArticleYearsley comes in from the cold
Frozen food specialist Yearsley Logistics is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The firm, which is now based in Heywood, Lancashire, started in 1955 on a farm in Rochdale. It is still owned by the Yearsley family and led by MD Harry Yearsley.The Yearsley Group turned over £174m in 2014, ...
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BIS calls for new HGV driver apprenticeship bid
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) is urging the industry to put forward a HGV driver apprenticeship bid under a fast-track system launched last week.The call follows BIS’s decision in July to reject the logistics industry’s bid for an HGV driver apprenticeship under the government’s Trailblazer programme.The BIS ...
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Driver CPC compliance very high one year on
Compliance with Driver CPC legislation has been very high, MT has learned, as the first anniversary of the completion deadline arrives today (10 September). Figures from an Freedom of Information request revealed that of 82,458 roadside encounters since the deadline for CPC ended at the close of play on the ...
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CM Downton to open new office and warehouse as growth continues
CM Downton is opening a new office and warehouse following growth this year. The office, which is close to the company’s HQ in Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire, will house 20 staff, previously based at the company’s offices at Quedgeley West.CM Downton has also taken on a 47,000ft² warehouse in Tuffley to ...
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Intelligent Energy displays zero-emission range-extended light commercial vehicle at LCV 2015
A zero-emission range-extended (ZERE) light commercial vehicle is being showcased today at the LCV 2015 event in Millbrook.The prototype features a fuel cell providing range extension capability to a factory-fitted battery electric driveline.It marks the first stage in a UK consortium project, led by Intelligent Energy, to develop a new ...
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Warnings issued over Scottish blanket LEZ plan
Both UPS and the FTA have raised “serious concerns” with the Scottish government about its proposal to introduce a blanket Euro-6 low emission zone (LEZ) strategy across the country.The Scottish government said LEZs were a “potentially effective measure that could help to improve local air quality”. It added that a ...
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Dalkeith Transport and Storage acquired by Palletways
Palletways bought Dalkeith for the second time this year, after it went into administration in August.Scottish haulage company Dalkeith Transport and Storage has been acquired twice in two months by Palletways.The pallet network bought Dalkeith on 27 July but was forced to put it into administration on 21 August after ...
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ArticleAction Express directors officially launch driver training school
The directors of Action Express launched a driver training school last week, with the promise that it will fully fund the training of 100 new drivers with a guaranteed job for those who pass their tests. Although the company was set up in April this year, directors Elaine Harries and ...
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Brexit poll suggests industry divide
Delegates at this year’s Microlise Conference were divided on whether exiting the EU would have a negative impact on the road transport industry, according to event figures. At the event at the Ricoh Arena in May, an interactive poll revealed that just 50% of the conference’s 800 attendees thought that ...
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ArticleFors denies its lack of review into J O’Doherty weakened scheme
The Fors Community Partnership has described the elevation of one of its silver members to gold status, just as the Upper Tribunal confirmed the firm’s O-licence should be suspended for drivers’ hours and tachograph offences, as “unfortunate timing”.Furthermore, it denied its decision not to review the firm’s Fors status had ...
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Young's Seafood and Reed Boardall strengthen ties
Reed Boardall has secured a contract with Young’s Seafood for the collection, storage and delivery of its foodservice business.The frozen business has been spun out of Reed Boardall’s chilled operation for Young’s, as well as its short-notice, third-party storage for Young’s site Pinney’s of Scotland.Chris Law, logistics manager for Young’s ...
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Former Norbert Dentressangle boss Montjotin leaves XPO Logistics
Hervé Montjotin, formerly chief executive of Norbert Dentressangle, has left his position as chief executive of XPO’s European business less than three months into his new role.US company XPO purchased Norbert Dentressangle earlier this year having tabled a €3.24bn (£2.3bn) bid in April. The deal was completed in June.He has ...
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ArticleApproaching peak season boosts Q4 employment prospects
Employers are gearing up for peak times with new staff, it would seem, after a survey by The Manpower Group found that employment prospects for the transport sector are +5% for 2015 Q4.This is an improvement on the group’s forecast for Q3, which predicted an outlook of -2%.The company spoke ...
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Amazon gears up for Christmas rush with new fulfilment centre
Amazon is ramping up its distribution network in time for the Christmas rush, opening a second fulfilment centre in Doncaster.The internet giant said the new site, which is Amazon’s tenth UK fulfilment centre, will create 300 permanent jobs over the next three years.The 250,000ft² centre is located on Water Vole ...
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ArticleTwo days to go until the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle Event 2015
In under 48 hours time the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) Event 2015 will welcome over 2,500 visitors to Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire for the annual two-day exhibition, seminar and ride & drive experience.Last year's event set a new record attendance with 2,451 visitors, and this year Cenex is ...