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All Motor Transport articles in 2015 – Page 28
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Kuehne + Nagel selected to operate Waitrose national DC
Kuehne + Nagel has been awarded a four year contract with Waitrose to operate its new NDC in Milton Keynes.The contract begins this month and will see it manage the 950,000ft² ambient NDC, soon to open at Milton Keynes’ Magna Park.The operator has applied to the traffic commissioner for an ...
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London's mayor urged to promote cleaner HGV technology and smarter freight management
The Mayor of London has been urged to promote the use of cleaner HGV technologies and smarter freight management in a bid to slash pollution caused by diesel vehicles on the capital’s roads.A report released today (14 July) by the London Assembly Environment Committee showed that 40% of harmful NOx ...
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ArticleEntertec takes delivery of a tailor-made trailer from Schmitz Cargobull
As the festival season ramps up, Aylesbury-based audio services and event transport business Entertec has taken delivery of a tailor-made trailer from Schmitz Cargobull.The Schmitz Cargobull FP25 dry freight box van trailer will be used to transport large audio hardware across the UK and mainland Europe. It carries on its ...
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Local authorities can get free electric vehicle charging point replacements
Local authorities will be able to replace ageing public-access electric vehicle charging points free-of-charge under plans announced by Chargemaster.The offer forms part of an expansion plan for the company, which aims to boost the UK’s electric vehicle infrastructure by extending its own Polar charging point network.More than 2,000 additional charging ...
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ArticleCar production boom puts STVA UK results into overdrive
The recent rise in the new car market across Europe helped STVA UK achieve a near 10% rise in turnover and a 13% rise in pre-tax profit last year, the Bristol-based car transport specialist has reported. Turnover in the year to the end of December reached £37.6m (2013: £34.3m); while ...
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ArticleTurnover and profit up at John Hackling (Transport)
Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire storage and distribution firm John Hackling (Transport) said a near 12% rise in turnover and profit before tax in the year to the end of September was “in line with expectations”.The firm, which is a member of both Palletline and The Hazchem Network, reported an 11.9% rise ...
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ArticlePallet-Track appoints former Palletline man as divisional director
Pallet-Track has recruited former Palletline man Steve Butler as a divisional director.Butler, who was head of network services at Palletline, is tasked with assisting the strategic growth of the Pallet-Track business and will directly support MD Nigel Parkes and operations director Lisa Burrows .He said of his appointment: “I’m ...
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ArticleIRHA calls for suspension of drivers' hours rules in face of Calais chaos
The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has called on the Irish government to use emergency powers to lift the drivers’ hours and tachograph rules for vehicles caught up at Calais.The call came after recent strikes by French ferry staff and a surge in migrants trying to cross the Channel illegally ...
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ArticleSuttons appoints Lofts to develop tanker business
Greg Lofts, business development director, Suttons TankersGreg Lofts (pictured) has been appointed business development director at Suttons Tankers, joining from Wincanton’s defence business.Lofts remit at the tankers division of Suttons – which acquired Imperial Tankers from Hargreaves last year - includes the strategic development of the division’s new business opportunities ...
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Knowles Transport joins its first pallet network, Palletforce
Cambridgeshire family firm Knowles Transport has joined pallet network Palletforce as part of a fresh drive to grow its business though more local work. Knowles business development director Alex Knowles told Motortransport.co.uk the firm had moved around 130 pallets for the network on each of its first two nights earlier ...
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ArticleDrivers at Indesit UK vote to strike
More than 200 drivers and warehouse staff at white goods manufacturer Indesit UK could be about to walk out, after Unite members voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in a recent ballot. In the ballot, which ran from 23 June to 7 July, 93% of Unite members voted for strike action ...
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Amazon puts faith in delivery network with own Black Friday-style event
Amazon has demonstrated confidence in its delivery network with the announcement of its own flash sale event, which it says will involve more deals than Black Friday.The event, christened "Prime Day", marks the online retailer’s 20th anniversary, and will be available only to those with Amazon Prime membership.Starting at midnight ...
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ArticleCity freight deliveries combining rail trunking and low-emission final-mile vehicles set to expand
An end-to-end city delivery scheme between the East Midlands, Yorkshire and London that combines rail trunking with low-emission first and last-mile journeys is expanding.The ‘London Link’ was launched in 2011 as a partnership between logistics firm 5PL (UK) and Wego Carbon Neutral Couriers.It sees goods collected for first and last-mile ...
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Leading MT Top 100 companies face cashflow hit after Emergency Budget
Some of road transport’s biggest companies could face a hit to their cash flow after the chancellor signalled he was bringing forward corporation tax deadlines forward yesterday.BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions said plans announced in yesterday’s Emergency Budget by George Osborne to bring forward corporation tax deadlines for businesses with profits ...
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ArticleIt's help yourself, after government opts not to back HGV training fund
Leslie O'Brien, Matt Allen, Richard Burnett, Peter Eason and Steve Bowles deliver the petition to Number 10The road transport industry will have to help itself, after its call to ‘help us, help you’ via a £150m HGV driver training fund was ignored in yesterday’s Emergency Budget.Having led a delegation of ...
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Birds Groupage Services and Montgomery Transport disappoint directors
The directors at Birds Groupage Services and Montgomery Transport – the two operators that are part of Northern Irish conglomerate Ballyvesey Holdings – have said that they are “disappointed” with the financial performances of the businesses.In a directors’ report filed to Companies House for Birds Groupage – which Ballyvesey acquired ...
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ArticleEuropa will "change market" for European groupage
European groupage specialist Europa Worldwide has said that its ‘One Hub’ concept will “change the market place for how freight is run into Europe” from the UK.On 1 August Europa will close its northern hub operations in Birmingham (retaining its sales, sea freight, logistics and local distribution capabilities in the ...
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ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2015 - special digital issue available now!
Relive the industry event of the year with a special digital edition of Motor Transport Awards, which is free to download now!Remember the night with a full list of award winners, winner profiles, videos and photo galleries from the biggest event of the year in the road transport industry, which ...
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ArticleSummer budget reveals fuel duty freeze to continue
Fuel duty will remain frozen this year, announced Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in his Summer Budget this afternoon, following speculation that it would be increased.The news was welcomed by FairFuelUK campaign co-founder Howard Cox, who said: “It is good news there is no increase in fuel duty that ...
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ArticleTuffnells continues to exceed Connect's expectations
The Big Green Parcel Machine is continuing to exceed Connect Group’s expectations.Connect Group purchased the business, formally known as Tuffnells Parcel Express, late last year for £113m.In a trading update for the 44 weeks to 7 July 2015, Connect said Tuffnells had continued its strong start within the group and ...