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All Motor Transport articles in 2015 – Page 33
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ArticlePollock sees turnover boost after Gilbraith acquisition
Pollock (Scotrans) saw turnover climb in its first financial results since its acquisition of fellow Palletways member Gilbraith (TS) last February.At the time of purchase, Pollock said it was expecting to see its turnover rise to more than £25m in the future. The company’s latest results, for the year ending ...
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UK Pallets: The cost of closing down a pallet network
While sending a pallet has never been more affordable the same can’t be said if you are sending an actual pallet network on its final journey.UK Pallets, officially recorded as no more by parent company UK Mail in its April results, ultimately cost more than £10m to wind up (much ...
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ArticleUnion holds protest against Dixons Carphone DC closure
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has held a protest today over the proposed closure of consumer technology retailer Dixons Carphone’s Wednesbury repair and distribution centre. The planned closure is expected to take effect in early 2016, at the cost of around 500 jobs - although affected workers have been offered ...
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Record progress for pallet networks shows no sign of stopping
Despite the trauma of losing UK Pallets this year, in a general sense the pallet sector remained in rude health for the majority of networks during 2014, delivering yet another year of volume growth.According to the Association of Pallet Networks (APN) – which never counted UK Pallets amongst its membership ...
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FSDF dismisses claim stowaways may cause supply chain collapse
Claims that the UK supply chain is “in danger of collapsing” as a result of delivery failures and delays caused by migrants attempting to stow away in vehicles passing through Calais are “an exaggeration”, according to the Food Storage & Distribution Federation (FSDF). The claim was made by the FTA ...
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ArticleIndustrial action by DVSA testing staff averted
Industrial action by DVSA vehicle testing staff looks to have been averted after a positive meeting between the government agency and trade union Prospect last week. The meeting covered union concerns about the new contracts vehicle testers are being asked to sign up to as part of the introduction of ...
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"Very healthy growth" at Eddie Stobart Logistics
Eddie Stobart Logistics has said that its revenue and profits are growing, and it is ahead of its targets, in its first year of trading under the majority ownership of private investors.It was revealed to investors that in the period since its partial disposal on 10 April 2014 to the ...
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ArticleDHL abuzz with extended Dixons Carphone contract
DHL Supply Chain has extended its contract with electrical retailer Dixons Carphone, landing a new three-year deal worth £78m. The contract will see DHL making deliveries to store for the company’s Currys and PC World brands and undertaking home delivery trunking to Dixons Carphone’s 16 customer service centres across the ...
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Government begins sale of its remaining Royal Mail stake
Having fired the starting gun on the sale of its remaining stake in Royal Mail last week, the government is out of the blocks and has sold 15% of its shareholding to institutional investors.A statement from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) this evening (10 June) said it ...
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Whistl confirms its dream of rivalling Royal Mail's postal service is over
Whistl has confirmed that it will be ending its final mile delivery service, which it suspended last month.Whistl, previously known as TNT Post, said in May that it had made the “difficult decision” to suspend the service in London, Manchester and Liverpool, after potential investment partner LDC, a branch of ...
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Jigsaw welcomes three new puzzle pieces
Jigsaw has added a trio of pieces to its puzzle in the form of three new partner hauliers. PC Howard, Nolan Transport and Montgomery Transport have joined the consortium’s 10 other members, which include CM Downton (Jigsaw’s parent company), Elddis Transport and the Widdowson Group. Jigsaw said the new partners, ...
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Ultra-low emission zone needed by 2018 says Labour MP Diane Abbott
London Labour MP and mayoral candidate Diane Abbott has called for the introduction of an ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) in the capital by 2018, two years ahead of plans already proposed by current London mayor Boris Johnson.Abbott secured a Commons debate on London’s poor air quality yesterday (9 June), claiming ...
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Alastair Peoples to leave the DVSA in October
The DVSA has announced that its chief executive, Alastair Peoples, is to retire from the civil service in October.Peoples has been chief executive at the DVSA since its formation and was previously chief executive at Vosa, which was merged with the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) to create the DVSA in ...
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ArticleMenzies Distribution buys AJG Parcels
Menzies Distribution has snapped up Inverness-based AJG Parcels in a £7.5m deal that allows it to enter the e-commerce parcel market.The logistics firm said the purchase would also help it appeal to companies seeking cost-efficient deliveries to the North and rural West of Scotland.According to Menzies, AJG Parcels began 20 ...
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Driving through Central London in a Volvo distribution truck: first-hand report
With the current focus on truck safety in London, Volvo kindly laid on two distribution trucks for our technical editor to drive so that we could experience for ourselves just what it's like to drive through the city centre on a typical weekday, and how much help the latest technology ...
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Boris pushes for a reduction of 14,000 deaths or serious injuries in London by 2020
A new target to halve the number of people killed or seriously injured on London’s roads by 2020 has been set by the Mayor or London today (9 June).Meeting the new target would mean a reduction of more than 14,000 deaths or serious injuries over the next five years.The commitment ...
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Freight Compliance Unit to target London hauliers
TfL is to launch a Freight Compliance Unit (FCU) this summer which will act as the central point for enforcement activity against HGVs in the capital.A key part of its strategy will be a shared intelligence unit based in central London manned by staff comprising a Metropolitan Police officer, a ...
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GMB launches legal claim over pay of agency workers
The pay logistics firms award agency staff has been brought into sharp focus after the GMB launched a legal claim against four companies involved in the operation of Marks & Spencer’s DC in South Marston, Swindon. The GMB is bringing a group claim against four firms on behalf of ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics closes Norbert Dentressangle deal
Norbert Dentressangle has been officially purchased by XPO Logistics. The deal to acquire 67% of the business from the Norbert family has gone through less than six weeks after an unsolicited €3.24bn (£2.3bn) bid was made by the US firm for the business.XPO will now launch a tender to acquire ...
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ArticleDeveloping the London Boroughs Consolidation Scheme
Freight in the City met with the man behind a thriving London consolidation scheme about how it is helping three local authorities make procurement, environmental and efficiency gains.Nigel Symonds, MD at Green Lane Logistics, has been working with Camden Council as a logistics project manager and heads up the London ...