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All Motor Transport articles in 2015 – Page 52
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Operators split over Fors fees
Operators joining newly privatised Fors later this month will pay from £485 up to an eye-watering £11,250 in annual fees to be part of the benchmarking and safety initiative.The new pricing, which sees operators charged on the basis of fleet size and number of operating centres for the previously free ...
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John Lewis to increase Milton Keynes distribution capability
John Lewis has revealed plans for a 638,000ft² DC in Milton Keynes, its third in the area.The DC will provide capacity for growth in the retailer’s in-store and online operations. It will also support its existing DC at Milton Keynes’ Magna Park, which opened in 2009, and a second Magna ...
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ArticleBibby moves into into chilled and frozen logistics
Bibby Distribution has moved into chilled and frozen logistics after securing a three-year contract with supermarket discounter Netto.The deal will see Bibby provide full frozen, chilled and ambient food logistics for Netto, which opened five stores in the North of England last year and plans a further 10 by the ...
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ArticleRegister now for Clocs demonstration event in London
Operators looking to meet the requirements of Fors silver or gold, or the Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety (Clocs) scheme, should register to attend a demonstration event on Thursday 26 February at ExCeL, London.The event is a practical demonstration of the requirements for both schemes and those who attend will ...
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Go Outdoors issues writ against Advanced Supply Chain
Advanced Supply Chain (ASC) has been hit with a writ by former customer Go Outdoors.According to Companies House, a writ was filed at the Royal Court of Justice Queen’s Bench Division on 3 October last year. The nature of the claim is not known.A three-year contract, involving the management of ...
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ArticleRedundant City Link staff prepare claim
Nearly 150 former City Link staff are preparing to take group employment action against the failed parcels carrier in the hope of receiving a larger compensation payout.JMW Solicitors, the law firm handling the claim, told Motortransport.co.uk it has received enquiries from 144 former City Link staff, after it was approached ...
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ArticleFTA: operators not fully benefitting from 53% cut in bulk oil costs
The FTA met with the Treasury last Thursday (5 February) to discuss the real effect the plummeting cost of oil was having on the freight transport sector.Despite lower oil prices benefitting hauliers “to an extent”, the FTA said most operators are not seeing the 53% fall in bulk prices passed ...
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Kenneth Howley Transport joins Pall-Ex as part of UK Pallets deal
Pallet network Pall-Ex has welcomed its first new member as the result of its pledge to offer support to the hauliers and customers of the failed UK Pallets network. Kenneth Howley Transport of Castleford is the first haulier to move across to the Pall-Ex as part of the agreement, in ...
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Safer Lorry Scheme from September; but more enforcement would have been better choice
TfL has done well to minimise compliance costs under the Safer Lorry Scheme but ultimately the initative remains misguided, the FTA has said.Responding after confirmation the Safer Lorry Scheme would go live from September - effectively banning vehicles above 3.5 tonnes from operating within the London area without sideguards ...
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ArticleMiniclipper seeks more space after fresh contract wins
Miniclipper Logistics has confirmed it is looking for another new storage facility, after a 5,000 pallet warehouse it opened just before Christmas at Houghton Regis was filled almost immediately.The opening of the 55,000ft² Houghton Regis site (pictured) in December coincided with two fresh contracts from the DIY and construction sector, ...
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ArticleJCB constructs new overnight delivery deal for parts
Construction equipment manufacturer JCB has renewed a deal with Norbert Dentressangle to manage delivery of aftermarket parts to a network of over 100 dealer depots. The three-year, multi-million pound contract involves evening collection of parts in pre-packed pallet boxes from JCB’s World Parts Centre in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire and trunking into ...
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Wincanton sees little benefit from fuel price fall
Wincanton revealed in a trading statement today that the plummeting cost of fuel has had “no material impact” on its bottom line, adding that the business continued to trade in line with expectations.In a statement for the period from 1 October 2014 to today (5 February), the logistics giant said ...
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Buffaload to open new chilled site with Chiltern
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire-based Buffaload Logistics has entered into a joint venture with Chiltern Cold Storage Group to open a new 22,000ft² chilled storage facility in Livingston, Scotland from mid-March. Buffaload, which is primarily involved in retail consolidation and long-distance trunking work with double-deck reefer trailers, and Chiltern, whose activities centre around ...
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ArticleHermes UK boosts fleet size and efficiency with Ryder and Michelin solutions
Hermes UK has added 54 Euro-6 Dafs from hire firm Ryder to its fleet, as well as renewing a three-year tyre-management contract with Michelin Solutions.The new trucks, all supplied on a contract hire basis, comprise 30 Daf CF tractor units of which 20 are fleet additions and 10 are replacements. ...
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ArticleRyder takes tyre management partnership with Bridgestone to next level
At the CV Show 2014, contract hire and rental giant Ryder announced it was renewing a five year tyre supply contract with Bridgestone, covering most of its fleet of 25,000 vans, trucks and trailers. Ryder has exclusively used Bridgestone rubber for over 20 years, but 2014 was a watershed in ...
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Still time to nominate your top performers for Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards
The entry deadline for the the 2015 FTA Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards has been extended until the 9 Febraury.Now in its eighth year, the awards recognise remarkable women in transport and logistics, and in doing so aim to encourage more women to consider a career in the sector.Everywoman ...
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ArticlePall-Ex sells hub to clear debt
Pall-Ex has completed a sale and leaseback deal on its central hub, leaving the group debt free, The Hub can reveal.The deal was revealed in the network’s latest published accounts for the year ended 31 January 2014.At that point, the pallet network had group debt of £8.7m, however in response ...
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ArticleGovernment kills off student-loan proposal for driver licence acquisition
The government has rejected the idea of extending student loans for funding licence acquisition, saying it was “not appropriate”.The idea was first mooted by the FTA last year when its MD for policy, James Hookham, met with employment minister Esther McVey to discuss ways to boost recruitment.The idea was later ...
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ArticleHoward Tenens begins work on mower distribution contract
Howard Tenens has secured a contract with ride on lawn mower firm STIHL GB.Work on the contract, which involves the warehousing and distribution of its mower range to dealerships, commenced in December and is being run out of the operator’s Swindon facility.Rob Follett, demand planning manager at STIHL GB, said ...
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ArticleBibby Distribution keeps Braiform contract
Bibby Distribution has secured a contract renewal with manufacturer Braiform for the delivery and collection of garment hangers.The contract, which Bibby has operated since 2005, sees the logistics firm deploy stand trailers to Braiform’s clients’ RDCs, which then transport hangers to major retailers such as Matalan, Peacocks and Debenhams. Hangers ...