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All Motor Transport articles in 2015 – Page 57
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Barack Obama, president of the United States of America
Photograph: ddp USA/REX2) Barack Obama, president of the United States of AmericaYes the president of the USA is of course the powerful man in the world, but why put him in the MT Power Players? Simply because Obama’s embracing of fracking for shale oil and gas has led to a ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Photograph: Paul Greenwood/BPI/REX3) George Osborne, Chancellor of the ExchequerFuel duty is the sixth-largest source of income for the Treasury, bringing in around £27bn. It also accounts for 63% of the average cost of a litre of diesel in the UK. But Osborne has frozen the tax for the duration of ...
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Waitrose to close Acton DC
Waitrose is to close its Acton, west London online fulfilment DC this year, replacing it with a similar operation in south London.The Acton DC will close in the spring as the supermarket claimed the site will “almost certainly be the subject of a compulsory purchase order for HS2 in 2017”.The ...
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Power Players 2014: Beverley Bell, senior Traffic Commissioner
4) Beverley Bell, senior Traffic CommissionerSimply, were it not for Bell, and her fellow TCs, no company in road transport would have a business - which puts the statements she made in the summer in a particularly worrying context.Bell said that there are “not enough hours in the day or ...
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ArticlePalletline appoints new managing director
Palletline has named former ARR Craib group distribution director Graham Leitch as its new MD.He replaces Kevin Buchanan, who left the business last summer only to reappear at rival Pall-Ex as group MD in November 2014.Leitch was at Palletline member ARR Craib for just over a year and was previously ...
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Bibby Distribution secures one-year Havelock extension
Bibby Distribution has had its contract with retail and corporate interiors fitter and supplier Havelock extended by one year.Deliveries and collections are made using a mixed fleet of standard-length and urban artics to allow easier delivery to city centres. As the goods are often low-weight, Bibby has also added double-decker ...
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ArticleELB Partners introduces its highest ever truck safety spec on new Volvos
ELB Partners has taken delivery of two Volvo FL 18-tonners, featuring Lawrence David XL-rated curtain-sided bodies and the firm’s highest ever specification of vulnerable road user safety kit.The silver Fors member will put the vehicles into use on its Pallet-Track work in London.Fitted with Brigade equipment, they go one better ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Alastair Peoples, chief executive, DVSA
DVSA chief executive Alastair Peoples opens an ATF 5) Alastair Peoples, chief executive, DVSAIt’s hard to believe that it was only April that the DSA and Vosa merged, such has been the smooth transition under the stewardship of former Vosa chief executive Peoples. Perhaps we should not be surprised at ...
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Thousands of parcels remain in City Link network
The administrator of City Link has revealed that around 20,000 parcels remain in its network.It comes as administrator Ernst & Young announced an additional 230 redundancies on top of the 2,356 made last week.The remaining 141 staff have been retained at its HQ in Coventry and across a number of ...
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ArticleRico Logistics appoints new MD to drive growth
Rico Logistics UK and Europe has appointed a new MD, Paul Parrish.Parrish joins the same-day logistics and parts distribution company following the integration of DHL's UK Same-day business, which it acquired in October 2013.An interview with Keith Whitehead, head of strategic development, last November, revealed the business was hungry for ...
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ArticleTfL disqualifies member from Fors scheme for the first time
Transport for London (TfL) has disqualified a member of the Fors scheme for the first time: Cowan Plant of Hayes. The action came after an Industrial HGV Taskforce (IHTF) operation led to the Middlesex operator having its O-licence revoked, in addition to the company’s transport manager being disqualified indefinitely and ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Alex Laffey, distribution director, Tesco
Tesco truck crossing Westminister bridge6) Alex Laffey, distribution director, TescoLaffey has taken over the top job in UK supermarket logistics from Steve Strachota, the American former finance director who transformed Tesco’s distribution operation in his two years in charge.Despite its troubles, Tesco remains the UK’s biggest grocer, and after a ...
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ArticleUKWA chief executive Williams to hand over reins to Ward
UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) chief executive Roger Williams is to hand over the reins later this month to his successor, Peter Ward (pictured), following 15 years at the organisation.Williams will continue to work for UKWA until the end of July, heading up key projects including the organisation’s annual lunch and ...
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It's hassle at DCs not low pay putting off drivers
The driver shortage is now the biggest issue facing the road haulage industry, with the total number of drivers decreasing each year. The RHA has quite rightly focused on how the industry can be made more attractive to newcomers by suggesting government funding for vocational training to ease the cost ...
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DX Group buys select City Link assets for £1.1m
DX Group has bought some of City Link’s assets for £1.1m as the administrator.DX, which is headed up by former City Link MD Petar Cvetkovic, has bought assets including cages, scanners and certain intellectual property, the nature of which has not been disclosed.The sale comes as a spokesman for administrator ...
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ArticleSkills for Logistics to close down
Skills for Logistics (SfL) is to close down, with the board considering placing the business into administration after pension deficit pressure and a struggle to replace lost government funding for skills initiatives. In an official statement issued today (6 January), SfL said: “The Board of Skills for Logistics (SfL) has ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Ian Stansfield, head of distribution, Asda
A double-deck Asda liveried trailer7) Ian Stansfield, head of distribution, AsdaSince its takeover by US retail megalith Wal-Mart, Asda has been one of the most innovative supermarkets when it comes to logistics.A relentless focus on keeping prices and costs low has seen Asda supplement its substantial inhouse distribution operation with ...
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ArticleFTA reveals identity of new chief executive
The FTA has revealed that internal candidate David Wells will succeed Theo de Pencier as chief executive from 1 May.Wells, who joined the FTA in 2009 as finance and IT director, subsequently took on additional responsibility for the association's vehicle inspection service, training and the tachograph analysis service.This included the ...
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ArticleCitySprint denies sale claims
CitySprint has denied claims that it is up for sale after a news report speculated that its parent company is preparing to sell the firm.Sky News today published a story suggesting that private equity firm and CitySprint parent Dunedin, which provided financial backing for its management buyout in 2010, had ...