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All Motor Transport articles in 2015 – Page 9
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DHL Banbury warehouse staff balloted over pay
Warehouse staff at DHL Supply Chain’s Cherwell Campus site in Banbury, Oxfordshire, are being balloted for industrial action by the GMB union after rejecting a 2.5% pay offer. GMB organiser David Day said the ballot had been called because management had failed to offer a pay increase that reflected the ...
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TRL launches road accident investigation course for fleet managers
The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has today launched a new CPD-accredited vehicle accident investigation course for fleet, operation and health and safety managers.It is designed to equip those responsible for fleet management with the skills to address issues arising from incidents involving company vehicles and staff.The two-day course will teach ...
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RHA: skills shortage is ‘unprecedented’
Association warns MPs of crisis during National Lorry WeekRHA chief executive Richard Burnett has described the sector’s skills crisis as “unprecedented” and called on the government to reverse its controversial decision not to back an HGV Trailblazer apprenticeship.Burnett was talking at a parliamentary reception held at the House of Commons ...
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Wincanton to 'focus on logistics' after records management sale
Wincanton is to sell its records management business (WRM) to market specialists Restore for £60m after signing a conditional agreement.WRM has provided document storage and shredding services across the UK and Ireland for over 14 years and currently employs 167 people. For the year ending 31 March WRM generated ...
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Can logistics sector deliver on Father Christmas's promises?
It’s official – Christmas can be a difficult time for the logistics sector.So tricky, in fact, that many logistics firms have been wondering since the summer whether they will be able to meet demand over the festive season this year, according to the latest UK Logistics Confidence Index prepared for ...
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Highways England wants feedback on key roads challenges facing logistics operators and customers
Highways England is keen to hear from transport planners, fleet operators and drivers about the best method to interact with them about the latest road network information.It also wants to find out exactly what facts and intelligence operators need, as well as gain a better understanding of the key roads ...
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Quiet & Efficient seminars draw the crowds at Freight in the City Expo
Last week's Freight in the City Expo in London held a series of seminars exploring how urban logistics operations would need to evolve to service cities of the future, and looked at initiatives in place today that are already helping to drive this change.David Beeton, MD of Urban Foresight, highlighted ...
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DHL Supply Chain urges a unified approach towards HGV compliance schemes across major cities
A senior executive at DHL Supply Chain has called for a common approach to HGV compliance across major cities.Speaking at last week's Freight in the City Expo, DHL Supply Chain vice president for innovation, strategy and business Phil Roe (pictured) said while a national standard was not the solution, he ...
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Who's poised to pounce on YOUR business?
Merger and acquisition activity in the logistics sector could be set to boom, according to the latest UK Logistics Confidence Index survey from Barclays and Moore Stephens.More than one in three logistics firms are planning to take over another business in the next six months, the survey found, the main ...
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HGV safety a key topic at Freight in the City Expo seminars
Expert speakers at last week's Freight in the City Expo discussed in depth the strides already taken, and new initiatives and technology being developed, to make HGV movements on urban roads safer.Steve Summerskill, senior lecturer in product and industrial design at Loughborough Design School, presented research into HGV blind spots, ...
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Turnover up 5% at Framptons before acquisition by Gregory
Framptons Transport Services was in rude financial health when it was acquired by Gregory Distribution earlier this year, according to its most recent filing at Companies House.For the financial year ending 28 June turnover had risen from £16.9m to £17.8m, while pre-tax profit rose to approximately £1m, from £601,812. Average ...
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ArticleNWF Group buys Staffordshire Fuels
NWF Group, parent company to Boughey Distribution, has made a bolt-on acquisition for an undisclosed amount to its own-account fuel distribution business.Staffordshire Fuels is a 32 million litre per year fuel distribution business operating in the Midlands that holds an O-licence for seven vehicles at its Stone, Staffordshire, depot.NWF said ...
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ArticleProgress not procrastination needed on infrastructure projects
This road is closed to freightThe haulage industry has found an ally in its long running battle to get the UK government to speed up the pace of infrastructure investment.According to the 2015 CBI/AECOM survey of UK businesses, published this week, over two thirds of firms surveyed want to see ...
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ArticleUPS to open multi-million facility at London Gateway
An electric UPS van in LondonUPS is to build a £120m package sorting and delivery facility at DP World’s London Gateway.The project, which is said to be one of UPS’s largest ever infrastructure investments outside of the US, will see the construction of a 32,000m² facility which will act as ...
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We love 'em, really... operators are pro-EU
UK vehicle operators aren’t generally best-known for their love of the European Union but they still know which side their bread is buttered, judging by a recent survey from Barclays and Moore Stephens. Their latest UK Logistics Confidence Index survey, undertaken among 100 senior decision-makers in the logistics sector over the ...
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Subbie shortage puts squeeze on margins at Brit European
A shortage of suitable subcontractors contributed to a squeeze on margins at automotive logistics specialist Brit European Transport in its last financial year. Despite continued growth in sales in the year to the end of December 2014, the availability and cost of using subcontractors was “a major factor” in pressure ...
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ArticleMcGee challenges students to design cycle safe tipper truck
Construction company McGee is challenging students at Nottingham Trent University to design a cycle safe system for a tipper truck.McGee’s brief invites the university’s BSc Product Design students to design a system which is aerodynamic, commercially viable and suitable for both off-road and urban conditions.John McGee, director, said: “We're excited ...
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London Boroughs Consolidation Centre names DHL as long-term logistics partner
The London Boroughs Consolidation Centre (LBCC) has named DHL as its long-term freight partner at the Freight in the City Expo last week. The project, led by Camden along with Enfield, Waltham Forest and Islington, was given the green light back in March after a successful trial period which saw ...
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BP Fuel Card users can now offset their fleet emissions
BP Fuel Card customers can now automatically offset all or part of their fleet emissions in a new partnership with BP Target Neutral - a not-for-profit carbon reduction and offset team.The new fuel card feature enables fleet managers to compensate for every tonne of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) their fleet ...
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Hermes keeps foot in the door with Clarks contract extension
Hermes has been awarded a two year extension on its contract with shoe retailer Clarks, which has seen it deliver three million parcels for the company since it won the contract in 2012. The deal will see Hermes continue to provide Clarks with both a next day and three to ...