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All Motor Transport articles in 2017 – Page 12
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Close Brothers Asset Finance to make Freight in the City Expo debut
Close Brothers Asset Finance will be exhibiting for the first time at next month’s Freight in the City Expo.On stand 33, Close Brothers will be on hand to talk you through their range of funding options that can help spread the cost of new vehicles or help businesses release working ...
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ArticleTail-lift weight limit was the right call, says Palletline boss on second anniversary
Palletline’s decision to limit standard tail-lift deliveries to 750kg two years ago was “absolutely right”, according to MD Graham Leitch.Speaking on the second anniversary of Palletline’s move to introduce the limit to protect drivers and customers, Leitch (pictured) said he had no regrets that the business and its members had ...
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ArticleRhenus Group snaps up RCS Logistics for expanding UK operation
RCS LogisticsRhenus Group has expanded its UK presence with the purchase of Palletforce member RCS Logistics.The deal sees the Corby-based haulier, which has an operating licence for 50 trucks and 80 trailers, become a subsidiary of Rhenus Group’s UK arm Rhenus Logistics UK.RCS Logistics directors Steve Gray and Richard Robinson ...
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DX Group secures £24m and appoints former Tuffnells chief Lloyd Dunn as CEO
Lloyd Dunn has been appointed CEO of DX Group, which has secured £24m from investors to get the business back on track.Former Tuffnell’s chief executive Dunn has put £5m into the business in the form of a loan note.DX Group’s largest shareholder Gatemore Capital Management has put forward £11m, including ...
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ArticleBrit European group returns to profit
The Brit European group of companies made its first profit in three years in 2016, newly published accounts show.In the 12 months to 31 December 2016 pre-tax profit stood at £339,614 compared with a loss of £753,000 a year ago.Carman (Holdings), whose subsidiaries include Brit European Transport and Silver Arrow ...
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ArticlePalletforce to open Chinese division in 2018
Plans to launch a Chinese division of Palletforce are "well underway", with a pilot expected to take place in Shanghai next year. The network’s chief executive Michael Conroy told MT that the Chinese business won’t carry the Palletforce name because of translation issues, but that it will be a division ...
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ArticlePalletforce shifts focus to members after official hub opening
HRH The Princess Royal attended the new Super Hub Opening of PalletForce in Burton upon Trent today, where she unveiled a plaque and was given a model truck as a present for attending.Attracting the “best members in every postcode” will be Palletforce’s priority in the next year now its Burton-on-Trent ...
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ArticleGist wins three-year contract with Arla Foods UK
Gist has won a new contract with Arla Foods UK to store and distribute milk in the north of England and Scotland.The operator will handle product from Arla's Lockerbie dairy, providing warehousing for packaged milk from the site.It will also make daily deliveries of milk to retailers across Scotland and ...
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Fraikin's compliance and technology guidebooks available at Freight in the City Expo
Fraikin will be giving away free printed copies of its latest 'What You Need to Know' guidebooks at next month's Freight in the City Expo in London.They have been designed to help commercial fleet operators stay up-to-date with key legislative issues and changing technology in the road transport industry.The 'Sustainable ...
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ArticleGefco's £10m Liverpool hub goes live
(l-r) Pierre-Jean Lorrain, Philippe Doyer, Lord Mayor Malcolm Kennedy and Zsolt VecseraLogistics firm Gefco UK has officially opened a new £10m hub in Liverpool, which will serve the automotive logistics sector.The new centre, based in Speke, is located close to automotive manufacturing sites in neighbouring Halewood, which the firm said ...
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ArticleDHL Supply Chain awarded contract extension with BP
DHL Supply Chain has been reappointed by BP to manage its UK logistics operations for an additional three years.It will see the operator making in excess of 92,000 deliveries per annum to BP’s company owned forecourts across the country.The contract extension – following a £75m contract extension in 2012 - ...
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ArticleFreight deserves a 'champion' in London, says FTA
The FTA has called for a freight commissioner for London to ensure mayor Sadiq Khan’s draft transport strategy is implemented. Its suggestion coincides with the end of the consultation period for the strategy (2 October 2017).The FTA’s 20-page report responding to the strategy rebutted proposals by TfL for a London ...
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ATE UK to showcase Wheel Sentry range at Freight in the City Expo
ATE UK is exhibiting at the Freight in the City Expo for the first time this year, where it will showcase its full range of Wheel Sentry products.Wheel Sentry, says ATE, is the only combined wheel nut indicator and retainer system on the market and has been well received across ...
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NHS contract changes hits DHL Supply Chain; DHL Express sees 12% growth
DHL said that it remains satisfied with the performance of its Supply Chain subsidiary, despite a 23% year-on-year fall in turnover caused in part by a change in the way its NHS Supply Chain contract reports revenue.For the year-ending 31 December 2016 turnover at DHL Supply Chain fell from £4.01bn ...
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PSI Automatic Tyre Inflation System at Freight in the City Expo
Celerity DRS will be at the Freight in the City Expo next month (7 November) showcasing the PSI Automatic Tyre Inflation System, which it is the exclusive European distributor for.The inflation system is used by fleets including FedEx, UPS and Coca-Cola.It is designed to automatically maintain the correct tyre pressure ...
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Royal Mail: there are 'no grounds' for upcoming employee strike
Royal Mail has said there are "no grounds" for the strike action its employees voted in favour of yesterday, as tensions over a range of issues including pensions came to a head. With a 73% turnout, the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) members voted 89.1% in favour of taking action in ...
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ArticleVolvo Trucks' LNG-powered range available from spring 2018
Volvo Trucks’ gas-powered artic and rigid trucks will be available from spring 2018, the manufacturer has revealed. The FH (pictured) and FM LNG trucks, designed for long-haul operations, will be available with 420hp or 460hp engines.Volvo claimed the models offered the same fuel consumption and performance as its diesel trucks ...
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ArticlePall-Ex sees shortage of labour as the biggest threat for hauliers from Brexit
Kevin Buchanan, MD, Pall-Ex GroupPall-Ex is well placed to deal with any short-term consequences from Brexit but believes any reduction in the availability of EU labour could hurt the UK’s transport industry.Speaking to MT, MD Kevin Buchanan said that while there remained great uncertainty around Brexit, Pall-Ex Group itself was ...
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The public needs urgent education about how to use smart motorways safely, says watchdog
Highways England must raise the visibility of smart motorway emergency refuge areas “as soon as possible” and educate drivers on what the Red X sign means, according to Transport Focus.The call follows a survey from the transport watchdog , published this week, which found low level driver awareness of ...
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Wincanton making redundancies as Industrial and Transport division struggles
Wincanton has been forced to make redundancies to offset falling profit in its Industrial and Transport division. In a trading update today (3 October), Wincanton said while it expects profit for the current financial year to meet expectations, it has set aside an exceptional charge of £7m to fund cost-saving ...