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All Motor Transport articles in 2018 – Page 14
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Tuffnells facing £1.5m bill after failing to pay National Minimum Wage
The Tuffnells horror show has taken a new twist, with the news it faces a bill of up to £1.5m for failing to comply with National Minimum Wage legislation.It came a day after it was revealed the firm had been fined £1.5m plus costs by the HSE after one of ...
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ArticleGrocontinental puts vehicle in livery of new owner AGRO Merchants on the road
Pictured (left to right) are Ross McPhillips - logistics manager; Linda Grocott, MD Grocontinental; Brian Evans, driver; Chris Moss, AGRO Merchants Group MD for UK & Ireland.Grocontinental, which was sold last year, has taken delivery of the first vehicle in its new owner’s livery.The Shropshire-based haulier became part of the ...
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DSV takes delivery of its 1,000th MAN truck in the UK
DSV has taken delivery of its 1,000th MAN truck in the UK.Its latest addition, a TGX 26.500 with an XXL cab, will operate from the haulier’s Immingham depot.The truck is painted in commemorative silver with the DSV logo in black, a change from its traditional deep blue livery with white ...
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John Hawksworth joins Eddie Stobart Logistics as general manager
John Hawksworth, previously with Premier Logistics, Birds Transport and AM Widdowson, has joined Eddie Stobart Logistics as general manager of its retail division.Hawksworth left his role as group general manager at Premier Logistics after nearly three years with the Leicestershire-based firm in June.He has worked at a series of hauliers ...
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ArticleTuffnells Parcels Express hit with £1.5m fine after driver crushed to death
Tuffnells Parcels Express, part of Connect Group, has been fined £1.5m after a driver died when he was trapped between a trailer and his vehicle.Dudley Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 22 January 2016, a Tuffnells Parcels Express employee was fatally injured while attempting to attach a trailer to his vehicle.The ...
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Accounting error brings down Go Direct Recruitment Services
Cannock-based transport and training company Go Direct Recruitment Services has gone into voluntary liquidation after an accounting error left the firm with debts of more than £2.8m.The company, which has a licence to operate 62 trucks and 60 trailers and counted pallet supplier CHEP as one of its clients, called ...
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ArticleATL officially opens new Midlands hub
ATL (Ascott Transport Limited) inaugurated its Midlands hub in Foston on 6 September.Greg Clark MP, secretary of state for business, officially opened the 35,000 pallet distribution centre and offices, which is housed on a 25-acre freehold site near the A50.MD Jon Ward spoke at the event, as well as co-founder ...
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ArticleHoyer orders 89 new MAN trucks for fuels business
Hoyer has added 89 new MAN TGS vehicles to its Petrolog division.The deliveries are set to be complete by October. The order comprises 75 replacement vehicles and 14 additional vehicles, all with 420hp engines.The majority of the new trucks feature day cabs (85), with four fitted with sleeper cabs.Read more ...
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ArticleElectric Vehicle Energy Taskforce given green light to address opportunities
Prime Minister Theresa May makes a speech at the Zero Emission Vehicle Summit at the ICC in Birmingham.The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) is to facilitate the government’s new Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce, which was announced as part of the Road to Zero emissions strategy in July.Plans for the the ...
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ArticlePolice prepare for “unprecedented” queues at ports and civil unrest in the case of a no-deal Brexit
Police are preparing for massive traffic queues at ports leading to "unprecedented and overwhelming" disruption of the wider road network in the event of a no-deal Brexit.Contingency plans drawn up by the National Police Co-ordination Centre (NPCC), leaked to the Sunday Times, warn that, if ministers cannot secure a Brexit ...
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H&M Distribution appoints new commercial manager
Cambridgeshire based logistics provider H&M Distribution has appointed Vince Mattera as commercial manager.H&M Distribution is a member of the Palletways pallet network.He joins from Geodis and has worked in the logistics field for the past 11 years.In his new role he will be responsible for driving new business at H&M’s ...
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ArticleCarlos Rodrigues appointed as managing director of Renault Trucks UK and Ireland
Renault Trucks UK and Ireland has announced Carlos Rodrigues as its MD with effect from 1 October.The role is a newly created one, as more recently Renault and Volvo were overseen by Arne Knaben, the MD of Volvo Group UK.Rodrigues was previously chief financial officer (CFO) at Volvo Group Trucks ...
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Principle Pallet Network project comes to an end
Principle Pallet Network’s bid to become the UK’s ninth pallet network has ended in failure, it's former boss has confirmed.The network, originally set up by ex-Fortec directors Marcus Fischer and Neil Hodgson, was due to debut operationally in 2016 but did not deliver within that time-frame.Having remained under the radar ...
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ArticleSpeculative warehouse build set for Hinckley Park
IM Properties is to build a 532,000sq ft speculative warehouse at its Hinckley Park development off Junction 1 of the M69.The building will be known as Hinckley 532 and is due for completion by the end of next year. Richard Lawrence, IM Properties’ development director, believes its location on the ...
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House of Fraser stand-off set to cost 300 jobs at XPO Logistics
A union has condemned XPO Logistics and Sports Direct, as the House of Fraser supply chain impasse looks set to cost 300 jobs.According to the GMB union, XPO’s Milton Keynes depot, one of two that serves House of Fraser, is set to close.House of Fraser was bought by Mike Ashley’s ...
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Menzies Distribution sold to private equity firm Endless
Menzies Distribution has been sold, for an undisclosed sum, to private equity firm Endless.Last year owner John Menzies, which has been looking to divest the business, pulled the plug on a sale to DX Group, which had a rollercoaster of a 2017 itself.Two years back, the firm’s management started to ...
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Sponsored contentSPONSORED: Europa Road Shows Motion through Animation
The UK’s largest independent freight forwarder has unveiled its latest video for its road freight division – an animated mini film which brings to life how Europa Road ‘makes road freight simple.’The 90 second animation captures how the business has created the most efficient road freight system for distributing goods ...
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Operators asked to make some noise about quiet deliveries at John Connell Awards
Freight operators are encouraged to enter this year's Noise Abatement Society (NAS) John Connell Awards to highlight efforts made in reducing the sound made by deliveries into urban or residential areas.A 'Quiet Logistics' category is open to operators, vehicle manufacturers, trailer-makers, bodybuilders and equipment suppliers that have created quieter ...
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FeaturesFoulger Transport appoints new managing director
Foulger Transport, part of Kinaxia Logistics, has announced the appointment of Sue Pye as MD.Pye joined Kinaxia Logistics earlier in 2018 as service and quality manager, responsible for managing the delivery of operational and customer service processes and procedures across the group.Before Kinaxia, Pye worked for Palletline, where she was ...
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ArticleFowler Welch extends partnership with Bernard Matthews
Chilled food specialist Fowler Welch and poultry producer Bernard Matthews have extended their long-term partnership with additional services and volume.Norwich-based Bernard Matthews has committed to a new two-year warehousing and distribution contract, increasing the volume of products that will be handled by Fowler Welch by 50%.Fowler Welch will manage chilled ...