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All Motor Transport articles in 2018 – Page 2
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ArticleObituary: Roger Denniss, influential commercial vehicle engineer
One of the most influential commercial vehicle engineers of his generation, Roger Denniss (pictured right), has passed away at the age of 84.Born in 1935, Following a five-year apprenticeship with a Vauxhall Bedford distributor in Acton, he spent almost all of his career, including his National Service with the RAF ...
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ArticleThe robots are coming, FTA awards dinner told
Transport secretary Chris Grayling MP addressing the FTA Logistics AwardsWhatever form Brexit takes, the skills crisis facing the logistics industry is only going to get worse and the industry will be forced to invest in more automation, the president of the FTA Leigh Pomlett told the annual FTA Logistics Awards ...
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ArticleSuttons Tankers bolsters management team; profit up as turnover falls in latest results
Suttons Tankers has made two new appointments to strengthen its senior management team. Gary Oliver (pictured left) has moved from DX Network Services to take up the role of operations director West, replacing Roger Parr (pictured right) who has become commercial director.Since 2010, Oliver had worked as regional director and ...
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Calling all urban delivery operators - enter the 2019 Motor Transport Awards
The 33rd Motor Transport Awards returns to the Grosvenor House Hotel in London's Park Lane on 3 July 2019 to celebrate, recognise and reward excellence in the road freight transport industry.A new award - Urban Delivery Operator of the Year - has been added to the 2019 categories to reflect ...
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ArticleGo Outdoors goes for growth with new DC
Outdoor clothing and equipment retailer Go Outdoors has taken a 353,000sq ft distribution centre in Middlewich, Cheshire.The company has signed a five-year lease on the building, which is located on the Midpoint 18 logistics park close to Junction 18 of the M6. The warehouse will be used to support Go ...
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Bath Clean Air Zone faces delay after 'unprecedented' response to proposals
Bath’s clean air zone (CAZ) plans could be delayed after the council received an unprecedented number of responses to its consultation with significant numbers demanding mitigation measures for local businesses and residents.The council said that more than 8,400 people took part in the consultation which ran for six weeks, with ...
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ArticleEP Training expands through Group One LGV Training purchase
EP Training has acquired Cranleigh-based Group One LGV Training.Group One will keep its name and continue to offer professional training in categories such as C, C1, C1E, C+E as well as ADR and Driver CPC training, and will operate under the EP Training banner.EP Training MD Sean Pargeter said Group ...
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Cities play a critical role in both causing and potentially solving many of today's sustainability challenges, says Professor Xuemei Bai, a leading expert and thought leader on urbanisation and sustainability and the latest recipient of the 2018 Volvo Environment Prize for her work in creating new cities and transforming existing ...
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ArticleChallenging market puts Lloyd Fraser Holdings to the test
Lloyd Fraser Holdings has delivered a mixed performance in what it described as a “very challenging” and price driven market.Reporting its annual results for the twelve months to 28 February 2018, the Rugby-based company revealed that its operating profit had risen by almost two thirds whilst its turnover had fallen ...
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ArticleSmith News makes headlines with a major new deal with Seymour Distribution
Connect Group-owned Smith News has renewed a major deal with magazine importer Seymour Distribution worth almost £400m.This latest win comes just weeks after Connect Group’s latest annual results revealed a 200% collapse in profit for the year to 31 August 2018.The agreement secures all Smiths News' distribution territories with Seymour ...
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Morrison Freight MD shocked at fellow hauliers’ “sluggish” approach to preparing for Brexit
The “sluggish” approach some hauliers are taking to preparing for Brexit is shocking, according to Morrison Freight MD Lee Steward.MD Lee Steward said the Ipswich-based firm, which operates a fleet of 40 trucks and 60 trailers, has won three new clients on the back of its preparations for Brexit.The international ...
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Rate cut and owner’s illness added to PMP-Forward failure, administrators say
A rate cut on a major contract with Debenhams, combined with the owner’s long-term absence due to serious illness, helped tip haulier PMP-Forward into administration, according to Portland Business Recovery.Fareham and Felixstowe-based PMP-Forward, which transported goods for Debenhams, called in administrators Portland Business Recovery in August this year after suffering ...
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Clipper strengthens 10-year partnership with Asda
Clipper Logistics has extended its deal with Asda for both one-man and two-man fulfilment for the supermarket giant’s general merchandise and George product ranges.News of the deal follows Clipper’s interim results for the six months to 31 October 2018 which showed a 14.1% rise in turnover to £227.9m (2017: £199.7m) ...
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Birmingham sets daily clean air zone charge at £50 for non Euro-6 HGVs
Non-Euro 6 trucks will be charged £50 a day to enter the Birmingham Clean Air Zone (CAZ), after council leaders approved the latest proposals today (11 December).The council had been considering charging non-compliant HGVs up to £100 a day to enter the zone, which covers all roads within the ...
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Transport secretary claims no-deal planning in hand as industry leaders attend crunch meeting
The transport secretary promised industry leaders last week that he is working hard to address the chronic shortfall in European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) permits, which are vital to hauliers in the event of a no-deal Brexit.Chris Grayling hosted the RHA, FTA, BVLRA, Kuehne + Nagel, Wincanton and ...
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FeaturesFoulger Transport takes profit hit after loss of major customer
The loss of a major customer at the end of 2016, alongside increasing costs for drivers’ wages and fuel inflation, saw Foulger Transport head into the red in 2017.
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3B Logistics placed into liquidation
Leeds haulier 3B Logistics has entered liquidation.The company was only incorporated in 2015 but it had grown to operate a standard national licence authorising 25 HGVs and 25 trailers out of premises in Garforth.Specialising in full and part load deliveries, the company – which was previously called Freightlinks (UK) - ...
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ArticleB Taylor & Sons joins Fortec from rival network Pall-Ex
Nottinghamshire’s B Taylor & Sons Transport has joined the Fortec pallet network after being inundated with volumes at Pall-Ex and TPN.MD Alan Taylor said its fleet was handling up to 500 pallets a day but it was now dealing with a more manageable 150 pallets at Fortec.B Taylor & Sons ...
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Canute Group struggles to hold back the debts
Almtone-owned Canute Group has narrowly avoided being wound up by HMRC after the taxman raised a petition against it. This came as the amount the firm owed to creditors ballooned to more than £135,000.The unadvertised winding up petition from HMRC was launched on 13 November and settled on 15 November, ...
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Administrator reports strong interest in regards sale of stricken firm Prolog
The administrator attempting to salvage Prolog said it is in discussions with more than 70 interested parties to try and agree a sale of the Nottinghamshire warehouse and distribution firm.Mazars was appointed to the company, now in administration, on 26 November following the withdrawal of financial support by a ...