All Motor Transport articles in 2024 – Page 4
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MT ArticleNestlé logistics head Sally Wright goes out on a high after 30 ‘phenomenal’ years
Nestlé UK and Ireland head of delivery Sally Wright has retired after more than 30 years in the industry. Wright, based at the food manufacturer’s transport hub in Haxby Road, York since 2002, left on a high note. In the last week before her retirement, Wright completed ...
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MT ArticleVeolia electric RCVs to supply stored energy to grid to help power UK homes
Veolia has unveiled a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) innovation that will enable its electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) to power UK homes by feeding back stored energy from their batteries to the grid.
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MT ArticleBoughey acquires new warehouse in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Cheshire-based Boughey Distribution has taken occupancy of a newly-built 332,000sq ft ambient warehouse at Lymedale Business Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, in a move which will create 250 jobs and increase the firm’s storage capacity to 187,000 pallet spaces.
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MT ArticleNational Pothole Day: RHA urges government to do more to tackle damaged roads
The RHA has given a cautious welcome to the government’s plan to provide £8.3bn worth of funding to repair potholes but said the money needs to be ringfenced and boosted with other funding sources, if it is to succeed in tackling the problem.
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MT ArticleGovernment looks to roll out PumpWatch scheme to prevent forecourt fuel hikes
The government is proposing to roll out FairFuelUK’s PumpWatch across Britain’s forecourts as a way of preventing unfair fuel price rises.
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MT ArticleEV Cargo drivers face redundancies as group reviews fleet assets
EV Cargo is looking at cutting up to 52 drivers jobs at its depots in Leeds and Runcorn, as part of a major cost-cutting review of the group’s fleet assets and operations across the company.
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MT ArticleGwynedd Shipping: Welsh logistics firm files for administration
Anglesey-based logistics and shipping company Gwynedd Shipping Limited has filed for administration this week, leaving scores of staff facing redundancy.
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MT ArticleOwens Group sees profit halve in a year of “consolidation”
Owens (Road Services) Limited, which trades as Owens Group, saw pre-tax profit fall by more than half in the 12 months to 30 June 2023, in what the company described as a year of consolidation after “significant” growth.
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MT ArticleWincanton set to deliver £50.5m profit despite HMRC contract loss and “challenging” market
Wincanton has continued to trade in line with market expectations during Q3 and is on track to deliver around £50.5m profit before tax for the financial year to 31 March 2024, despite losing a major HMRC contract and battling tough trading conditions.
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MT ArticleSignificant greenhouse gas savings can be made by switching to renewable fuels, Zemo study shows
Low carbon, renewable fuels can offer immediate cuts to HGV emissions, with some currently showing greater life cycle emissions savings than electric vehicles, according to new research by Zemo Partnership.
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MT ArticleTeesside set for hydrogen-fuelled HGV deliveries after £7m funding boost
Fuel distributer Exolum is to build a publicly accessible green hydrogen refuelling station near Middlesborough serving around 25 hydrogen-powered HGVs, supplied and maintained by Novuna Vehicle Solutions, as part of the Tees Valley Hydrogen Vehicle Ecosystem (HYVE) consortium.
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MT ArticleLoss-making contracts contributed to demise of Gwynedd Shipping, administrators reveal
A number of loss-making contracts contributed to the demise of Anglesey-based logistics and shipping firm Gwynedd Shipping, according to the company’s joint administrators.
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MT ArticleRoad Transport Expo is back this summer at NAEC Stoneleigh!
The award-winning Road Transport Expo (RTX) is back this summer, bringing you the latest vehicles, technology, services and knowledge to keep your fleet operation running smoothly.
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MT ArticleHazchem Network welcomes WT Transport into the fold
WT Transport in Northampton has become the third haulier to join The Hazchem Network in recent months.
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MT ArticlePre-pack sale saved parts of Bomfords’ operation
Bomfords Haulage’s goodwill and some of its assets were sold in a pre-pack deal to a subsidiary firm in the Bomfords Group, which helped rescue some of its business and staff, according to the administrator.
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MT ArticleBusiness group’s boss takes to the pavement in vets’ charity event
Logistics UK’s chief executive will swap his office for the outside this Spring and sleep under the stars to raise money for veterans experiencing homeless in the UK.
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MT ArticleBrowns takes on trio of Mercedes-Benz trucks
Stoke-based Browns Distribution has invested in three new Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units after a try out with a demo truck.
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MT ArticleBullet targets new senior director
Bullet Express has promoted warehousing and logistics specialist Wesley Riggins to be its director of storage and logistics, joining its senior leadership team.
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‘Smart Motorways’ campaigner criticises government for risking lives
The widow of a motorist killed by an HGV driver on the M1 said she would not rest until the hard shoulder was returned to smart motorways across the country.
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MT ArticleIndustry launches trailblazing transport refrigeration apprenticeship
Marshall Fleet Solutions (MFS) has hosted an industry-wide event marking the launch of the UK’s first dedicated apprenticeship for the transport refrigeration industry.