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ArticleHermes inks strategic partnership with e-commerce platform OnBuy
Parcel carrier Hermes has sealed a deal with e-commerce seller OnBuy to provide logistics solution to its 7,000 vendors as the online marketplace ramps up its global expansion plans.Under the contract, Hermes will provide logistics services both nationally and internationally to OnBuy customers. The e-commerce business has seen rapid growth ...
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ArticleShould the Driver CPC be suspended? Or is there a better short-term solution?
The current shortage of HGV drivers has been attributed to various causes including Brexit, training and administration delays due to Covid, as well as the poor working conditions experienced by drivers when they are out on the road. All of these have contributed to an issue that has been building ...
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ArticleGist rebounds from pension scheme woes to report £33m profit
Gist reported a £33m pre-tax profit in 2020, bouncing back from a loss the previous year caused by £28.5m in costs incurred due to the closure of its pension scheme to new members.The company, which provides supply chain services for retailers and manufacturers, also reported a broadly static turnover for ...
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ArticleScottish haulier invests in 10 used Renault tractor units
A&D Logistics in Scotland has purchased 10 Renault Range T ‘Selection Plus’ tractor units.Alan Bolsworth, business development manager at the container and general haulier, said: “We opted for Renault Trucks for our latest vehicles to build on the partnership we have developed since becoming a Renault Trucks service point in ...
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ArticleIveco truck maker to suspend production at plants hit by parts shortages
Iveco builder CNH Industrial has announced it is closing some of its European manufacturing plants this month in response to disruptions and shortages of core components, particularly semiconductors.In a statement it said: “CNH Industrial is constantly reviewing its production schedules in response to this highly dynamic environment and plans to ...
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ArticleDPD UK sees 83% leap in 2020 profits
DPD Group UK increased turnover and profits last year as it grew market share in line with strategic objectives.For the year ending 3 January 2021, the parcel company saw a 44.7% uplift in revenue to £1.5bn and pre-tax profit jumped by 83% to £248m.It said it had made plans to ...
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ArticleLNG trucks "no cleaner than diesel", new research finds
HGVs powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) are no better for the climate than diesel trucks and pollute the air more than manufacturers claim, a report by a clean transport campaign group has concluded.Transport & Environment (T&E) said only zero-emissions HGVs such as battery electric vehicles should be supported by ...
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ArticleRHA "appalled" by plans to allow foreign drivers to make more UK deliveries
Foreign haulage operators could be allowed to make an unlimited number of trips in the UK within a two-week period before returning home, under plans to strengthen supply chains and save Christmas.The proposals to temporarily extend cabotage rights for foreign firms are set out in a week-long consultation that has ...
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ArticleHermes opens 'pop-up' warehouse to handle peak demand
Hermes UK has opened a ‘pop-up’ distribution depot in Eccles to handle the Black Friday and Christmas peaks.The delivery firm said over 65 temporary jobs had been created at the 80,000 sq ft warehouse and it will be able to handle more than 120,000 parcels each day.The temporary shed forms ...
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ArticleVMS backs electric with major new Maxus deal
Fleet management firm VMS has purchased 1,000 commercial vehicles from Maxus, 60% of which are EVs.Maxus said 500 of the vehicles are eDeliver 3s and 150 are eDeliver 9s and the total order represents one of the biggest deals struck by a commercial vehicle brand in the UK.Mark Barrett, Harris ...
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ArticleNHS leases mix of DAF trucks from Ryder
A range of DAFs have been supplied to Salisbury Linen Services (SLS) to deliver laundry and hospital scrubs to almost 70 different NHS and health care providers across the South East.Part of the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, SLS has taken delivery of a mix of 12-tonne and 18-tonne box rigid ...
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ArticleFraikin names new operations director
Fraikin has employed an operations director, Andy Towns (pictured), to lead its engineering and operations functions as it works towards bringing its maintenance back in-house.Towns joins after four years as aftersales director at Farid Hillend Engineering and he will report directly to MD Darren Hall.He has 35 years of experience ...
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Logistics UK to mark COP26 transport day with 'Route to net zero' webinar
Logistics UK is to host a webinar outlining its 'Route to net zero' on transport day at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) on November 10. LUK said "it is clear that the climate crisis is now one of the most pressing challenges facing the global community and the UK ...
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ArticleBumble Hole Foods celebrates 60th anniversary with new Iveco S-Ways
(From left) Sam Armstrong, head of operations at Hexagon Leasing; Andrew Hewston, MD at Bumble Hole Foods; Sharon Jones, director at Bumble Hole Foods and mum Maureen HewstonBumble Hole Foods, an egg products supplier to blue-chip customers, has celebrated its 60th anniversary by shelling out on two new Iveco S-Way ...
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ArticleLogistics UK welcomes EU proposal to cut Irish border checks on goods
Hauliers undertaking work for customers on both sides of the Irish Sea should see administration and bureaucracy reduced after the EU proposed cutting post-Brexit checks on goods, according to Logistics UK.The business group cautiously welcomed the plan to address the Northern Ireland Protocol, which is an attempt to resolve the ...
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ArticlePall-Ex partners with what3words to improve home deliveries
Pall-Ex Group has become the first pallet network to start using the addressing system what3words to improve deliveries to residential properties.The grid location system identifies precise locations by creating three-metre squares across the globe and giving each one a unique combination of three words.Pall-Ex said the partnership was brought about ...
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ArticleLogistics firm has licence revoked after using Covid loan to pay for shoes, food and car tax
A traffic commissioner has warned operators that their repute is in jeopardy if they have improperly obtained coronavirus relief loans, after finding one haulier wrongly received £50,000.West Midlands TC Nick Denton found Coventry-based Amazon contractor Mafuwer Logistics had applied for a bounce back loan despite its turnover falling far below ...
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ArticleBooker drivers accept new pay offer
The threat of strike action among HGV drivers at Tesco-owned wholesaler Booker Retail Partners has been lifted after drivers accepted a new pay deal.The Unite union said industrial action was cancelled following a vote on the offer from the company.The long-running dispute involving all 40 drivers at Booker’s Thamesmead depot ...
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ArticleOcado looks to develop autonomous urban delivery with technology company Wayve
Ocado Group has invested £10m in a collaboration with autonomous mobility company Wayve to develop autonomous urban grocery deliveries.The collaboration includes an autonomous delivery trial that will see Wayve’s advanced deep learning and camera-first technology fitted onto a selection of Ocado delivery vans and tested on urban delivery routes.According to ...
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ArticleUnipart Logistics greens final mile NHS fleet with 90 HVO-ready DAF LF Rigids
Unipart Logistics is enhancing its final mile fleet with 90 DAF LF Rigid trucks which can be powered by hydo-treated vegetable oil (HVO).The fleet of 90 DAF trucks include 18 tonners as well as 14 tonners and will be rolled out for dedicated use within its NHS Supply Chain contract.The ...