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ArticleFarrell Transport hails health benefits of new £500,000 canopy
Notts-based Farrell Transport has invested £500,000 in an all-weather canopy that it said was increasing loading capacity as well as maintaining social distancing.The Pallet-Track member unveiled the canopy ahead of the coronavirus lockdown as a measure to increase efficiency and capacity in all weathers.The uniquely-curved canopy, claimed to be the ...
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ArticleDPD staff donate 45,000 care items to NHS hospitals nationwide
DPD has helped turn a palliative care nurse's idea into a nationwide initiative to provide much needed welfare and treat packs for patients and NHS staff.The new initiative - called NHS Thursday - will see thousands of welfare packs and food and treat packs collated and distributed by DPD, to ...
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ArticleGardner Distribution becomes latest member of Hazchem Network
Gardner Distribution in Plymouth has become the latest member of The Hazchem Network.The company, which already delivers hazardous goods and is experienced in working in pallet networks, will handle deliveries into and out of the TR and PL postcodes.Gardner Distribution launched in 1963 and runs more than 80 HGVs and ...
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ArticleUnions in new joint attack on DHL Supply Chain over alleged health and safety breaches
DHL Supply Chain has again been forced to defend itself against union claims that it is "endangering thousands" with "inadequate" coronavirus social distancing and safety measures and by forcing self-isolating workers to survive on statutory sick pay (SSP).GMB, Unite, Usdaw, RMT and URTU today (16 April) called on DHL Supply ...
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ArticleHome delivery staff are heroes too
From the outset of this pandemic the government made it clear that home delivery was vital to the fight against COVID-19 and that company’s like ours were doing essential work. It made sense – home delivery enables people to get the items they need while self-isolating or following the government’s ...
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ArticleSuttons Tankers lands “significant” contract with Haltermann Carless
Suttons Tankers has won a major new contract with hydrocarbon product supplier Haltermann Carless after impressing the company with its safety processes, reliability and operational scale.The logistics firm, which is part of Suttons Group, will transport gas condensate from Spirit Energy’s Barrow Gas Terminal in Cumbria to Haltermann Carless’ facility ...
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ArticleDVLA delay on D4 medical decision condemned by HGV drivers
Truck drivers in danger of losing their licences because GPs and private providers are no longer carrying out D4 medicals during the COVID-19 pandemic have accused the DVLA of throwing them to the wolves.Despite assurances from two Conservative MPs to their constituents two weeks ago that DVLA was about to ...
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ArticleGovernment gives HS2 companies formal go-ahead to begin construction phase
The government has given its formal approval for construction to begin on HS2, bringing much needed good news to the construction industry.HS2 Ltd, the public body tasked with overseeing the project, issued a ‘notice to proceed’ to the companies that will undertake construction of the railway.Notice to proceed marks the ...
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ArticleHMRC to pay furlough wages from next week
The government will start paying employers 80% of furloughed workers wages from next Monday (20 April), according to HMRC chief executive Jim Harra.Under the government’s furlough scheme, which is aimed at preventing redundancies during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, firms can furlough employees and apply for a grant that covers ...
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ArticleTraffic commissioner public inquiries postponed until further notice
All traffic commissioner public inquiries have been postponed until further notice in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.A spokesman for the Office of the Traffic Commissioner (OTC) said face-to-face hearings were all now postponed, with new hearing dates to be notified in due course: “Traffic commissioners have to ensure that hearings ...
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ArticleCOVID-19 outbreak forces HGV training firm PB Transport Solutions into liquidation
Specialist HGV training firm PB Transport Solutions has entered liquidation following the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.The Pucklechurch, Bristol-based company appointed joint liquidators from Mazars LLP on 9 April and 11 employees have been made redundant.The company was established in 2011 and supplied a range of transport training courses in ...
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ArticleFerguson Transport and Shipping drivers plead to be furloughed
Drivers at Ferguson Transport and Shipping are calling on the company to furlough them as they struggle to survive on short-term working rates of £25 a day introduced at the firm as a result of falling workloads brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.Under the government scheme, companies can furlough employees ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics: "We're solving challenges we never thought we'd face"
XPO Logistics has admitted it is solving challenges it never thought it would face as it adapts to the COVID-19 crisis, safeguards its workforce and continues to deliver critical supplies.The company provides essential support to industrial, retail and institutional customers, as well as government agencies and moves goods such as ...
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ArticleEuropa appoints non-executive director to support company growth
Europa Worldwide Group has appointed entrepreneur Rob Jones (pictured) as its first non-executive director.Jones, who worked closely with Europa MD Andrew Baxter when he acquired the company in 2013, has the immediate task of reviewing the company’s strategy across all divisions in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic.He will also ...
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ArticleCOVID-19 "a huge industry wake-up call that puts many jobs at risk", claims tech expert
The COVID-19 pandemic is a “huge wake-up call” for the transport and logistics sector and will provide the catalyst for automation, putting many jobs at risk.That’s the view of technology expert Paul Cuatracasas (pictured) who said the outbreak was a new form of disruption that will speed the development of ...
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ArticleBecky Martin joins FTA as senior transport advisor
The FTA has appointed Becky Martin as senior transport advisor within its Member Advice Centre (MAC) to assist the team in supporting logistics businesses through the COVID-19 outbreak.Martin joins the FTA from John Lewis Partnership where she held the post of transport and administration managerShe will be working as part ...
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ArticleSupermarkets admit delivery fleets still struggling with demand
Major supermarket home delivery fleets are still struggling to meet demand despite the government's desire for most of the population to order groceries online.Stores have been matching government databases of the vulnerable against their postcode regions and contacting customers directlyBut many customers are still finding that it is not possible ...
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ArticleWhole supply chain must keep moving during lockdown, insists BVRLA
Best practice advice for operators involved in the collection and delivery of vehicles has been produced to keep the supply chain moving during the lockdown.After the Department for Transport (DfT) wrote to the industry’s trade associations making it clear that the work of the logistics sector “should continue to the ...
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Seek legal advice before furloughing transport managers, warns solicitor
The traffic commissioners are scrutinising requests by operators to furlough transport managers and companies should seek legal advice first, according to Backhouse Jones solicitors.Director Jonathan Backhouse said guidance from the senior traffic commissioner outlined three scenarios in which a company may consider to furlough a transport manager – and firms ...
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ArticleTyres on mothballed HGV fleets need inspection, warns Michelin
The tyres of HGVs that are being parked up due to COVID-19 should be inspected to prepare them for extended parking, according to Michelin.After a survey from the RHA revealed that around 240,000 vehicles are now laid up for the immediate future, Michelin engineers warned that tyres are not designed ...