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ArticleEddie Stobart Logistics and University of Bolton launch joint degree course
Eddie Stobart Logistics and The University of Bolton have launched a three-year degree course in Logistics & Supply Chain Management.The BSc degree programme, which will see representatives of both the university and Eddie Stobart Logistics interview them before acceptance onto the course, guarantees a graduate job for successful students.The degree ...
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ArticleDfT rules out mandatory registration and test scheme for trailers
There is to be no mandatory registration and testing scheme for trailers, after a review found human error is a far more common reason for serious incidents.The DfT found that trailer defects are not a major cause of injury incidents and from the data collated, there were just 20 collisions ...
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Laser Transport scrapes a profit as the pound's Brexit devaluation takes a toll
Laser Transport International made a £3,579 pre-tax profit last year as it continued to battle against a weak pound trading 13% lower against the euro than in 2016.The Hythe-based company reported a turnover of £17.3m for the year ending 31 December 2018, compared with the previous year’s £17.4mThe company’s principle ...
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TNT UK revealed as DX Group successor on Home Office passport delivery contract
TNT UK has clinched a major three year deal with the Home Office for the secure delivery of passports and related documents, motortransport.co.uk can reveal.The logistics operator will take over the contract from incumbent DX Group in January, following a competitive tender, which saw DX Group knocked out of the ...
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Andy Scott to combine Barnack Storage and Logistics with Bison Transport
Andy Scott has purchased Barnack Storage and Logistics in Orton Southgate, Peterborough for an undisclosed sum.Scott bought Bison Transport last autumn and plans to combine the businesses.Barnack Storage employs 80 people and runs a fleet of MAN trucks, curtain side trailers and 18-tonners.It has 180,000sq ft of ambient and chilled ...
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ArticlePeter Fairlie takes on role of MD at Prometeon Tyre Group
Prometeon Tyre Group UK has appointed Peter Fairlie as its new MD.In his new role, Fairlie will take over the role from Simon Michael who has moved to Turkey to take on the post of PTG’s chief commercial officer for the Middle East and Africa.Fairlie will be based at the ...
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ArticleFowler Welch clinches sweet deal with Ferrero
Fowler Welch has beaten rivals to win a major new contract with chocolate and confectionery maker Ferrero.The deal will see the Lincolnshire-based firm manage the full end-to-end supply chain for a new product launch into the UK chilled market.Fowler Welch, which is part of the Dart Group, will manage around ...
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Annual profit plucked at DHL Supply Chain after KFC debacle takes toll
Start up problems with a "restaurant chain" contract played a “significant” role in a 95% plunge in DHL Supply Chain’s profit last year.According to the company’s latest annual results to 31 December 2018, pre-tax profit plummeted in the year to £3.9m – down from £79m the year before.In its strategic ...
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DX Group remains on the road to profitability
DX Group is set to edge back into the black with new work and operational efficiencies helping efforts to turn the loss-making business around.In a pre-close trading update for the year to 30 June 2019, the company said that its results “are expected to be in line with market forecasts, ...
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ArticlePrince of Wales joins centenary celebrations at Gregory Distribution
The Prince of Wales visited Gregory Distribution’s Cullompton head office on Wednesday as part of the haulier’s centenary celebrations.During his hour-long visit, the Prince met and spoke with numerous employees past and present, including senior management, drivers, apprentices and 94-year-old Jack Gregory, son of the company’s founder.“I’m hoping that my ...
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Strong opposition to Tyneside CAZ forces council chiefs to review proposals
Proposals for either a charging clean air zone (CAZ) or tolls on Tyneside's city centre bridges are going back to the drawing board after a public consultation revealed strong opposition to both plans.The plans, drawn up by Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside councils, proposed either a charging CAZ or a ...
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Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone freight fund rejected by government
The government has rejected Greater Manchester’s request for a £116m support fund to help local businesses upgrade to compliant fleet vehicles.More than half of this total was to form a £59m Clean Freight Fund for helping local firms upgrade to compliant HGVs and vans.In a letter sent to the Greater ...
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Morrisons, Wincanton and Unite set for more talks over staff transfer
Unite and Morrisons are set to return to talks later this month in a bid to resolve a dispute over the transfer of drivers and vehicle maintenance staff to 3PL Wincanton, mototransport.co.uk can reveal.Following a meeting between the stakeholders last week (12 July) – the fourth such meeting – Unite, ...
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LDV begins Milk & More delivery with 159 EVs set to be in place by autumn
Milk & More has started taking delivery of an order of 159 zero-emission vans from LDV.The EV80s will be in place by the end of September and will take Milk & More’s EV fleet – including 150 milk floats and 200 electric street scooters purchased last year – to just ...
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Pall-Ex signs up to Armed Forces Covenant in bid to help veterans and tackle driver shortage
Pall-Ex has become the latest logistics business to sign the Armed Forces Covenant in a move aimed at both helping veterans and tackling the industry's skills shortage.The Armed Forces Covenant promises fair treatment to those who serve or have served in the armed forces, and their families, helping them to ...
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New Haydock sortation centre to play key role in Amazon's final mile delivery strategy
Amazon is set to add a key part to its final mile logistics network with the opening of a £68m sortation centre in Haydock in September.The 98,425sq ft centre, located in Haydock’s M6Major.com business park, will receive and sort parcels from Amazon’s fulfilment centres and arrange their transportation to delivery ...
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Whistl promotes Evans and Hughes to the board
Whistl has appointed John Evans the company’s head of legal and Gareth Hughes, procurement, property and fleet director at the operator, to its executive board of management.Evans, who is also company secretary, joined Whistl in 2003. Hughes joined the carrier more recently in 2015.Nick Wells, CEO Whistl, said: “We ...
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ArticleConsultation countdown underway for Sheffield Clean Air Zone
Hauliers have six weeks to make their views known to Sheffield City Council on its plans to introduce a charging clean air zone (CAZ), which will see non Euro-6 HGVs paying a £50 daily charge to enter the city centre but cars going free. The proposed CAZ, set to be ...
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Earned Recognition 'bolt on' will allow hauliers to demonstrate they meet specific client standards
Operators will be able to demonstrate that they are meeting Earned Recognition standards to specific customers after the DVSA said it was designing a “bolt-on module”.Currently the Earned Recognition scheme enables companies to share their performance data with the DVSA, proving they meet the enforcement agency’s standards.In return, they’re less ...
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ArticleVolvo Trucks MD brings bus experience to bear on greener trucks
The major truck importers seem to turn over MDs almost as fast as Premier League football clubs and the latest incumbent at Volvo Trucks Robert Grozdanovski recently took over following Arne Knaben’s five year stint.Grozdanovski comes to Warwick after eight years in Eastern Europe and says that within reason Volvo ...