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Europa develops in-house skills with double promotion
Europa Worldwide Group has promoted two of its team to the new roles of group recruitment and talent manager, and deputy head of property and facilities. Vanita Dass-Puri takes on the position of group recruitment and talent manager, whilst Nicola Laidlaw-Rolph has become deputy head of property and facilities.The promotions ...
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13% of trucks entering London's Ultra Low Emission Zone had to pay access charge during the first month
In the first month of operation 13% of all trucks entering London's Ultra-Low Emission Zone each day weren't Euro-6, motortransport.co.uk has learnt.London's ULEZ was launched in April this year and operates within the same footprint as the London Congestion Charge Zone. However, unlike the congestion charge zone the ULEZ operates ...
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ArrowXL wins major contract with DG International
Delivery firm ArrowXL has landed a contract with logistics giant DG International to provide warehousing and home delivery services.The win provides a boost to ArrowXL, which saw profits plunge 70% last year to £862,000, hit by a major fire at its Worcester depot and a sluggish retail climate.Under the terms ...
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Beast from the East fails to halt Gregory Distribution's progress
Gregory Distribution (Holdings) arrested a profit decline last year despite being “significantly impacted” by the Beast from the East.The Palletline and Palletways member increased turnover by 8.8% to £174m during the period ending 29 September 2018, and pre-tax profit was up by 3.4% to £5.7m.In the corresponding period in 2017 ...
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CLEAN AIR ROADSHOW
On 10th October Motor Transport hosted a second Birmingham Clean Air Roadshow to provide vital information and support to HGV and van operators ahead of the city’s Clean Air Zone rollout by July 2020.At this free-to-attend, half-day event attendees heard directly from Birmingham City Council about the scheme’s launch plans ...
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Brexit uncertainty did for car transporter Beamish, says administrator
Turnover at county Durham car transporter Beamish Transport plummeted by 20% in 2018 “arguably because of Brexit uncertainty”, according to its administrator.In a report to creditors explaining how the established and profitable business was forced to close down in March of this year, KSA Group said the car sector had ...
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ArticleLockwood Haulage extends 2 Sisters Food Group relationship
Lockwood Haulage has won a five-year storage contract from 2 Sisters Food Group.Under the arrangement, which commenced this month, Lockwood Haulage is storing goods for the Foxes Biscuits, Matthew Walker and Gunstones Bakery businesses at its 110,000sq ft Denby warehouse.The haulier, which is a Palletforce member, has provided warehouse and ...
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Morrisons facing threat of industrial action as Unite ballots members affected by Wincanton switch
Unite is to ballot staff at Morrisons over the supermarket group's decision to outsource three northern transport hubs and vehicle maintenance operations to Wincanton.The union announced today (19 June) that nearly 400 Morrisons drivers and mechanics will be asked whether they wish to proceed to a full-scale industrial ballot, which ...
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ArticleDPD publishes details and more video of its £150m Hinckley Park hub project
DPD has broadcast construction footage of its new £150m hub in Hinckley, Leicestershire, which it said will be the largest domestic parcel hub in Europe when operational in 2022.Aerial footage shared on a video today (19 June) shows the footprint of the 276,454sq ft main hub building and the infrastructure ...
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CLEAN AIR ROADSHOW
On 10 September 170 delegates from 120 commercial vehicle operators and local businesses, running vans or trucks in and around Greater Manchester, attended a free half-day Greater Manchester Clean Air Roadshow.Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and the 10 Greater Manchester authorities are working together to ...
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Leeds and Birmingham "significantly postpone" clean air zone start dates
Leeds and Birmingham councils are to "significantly postpone" the January 2020 start dates of their clean air zones (CAZs) after a government delay to an essential online tool it is developing.In a joint statement issued today (18 June), the two councils said they had been on track to roll out ...
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ArticleWincanton launches VAST new warehousing initiative
Wincanton has gone live with its Virtual Access to Storage and Transport (VAST) service, a new initiative that sees the 3PL playing matchmaker for customers looking for warehouse space.Wincanton said the platform matches buyers with sellers, allowing companies seeking storage to find it quickly and landlords to advertise underutilised space ...
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Central government must support London's electric future, says FTA
The government has an essential role to play in the roll-out of electric charging infrastructure across the capital, according to the FTA.Speaking after the launch of the London’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Taskforce Delivery Plan yesterday (17 June), Denise Beedell, policy manager for vans and urban at the FTA, said that ...
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Smart tachographs will not deliver massive efficiency savings, says FTA
The FTA has refuted the European Commission’s claim that logistics firms will save a total of €500m (£447m) through increased efficiencies due to the introduction of a new generation of smart tachographs.While the FTA agrees with the EC that the requirement to fit smart tachographs to all new HGVs ...
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Volkswagen offers 15% slice of Traton Group in IPO launch
Volkswagen has scaled back its IPO ambitions for its truck division Traton Group, which includes the brands MAN and Scania, and is now offering 15% of the company’s shares.Originally, Volkswagen had intended to offer 25% of Traton to investors.The manufacturer has now published a prospectus and launched its offer ...
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ArticleDiscover how in-cab and forward-facing cameras are purchased and deployed in this case-study-rich report
The fitting of in-cab and forward-facing cameras has increasingly become the norm among road hauliers in the UK.The benefits of the technology are enormous. It can be used to prevent crime, raise driving standards, and lower insurance premiums, as well as boost road safety. And adoption continues to increase as ...
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Pallet tail-lift delivery guidance faces further delay
The long-awaited publication of the HSE’s updated tail-lift delivery guidance is facing further delay, some five years after HSE launched a review.HSE confirmed this week that it has “comments” that it wants the RHA working group on to consider, after which the guidance will be put through “internal governance procedures” ...
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ArticleFirst Renault Master ZE full electric in Europe hits the streets of Kent
Renault Trucks has put the first Master ZE full electric vehicle in Europe on the road with Kent County Council. The 57kW Master ZE nine-seat minibus has a 33kWh battery pack giving a range of 120km and will be used by Compaid, a charity helping disadvantaged people back into work.Handing ...
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ArticleBullet Express to build £5m multi-temperature warehouse to meet surge in demand
Bullet Express has bought 180,000sq ft of land behind its Baillieston, Glasgow storage centre with plans to build a £5m multi-temperature warehouse to meet rocketing demand from customers.The company moved to the 21,000 pallet site at Baillieston in 2016 and MD David McCutcheon said it was now at client capacity, ...
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No-deal Brexit will cause 'paralysis at the border' in Northern Ireland with lengthy delays for HGVs seeking passage
A no-deal Brexit could result in one lorry every 30 seconds being subjected to checks at the border in Northern Ireland, according to the FTA.Seamus Leheny, FTA policy manager, predicted “paralysis at the border” if the UK crashes out of the EU later this year without a deal and therefore ...