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ArticleUK Warehousing Association names Anne McIntosh honorary president
The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has appointed baroness Anne McIntosh as its honourary president. The former MP for Thirsk and Malton and the Vale of York replaces Ivon Moore-Brabazon, who had held the title for 26 years.McIntosh also worked as an MEP before she was awarded life peerage and moved ...
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Logistics sector facing a “perfect storm”
The CEO of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) has warned that global political and economic uncertainty linked to societal shifts and changing consumer behaviour is creating “a perfect storm that is driving an unprecedented pace of change within the logistics sector”.Peter Ward, UKWA’s CEO was speaking at the association’s ...
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ArticleJohn Hawksworth leaves Premier Logistics
John Hawksworth has left his role as group general manager at Premier Logistics after nearly three years with the Leicestershire-based firm.Hawksworth has worked at a series of hauliers including the now defunct Birds Transport and Logistics, where he was a director and general manager for close to a year and ...
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Collapsed NBS Transport's assets to be sold off this month
Oldham-based logistics firm NBS Transport's assets will be auctioned later this month, after it collapsed in June with the loss of 20 jobs.The company provided pallet services, container freight forwarding and warehousing to the retail, manufacturing, construction and events sectors.It held a standard national licence authorising 18 HGVs – ...
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ArticleGary Sharp returns to Bibby Distribution
Gary Sharp has re-joined Bibby Distribution as account director.He retired from his role as operations director at Canute Haulage Group in May.Sharp joined Canute in 2013 and according to the company’s website had responsibility for logistical operations.He was a divisional director at Bibby Distribution prior to this, clocking up close ...
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ArticleHauliers count the cost as chronic delays at Felixstowe port continue
Hauliers working out of Felixstowe Port are enduring three-hour turnarounds, almost a month after the container terminal overhauled its IT system.Felixstowe introduced a new terminal operating system on 10 June, but teething problems drastically extended turn-around times for hauliers.Dave Perfect, MD at West Thurrock-based D Perfect & Sons, said the ...
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ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2018: winners revealed!
Royal Mail and Whirlpool UK Appliances each picked up two awards at the 2018 Motor Transport Awards at a glittering ceremony hosted by Jimmy Carr and Rachel Riley in London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.They weren’t the only winners, with Stephen Sanderson Transport taking home Haulier of the Year; the MAN TGX ...
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ArticleRenault Trucks reveals fully electric ZE range from 3 to 26 tonnes
Renault Trucks has revealed details of its new generation of electric trucks, with a model range from vans through to 26 tonnes GVW and applications including last mile, urban distribution and refuse collection.Renault Trucks’ President, Bruno Blin, said: “Ten years ago we were the pioneers, promoting electric trucks to improve ...
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ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2018: Best Use of Technology shortlist
The winner of the Best Use of Technology award, sponsored by Bridgestone, will be revealed tonight at the Motor Transport Awards 2018. Shortlisted in this category are Cawleys; Eddie Stobart Logistics; Tarmac and Palletforce.CawleysWith an aim to joining DVSA’s earned recognition scheme, Luton-based waste management operator Cawleys set about transitioning ...
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Connect Group secures News UK deal worth £200m a year
Connect Group has renewed its contract with News UK, securing a deal that generates £200m of revenue a year until 2024 and provides some respite after a tough period for the business.Connect Group’s Smith News will continue UK distribution of titles including The Sun, The Times and Sunday Times as ...
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ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2018: Safety in Operation Award
Five operators are shortlisted for the Safety in Operation Award, sponsored by Zenith, at the Motor Transport Awards 2018: Bibby Distribution; Expect Distribution; O'Donovan Waste Disposal; Owens Group UK and Suttons Transport Group. The winner will be revealed on 4 July.Bibby DistributionBibby Distribution is the only operator in the top ...
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'Significant challenges' remain if new customs declaration system is to be ready for Brexit, warns report
The government faces “significant challenges” in getting its customs declaration system up and running in time for Brexit, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).The warning comes in the NAO’s latest report on the progress of HMRC programme to replace its existing customs system, CHIEF (Customs Handling of Import and ...
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Two-thirds of HGVs sold from next year will have a fuel consumption and emissions score
Two-thirds of new HGVs will come into scope of a European-wide tool for calculating fuel consumption and carbon emissions from January of next yearVECTO (Vehicle Energy Consumption Calculation Tool) has been brought in by the European Commission (EC) as a way to assess trucks’ environmental performance. It is intended to ...
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Eddie Stobart announces PepsiCo contract win
Eddie Stobart has won a new deal with PepsiCo, taking over an operation previously run in-house.Stobart will be managing PepsiCo’s ambient transport operations across England and Wales, from the existing DC in Birchwood, near its Warrington HQ.The contract has resulted in more than 300 PepsiCo transport operation employees transferring to ...
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ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2018: Technical Excellence Award shortlist
Brit European, Terberg DTS and Whirlpool UK Appliances are all shortlisted for the Technical Excellence Award, sponsored by Hankook, at the 2018 Motor Transport Awards. One of these businesses will be revealed as the winner on Wednesday 4 July when the awards takes place at the Grosvenor House Hotel.Technical Excellence, ...
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ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2018: Low Carbon Award shortlist
The 2018 Motor Transport Awards takes place next week, and sees four businesses shortlisted for the Low Carbon Award, sponsored by Fraikin. The winner will be announced at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Wednesday 4 July, in front of an audience of 1,500 people.Eddie Stobart LogisticsEddie Stobart Logistics presented our ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics nets £100m of new business in six months
Eddie Stobart Logistics has won business with an annual value of £100m in the first six months of its trading year, the operator said in a trading update today (28 June).Recent high profile contract wins have included taking Cemex and Britvic from Wincanton.The news came as it revealed a deal ...
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D&A Media Bristol customers and staff transferred to new company set up by its former owners
D&A Media Bristol has entered administration, with some of its customers and employees transferred to a new company set up by its former owners.The Cardiff Docks-based haulage firm appointed administrators on 5 June. Administrator Begbies Traynor then spent the next two weeks liaising with suppliers before it was able to ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics enters pallet network sector with £53m purchase of TPN
Eddie Stobart Logistics has purchased The Pallet Network (TPN) for £52.8m.The operator confirmed today (28 June) that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the share capital of the pallet network, which comprises 106 regional hauliers (members) on a cash and debt-free basis. It has done this, in part, ...
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ArticleThompsons UK aiming to launch apprenticeship programme in 2019
Thompsons UK is to launch an apprenticeship scheme next year, which will aim to bring in four new body builders every year.The Croydon branch of the body builder is currently in the process of designing the programme, and is in talks with nearby Croydon College.Works manager Neil Butler is ...