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ArticleReed Boardall tops competition to retain Dr Oetker pizza contract
Reed Boardall has retained its slice of the action by extending its deal to transport and store Dr Oetker's frozen pizza products for another three years. The contract sees Reed Bordall collect Chicago Town and Ristorante pizzas from Dr Oetker's food processing plant in Leyland. It transports the products ...
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ArticleBay Freight becomes the latest haulier to join the Hazchem Network
Kinaxia Logistics-owned Bay Freight has joined the Hazchem network.The Stalybridge-based company, set up in 1960, is covering the M, OL and SK postcodes for Hazchem. It began inputting on 21 May.Danny Bailey, MD at Bay Freight, said: “Joining the Hazchem network is a great development for Bay Freight as we ...
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ArticleHIAB focuses on customers to deliver more than just hardware
Rogier van der Linde, MD UK & Ireland at Hiab, at the official opening of the Bishops Stortford service centreHIAB, the UK market leader in truck-mounted lift trucks (TMLT), skip and hook loaders and truck-mounted cranes, is opening a network of eight dedicated service centres around the UK to provide ...
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ArticleDeben Transport creditors unlikely to see any money unless truck cartel claim succeeds
Unsecured creditors of failed Deben Transport will not see a payout unless a claim relating to the truck cartel case proves successful, the firm's administrators have said.The Felixstowe-based haulier employed more than 200 staff and had offices in Hull, Southampton, Tilbury, Alconbury, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, South Shields and Doncaster. It ...
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Industry at risk of losing tens of millions to apprenticeship levy spending cut-off
The industry is in danger of losing tens of millions of pounds worth of training funding as the spending cut off for the apprenticeship levy looms. RHA deputy policy director Colin Snape warned delegates at the Microlise Transport Conference that of the £68m the sector had paid into the levy ...
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ArticleThe Talent in Logistics Conference and Awards
Taking place on Thursday 21st June 2018 at the Telford International Centre Talent in Logistics is the only conference and awards event completely dedicated to the exceptional training, learning and development professionals in the transport and logistics industries.The conference agenda offers focused, relevant professional development sessions for the transport industry ...
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M20 to get a contraflow as temporary solution to problems caused by Operation Stack
The M20 will be contraflowed as a temporary solution to Operation Stack, to allow traffic to travel in both directions between junctions 8 and 9 when HGVs are being queued, according to the government.The announcement has been welcomed by the industry as an “obvious solution” and a compromise for operators ...
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ArticleGLA appoints consultants to advise on industrial and warehousing land use
The Greater London Authority (GLA) has appointed Savills to help it balance the need for housing and industrial land in the capital.Savills will create an investment strategy to encourage intensive land use, through multi-storey warehousing and mixed-use projects – the GLA is considering using part of its £250m Land Fund, ...
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ArticleTruck OEMs ponder emissions, platooning and scrappage at Microlise conference
The final session of the conference saw a panel of representatives from four major truck manufacturers debate the future of truck design.Arif Jafferji, Scania (GB) marketing director, Phil Moon, marketing manager at DAF Trucks, Martin Flach, alternative fuels director of Iveco and Thomas Hemmerich, MD of MAN Truck & Bus ...
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Royal Mail growth fails to allay analysts' questions over business's long-term prospects
Analysts have reacted cautiously to Royal Mail's year end results, which saw the group's turnover grow 2% year-on-year but annual profit fall by more than a third (37%). Brokerage Jefferies said the group was underperforming and estimated operating expenses would remain stable at best despite a cost drive.It added that ...
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Microlise Transport Conference: Industry must send 'young enthusiastic' people out to engage new talent
The transport industry needs to rejuvenate the way it works with schools and colleges to attract new talent to the sector, according to experts in the area. Speaking for Think Logistics at the Microlise Transport Conference, Beverley Bell encouraged delegates to play their part in education outreach, but to think ...
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Royal Mail crosses £10bn turnover mark but sees 37% pre-tax profit drop
Royal Mail offset declining letter volume with its growing parcels operation in a year that saw it surpass the £10bn turnover mark for the first time, but saw pre-tax profit fall by more than a third (37%).For the year ended 25 March the group saw its turnover rise 2% to ...
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ArticleOperators must not turn a blind eye to tired or drunk drivers - Microlise Innovation Workshop
At an Innovation Workshop held ahead of the conference delegates heard some truly frightening statistics on the potential number of dangerously drivers at risk of sleep disorders – and some ways of detecting and solving the problem.David Lee, clinical director of Sleep Unlimited, said that up to 1.5 million people ...
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ArticleDAF and VDL Groep to build all-electric CF for urban distribution
DAF is partnering with Dutch technology firm VDL Groep to produce a fully electric CF truck.The zero-emission, low-noise 4x2 tractor unit has been developed for up to 40-tonne distribution operations within urban areas in which single or double-axle semi-trailers are typically used.It features a 100km (62 miles) range on one ...
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ArticleMicrolise Transport Conference 2018: air quality, platooning and electric power
Another packed audience of 1,200 transport professionals assembled for the sixth annual Microlise Transport Conference at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry to hear a series of top class speakers outline the key challenges and opportunities facing the road transport industry.Introducing the conference, journalist and FairFuelUK campaigner Quentin Willson said there ...
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ArticleMicrolise Driver of the Year winners named
The Microlise Driver of the Year winners have been revealed.The Short Distance Driver of the Year award winner was Timothy Murphy from Menzies Distribution.In the medium distance category Richard Barns from Hovis Bakery triumphed.The Long Distance Driver of the Year Award went to Ceva’s Alan Bateman.Other winners included: Driver ...
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ArticleDennis Eagle all-electric refuse truck to provide zero-emission option for urban duties
Dennis Eagle previewed a fully electric bin lorry at the IFTA exhibition in Munich this week, created for zero-emission, low-noise urban refuse collection.The eCollect will initially be available to buy in a 26-tonne, 6x2 rear-steer narrow (2.25m wide) configuration, a 19m³ narrow rear loading body and automatic split-bin lift.It is ...
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ArticleReason Transport joins Palletline and relocates to network's new Coventry hub
Former Palletways member Reason Transport has joined Palletline as part of a deal that sees the firm relocate its depot to the network’s new Coventry hub.The firm will also service Amazon’s Daventry fulfillment centre from the hub.Palletline attributed Reason Transport’s move to the network’s shareholder business model, which it said ...
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UPS opens £120m DP London Gateway site as part of Europe-wide growth plans
UPS has opened a new sorting and delivery site at DP London Gateway.The £120m site will create around 500 new jobs, and is thought to be one of the parcel carrier's largest infrastructure projects outside of the US.The sortation facility contains more than four miles of conveyer belts and has ...