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Petition demanding investigation into Palmer & Harvey collapse attracts 8,600 signatures in two days
A petition demanding an investigation into the demise of own-account wholesale operator Palmer Harvey & McLane (P&H) has raised more than 8,600 signatures in two days.The petition, posted on Change.org, follows the collapse of the company and the immediate loss of 2,500 jobs last week. The company, which had an ...
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ArticleMT Awards 2017 winner profile Customer Care Award sponsored by Isuzu Truck
Isuzu customer care manager Syan Hancock, second right, presents the trophy to Elaine Kerr, director of sales and CRM at DPDDPD is no stranger to winning an MT award, and its Precise project helped it secure this year’s Customer Care trophyWith the launch of its app, its Precise delivery service ...
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Call to involve public in infrastructure planning to avoid cancellations such as Stanford West
The government should create an organisation that involves the public in major infrastructure schemes, in order to prevent projects like the Stanford West lorry park being dropped.A report from the independent Institute for Government (IfG), argues that the UK is poor at engaging with the public and local communities on ...
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ArticleTransport user group puts the focus on roads
Anthony Smith: The logistics industry has been a "breath of fresh air" since Transport Focus took on road users in 2014You may not know it, but as a freight transport operator using the UK road network, you have a champion representing your interests to the government and Highways England. Steve ...
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ArticleHGVs will need to meet Euro-6 emissions standard to operate across London from 2020
Following confirmation that central London will have an Ultra Low Emission Zone from 2019, TfL has said an extension across greater London for HGVs will likely begin just over a year later.Launching a consultation on plans to extend the ULEZ for HGVs from 26 October 2020, mayor Sadiq Khan (pictured) ...
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Ultra Low Emission Zone set to go live across London from October 2020 for HGVs
The London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is likely to apply to HGVs operating across the capital from 26 October 2020, TfL has confirmed.Launching a consultation on plans to extend the ULEZ across greater London, following its commencement in the centre of the city in 2019, mayor Sadiq Khan called ...
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CJ Express creditors facing close to £1m shortfall, liquidator reveals
Creditors of Hull-based CJ Express could be left close to £1m out of pocket, according to the collapsed company’s statement of affairs.Liquidator Leonard Curtis has estimated a deficiency in regards unsecured creditors of £978,570.The statement reveals little in the way of assets for the haulier, which was placed into an ...
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ArticleBoughey Distribution devours more Tiger Trailers in fleet refresh
Boughey Distribution has updated its fleet with 50 new curtainsiders from Tiger Trailers, replacing older assets and increasing Tiger’s share of the fleet to more than 75%.The delivery comprises 35 4.2m and 15 4.5m tall clearspan tri-axle trailers, with the taller assets being used to support specific contracts requiring double-stacked ...
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ArticleArrowXL spends £2m on new DAF LFs
Arrow XL has spent £2m on 40 new 7.5-tonne DAF LFs.The two-man delivery firm chose the vehicles after asking its drivers for feedback on their requirements."If you want to know about driving, ask a driver," Arrow XL CEO Charlie Shiels told MT."The drivers gave us 12 things they wanted and ...
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Charlie Shiels "excited to get stuck in" at ArrowXL as operator's new boss
Former DPD director Charlie Shiels has been appointed as the permanent CEO of ArrowXL, after his predecessor Ian Howell stepped down in September. Shiels was filling the role on an interim basis, but today confirmed to MT he will remain in the post."I never thought I’d be CEO, it was ...
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ArticleNorth Sea Express raided by police and trucks seized as part of social dumping investigation
Belgian police seized and sealed 112 tractor trailers at the Zeebrugge premises of international haulier North Sea Express (NSE) as part of an investigation into social dumping.The international haulier, which has offices in Zeebrugge, Tilbury Port in the UK, Slovakia and Portugal is being investigated for its use of Romanian ...
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Own-account giant Palmer Harvey & McLane in administration
One of the UK’s largest own-account operators, Palmer Harvey & McLane, has collapsed into administration and ceased trading with the immediate loss of 2,500 jobs.The wholesaler has more than 600 vehicles specified on its O-licence, which placed it at 23 in MT’s Own-Account top 50. This was published alongside our ...
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ArticleHalfords Group renews long-haul fleet with 50 new Volvo FH units
Halfords Group is renewing its entire long-haul fleet with 50 new Volvo FH tractor units. The 500hp trucks with Globetrotter XL cabs were supplied by Volvo dealership The Hartshorne Group, which the retailer has been working with for three years, and will be run by Wincanton on its national distribution ...
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Kingsmill Bakery drivers vote to strike over pay dispute
Kingsmill Bakery’s bread deliveries are under threat after drivers at the firm’s West Bromwich site voted overwhelmingly for strike action this week.More than 100 drivers at the West Bromwich site, which supplies 1.5 million loaves a week to customers including Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, took part in the ballot ...
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T-Charge is a loss maker but vital ahead of the ULEZ, says mayor
London mayor Sadiq Khan told MPs last week that the T-Charge introduced in October was a loss maker for TfL but is important in changing behaviour and a precursor to the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).“Half of the bad-quaity air in London comes from transport, and 88% of that comes ...
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Royal Mail and DHL dominate Motor Transport Top 100
Royal Mail and DHL top the Motor Transport Top 100 once again, with acquisition activity in 2016 by Culina Group and Turners (Soham) seeing both rise up the annual ranking of road transport operators by turnover.With £7.6bn of turnover; £411m of pre-tax profit and 139,000 employees, road transport giant ...
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ArticleClugston Distribution appoints former Rhenus Logistics manager as distribution director
Former Rhenus Logistics general manager Tim Doggett has joined Clugston Distribution as distribution director. Before his time with Rhenus, Doggett worked for Europa Worldwide Logistics Group, and has more than 25 years of experience in the transport and warehousing sector.Robert Vickers, chief executive at Clugston Distribution parent Clugston Group, said: ...
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Royal Mail and Arrival to share electric vehicle trial findings at Microlise Transport Conference
The possibilities around using electric commercial vehicles will be a hot topic at next year's Microlise Transport Conference, the companies behind the electric, autonomous-ready post delivery trucks in London scheduled to speak. Royal Mail and technology firm Arrival began trialling the nine vehicles in London in August out of Royal ...
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Keyne Express Deliveries and KED Logistics rescued from administration by Beaches Logistics
Keyne Express Deliveries and KED Logistics have been purchased by Beaches Logistics after both companies entered administration.All employees have transferred to Beaches and they will continue to operate from the Milton Keynes site previous occupied by Keyne Express.According to Helen Jarvis, Keyne Express Deliveries’ director, the administration on 20 November ...
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Ontime Automotive fined after worker crushed by vehicle transporter deck
Automotive logistics and vehicle recovery firm Ontime Automotive is to pay £100,000 in fines and costs after a worker was crushed to death by the upper deck of a vehicle transporter.John Wallace was jet washing a twin-deck recovery vehicle at the company’s site in Hayes, Middlesex in May 2013 ...