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UK trucks may need permits to run in Europe after Brexit
James Hookham, deputy CEO of the Freight Transport Association, says that the UK will need to replace Community permits on Brexit day.Up to now, all the Brexit talk has been about its impact on trade and goods movements and the rights of Eastern European drivers to continue working and driving ...
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ArticleMT Awards 2017 winner profile Innovation Award sponsored by Goodyear
Host John Bishop, TruckForce business manager at Goodyear, Bob Mason, DPD director of IT Steve Mills, and MT editor Steve HobsonDPD has been picking up MT Awards for years, but it never gets lazyMultiple MT Awards winner DPD is no stranger to the spotlight at the Grosvenor House in London, ...
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Creditors crunch: how to fight back if your customer becomes insolvent
Creditors seldom get back all of the money owed to them when a company becomes insolvent, but you don’t have to take things lying down.When a company fails consideration is often given to those that lose their jobs, but creditors often have to face up to losing a lot of ...
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ArticleBoom in home deliveries powered by fossil fuels is harming our health
Photo: ShutterstockThe boom in home deliveries is a huge issue affecting the nation’s health and must be dealt with, according to an expert giving evidence to MPs on the joint committee hearing into air quality.Speaking to MPs from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee; Environmental Audit Committee; Health Committee; ...
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ArticleBFGoodrich to enter the UK and Ireland tyre markets for first time
Tyre manufacturer BFGoodrich is entering the UK and Ireland truck tyre markets from January next year.The company, known for its off-road specialism, sells more than 1.6 million tyres a year to the CV market in all territories across the world except Europe.Guy Heywood, commercial director at BFGoodrich for the UK ...
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ArticleHowdens Joinery fined £1.2m after HGV driver death
Kitchen manufacturer and supplier Howdens Joinery has been fined £1.2m after a visiting HGV driver was crushed whilst delivering into one of its sites in 2014.Agency driver Richard Bowen was crushed to death by a forklift truck that overturned whilst lifting kitchen worktops from a trailer at the firm’s Workington, ...
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ArticleJames Dolan Group snaps up haulage firm Dooley Rumble
Cambridge-based James Dolan Group has bought Ipswich haulage firm Dooley Rumble for an undisclosed sum.The deal comes 18 months after it snapped up Green & Skinner (Haulage).Speaking to MT, group MD James Dolan said the deal, which brings the group’s turnover to more than £10m, is part of a strategy ...
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£220m Clean Air Fund to help local authorities tackle air pollution
A new Clean Air Fund will give financial support to local authorities attempting to address air pollution in their areas.The £220m fund, announced by Philip Hammond in the Autumn Budget, will be paid for by higher Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) on diesel cars bought after 1 April 2018.Hammond emphasised that ...
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ArticleDecision to freeze, rather than cut, fuel duty is a missed opportunity
The chancellor has been criticised for not being bolder after he elected to freeze fuel duty in today’s Autumn Budget.While Howard Cox and Quentin Willson from campaign group FairFuelUK were pleased the “chancellor has understood the debilitating effect of raising fuel duty on consumers, households, businesses and the broad economy” ...
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ArticleBrakes extends trial of DAF LFs using GTL fuel
Food wholesaler Brakes is extending a trial that will see all 18-tonne DAF LFs based at its West London depot run on Shell Gas to Liquid (GTL) fuel from Certas Energy.Following a successful pilot involving a "handful of LFs" at its Park Royal facility earlier this month, all of its ...
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ArticleAggregate Industries mandates FORS for its sub-contractors
Aggregate Industries will expect all its sub-contractors to have at least bronze level FORS accreditation by March 2018.The decision will affect more than 600 sub-contractors, and Aggregate Industries has committed to paying 20% of the annual FORS subscription fee those in the scheme pay.Aggregate Industries added that successful FORS Bronze ...
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Spark EV uses artificial intelligence to remove electric vehicle range anxiety for fleets
A new telematics system has been developed to boost fleet utilisation and remove range anxiety for transport managers running electric vehicles (EVs).Spark EV uses artificial-intelligence-based journey prediction software, which it claims will enable electric vehicles to complete up to 20% more journeys between charges.This equates to an extra 2.8 journeys ...
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Cut fuel duty in the Budget and give the road transport sector a much needed boost, representatives demand
A near doubling of freight firms filing for insolvency in the second quarter of this year has prompted the FTA to call on chancellor Philip Hammond to cut fuel duty in this week’s Budget to prevent further freight company failures.Figures from the government’s Insolvency Service reveal that the number of ...
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ArticleMT Awards 2017 winner profile Training Award sponsored by FORS
Host John Bishop; Samworth Brothers Supply Chain national driver academy manager Mark Taylor and team; Steve Agg, chairman of the Governance and Standards Advisory Group, Fors (second right), and MT editor Steve HobsonSamworth Brothers Supply Chain recognised the industry-wide driver shortage wasn’tgoing to be solved anytime soon, so found the ...
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ArticleCitySprint rolls out same-day ASOS deliveries to Manchester and Leeds
CitySprint's On the dot service has expanded its same-day delivery contract with online retail giant ASOS. Six weeks after it began fulfilling same-day orders in London, On the dot has rolled the service out to postcodes in Leeds and Manchester.Deliveries can be made on the same day if an order ...
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ArticleAO.com buys 80 Mercedes-Benz rigids with Tiger Trailers bodies
AO.com is predicting a “significant” cut in is fleet’s running costs after refreshing its fleet with 80 new rigid trucks.Built by Tiger Trailers, the rigid bodies, which are mounted to 7.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis, are designed to improve fuel efficiency by reducing airflow resistance. The rigid bodies’ design also ensures ...
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ArticleDirect Vision Standard concession welcomed but concerns remain
Trade associations have cautioned against adding further complexity into the London supply chain, after TfL went live with its latest Direct Vision Standard (DVS) consultation.TfL is seeking responses to its proposal to introduce a Safety Permit Scheme as part of DVS, a move that would potentially see the controversial scheme ...
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Ceva Logistics wins multi-year renewal with Nutricia
Ceva Logistics has kept its drive into pharmaceuticals on the road with a renewed three-year transport and five-year warehousing deal with medical nutrition provider Nutricia.The win coincides with the logistics firm opening its newly refurbished 132,000ft² facility at Redditch, which has been certified by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory ...
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ArticleBrit European rallies to the flag for Guy Martin's First World War Tank
Guy Martin with the tank in Cambrai, Northern FranceBrit European played a starring role in helping motorcycle racer and truck mechanic Guy Martin meet his latest Channel 4 challenge, which saw him reconstruct a World War One British Mark IV tank and operate it in a re-enactment of its first ...
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HGVs pay enough tax to cover all government road maintenance spending
HGVs pay enough in tax to cover almost all the government’s spending on road maintenance in the UK, according to research.A report prepared for the FTA ahead of next week’s Budget shows that revenue raised in 2015/16 from HGVs in fuel duty, VED and the road user levy totalled £4.4bn.The ...