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Clipper Logistics signs new British American Tobacco deal
Clipper Logistics has expanded its work with British American Tobacco to cover the whole of the UK, after it signed a new four-year deal with the company.The Leeds-based group, whose clients include John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Asda and Morrisons, said the new four-year contract will extend to the end ...
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Tuffnells owner Connect Group sells division to fuel parcel sector growth
Tuffnells owner Connect Group is to sell its care and education division in order to focus on the growth of its parcels and news services. Connect will sell the division to education resource provider RM for £64.4m, including £56.5m cash and deficit of £7.9m.The group said the move will reduce ...
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ArticlePodfather becomes Fors associate member
Transport management systems firm Podfather has signed up to be a Fors associate member.Both Fors and Clocs-compliant vehicle walk-round checks can now be carried out by a driver, site foreman or safety inspectorhrough the Podfather smartphone app.Data is then uploaded to a secure, central website platform for analysis and reporting ...
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Check out the latest speakers signed up to Freight in the City Birmingham on 1 March
More than 300 visitors have now registered to attend Freight in the City Spring Summit ‘Improving the last mile’ on 1 March in Birmingham.The seminar programme is now confirmed with a strong line-up of speakers bringing together city officials and the logistics sector to promote sustainable urban freight movements.Latest speakers ...
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ArticleSuttons Group to spend £17m on fleet upgrade
Suttons Group is spending more than £17m upgrading 200 units on its fleet to provide capacity for the recent growth in its UK bulk tanker business. In May last year, Suttons decided to exit its long-term logistics contract with British Sugar and focus on the hazardous chemicals, gases and fuels ...
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Highways England planning to cut or delay major road improvement schemes
Highways England is looking at cutting and delaying major road schemes in the Road Investment Strategy (RIS) in a bid to slash a predicted overspend of £800m.In its latest review of Highways England’s performance, Highways Monitor: Update on Highways England’s capital planning and asset management, the Office of Road and ...
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ArticleAPC Overnight boosts turnover after year of "reshaping"
Picture by www.edwardmoss.co.uk All rights reserved APCAPC Overnight boosted its turnover in the year ended 31 March 2016, after it lowered its maximum parcel weight as part of an “important year” of reshaping the business.The network recorded turnover of £102.3m, up 3.5% on the previous year’s £98.8m.Pre-tax profit fell by ...
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Non-compliant vehicles could pay up to £200 to enter Southampton from 2019
Commercial vehicles that aren’t Euro-6 compliant will have to pay a fine of up to £200 from 2019 to enter Southampton, according to the city’s council.Speaking at the Making Freight Consolidation Centres Work event in the city last week, Neil Tuck, programme manager for the local sustainable transport fund at ...
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ArticleInterlink Express to become DPD Local
DPD Group is rebranding its B2B-focused Interlink Express to improve brand consistency within the UK.From 6 February, Interlink will become DPD Local.Founded in 1979, Interlink operates from 90 depots using the same Motor Transport award-winning technology and services as its sister company DPD. It claims to be one of the ...
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Collapse of City Link has been Panther Warehousing's gain, says boss
The collapse of City Link triggered an influx of additional volumes into the large parcels market, Panther Warehousing MD Colin McCarthy has said. The availability of product has driven Panther’s Solo delivery service, which was launched in January 2016. The service involves an individual courier delivering ugly freight that doesn’t ...
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France to enforce urban emissions control strategy from April
Hauliers who deliver to French cities need to be aware of the new urban emissions control strategy, Crit'Air or Air Quality Certificate, which is in the process of being implemented.The latest development in the scheme is the launch of the English language website, which provides information and allows affected parties ...
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ArticleWiddowson Logistics in possible pre-pack administration as former staff go unpaid
Widdowson Logistics has gone into administration.But a new business, Glenfield Storage Solutions, which shares directors with Widdowson, has been registered at its Mill Lane headquarters in Glenfield, Leicester.Widdowson, part of the Davis Haulage Group owned by investment firm HLD Group, was placed into administration on 23 January with Leonard Curtis ...
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Wincanton understood to have picked up Britvic contract from Eddie Stobart
Britvic has ended its distribution contract with Eddie Stobart, and Wincanton is understood to be handling movements from 1 April.The result of the re-tender ends a long-term relationship between Stobart and Britvic: the operator picked up the distribution contract for the soft drink manufacturer in April 2011, breaking Wincanton’s sole ...
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ArticleJohn Henry Group chooses Flex-E-Rent
Infrastructure services provider John Henry Group has contracted out fleet provision and management of more than 500 CVs to Enterprise Flex-E-Rent.The group previously managed its own vehicles but wanted a more flexible arrangement.Enterprise Flex-E-Rent will provide vehicles on a contract hire basis, as well as long and short-term rentals.It has ...
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Driver CPC proposals may restrict training opportunities for drivers, warns FTA
Proposals to prevent drivers from completing the same module more than once during a five-year Driver CPC period could restrict operators' ability to provide relevant training for their drivers, according to the FTA.Under proposals put forward by the European Commission (EC), drivers would be required to undertake at least one ...
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Ulemco to lead a £1.3m trial of dual-fuel hydrogen-powered vans and lorries
A range of large vans and lorries is to be converted to run on dual-fuel hydrogen as part of the government’s recently announced £20m Low Emission Freight and Logistics Trial.A consortium, led by hydrogen conversion firm Ulemco, has received £1.3m to demonstrate the emissions reduction and practical benefits to fleet ...
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Sharp. Informed. Challenging. Motortransport.co.uk headlines you don’t want to miss
What made the headlines in the UK road transport industry in January 2017? And what trends are shaping logistics and distribution? Motortransport.co.uk has all the answers.OPERATOR NEWSTesco dominated the headlines: it is set to close two of its distribution centres in the UK, bringing all warehouse operations carried out by ...
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Cartwright leaps to no three in UK trailer rentals
An investment of £7m in 500 new trailers in the past 18 months to take the fleet to over 6,500 vehicles has catapulted Cartwright Rentals to number three in the UK trailer rental market.According to the 2016 CV Informer listing of truck and trailer rental companies, Cartwright has overtaken Ryder ...
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What happened at AM Widdowson & Son
With Widdowson Logistics in administration once more, Motortransport.co.uk revisits the events that lead to the operator’s pre-pack in July 2016.Although incorporated in 1975, business conducted by former coal merchant AM Widdowson & Son can be traced back more than 100 years.Like any haulage firm with a few years on the ...
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Construction, cycle lanes, and next-day delivery demand adds to London congestion, MPs told
Walking zone and cycling lane provision has added to congestion in London at least temporarily, TfL told the Transport Committee this week.However, it remains part of its long term strategy to tackle the capital's chronic congestion.In a written submission to the Transport Committee’s hearing on urban congestion, TFL said that ...