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    Pallet-Track appoints former Palletline man as divisional director

    2015-07-10T18:36:00Z

    Pallet-Track has recruited former Palletline man Steve Butler as a divisional director.Butler, who was head of network services at Palletline, is tasked with assisting the strategic growth of the Pallet-Track business and will directly support MD Nigel Parkes and operations director Lisa Burrows .He said of his appointment: “I’m ...

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    IRHA calls for suspension of drivers' hours rules in face of Calais chaos

    2015-07-10T13:43:00Z

    The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has called on the Irish government to use emergency powers to lift the drivers’ hours and tachograph rules for vehicles caught up at Calais.The call came after recent strikes by French ferry staff and a surge in migrants trying to cross the Channel illegally ...

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    Suttons appoints Lofts to develop tanker business

    2015-07-10T11:26:00Z

    Greg Lofts, business development director, Suttons TankersGreg Lofts (pictured) has been appointed business development director at Suttons Tankers, joining from Wincanton’s defence business.Lofts remit at the tankers division of Suttons – which acquired Imperial Tankers from Hargreaves last year - includes the strategic development of the division’s new business opportunities ...

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    Knowles Transport joins its first pallet network, Palletforce

    2015-07-10T10:49:00Z

    Cambridgeshire family firm Knowles Transport has joined pallet network Palletforce as part of a fresh drive to grow its business though more local work. Knowles business development director Alex Knowles told Motortransport.co.uk the firm had moved around 130 pallets for the network on each of its first two nights earlier ...

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    Drivers at Indesit UK vote to strike

    2015-07-10T10:41:00Z

    More than 200 drivers and warehouse staff at white goods manufacturer Indesit UK could be about to walk out, after Unite members voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in a recent ballot. In the ballot, which ran from 23 June to 7 July, 93% of Unite members voted for strike action ...

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    Amazon puts faith in delivery network with own Black Friday-style event

    2015-07-10T09:51:00Z

    Amazon has demonstrated confidence in its delivery network with the announcement of its own flash sale event, which it says will involve more deals than Black Friday.The event, christened "Prime Day", marks the online retailer’s 20th anniversary, and will be available only to those with Amazon Prime membership.Starting at midnight ...

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    City freight deliveries combining rail trunking and low-emission final-mile vehicles set to expand

    2015-07-10T09:00:00Z

    An end-to-end city delivery scheme between the East Midlands, Yorkshire and London that combines rail trunking with low-emission first and last-mile journeys is expanding.The ‘London Link’ was launched in 2011 as a partnership between logistics firm 5PL (UK) and Wego Carbon Neutral Couriers.It sees goods collected for first and last-mile ...

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    Leading MT Top 100 companies face cashflow hit after Emergency Budget

    2015-07-09T13:39:00Z

    Some of road transport’s biggest companies could face a hit to their cash flow after the chancellor signalled he was bringing forward corporation tax deadlines forward yesterday.BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions said plans announced in yesterday’s Emergency Budget by George Osborne to bring forward corporation tax deadlines for businesses with profits ...

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    It's help yourself, after government opts not to back HGV training fund

    2015-07-09T11:57:00Z

    Leslie O'Brien, Matt Allen, Richard Burnett, Peter Eason and Steve Bowles deliver the petition to Number 10The road transport industry will have to help itself, after its call to ‘help us, help you’ via a £150m HGV driver training fund was ignored in yesterday’s Emergency Budget.Having led a delegation of ...

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    Birds Groupage Services and Montgomery Transport disappoint directors

    2015-07-09T11:10:00Z

    The directors at Birds Groupage Services and Montgomery Transport – the two operators that are part of Northern Irish conglomerate Ballyvesey Holdings – have said that they are “disappointed” with the financial performances of the businesses.In a directors’ report filed to Companies House for Birds Groupage – which Ballyvesey acquired ...

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    Europa will "change market" for European groupage

    2015-07-09T09:04:00Z

    European groupage specialist Europa Worldwide has said that its ‘One Hub’ concept will “change the market place for how freight is run into Europe” from the UK.On 1 August Europa will close its northern hub operations in Birmingham (retaining its sales, sea freight, logistics and local distribution capabilities in the ...

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    Motor Transport Awards 2015 - special digital issue available now!

    2015-07-08T14:55:00Z

    Relive the industry event of the year with a special digital edition of Motor Transport Awards, which is free to download now!Remember the night with a full list of award winners, winner profiles, videos and photo galleries from the biggest event of the year in the road transport industry, which ...

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    Summer budget reveals fuel duty freeze to continue

    2015-07-08T13:08:00Z

    Fuel duty will remain frozen this year, announced Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in his Summer Budget this afternoon, following speculation that it would be increased.The news was welcomed by FairFuelUK campaign co-founder Howard Cox, who said: “It is good news there is no increase in fuel duty that ...

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    Tuffnells continues to exceed Connect's expectations

    2015-07-08T11:32:00Z

    The Big Green Parcel Machine is continuing to exceed Connect Group’s expectations.Connect Group purchased the business, formally known as Tuffnells Parcel Express, late last year for £113m.In a trading update for the 44 weeks to 7 July 2015, Connect said Tuffnells had continued its strong start within the group and ...

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    Wincanton wins contract with manufacturer Taylor and names new finance director

    2015-07-08T09:22:00Z

    Wincanton has been awarded a new contract with manufacturing firm Taylor and revealed its new finance director.The new contract sees Wincanton managing all of Taylor’s domestic transport.Taylor produces four-wheeled galvanised steel containers and said the arrangement would help it widen its geographical reach as well as offer its customers more ...

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    Creditors back CVA at AM Widdowson & Son

    2015-07-08T09:15:00Z

    Creditors at AM Widdowson & Son have voted to approve a CVA that will see them paid 36.12p in the pound.Creditors met to vote on the CVA proposals at the Leicester haulier on Friday 3 July. It was approved ahead of a winding up petition hearing at the High Court ...

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    Black Friday retail madness is here to stay, warns Yodel chairman

    2015-07-08T06:56:00Z

    The US retail phenomenon Black Friday is here to stay in the UK, and this year it is going to be four times bigger, Yodel executive chairman Dick Stead has warned. In 2014, online sales promotions such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw an unprecedented and unexpected boom in ...

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    Local authorities pivotal in promoting shift to low-emission vehicles in cities

    2015-07-07T19:10:00Z

    Take-up of low-emission vehicles in towns and cities is steadily increasing year-on-year, but local authorities have a significant part to play in supporting this growth.This was the message delivered by the Office of Low-Emission Vehicles (OLEV) to delegates attending a Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership workshop in York city yesterday (6 ...

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    Stowaway damage may hit insurance premiums

    2015-07-07T15:12:00Z

    Goods-in-transit insurance could become more difficult, more restrictive and more expensive for cross-Channel operators in light of the increasing problem of loads being spoiled by stowaways, a loss adjuster has warned. Rod Davis, senior partner at Clark Woodward Hungate, which specialises in surveys and investigations for insurers underwriting transit ...

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    FTA's Wells urges chancellor to cut fuel duty

    2015-07-07T14:48:00Z

    FTA chief executive David Wells has written to chancellor George Osborne asking him to cut fuel duty ahead of the emergency budget this Wednesday (8 July).Following the Conservative victory in the May general election, giving the party its first majority government since 1997, Osborne will set out the new government’s ...