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Bibby Distribution secures one-year Havelock extension
Bibby Distribution has had its contract with retail and corporate interiors fitter and supplier Havelock extended by one year.Deliveries and collections are made using a mixed fleet of standard-length and urban artics to allow easier delivery to city centres. As the goods are often low-weight, Bibby has also added double-decker ...
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ArticleELB Partners introduces its highest ever truck safety spec on new Volvos
ELB Partners has taken delivery of two Volvo FL 18-tonners, featuring Lawrence David XL-rated curtain-sided bodies and the firm’s highest ever specification of vulnerable road user safety kit.The silver Fors member will put the vehicles into use on its Pallet-Track work in London.Fitted with Brigade equipment, they go one better ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Alastair Peoples, chief executive, DVSA
DVSA chief executive Alastair Peoples opens an ATF 5) Alastair Peoples, chief executive, DVSAIt’s hard to believe that it was only April that the DSA and Vosa merged, such has been the smooth transition under the stewardship of former Vosa chief executive Peoples. Perhaps we should not be surprised at ...
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Thousands of parcels remain in City Link network
The administrator of City Link has revealed that around 20,000 parcels remain in its network.It comes as administrator Ernst & Young announced an additional 230 redundancies on top of the 2,356 made last week.The remaining 141 staff have been retained at its HQ in Coventry and across a number of ...
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ArticleRico Logistics appoints new MD to drive growth
Rico Logistics UK and Europe has appointed a new MD, Paul Parrish.Parrish joins the same-day logistics and parts distribution company following the integration of DHL's UK Same-day business, which it acquired in October 2013.An interview with Keith Whitehead, head of strategic development, last November, revealed the business was hungry for ...
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ArticleTfL disqualifies member from Fors scheme for the first time
Transport for London (TfL) has disqualified a member of the Fors scheme for the first time: Cowan Plant of Hayes. The action came after an Industrial HGV Taskforce (IHTF) operation led to the Middlesex operator having its O-licence revoked, in addition to the company’s transport manager being disqualified indefinitely and ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Alex Laffey, distribution director, Tesco
Tesco truck crossing Westminister bridge6) Alex Laffey, distribution director, TescoLaffey has taken over the top job in UK supermarket logistics from Steve Strachota, the American former finance director who transformed Tesco’s distribution operation in his two years in charge.Despite its troubles, Tesco remains the UK’s biggest grocer, and after a ...
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ArticleUKWA chief executive Williams to hand over reins to Ward
UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) chief executive Roger Williams is to hand over the reins later this month to his successor, Peter Ward (pictured), following 15 years at the organisation.Williams will continue to work for UKWA until the end of July, heading up key projects including the organisation’s annual lunch and ...
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It's hassle at DCs not low pay putting off drivers
The driver shortage is now the biggest issue facing the road haulage industry, with the total number of drivers decreasing each year. The RHA has quite rightly focused on how the industry can be made more attractive to newcomers by suggesting government funding for vocational training to ease the cost ...
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DX Group buys select City Link assets for £1.1m
DX Group has bought some of City Link’s assets for £1.1m as the administrator.DX, which is headed up by former City Link MD Petar Cvetkovic, has bought assets including cages, scanners and certain intellectual property, the nature of which has not been disclosed.The sale comes as a spokesman for administrator ...
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ArticleSkills for Logistics to close down
Skills for Logistics (SfL) is to close down, with the board considering placing the business into administration after pension deficit pressure and a struggle to replace lost government funding for skills initiatives. In an official statement issued today (6 January), SfL said: “The Board of Skills for Logistics (SfL) has ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Ian Stansfield, head of distribution, Asda
A double-deck Asda liveried trailer7) Ian Stansfield, head of distribution, AsdaSince its takeover by US retail megalith Wal-Mart, Asda has been one of the most innovative supermarkets when it comes to logistics.A relentless focus on keeping prices and costs low has seen Asda supplement its substantial inhouse distribution operation with ...
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ArticleFTA reveals identity of new chief executive
The FTA has revealed that internal candidate David Wells will succeed Theo de Pencier as chief executive from 1 May.Wells, who joined the FTA in 2009 as finance and IT director, subsequently took on additional responsibility for the association's vehicle inspection service, training and the tachograph analysis service.This included the ...
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ArticleCitySprint denies sale claims
CitySprint has denied claims that it is up for sale after a news report speculated that its parent company is preparing to sell the firm.Sky News today published a story suggesting that private equity firm and CitySprint parent Dunedin, which provided financial backing for its management buyout in 2010, had ...
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APC to hold recruitment day for former City Link staff tomorrow
APC Overnight is to hold a recruitment open day for former City Link staff tomorrow (6 January).The parcel network plans to make up to 100 jobs available to former City Link employees. More than 2,300 staff at the failed parcel carrier are to be made redundant after it appointed administrators ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Violeta Bulc, EU Transport Commissioner
Violeta Bulc, EU Transport Commissioner8) Violeta Bulc, EU Transport CommissionerSolvenian Bulc replaced Siim Kallas as European Commissioner for mobility and transport in October, and will hold the post until 2019. However Bulc isn’t a career politician in the true Brussels bureaucrat stereotype.She used to work for a Slovenian telecoms supplier ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Moya Greene, CEO, Royal Mail
Moya Greene will retire in September9) Moya Greene, CEO, Royal MailThe semi-privatised Royal Mail/Parcelforce remains the big beast in post and small parcels, and where its tough talking Canadian CEO Moya Greene takes the organisation will have a big impact on the whole industry.Greene has a fractious relationship with the ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Tim Slater, MD, Transport, Energy & Chemicals, Engineering & Manufacturing, DHL Supply Chain
Tim Slater, MD, Transport, Energy & Chemicals, Engineering & Manufacturing, DHL Supply Chain10) Tim Slater, MD, Transport, Energy & Chemicals, Engineering & Manufacturing, DHL Supply ChainA long job title means a busy MD, but among his many responsibilities Slater’s team is ultimately in charge of designing, specifying, procuring and managing ...
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DfT pushes back end of paper driving licence until June
The DfT has revealed the abolition of the paper driving licence will be delayed until 8 June this year.Motortransport.co.uk reported last year that plans to do away with the paper part of the driving licence from January had been put on hold, after opposition from trade associations concerned it would ...