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ArticleRico Logistics hungry for more growth following integration of DHL UK's Same-Day operation
Rico Logistics has told MotorTransport.co.uk that further acquisitions are on the cards, after its integration of the DHL Express Same-Day courier business it bought last November.The DHL deal marked the first-ever acquisition for field service logistics specialist Rico, and catapulted company turnover from around £50m to £85m.Keith Whitehead, head of ...
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Route Monkey: Behavioural change required to maximise efficiencies
Effective planning, routeing and scheduling using the right technology is the key to unlocking the out-of-hours delivery window, according to Route Monkey.The Scottish company will be exhibiting its software at the first Quiet Cities global summit, focused on enabling quieter deliveries of freight in urban environments. It will also be ...
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Morrisons extends home deliveries into the North West
Morrisons has extended the reach of its home delivery service to more areas in the North West, including Blackpool, Preston and Wirral.The expansion follows the opening of a new DC at the Knowsley industrial park in Liverpool, which is operated by Ocado. The two parties signed a 25-year deal for ...
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Norbert Dentressangle wins Kimberly-Clark contract extension
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has announced an extension to its warehousing and distribution contract with hygiene products manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Professional for a further three years. ND has been providing warehouse and distribution services at Kimberly-Clark Professional’s Flint site since 2000, which operates as the firm’s UK distribution centre.The 3PL also provides ...
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ArticleCompetition is invigorating, says Transline Logistics boss
This week Royal Mail once again warned that competition from other carriers is likely to hurt its growth prospects. This time it believes the threat comes from Amazon Logistics, the online retailer’s own delivery network, but back in June it also called for its regulator to protect it from other ...
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ArticleBuchanan hopes to transform Pall-Ex into 'undisputed market leader' following reshuffle
New Pall-Ex Group MD Kevin Buchanan has said he wishes to transform the business into the “undisputed market leader” within three years by refocusing its efforts on developing the business in the UK and Europe. The former Palletline MD will join the business on Monday as part of a management ...
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Norbert Dentressangle first 3PL to achieve SfL's Driver CPC Standard of Excellence
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has become the first third party logistics provider to be accredited with the Skills for Logistics (SfL) Standard of Excellence, recognising the quality of the company’s Driver CPC training.SfL recently launched the Standard of Excellence following consultation with key logistics employers. They identified five key metrics based ...
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Fowler Welch half-year finances remain steady
Fowler Welch has reported a broadly static half-yearly revenue for the period ended 30 September, achieving £78.1m (2013:£78.2m), with its operating margin also holding firm at 2.7% (2013:2.7%).The company said overall operating profit fell 11% to £1.6m (2013: £1.8m) as a result of expected start-up losses at a new joint ...
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Royal Mail warns threat from Amazon logistics network could stifle growth
Royal Mail has warned for a second time that competition from other carriers, this time Amazon’s own delivery network, will damage its growth prospects.In its half-year results, the company estimated that its total number of parcel deliveries in the UK should increase by 4% a year in the medium term, ...
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ArticlePallet-Track bolsters network with new members
Pallet-Track will increase its number of members to 80, after recruiting five new hauliers into its pallet network. The network, which celebrated 10 years in business this year, will welcome long-term Pall-Ex member Massey Wilcox into the fold to cover the BA and DT postcodes next September.Leyton, London-based LT Baldwin ...
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UK Mail parcel volumes hit by weak retail market
UK Mail expects volume growth in its parcels division to slow down in the second half of this year as it continues to feel the effects of a weakened retail market and poor volumes in the second quarter.Turnover in its parcels division increased 3.4% to £109.4m (2013: £105.8m) in the ...
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UK Mail Group writes down the value of its pallet network
UK Mail Group has written down the value of its struggling UK Pallets business, revealing a £7.3m impairment charge relating to goodwill dating from its purchase in 2003.The group took action after revealing that in the six months ended 30 September 2014, turnover at the pallet network fell 1.1% to ...
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ArticleJohn G Russell benefits as customer business booms
Scottish multimodal operator John G Russell has said it is attracting new customers via its UK-wide road and rail network, and that it will continue to benefit from an increased workload as a result.Having now shed its sister chest-freezer manufacturing unit, John G Russell (Transport) saw a 9.3% increase in ...
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ArticleCapacity problems: we need to rethink the buyer-supplier relationship
Christmas deliveries set to grind to a halt; agency rates going through the roof; 150,000 new drivers needed by 2020 – the capacity headlines continue to run and run, and concern across the industry is palpable.An outside observer would be forgiven for thinking this problem is a new one, the ...
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Ceva wins Finning NDC contract
Ceva Logistics has been chosen to operate an NDC for Caterpillar equipment dealer Finning, replacing five in-house operations.Under the deal, Ceva will operate a 120,000ft² site on the Lakeside Estate in Cannock, Staffordshire, for six days a week. The NDC will house all of Finning’s engine stock, plus some 60,000 ...
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Former Palletline boss Kevin Buchanan to join rival Pall-Ex
Kevin Buchanan is expected to be revealed as group MD of Pall-Ex imminently, marking a sensational return for the man that quit the top job at rival Palletline in August.Buchanan was a shock departure from Palletline this summer having helmed the pallet network since 2007, a period that saw it ...
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Government says increase in out-of-hours deliveries will cut cycling deaths
The government believes out-of-hours deliveries will play a key role in reducing collisions between HGVs and cyclists.In response to the Transport Committee’s summer report on cycling – in which the government called on more to be done by operators in regards vulnerable road user safety, while stopping short of backing ...
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ArticleTransport Exchange revamps mobile app
Transport Exchange Group has revamped its mobile app for drivers of vehicles run by members of its Haulage Exchange freight trading platform.The new, improved app has improved status and workflow functionality to provide more accurate information and access to additional real-time and historical load data while on the move. A ...
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ArticleDelivering Christmas: the government needs to take action, not supply words
The Hub woke up today to find transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin plastered across the newspapers - Telegraph, Daily Mail and countless regionals - suggesting it best to get a move on and do your Christmas shopping early, due to the fact that there’s no HGV drivers to actually deliver it ...
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ArticleMystery surrounds enquiries into dumped post
Mystery surrounds the strange case of a bag of post found dumped in a river earlier this year, after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) confirmed it had dropped its enquiry into the matter while the police told The Hub it had no record of the incident.Following the discovery of the ...