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ArticleR Swain & Sons sees turnover and profit grow
A committed customer base and varied operations helped Kent-based R Swain & Sons grow both turnover and pre-tax profit last year.Its latest financial accounts published to Companies House revealed a 9.6% increase in turnover to £34.8m for the year ended 31 December 2013, (2012: £31.8m).Pre-tax profit jumped 23.5% to ...
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Gregory Distribution on the hunt for 100 new drivers
Gregory Distribution has launched a recruitment drive for HGV drivers in the south west, particularly young and inexperienced applicants.It wants to recruit around 100 drivers in the next 12 months and will be holding a series of open days at its depots.Head of HR Paul Turner told Motortransport.co.uk that the ...
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DHL loses Howdens Joinery contract to Wincanton
Kitchen supplier Howdens Joinery has awarded a three-year contract to Wincanton, after ending its relationship with DHL Supply Chain earlier this year.Wincanton was chosen to operate and manage Howdens’ transport sites in Glasgow, Avonmouth and Radlett in a competitive tender, following a review of Howdens' supply chain.DHL drivers at the ...
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ArticleBedfords puts 47 Euro-6 Iveco's into operation
West-Yorkshire haulier Bedfords has taken delivery of 39 Euro-6 Iveco Stralis Hi-Way units, which are set to be joined by seven 18-tonne, and one 7.5 tonne, Eurocargo trucks.The 47 unit deal, which was brokered at the CV Show earlier this year, follows in the footsteps of Bedfords taking nine ...
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ArticleMalcolm Construction takes first of 50 new Hyva equipped trucks
Malcolm Construction, part of Scotland’s Malcolm Group, has started to take delivery of 50 new trucks fitted with Hyva tipping equipment.All but one of the trucks are Scania P370 tippers, split between 29 with day cabs and 20 fitted with sleepers. They feature Alpha FC137 tipping gear and 32t Hardox ...
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ArticleBurnt Tree supplies replacement vehicles to Lyreco
Office supplies company Lyreco UK has placed an order with Burnt Tree for almost 60 light commercial vehicles.As part of the operator's fleet replacement programme, Burnt Tree will supply 57 Mercedes Sprinter 513 integral vans to Lyreco, along with a 7.5-tonne Daf LF45 box rigid with tail lift and a ...
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ArticleCumbria Logistics MD remembered
The Hub was saddened to learn of the death of Richard Charnely, managing director of Cumbria Logistics (often referred to as either Hazchem Network depot 069 or TPN depot 003) last month.Ali Karim, MD of the HazChem network (pictured), paid a heartfelt tribute to his colleague and friend on the ...
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Driver shortage takes hold
RHA research has revealed that the long-predicted driver shortage is now severely affecting operators as they gear up for the Christmas peak.According to a poll of its members, both subcontractors and agency drivers are in short supply: 96.4% of respondents said they had difficulty in sourcing agency drivers, while 85% ...
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ArticlePall-Ex streamlines European booking process
Pall-Ex has revamped its international pallet services, in a bid to allow customers and members to arrange overseas deliveries easily via a single booking transaction.The revamped Connect Europe service, which makes use of the pallet network’s IT system Twine, has been revised and expanded to make it, in theory, just ...
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Palletforce: 20 millionth pallet through hub
Thirteen might be unlucky for some, but for Palletforce it's anyting but the case, as just shy of its 13th annivesary in business the pallet network has moved its 20 millionth pallet through its Burton-upon-Trent hub.Michael Conroy, chief executive of Palletforce, said: "The fact that we have now handled 20 ...
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Clipper wins Philip Morris storage and distribution contract
Clipper Logistics has won a UK storage and distribution contract with cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris.The contract involves receiving inbound goods from Philip Morris factories, bonded warehousing and distribution of its cigarette brands, which include Marlboro and Benson & Hedges, across the UK. Clipper will take on responsibility for its products ...
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ArticleSuttons Group buys Hargreaves' Imperial Tankers
Suttons Group acquired Imperial Tankers in SeptemberWidnes-based Sutton Group has acquired Imperial Tankers, the bulk chemical transport arm of Hargreaves, creating a single bulk tanker fleet of some 700 units with a combined turnover of approximately £114m from UK operations alone.Suttons bought the subsidiary of Hargreaves for £26.9m, with Hargreaves ...
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Clipper turnover soared ahead of stock market listing
Clipper Logistics Group saw turnover in all of its divisions soar in the year before its IPO as a result of e-commerce business win, as well as organic growth from existing contracts.Its results for the year to 30 April 2014 revealed that turnover in its e-fulfilment logistics division grew by ...
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The Pallet Network motors onwards
The Pallet Network (TPN) moved to its new £10m hub adjacent to its former Minworth home in January of this year, and its accounts for the year to 31 March 2014 suggest it wasn’t a moment too soon.In the period, a good one for the pallet network that saw it ...
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ArticleRyder takes delivery of Euro-6 demonstrator fleet
Ryder has the largest rental, leasing and contract hire fleet above 3.5t GVW in the UKRyder has taken delivery of a multi-marque Euro-6 demonstrator fleet to enable its rental and contract hire customers to carry out their own road trials. The fleet, which is comprised of 13 trucks ...
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Traffic between the UK and mainland Europe is up. But is that good, bad or indifferent?
DfT stats have revealed a 10% increase in the total number of goods vehicles travelling to the continent from the UK in the year to June 2014. But what does it mean for UK operators?The stats show that 80,000 UK-registered trucks travelled to the continent between April and June, slightly ...
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ArticleTransport Exchange Group adds more functionality
Transport Exchange Group has introduced two features to its freight trading platform to provide greater control of multi-deport activity, as well as improve the accuracy of available vehicles data.The first, Depotlink, allows members of Haulage Exchange and Courier Exchange that operate multiple sites to switch between these accounts, providing a ...
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Four weeks left to apply for longer semi-trailer permits
There are still 400 longer semi-trailer allocations available, the DfT has said, and operators only have four weeks to apply for them.The ten-year longer semi-trailer trial was launched in 2012 with operators bidding for 1,800 allocations of 14.6m and 15.65m variants. All allocations had been issued at the begining of ...
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ArticleGregory Distribution acquires fresh produce operation from MMD (Shipping Services)
Gregory Distribution has signed a deal with Portsmouth-based MMD (Shipping Services) to take over its fresh produce distribution operation at Portsmouth International Port.The new deal comes into effect at the beginning of September and will see Gregory take over responsibility for the distribution of fresh fruit and vegetables from the ...
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ArticleAmey adds first Iveco Dailys to traffic management fleet
Public service provider Amey has put six 7 tonne Iveco Daily trucks into operation on its traffic management contract with the Highways Agency.Iveco claims the trucks, which have its Daily 70C17 chassis, offer 250kg more payload capacity than traditional 7.5-tonners, giving Amey the ability to carry all the equipment needed ...