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What price fair fuel?
Yesterday FairFuelUK champion Quentin Willson tweeted: “Nigel Farage has met with FairFuelUK and I. He totally gets low fuel duty. Needed no convincing! Shame other politicos aren't as sharp.”Unless it has escaped your attention Nigel Farage is the leader of UKIP, which is a party that has some transport friendly ...
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Road tolling is inevitable, says Transport Committee
One interesting side note contained within the Transport Committee's Better Roads report, which politely applies the political equivalent of a document shredder to the government's plan for the Highways Agency, is that of the ever controversial subject of road tolling.While we now have the HGV Road User Levy, the report ...
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Morrisons to make first London home deliveries
Morrisons is to begin making home deliveries in London next week as it continues to increase the reach of its online grocery offer.The first London deliveries will be made on Monday 12 May and will supplement the Yorkshire and Warwickshire home delivery networks it set up at the beginning of ...
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Clipper prepares to join growing number of listed operators
Clipper Logistics revealed its intentions to float on the London Stock Exchange earlier this week, joining the growing number of listed logistics companies.But it’s not the first time the Leeds-based operator has considered an IPO.Back in 2009, then Clipper chief executive Steve Parkin (now executive chairman) revealed the company's hopes ...
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FTA Logistics Report 2014 highlights industry's positive outlook
Operators feel more optimistic about their business prospects this year with many expecting to see an increase in volumes.This was one of the main findings from the FTA’s annual Logistics Industry Survey, published in its 2014 Logistics Report.International road haulage operators in particular feel more positive about business this year ...
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Highways Agency reform is ill advised, says Transport Committee
The Transport Committee has said the government’s transformation of the Highways Agency (HA) into something akin to Network Rail is an unnecessary and potentially costly mistake.Publishing its Better Roads report in response to the government’s Roads Command Paper from July 2013, the cross-party committee of MPs gave the plans, which ...
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Tullis Russell outsources transport and warehousing to DSV Road UK
Tullis Russell Papermakers has awarded a five year logistics and warehousing contract to DSV Road, running out of its mill in Glenrothes, Scotland.The deal expands on DSV’s existing contract to supply freight forwarding services to Tullis Russell throughout the UK and Europe. It sees the papermaking firm outsource its operations ...
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Prologis to develop London Gateway DC
A 316,000ft² DC is to be built at the Logistics Park neighbouring DP World’s London Gateway container port.The development is a 50/50 joint venture with industrial real estate developer Prologis and is expected to be completed by Spring 2015. The single-sided, 15-metre-high unit also has space for potential expansion and ...
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Controversial development gets planning permission
Selby District Council has confirmed that planning permission has finally been granted for a development at Olympia Park, subject to a Section 106 agreement. Planning permission for the site in Yorkshire was initially applied for by developer BOCM Pauls in May 2012. The plans attracted objections from logistics firms Clipper ...
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ArticleMorrisons rents from Burnt Tree to support convenience store openings
Morrisons has been using a variety of vehicles supplied by Burnt Tree's temperature-controlled rental business Refrigerental to support the opening of its M Local convenience stores.The supermarket is renting a mixture of car-derived vans, 3.5-tonne panel vans, and 7.5- and 18-tonne multi-temperature rigids.The vehicles are being used to transport ...
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Logistics firms need to react to e-commerce demand, says FTA report
The logistics industry needs to be able to react quickly to changing consumer trends, especially as the UK has become one of the leading e-commerce markets, according to the FTA.The FTA Logistics Report 2014, launched today at the House of Commons, has been compiled with support from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and ...
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Direct and to the point for Palletline
The Hub's recent visit to Palletline for the launch of Plus Logistics also provided an update on the pallet network's equally bold direct-trunking service.Having gone live with its innovative direct trunking initiative earlier this year, Iain Brown, operations director at Palletline, confirmed that the roll-out was now complete with all ...
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Jigsaw talks multi-million pound Kimberly-Clark win
Haulage consortium Jigsaw has revealed further details about its multi-million pound contract with Kimberly-Clark, which it won and began operating last year. Jigsaw has been making full and part-load collections from Kimberly-Clark’s manufacturing plants in Northfleet, Kent and Chorley, Lancashire. It also provides trunking between the two sites to ...
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ArticleCurrie European takes on 25 Euro-6 Volvos
Currie EuropeanCurrie European Transport has placed an order with Volvo Truck and Bus Centre North & Scotland for 25 Euro-6 Volvo FH tractor units.The 6x2 vehicles are specified with Volvo's 13-litre engine rated at 493hp, and come with the I-Shift automated gearbox and Dynafleet telematics.The trucks are on Volvo's contract ...
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FTA welcomes 'detailed' Glasgow Games route-details
The FTA has welcomed the publication of more detailed information for operators ahead of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in July.More information has now been published, including: the games route network, local area traffic and management plans, affected postcodes, and delivering to venues guide.The FTA pushed for a postcoded set of ...
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ACS&T signs new contract with Michael’s Pitta Bread Group
ACS&T, has signed a one-year deal with two London-based bakeries within the Michael’s Pitta Bread Group.Eghoyan’s Pitta Bakery and Hollyland’s Pitta Bakery manufacture pitta and naan breads, supplying them to retailers, wholesalers and food service providers throughout the UK.As part of the new contract, ACS&T will collect large quantities of ...
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Clipper Logistics reveals LSE flotation plan
Clipper Logistics Group has revealed plans to float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) this year in a bid to raise funds to support it’s growth strategy.The firm plans to change its name to Clipper Logistics Plc and apply to advertise its shares on the premium listing of the LSE. ...
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ArticleLoss of fashion contract still dragging TNT Express turnover down
It looks like TNT Express could still be feeling the effects of the loss of a major UK fashion contract last year as it posts yet another drop in its quarterly turnover.Despite embarking on a performance improvement strategy earlier this year, the express parcel carrier saw quarterly turnover in its ...
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UK's high diesel taxation hurting operators and economic recovery alike
While unlikely to astound operators, a study by UHY Hacker Young has pointed out that irrespective of the UK's economic recovery, our fuel-taxation remains cripplingly out of step compared with that of our international competitors.The UK has the highest pump prices of any major world economy, hitting businesses hard as ...
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ArticleAcumen Automotive turnover set to grow following JLR win
Acumen Automotive Logistics claims it can triple its turnover in three years after winning a three-year contract with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).The automotive transport arm of Acumen Logistics Group has predicted a doubling its turnover in 18 months based on JLR's current levels of growth.According to Acumen Automotive Logistics most ...