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UK Mail tight-lipped about action taken in wake of Dispatches expose
UK Mail has declined to say what changes it has made to its operation since staff at one of its depots were shown on television mistreating customer consignments. In a report broadcast on 29 April last year, Channel 4’s Dispatches secretly filmed staff at UK Mail’s Bournemouth depot throwing and ...
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ArticleThings are looking up for Kuehne + Nagel
Kuehne + Nagel enjoyed improved fortunes in the first quarter of this year compared with a tough 2013, which saw both its European and UK businesses make cuts.In the UK last year, deliveries made by its drinks logistics division were affected by a 24-hour strike in September over plans to ...
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ArticleThe Plus Logistics gambit
Plus Logistics revealed at last week's (11 April) launch event in BirminghamPlus Logistics is the new brand from Palletline that the pallet network has created to use when tendering for the sort of group distribution work that single hauliers alone can't win. Palletline MD Kevin Buchanan has pulled no punches ...
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ArticleEuropean Parliament votes in favour of safer, greener HGV design
The European Parliament (EP) voted yesterday (15 April) to approve European Commission (EC) proposals to allow more aerodynamic, safer truck designs.Originally tabled in April 2013, the draft regulations will allow manufacturers to exceed current weights and dimensions rules in order to develop more aerodynamic lorries, which the EP said will ...
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ArticleScrewfix response to DC penalties story
Our B&Q and Screwfix DC penalties story has attracted plenty of interest already from operators, The Hub surmises, in the same boat, with Twitter hosting a mix of opinions.While B&Q has been tight-lipped, DHL and Wincanton which operate a number of its DCs have already told Motortransport.co.uk that they are ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics hits the road
Eddie Stobart Logistics is now a thing. Really. While not trending just yet (or even having anything as crazy as its own website for now), the partial divestment of the transport part of Stobart Group’s business is now complete.And so an interesting chapter for both Stobart businesses has begun. The ...
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Pressure mounts over DC penalties
Operators delivering to B&Q and Screwfix DCs are being called to account by customers as a result of fines.Jayne Masters, sales director at Miniclipper Logistics, told Motortransport.co.uk fines of £500 to £1,000 an order were being applied by the two retailers to suppliers for deliveries falling 30 minutes either side ...
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ArticleReive and Grossart signs up with Palletforce
Abington, South Lanarkshire general haulier Reive and Grossart has joined the Palletforce network, covering the KA and PA1 to PA19 postcodes. The family-owned firm, which was established in 1965, has 11 vehicles operating at 7.5 to 44-tonnes GVW and is located just off junction 13 of the M74 in central ...
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Yodel losing big bucks
Yodel’s annual loss increased by nearly half, its latest financial accounts reveal, despite a change in senior management and the firm’s extensive remodelling of its network.Loss on ordinary activities before taxation for the year ended 30 June 2013 increased 46% to £98.2m (2011/12: £66.9m). Turnover fell 28% to £389m in ...
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ArticlePalletline launches Plus Logistics to take on the 3PLs
Plus LogisticsPalletline has revealed Plus Logistics, a new brand that the pallet network plans to leverage to take on the 3PLs at their own game.Launching Plus Logistics at an event at Palletline’s central hub in Birmingham last week (11 April), MD Kevin Buchanan said that while the Palletline name ...
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Steve Porter Transport wins solar panel delivery contract
Steve Porter Transport has won a contract to deliver solar panels to the Isle of Wight, as part of the island's plans to invest in renewable energy.A spokesman said the contract was awarded to the Isle of Wight-based haulier by Davies Turner Logistics.It involves the collection and delivery of over ...
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ArticleOwens begins work on Ball Packaging contract
Owens (Road Services) has opened a three-acre depot in Wrexham to service its recently-awarded contract with Ball Packaging.The new contract will cover all of Ball Packaging’s transport to customers in the UK. It also provides warehousing and transport on a just-in-time basis to one of Ball’s unnamed customers in Newport, ...
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Article150 fines handed out in first week of HGV Road User Levy. But is it enough?
At the beginning of April the DfT began charging both domestic and overseas goods vehicle operators to use the UK’s roads.It hopes this will help level the playing field between UK hauliers and foreign operators, who British hauliers often felt were given an easier ride as they could use UK ...
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Everywoman Awards 2014 shortlist revealed
The finalists for this year’s FTA Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards have been revealed. Now in their seventh year, the awards aim to raise awareness of the opportunities that the transport and logistics industry offers women.Maxine Benson, co-founder of Everywoman, said: “This fast growth sector has announced a huge ...
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ArticleMotor Transport on a tablet… coming soon
Be the first to read the latest issue of Motor Transport with our brand-new tablet edition, available from May.Packed with all your favourites, plus many extras, you’ll be able to get your fortnightly hit without even leaving the comfort of your own home. And, most importantly, you won’t have to ...
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ArticleRoadways Container Logistics begins work on BSH contract
Roadways Container Logistics has revealed the details of its new contract with Bosch and Siemens Home Appliance Group (BSH), which commenced at the beginning of the year.The contract is being managed from the operator’s Felixstowe site and involves delivering brands such as Bosch, Neff, Siemens and Gaggenau to BSH’s ...
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ArticleBullivant refreshes its fleet with Crossrail-compliant Dafs
Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire heavy construction specialist Roger Bullivant has just brought six new Euro-6 Daf XF 6x2 midlift tractive units into service. The trucks, purchased from Derby dealer Imperial Commercials for just over £89,000 apiece, all have Daf's Super Space Cab and are powered by the MX-13 510hp engine coupled with ...
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BBC report highlights the thorn in TNT Post's side
TNT Post has found its postal delivery practices being called into question after BBC London News reported on a member of the public finding piles of confidential post dumped in a bush last month.The woman told the BBC earlier this week that she had alerted TNT Post to the find ...
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ArticleLafarge to begin auditing subcontractors for Fors
Subcontractors working for Lafarge Tarmac are to be audited by the aggregates giant to make sure they reach the standard required by Transport for London's Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (Fors).As part of its strategy to improve cyclist safety and reduce vehicle emissions, Lafarge will next month become the first UK ...
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Stobart Group completes partial disposal of transport division
Stobart Group has completed the partial divestment of its transport division.In a statement to the London Stock Exchange this evening it said: “Stobart, the infrastructure and support services group, announces that the partial realisation of its transport and distribution division, as described in the company's announcement of 6 March 2014, ...