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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle wins Blue Seal approval
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has won a new contract with catering company Blue Seal, part of New Zealand-based Moffat Group, a global supplier of commercial baking, cooking and warewashing equipment.With the majority of machines manufactured in New Zealand, goods are imported directly into Blue Seal’s Birmingham hub, where they are collected ...
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ArticleReason Transport opens second site
Palletways Platinum Club member Reason Transport has opened a new 20,000ft² warehouse at an old RAF base.The new warehouse (and depot) is located at Heyford Park, near Bicester, on the former RAF Upper Heyford Air Base.As part of the £1.5m expansion, Reason has created 15 full time jobs and added ...
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ArticlePrincess Anne to take part in Transaid panel discussion at Multimodal
Princess Anne, patron of charity Transaid, will be attending this year’s Multimodal to participate in a discussion organised by the FTA.The panel discussion will focus on the charity’s work in developing countries and how businesses can encourage staff to take up volunteer work and fundraising activities to build strong teams.Participating ...
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ArticleSMEs struggle to manage their vehicle fleets
A significant proportion of SME managers who are put in charge of fleets of up to 50 vehicles in addition to other roles struggle to cope, according to new researchA YouGov survey of 363 senior managers at SMEs, commissioned by RAC Business Services, with responsibility for company vehicles including CVs, ...
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ArticleFairFuelUK vows to fight on in battle over fuel duty
Fair Fuel UK (FFUK) founder Howard Cox has said the campaign for a cut in fuel duty goes on, as new consumption figures revealed diesel demand continues to grow. Commenting on provisional new figures released yesterday (27 March) by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), which show demand ...
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Parcelforce improves delivery notifications as it continues investment programme
Parcelforce Worldwide has launched a new delivery notification service which it hopes will improve convenience for business customers and consumers.The investment new technology follows a £75m funding boost for its hubs and depots, which was revealed in 2012.In the last 12 months, the company has expanded its site in Newport ...
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ArticleKnights of Old extends Virani Foods relationship
Knights of Old Group has signed a new three-year contract with long-term customer, Virani Foods, that will now see it provide a full logistics service for the ethnic ingredient manufacturer. The contract is worth £1.5m over the three years with the additional work commencing this month.Having worked with Wellingborough-based Virani ...
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ArticleRotterdam is Europe's busiest port, but UK ports are catching up
Last week, MT’s sister site Commercialmotor.com reported that the number of journeys made by UK-registered trucks to mainland Europe last year had fallen to its lowest level since 1989.Meanwhile, trips across the channel made by foreign-registered trucks had reached their highest since 2007. As total cross-channel road freight traffic is ...
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Safety body welcomes truck design proposals
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has thrown its weight behind the recent EU vote to allow truck manufacturers to exceed current maximum weight and dimensions limits.IOSH described the vote in favour as “a major step in the right direction to reduce deaths and major injuries on the ...
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Asda opens LNG refuelling station at Bristol DC
Asda Logistics Services has opened a liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling station at its chilled DC in Avonmouth, Bristol after taking an order for 50 dual-fuel Volvo FMs earlier this year.The refuelling station has been supplied by compressed and liquefied gas supplier BOC and will be used to fuel some ...
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Cycling in the cities... operators be aware
It seems it’s not your imagination. There really are more cyclists on the UK's roads, and in general they’re covering more road miles.A newly released Census analysis form the Office for National Statistics reveals that there has been an increase in the number of people cycling to work.However at 741,000 ...
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TNT Post expands final-mile deliveries into Liverpool
TNT Post is continuing to increase its final-mile delivery coverage, making its first official deliveries in Liverpool today.The expansion follows a funding deal that parent company Post NL signed with private equity investment firm LDC at the beginning of the year to help support the roll-out of the service.The first ...
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Phillips 66 contract win for Wincanton
Wincanton has extended and expanded its relationship with oil refining and energy firm Phillips 66 in a deal that will see it deliver in excess of one billion litres of petroleum products a year to forecourts across the Midlands and North-East of England.The new contract will take the working relationship ...
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ArticleDBL Logistics MD appointed to UPN board
DBL Logistics managing director David Clarkson has been appointed as a non-executive director of United Pallet Network (UPN). Clarkson, 46, will join the UPN board in an advisory capacity, acting as a regional representative for fellow companies within the national network.Sheffield-based DBL Logistics is a founding member of UPN and ...
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ArticleA record year for pallet networks was probably even better
The latest figures from the Association of Pallet Networks (APN) hail record volumes, with 15.7 million pallets delivered in 2013 by member networks.It's impressive and it does seem there have been more pallets delivered via members of the APN then ever before. However those with long memories may now be ...
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1,300 roles at risk in Royal Mail Group restructure
Today Royal Mail revealed its plans to save around £50m a year through a management restructure, potentially costing the company 1,300 roles across its Royal Mail and Parcelforce businesses.The vast majority of these roles are to go within head office management positions.The announcement comes just one month after members of ...
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Motor Transport Awards: just four days left to enter
There are just four days left to enter the Motor Transport Awards – don’t miss the chance for your operation to be considered for the road transport industry’s Oscars.There are 16 different categories that operators can fight for (see the full list below), and the deadline for entry is 28 ...
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Use HGV Road User levy for rebate, says Malcolm boss
Revenue from the introduction of the HGV Road User Levy should be used to give UK hauliers an essential user rebate, Malcolm Group MD Andrew Malcolm has said.From 1 April foreign registered 44-tonne vehicles will be charged £10 a day for each day spent in the UK.British hauliers will pay ...
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ArticleGlasgow Commonwealth Games logistics plans lagging behind, warns FTA
Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014Logistics planning for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer will now have to be “done in a rush”, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has claimed.The trade body has criticised the lack of information flowing to hauliers from the games' organisers and has issued a 50-day ...
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The Co-operative plans to close Huntingdon DC, relocating Wincanton operations
The Co-operative Group plans to close its Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, distribution centre later this year in a bid to improve efficiency and make its transport activities more cost-effective.Work carried out by the DC, which the supermarket hopes to close by the end of the summer, will be transferred to its depots ...