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Sainsbury's plans East London online retail DC
Sainsbury’s has unveiled plans to develop an online fulfilment DC in Bromley, East London, to help meet growing demand from online shoppers in the region.The 185,000ft² facility will give the supermarket the capacity to serve an additional 20,000 customers per week in London and the South East and will be ...
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ArticleUnion members vote for 24-hour strike at Royal Mail
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has said a 24-hour strike at Royal Mail and Parcelforce will take place on Monday 4 November if an agreement is not reached over pay, job security, and terms and conditions.It follows the result of a ballot of Royal Mail workers yesterday (16 October) which ...
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ArticleGrangemouth oil refinery to remain shutdown
Grangemouth oil refinery has been shutdown by operator Ineos until a shareholder review on Tuesday, despite an announcement earlier today by Unite that planned industrial action at the site had been called off.The refinery had been in a phase of winding down for closure ahead of the strike this weekend ...
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The Canute Group appoints new operations director
The Canute Group has appointed a new operations director, Gary Sharp, with a remit to make the transport and warehousing divisions of the business more efficient.Sharp, who previously worked as divisional director at Bibby Distribution, will initially focus on creating greater financial awareness and ownership of budgets throughout Canute’s 12 ...
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Royal Mail share price continues to climb
Royal Mail's share price has continued to climb since conditional trading began on the London Stock Exchange on Friday (11 October).Share prices began at 330p at 8am on Friday morning, but had soared to 455p by the end of the day. Over 224.5 million shares were traded on the opening ...
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ArticleThe Fortec Way
The Hub was lucky enough to visit an actual, working hub - namely Fortec's - earlier this month.With a remodelled senior team in place, the Watford, Northampton-based pallet network is on the march, although commercial director Marcus Fischer was keen to impress that "the Fortec Way" is increasingly about selling ...
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ArticleNews Extra: Cycling - are hauliers doing enough?
A cross-party strategy to Get Britain Cycling aims to see a quarter of all journeys made on a bicycle by 2050. It's lead to to a flurry of pro-cycling announcements from Westminster with little consideration for operators.In recent months operators have been dealt a deluge of safety initiatives and ...
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DSV Road launches instant spot-price quotes system
DSV Road has launched an online Quote & Book system to provide an instant response to customers seeking a spot price for export, import and domestic road shipments.The new booking system asks customers to complete a short registration form and details of the job. “The whole process can take as ...
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K+N sees road and rail logistics turnover and earnings slip
Kuehne + Nagel says it is on track to reach its goals for profitable growth, despite a slip in turnover and EBITDA in its road and rail business.Turnover in the division fell 2.5% to CHF2.28bn (£1.5bn) for the nine months ended 30 September 2013, compared to CHF2.34bn (£1.6bn) during ...
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ArticleYearsley adding 26 trucks and 50 trailers to cope with demand
Heywood, Lancashire logistics firm Yearsley Group has begun taking delivery of the first of 26 new trucks and 50 new trailers being added to the fleet to cope with additional business. The trucks, all 6x2 Euro-5 Mercedes-Benz Actros tractors, will be running at 44 tonnes GVW and will be based ...
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CitySprint on hunt for 300 couriers for Christmas peak
CitySprint is looking to recruit an additional 300 drivers in the run-up to this year’s festive period following a record 2012 Christmas, which saw more than 250,000 packages delivered.The same-day courier said consumer confidence in last-minute online deliveries has increased, with deliveries peaking on 18 December in 2012, remaining high ...
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DHL to operate Hain Daniels' ambient supply chain
DHL Supply Chain has won a new multi-million pound contract with food manufacturer Hain Daniels, whose brands include Hartley’s, Robertson’s, Sun Pat and Gale’s.The deal, which will run until 2017, will see DHL set up and manage a brand-new supply chain for Hain Daniel’s recently-acquired ambient product range.Commencing immediately, DHL ...
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Nightline CEO says Ireland postcodes will reduce costs for operators
Nightline’s CEO has said the introduction of a postcode system in the Republic of Ireland will reduce costs and improve efficiency when delivering to customers.John Tuohy said that the planned postcode system will improve route planning and will allow it to automate parcel sorting, much of which is currently done ...
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ArticleAspray24 expands with new £6m logistics hub
Express carrier Aspray24 is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2013 and has marked the occasion with the opening of its new £6m state of the art warehouse on a six-acre plot next to its existing 12-acre site in Noose Lane, Willenhall.According to MD Stuart Laight, the acquisition of the site ...
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Royal Mail share price rises 35% shortly after listing begins
Royal Mail began conditional trading on the London Stock Exchange this morning (11 October), with shares rising in value by over a third just an hour and a half into its listing.Share prices began trading at 330p with a market capitalisation of £3.3bn when the listing began at 8am today. ...
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More annual tests undertaken at private sites than Vosa facilities last year
More annual tests on LGVs were carried out at non-Vosa facilities than at a Vosa facility last year, the agency’s latest Effectiveness Report has shown.In 2012/13, 206,002 LGVs were tested at a non-Vosa facility (authorised testing facilities or designated premises), while 197,160 vehicles were tested at Vosa sites.In 2011/12, the ...
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ArticleBishopsgate set to enter new stage of growth after Allport purchase
Tim Bloch, MD of Bishopsgate (left) with Maud Armitage (Allport Specialist Services)The MD of Bishopsgate, a two-man delivery and installation firm, has described the purchase of Allport Cargo Services’ Specialist Services division in June as “a massive step” forward for the business.The firm, which has its HQ in Royal Wootton ...
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Task Force Movement & Storage sold in pre-pack deal
One of the firms appointed to take on some of the postcode area of collapsed Palletline Logistics (Midlands) has entered a pre-pack administration.Palletline network member Task Force Movement & Storage entered administration, alongside sister firm Laplock Securities, on 5 August.Administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) completed the sale of the firms, including the ...
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Turnover and profit up at DHL Supply Chain and DHL Express; down at Tradeteam
DHL’s retail logistics arm DHL Supply Chain posted a rise in both turnover and pre-tax profit last year, while sister companies DHL Tradeteam and DHL Express (UK) saw declines.Pre-tax profit at DHL Supply Chain leapt by 49.5% last year to £56.8m, up from £37.9m in 2011, its financial results for ...
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ArticleGoodwill at the DfT but for how long?
You’ll no longer be able to take your driving test from next April with an interpreter or foreign language voiceover (who knew?), according to Robert Goodwill the new roads minister.As debut announcements in post go, it’s unlikely to be a Susan Boyle moment of surprise. Yes, just a year on ...