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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 ...
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London's crumbling roads an increasing threat to business growth
Come to London, the roads are paved with gold. Well, they may be but there's a heck of a lot of traffic sitting bumper to bumper on top obscuring the view, so who knows.According to a survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and KPMG, London businesses are optimistic ...
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ArticleMeachers wins contract extension from Huhtamaki
Meachers Global Logistics has netted a three-year contract extension with packaging company Huhtamaki (UK).Gosport-based Huhtamaki manufactures plastic and paper packaging for FMCG, fresh foods and the catering sector.The partners have worked together since 2007, and with the latest contract extension Meachers will now provide all of Huhtamaki’s external warehousing requirements. ...
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ArticleGoodwill takes on roads role at DfT, as focus on rail grows
Department for Transport: all change, pleaseRoads minister Stephen Hammond has been replaced by Robert Goodwill at the DfT, as part of a series of changes that appear to increase ministers’ focus on rail services.Goodwill, previously a Conservative party whip is MP for Scarborough and Whitby, and was a farmer before ...
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MT Tracker - 10 October
The big event for the MT basket of transport shares - the MT Tracker - is that Royal Mail will be joining this watching brief from tomorrow. The BBC is already reporting this morning that shares will trade at the top of the price range (around 330p) giving it a ...
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ArticleProhire grows with RH Rentals deal
Contract hire and fleet management specialist Prohire has acquired Nottingham-based RH Rentals for an undisclosed sum.David Barlow, Prohire chairman and CEO, said RH Rentals fleet, which includes rigid vehicles, tractor units and vans, was "a perfect complement to Prohire’s".Prohire will further increase its fleet size by placing a ...
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ArticleRoad transport making tracks?
There’s a growing buzz noticeable within road transport, according to the boss of the Pallet-Track network, with the UK economy showing signs of rousing itself from its long hibernation.Speaking to The Hub, Nigel Parkes said Pallet-Track was around 15% ahead of where it was at this point last year in ...
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Potter Logistics in Wagg deal
Potter Logistics has won a storage contract with pet food supplier Wagg Foods.The deal will see Potter Logistics dealing with 450 pallets a week of supermarket branded pet food, delivered from Wagg’s factory in Dalton to its DC in Ripon ahead of onwards delivery to Tesco.The operator’s Ripon DC has ...
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South West Delivery Services owed more than a £1m to creditors
South West Delivery Services owed almost £1.3m to creditors when it was placed into liquidation in June.Following liquidation, the operator’s business was acquired by Kay Transport, part of the Gregory Distribution group of companies, in a move that saved the majority of the workforce’s jobs.Significant creditors to the liquidated business ...
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ArticleRHA helps raise awareness of cycle safety on Isle of Wight
The RHA and local member Steve Porter Transport took a truck to Newport for the start of the Isle of Wight cylcing festival on 14 September to get cyclists in the cab and demonstrate the blind spots faced by LGV drivers.Part of the RHA's cycle safety campaign, the initiative is ...
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ArticleThe good, the bad and the ugly - Tony Pain's 45 year in truck marketing
One of the best known figures in the UK transport industry, Daf Trucks marketing director Tony Pain retired on 4 October at the age of 63,45 years to the day since he started work at Leyland.Pain got into the job because he always wanted to design trucks, but says he ...
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DPD and Hermes launch returns service for DPD customers
DPD has launched a customer returns service in conjunction with Hermes, extending the parcel carriers’ seven-year relationship.The recently-launched service will utilise Hermes’ myHermes ParcelShops network by offering DPD customers the opportunity to return unwanted goods by dropping their parcel off at convenience stores. Hermes will then collect parcels from the ...
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Menzies Distribution launches high street deliveries business
Newspaper and magazine transport firm Menzies Distribution has revealed that it is currently in talks with high street retailers about delivering other types of freight.It has launched Menzies Logistics Solutions to utilise its 1,600-strong fleet after deliveries of print products have been made, usually between 4am and 8am every day.Menzies ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle signs four-year deal with Toolbank
Norbert Dentressangle has won a four-year contract with hand and power tool supplier Toolbank, covering distribution to stores and Christmas peak warehousing.The contract covers the collection of products from Toolbank’s two NDCs in the Midlands and night time distribution to 11 Toolbank stores using six dedicated vehicles. It will also ...
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CitySprint acquires Brighton-based Bullit Couriers
CitySprint has acquired Brighton-based same-day firm, Bullit Couriers, improving its access to the area.The company and its staff transferred over to CitySprint, which has so far acquired four other same-day couriers in 2013, on 30 September. A spokeswoman was unable to confirm the size of Bullit’s business.CitySprint chief executive Patrick ...
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Europa Worldwide expands into North Africa
Europa Worldwide has launched its first regular service to and from Morocco, the first route in an expansion of its services over the next 15 months.As part of the twice-a-week service Europa will work with Moroccan haulier GR Valade.Joint MD Gren Turner said the new route provided Europa with the ...