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Wincanton wins three-year Cemex bagged cement contract
Wincanton has won a three-year contract with Cemex, covering nationwide deliveries of bagged cement.Wincanton has distributed bagged aggregates and building products for the company since 2007. The new part of its contract with Cemex will see the operator deliver around 15,000 loads per year to construction sites, retailers and wholesalers ...
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ArticleMail and parcels firms say TV report was "not representative"
Two post and parcel carriers at the centre of a recent investigation by Channel 4 programme Dispatches have said they do not believe its findings to be representative of service levels across their operations. In a report broadcast on 29 April, Dispatches showed staff secretly filmed at UK Mail’s Bournemouth ...
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Yearsley faces fresh objections to new Peterborough site
Yearsley Group is facing fresh objections after submitting a planning application for its new 385,000ft² cold store in Peterborough.The site, which it wants to establish in the Great Haddon Employment Zone, will include a 35m high automated storage facility and will eventually employ some 300 staff, around 220 of whom ...
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ArticleFuel trial spurs Malcolm Group to buy 40 new tractive units
Linwood, Renfrewshire logistics firm the Malcolm Group has taken delivery of 40 Volvo FM11 tractive units, following a fuel trial in which it achieved over 9mpg.The Euro-5 Globetrotter-cabbed tractor units, all 6x2s with the 450hp D11C engine and Volvo’s I-Shift automated gearbox, were supplied by Volvo Truck & Bus Centre ...
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Hermes wins Cotton Traders customer returns contract
Hermes has won a contract with clothing and footwear company Cotton Traders.The contract will cover returns of unwanted customer purchases using courier collection or customer drop-off in a Hermes ParcelShop.Consumers will be able to choose a specific day for a Hermes courier to pick up their parcel from home, a ...
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ArticleKnights of Old buys A.E. Parker
Knights of Old has acquired Chichester-based A.E. Parker Warehousing and Distribution in a deal that creates a haulier with 500 staff, 200 trucks, 225 trailers and 300,000ft² of warehousing.Pall-Ex and fellow Partnerlink member A.E Parker, which will continue to trade under its own name, is a family-owned haulage and storage ...
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ArticleOnline auction site for used trailers launched
Trailer hire specialist Hireco has launched a novel way of selling its ex-rental trailers – an eBay-style auction website. Buyers will be able to log in, browse the trailers for sale and make bids, receiving email notifications if they have been outbid before the auction ends.Hireco has a rental fleet ...
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ArticleARR Craib looks to rental to ride out peaks and troughs
Aberdeen transport and logistics provider ARR Craib has taken delivery of 15 new Iveco Stralis 6x2s and 45 SDC triaxle curtainsided and platform skeletal trailers in a long-term rental deal with Ryder. ARR Craib MD Eddie Anderson said the use of long-term rental enabled the company, which operates more than ...
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ArticleYearsley trials urban semi-trailers
Heywood, Lancashire based logistics service provider Yearsley Group has taken delivery of two urban semi-trailers for controlled temperature operations that it says will help ease deliveries into urban environments and reduce its carbon footprint. The new trailers – one of which is from Gray & Adams and the other from ...
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ArticleSkills for Logistics to tackle waste and pharmaceutical sectors
Skills for Logistics (SfL) is looking to launch new Occupational Craft Skills Groups, this time focusing on specific markets, such as waste operations and pharmaceutical.The move comes after the sector skills council created nine groups last year covering general areas such as driving, warehousing and fleet management, all headed by ...
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Vosa test fee hike is of limited benefit to ATFs
Proposals to raise the costs of vehicle testing at Vosa test stations this year will generate an extra £4.2m for the agency from its customers, but just £1.7m of this will be channelled into lowering the charges it applies for vehicle tests at authorised testing facilities (ATFs), it has emerged. ...
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ArticlePremier Logistics looks to double in size
Leicester-based Premier Logistics has opened its own repair and maintenance facility, as part of its growth strategy.The £60,000 facility has been constructed at the Pall-Ex member's headquarters on the Meridian Business Park. It opened late last month and provides MOTs, pre-test inspections and servicing. It will handle both ...
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Wine supplier Awin Barratt Siegel chooses London City Bond for UK distribution
Drinks distributor London City Bond has won a nationwide distribution contract with wine importer Awin Barratt Siegel (ABS).ABS chose the firm after reviewing its supply chain and the new contract will be operated out of LCB’s 272,000 ft² site in Barking, east London.It will use its own fleet of vehicles ...
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DSV Road Q1 turnover and EBITDA affected by fierce competition
DSV has blamed a first quarter dip in turnover and EBITDA in its road division on “fierce competition” and a reduction in average consignment size.Although the operator said costs declined as a result of “capacity adjustments” in 2012, EBITDA fell 8.9% to DKK 234m (£26.6m), compared to DKK 257m (£29.2m) ...
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ArticleFTA membership rises by 2% in 2012
The FTA has seen its level of membership rise to the highest level since 2008, although financially it had a broadly flat year in 2012.Turnover at the association dipped slightly to £23.47m, from £23.65m in 2011.However its pre-tax surplus rose slightly from £1.1m to £1.2m. Income from member fees rose ...
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What's next for Royal Mail?
With talk of privatisation plans since the 1980s, the government last week finally decided how it is going to generate the cash needed to remove Royal Mail from state ownership, in the form of an initial public offering (IPO). The privatisation process has been stalled numerous times since talks began: ...
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MT Tracker 1 May 2013
Last week the MT Tracker took a break as it was judging the MT Awards - but what a difference a week makes. Rentokil finally sold City Link, to investment house Better Capital. This does make a big difference to the MT Tracker as Rentokil's size, in comparison to every ...
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Government plans sale of Royal Mail shares this financial year
The government hopes to give Royal Mail access to the capital it needs to move on its privatisation plans this financial year, business minister Michael Fallon has said.Fallon said that selling shares in the company will give Royal Mail future access to the finance it needs, but it does not ...
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Vosa unveils plans to cut test fees at ATFs
Vosa has unveiled plans to cut the fees charged to authorised testing facilities (ATFs) for vehicle tests, while raising those that apply at its own test stations.The move is intended to apportion costs more fairly between vehicle operators using the two different test routes. Under its new fee proposals, which ...
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DHL launches smartphone app to improve load tracking
DHL has launched a smartphone app for drivers and subcontractors which sends real time data and PoD information back to base.DHL claims the SmartPOD app is compatible with most transport management systems and allows drivers to send information about their deliveries back to base, including vehicle location and departure and ...