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Royal Mail wins back British Gas
Royal Mail has won two new contracts with British Gas, delivering mail to customers and parts and equipment to engineers.The five year mail contract, set to begin in Spring 2013, will see it collect, sort and deliver gas bills to households across Britain. It won the contract back from rival ...
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Introducing the Motor Transport Tracker
Motor Transport fully accepts that this isn’t an exact science. Investors are buying shares in Fowler-Welch parent company DartGroup because of its Jet2.com holidays business and in City Link parent Rentokil Initial because of its multi-national pest control arm as much as the transport interests. The basket also includes Hargreaves ...
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Royal Mail considers contract parcels fuel surcharge
Royal Mail is considering applying a fuel surcharge to some of its contract parcels and mail services, while rival carrier UK Mail has reduced parcel prices for SMEs.If approved, Royal Mail plans to increase prices for contract parcels and mail customers to account for the rising cost of fuel from ...
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Chemicals storage win for Norbert Dentressangle
Medical and industrial cleaning products manufacturer Ecolab has awarded a contract for the storage of up to 12,000 pallets to Norbert Dentressangle. ND will store Ecolab’s chemicals at its Top Tier COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) regulations-compliant site at Trafford Park, Manchester, where it will receive around 1,900 ...
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Air quality report may spawn tighter engine emissions limits
The European Union may soon consider raising the bar on air quality requirements affecting diesel engines, after publication of a new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO).The report claims evidence of a link between fine particulate matter and a range of health issues including atherosclerosis, respiratory disease, diabetes and ...
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I told you I was ill...
You don't have to look further than our website to see how tough life is for those in road transport at the moment. Elite Transport appears to be heading for a CVA and is far from unique in its predicament.More grist for the mill then, with research for Viking office ...
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Keep calm and carry on
It's a big (financial) year for Wincanton. Chief executive Eric Born has predicted that it will return to the black after retrenchment from Europe and extensive restructuring.Therefore today's interim management statement announcement that "Wincanton continues to trade in line with market expectations", is actually far more interesting than the "softy, ...
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Legal Alert
Motor Transport’s Legal Alert provides anyone running a fleet of commercial vehicles with a snap-shot analysis of current and forthcoming road transport legislation.We will tell you what the legislation is, when it is being implemented, how it will affect your business and what you need to do to prepare.This could ...
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LHVs 'no less safe' than regular trucks
There is no indication that longer, heavier vehicles (LHVs) are less safe than regular vehicles, a new report by Volvo Trucks has confirmed. Based on an analysis of data from the STRADA (Swedish Traffic Accident Data Acquisition) programme, truck combinations up to 25.25m long with a maximum weight of ...
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TNT Express reduces fuel consumption and costs with new LSTs
TNT Express has added two 15.65m longer semi-trailers to one of its trunking routes and plans to introduce more into its operation.The parcel carrier is currently running the trailers between its Kingsbury hub in Warwickshire and its Llantrisant depot in south Wales. It has been trialling the trailers since ...
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Elite Transport Services creditors to vote on CVA proposals
Elite Transport Services has filed a proposal for a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) with Manchester County Court, ahead of a creditors meeting on Friday (8 February).A spokesman for the container haulier said it was “hopeful of a positive result” when votes from creditors over the proposed financial restructuring of the ...
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RHA cracks down as number of CVAs rise
As the news breaks that the number of operators entering into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) has increased in recent years, and that the RHA will be stripping membership from those who enter such an arrangement, The Hub has discovered that Elite Transport Services has filed a proposal for a ...
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News Extra: Prolonged recession deepens concern over industry prospects
They say you have to be an optimist to work in road transport, but the last 12 months of tough trading have taxed even those who always try to see the glass half full.The latest UK Logistics Confidence Index* compiled for Barclays and corporate finance adviser Grant Thornton showed overall ...
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Geodis Calberson wins £1m Alpine contract extension
Electronics manufacturer Alpine has extended its nationwide distribution contract with Geodis Calberson in a deal worth over £1m.The two year contract extension will see the firm continue to deliver products such as in-car DVD players, sat-navs, CD players and speakers to vehicle manufacturers Honda and Jaguar Land Rover, as well ...
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DPD expands international operations with DPD Direct
DPD has expanded its international home delivery service with the launch of DPD Direct, collaborating with domestic parcel carriers in 12 countries.Online retailers such as River Island and US jewellery retailer Rocks TV have signed up to the new service, which includes a tracking and returns service, fast customs clearance ...
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Further blind spot research required to tackle cycle safety
A new report has called into question the effectiveness of safety mirrors fitted to LGVs as a means of preventing accidents involving cyclists.Research carried out by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) for the Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety report found that even when different types of LGV were fitted with ...
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DHL Express opens £1.5m Oxfordshire depot
DHL Express has opened a £1.5m service centre in Oxfordshire to meet growing demand from customers in the area.The 35,000ft² Abingdon depot opened last week (1 February) and is part of the international express parcel carrier’s close to £90m investment in its network over four years.Regional year-on-year parcel volumes increased ...
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DSA scraps changes to CPC training approvals process after criticism
The DSA is to work with the industry to develop a revised process for approving Driver CPC training courses.The move was agreed at a meeting last week between the DSA, trade associations and training providers, which was arranged after the FTA raised concerns about changes to the process being proposed ...
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Owens Road Services returns to profit
Owens has returned to profit after three consecutive years of losses, its latest financial results have revealed.The Welsh firm posted a pre-tax profit of £706,782 for the year ended 30 June 2012, up from a loss of £12,562 at the end of the previous year. Its pre-tax profit margin ...
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Fuel duty battle is industry's must win
The decision by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) not to investigate the £47bn UK oil sector is simply a side-show, and the need to tackle the punishingly high rate of fuel duty remains paramount, campaigners have said.James Hookham, MD of policy and communications at the FTA, said: “This report ...