All articles by Carol Millett – Page 33
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DVSA endorses Webfleet Tachograph Manager for earned recognition hauliers
Webfleet Tachograph Manager, which downloads, analyses and archives tachograph data, has achieved approved IT supplier status from the DVSA, as part of the agency’s earned recognition scheme.
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Aldi set to recruit 500 apprentices including trainee HGV drivers
Supermarket giant Aldi is looking to recruit over 500 new apprentices across the UK in 2024, including trainee HGV drivers and warehouse and logistics workers.
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British electric van start-up Arrival faces threat of insolvency as it struggles to raise funding
Troubled British electric van start-up Arrival is in talks with EY about recruiting an administrator, if the company cannot secure rescue funding, according to reports.
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First Hydrogen to launch FCEV trials with Wales & West Utilities
Automotive and green energy developer First Hydrogen is rolling out hydrogen-powered vehicle trials with gas distribution network Wales & West Utilities (WWU) later this month.
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ATL Haulage Contractors acquired by German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd
German international shipping and container transportation giant Hapag-Lloyd is expanding into the UK logistics market with the acquisition of London Gateway-based logistics firm ATL Haulage Contractors (ATL).
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Met Office warns new storm set to hit UK as Storm Isha forces road and bridge closures
The impact of Storm Isha has taken its toll on the M6 in Cumbria today (22 January), where two overturned lorries have created long delays, and on the A66, between Scotch Corner and the M6, where high winds have forced National Highways to close the road.
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Peel Ports recruits new director to help boost Port of Liverpool container operations
Peel Ports Group has strengthened its global container operations with the appointment of Marcus Connolly as its new strategic commercial director, as part of a wider strategy to increase the number of containers shipped into the Port of Liverpool that are destined for the north of Britain.
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Man arrested after fire destroys Owens Group warehouse
A 25-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following a major fire on Friday evening, which destroyed Owens Group’s Bridgend warehouse and a “long term” customer’s stock, within minutes.
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Loss-making contracts contributed to demise of Gwynedd Shipping, administrators reveal
A number of loss-making contracts contributed to the demise of Anglesey-based logistics and shipping firm Gwynedd Shipping, according to the company’s joint administrators.
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Teesside set for hydrogen-fuelled HGV deliveries after £7m funding boost
Fuel distributer Exolum is to build a publicly accessible green hydrogen refuelling station near Middlesborough serving around 25 hydrogen-powered HGVs, supplied and maintained by Novuna Vehicle Solutions, as part of the Tees Valley Hydrogen Vehicle Ecosystem (HYVE) consortium.
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Significant greenhouse gas savings can be made by switching to renewable fuels, Zemo study shows
Low carbon, renewable fuels can offer immediate cuts to HGV emissions, with some currently showing greater life cycle emissions savings than electric vehicles, according to new research by Zemo Partnership.
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Wincanton set to deliver £50.5m profit despite HMRC contract loss and “challenging” market
Wincanton has continued to trade in line with market expectations during Q3 and is on track to deliver around £50.5m profit before tax for the financial year to 31 March 2024, despite losing a major HMRC contract and battling tough trading conditions.
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Owens Group sees profit halve in a year of “consolidation”
Owens (Road Services) Limited, which trades as Owens Group, saw pre-tax profit fall by more than half in the 12 months to 30 June 2023, in what the company described as a year of consolidation after “significant” growth.
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Gwynedd Shipping: Welsh logistics firm files for administration
Anglesey-based logistics and shipping company Gwynedd Shipping Limited has filed for administration this week, leaving scores of staff facing redundancy.
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EV Cargo drivers face redundancies as group reviews fleet assets
EV Cargo is looking at cutting up to 52 drivers jobs at its depots in Leeds and Runcorn, as part of a major cost-cutting review of the group’s fleet assets and operations across the company.
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Government looks to roll out PumpWatch scheme to prevent forecourt fuel hikes
The government is proposing to roll out FairFuelUK’s PumpWatch across Britain’s forecourts as a way of preventing unfair fuel price rises.
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National Pothole Day: RHA urges government to do more to tackle damaged roads
The RHA has given a cautious welcome to the government’s plan to provide £8.3bn worth of funding to repair potholes but said the money needs to be ringfenced and boosted with other funding sources, if it is to succeed in tackling the problem.
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Boughey acquires new warehouse in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Cheshire-based Boughey Distribution has taken occupancy of a newly-built 332,000sq ft ambient warehouse at Lymedale Business Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, in a move which will create 250 jobs and increase the firm’s storage capacity to 187,000 pallet spaces.
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Veolia electric RCVs to supply stored energy to grid to help power UK homes
Veolia has unveiled a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) innovation that will enable its electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) to power UK homes by feeding back stored energy from their batteries to the grid.