Industry news – Page 173

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    Stuart Jackson joins Bridgestone UK's senior management team

    2016-01-04T15:50:00Z

    Stuart Jackson has been appointed as business development director for northern Europe at Bridgestone.As part of his new role Jackson will work in support of all departments in the UK and Ireland, and will manage the delivery of a number of projects intended to transform the sales and profitability of ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 8 - Ray Ashworth

    2016-01-04T09:00:00Z

    8) Ray AshworthTitle: MD Daf Trucks UKOne in every three trucks registered every month is a Daf, which means arguably, he is man who ultimately dictates the price of anywhere between 26% to 30% of new trucks bought in the UK.In August 2015 Daf celebrated 20 consecutive years of topping ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 9 - David Hunt

    2016-01-03T09:00:00Z

    9) David Hunt Title: vice-president and managing director at Ryder EuropeWith some 12,500 truck assets on its books Ryder remains the largest truck rental firm in the UK - which means it’s one of the biggest truck buyers as well as one of the biggest truck suppliers in the UK.Ryder’s ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 10 - Dwain McDonald

    2016-01-02T09:00:00Z

    10) Dwain McDonaldTitle: Chief executive, DPDgroup UKFive MT Awards in one night? Only McDonald has managed that. He might not like us saying it, but McDonald has led the biggest success story in UK road transport in not just the past year, but the past decade.Back in August 2006 the ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 11 - Violeta Bulc

    2016-01-01T09:00:00Z

    11) Violeta Bulc Title: European Commissioner for TransportSlovenian Bulc was described by the press as “not your average commissioner” – she has studied as a shaman and is a trained fire-walker and wrote a blog about her interest in positive energy forces. That to one side… she’s the most influential ...

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    Nearly all Northern Ireland own-account operators have an O-licence

    2016-01-01T08:57:00Z

    Almost every operator in Northern Ireland that should have a restricted O-licence has been issued one, three years after updated O-licensing rules came into force.According to figures published by the Department of the Environment, just two temporary permits were awaiting conversion into a full restricted O-licence at the end of ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 12 - Margrethe Vestager

    2015-12-31T09:00:00Z

    12) Margrethe VestagerTitle: European commissioner for competitionFormerly the Deputy Prime-Minister of Denmark Vestager makes this list because she has one decision in her hands that could reshape the road transport industry, namely approving FedEx’s acquisition of TNT.The commission had until 7 December to “make sure that FedEx's takeover of TNT ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 13 - Steve Parkin

    2015-12-30T09:00:00Z

    13) Steve ParkinTitle: Chairman, Clipper LogisticsSteve Parkin is one of those larger than life characters that still enliven the logistics industry. Having left school with no qualifications and after spending 18 months working as a coal miner, he built Clipper Logistics from a one man and a van operation to ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 14 - Moya Greene

    2015-12-29T09:00:00Z

    14) Moya Greene Title: Chief executive officer, Royal MailThe Motor Transport Top 100 employ more than 331,690 people across the country. However, Royal Mail’s 143,000 employees account for 43.1% of that total. Or in other words, no one in road transport is responsible for more jobs in this industry than ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 15 - David Wells

    2015-12-28T09:00:00Z

    15) David Wells Title: Chief executive, FTAWells succeeded Theo de Pencier as chief executive of the FTA at the beginning of May. It’s unusual that the chief executives of both associations are starting their period in office at similar junctions, which makes it hard not to make comparisons with the ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 16 - Rob Flello MP

    2015-12-27T09:00:00Z

    16) Rob Flello MP Title: Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freight Transport and MP for Stoke-on-Trent SouthFlello is the pre-eminent voice in Westminster when it comes to freight. Just before the election he said that it was “a largely misunderstood industry, often disregarded, or worse, by many in ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 17 - Andrew Woolfenden

    2015-12-26T09:00:00Z

    17) Andrew WoolfendenTitle: UK distribution director, TescoThere are fewer more high-profile, and demanding, jobs in road transport and logistics than running the in-house operations of (still) Britain’s biggest retailer.Tesco has had a rough 18-months, posting its worst set of annual results and a pre-tax loss of £6.38bn in February. Much-hand ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 18 - Alex Laffey

    2015-12-25T09:00:00Z

    18) Alex Laffey Title: Chief executive officer, Eddie Stobart LogisticsIn April 2014 Stobart Group disposed of 51% of its 100% shareholding of the Stobart road transport business to Douglasbay Capital (Dbay) – the former owners of TDG - for £280.8m.At the time William Stobart was the chief executive, but a ...

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    New MTP episode available now

    2015-12-24T12:02:00Z

    The latest episode of the Motor Transport Podcast (MTP) is available for download now. In this week's broadcast, Christopher Walton, Emma Shone and Ashleigh Wight discuss the effect the closure of the Forth Road Bridge is set to have on the haulage industry, with the RHA predicting huge industry-wide costs.The ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players : 19 - Derrick Potter

    2015-12-24T09:00:00Z

    19) Derrick Potter Title: Founder and executive chairman, Potter LogisticsDerrick Potter celebrated both the 50th anniversary of the founding of Potter Logistics and his 50th wedding anniversary in 2015, marking the occasion with the title of Motor Transport Haulier of the Year.While company isn’t the biggest in the UK by ...

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    Scottish hauliers slam "horrendous" cost of Forth Bridge closure

    2015-12-23T14:56:00Z

    Scottish hauliers are up in arms about the “horrendous” extra costs they face because of the HGV ban on the Forth Road Bridge, which has been extended until the end of February. The bridge, originally scheduled to reopen to HGV traffic on 4 January after steelwork repairs, will reopen to ...

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    Motor Transport Power Players: 20 - Michael O'Donoghue

    2015-12-23T09:00:00Z

    20) Michael O’DonoghueTitle: executive vice president for the UK, Ireland and Nordics, Ceva LogisticsAfter a painful and damaging refinancing and restructuring that saw several major customers move work away, Ceva Logistics is now back on the up.O’Donoghue is leading the firm’s resurgence in the UK and talks bullishly of a ...

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    Motor Transport reveals the 2015 Power Players

    2015-12-22T14:00:00Z

    Welcome to the fourth edition of Motor Transport's Power Players - the list of the 20 people we believe have the most influence, and exert the most control, over the road transport industry.The 2015 edition of the Power Players is by no means objective, but the journalists here at Motortransport.co.uk ...

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    The government moves to make HGV sideguards compulsory for all new vehicles

    2015-12-22T09:50:00Z

    The government is planning to outlaw the removal of sideguards and rear under-run devices on HGVs as part of its drive to reduce cyclist deaths across the UK.The plan is contained in the DfT’s British Road Safety Statement (BRSS) published this week, which also proposes doubling the fine for HGV ...

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    FTA welcomes "improved" mirror legislation for new HGVs

    2015-12-21T17:08:00Z

    The FTA has welcomed the advent of “improved” mirrors for new HGVs from next year, describing them as a commonsense approach to boosting road safety.Christopher Snelling, head of national and regional policy at the FTA, said: "We're very happy with this as it's exactly the sort of approach to safety ...