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Industry news – Page 179
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ArticleStowaway damage could cost £1bn, says RHA
The cost of spoiled loads as a result of stowaways getting into UK-bound vehicles could be as high as £1bn a year, the RHA has estimated. Assuming an average value of £30,000 per trailer, that total could be reached if just 1% of the 10,000 loads crossing the Channel every ...
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ArticleIndustry welcomes Calais safe zone, but wants more
Trade associations have welcomed plans for a new secure zone in Calais for UK-bound HGVs but highlighted that more needs to be done to deal with the migrant crisis that has erupted in recent weeks. Home secretary Theresa May told parliament last week: “A secure waiting area for 230 vehicles ...
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London Gateway Logistics Centre opens its doors
DP World London Gateway’s logistics hub has this week been opened by transport minister Robert Goodwill.The first phase of the port’s Logistics Centre development, which is being operated by Southampton-based Import Services, comprises 180,000ft² of distribution and logistics space and 25,000ft² of office space.The DC was officially opened by the ...
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ArticleTransport minister describes road haulage as "lifeblood" of British economy after driving HGVs
Road freight transport is the “lifeblood running through the veins of the British economy,” roads and freight minister Andrew Jones MP told MT this week. Jones was at the HORIBA-MIRA proving ground at the invitation of Motor Transport publisher Road Transport Media and Mercedes-Benz to get his first taste of ...
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Fors sees increase in operators going for gold
Eighty seven companies have achieved gold Fors accreditation since its nationwide roll out in February this year.The scheme has seen a 129% rise in the number of companies achieving gold accreditation in the period, with over 21,700 vehicles now accredited with the Fors gold standard.The accreditation scheme, which aims to ...
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ArticleRising rental demand sees Ryder relocate to Swan Valley
Vehicle rental firm Ryder has relocated its Northampton operation to larger premises in the Swan Valley area.The company said the move to the brand new premises has been driven by growing demand for its truck and trailer rental, contract hire and vehicle maintenance services.The relocation comes as Ryder continues ...
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Government dashes industry's hopes for an HGV driver Trailblazer apprenticeship
The government has quashed hopes for a new HGV driving Trailblazer apprenticeship by rejecting the standards for a third time.Despite the deepening driver shortage gripping the sector and the government's refusal to back an HGV driver training fund, the skills minister turned down the industry’s bid for the much-needed apprenticeship ...
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ArticleIRHA calls for suspension of drivers' hours rules in face of Calais chaos
The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has called on the Irish government to use emergency powers to lift the drivers’ hours and tachograph rules for vehicles caught up at Calais.The call came after recent strikes by French ferry staff and a surge in migrants trying to cross the Channel illegally ...
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Leading MT Top 100 companies face cashflow hit after Emergency Budget
Some of road transport’s biggest companies could face a hit to their cash flow after the chancellor signalled he was bringing forward corporation tax deadlines forward yesterday.BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions said plans announced in yesterday’s Emergency Budget by George Osborne to bring forward corporation tax deadlines for businesses with profits ...
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ArticleIt's help yourself, after government opts not to back HGV training fund
Leslie O'Brien, Matt Allen, Richard Burnett, Peter Eason and Steve Bowles deliver the petition to Number 10The road transport industry will have to help itself, after its call to ‘help us, help you’ via a £150m HGV driver training fund was ignored in yesterday’s Emergency Budget.Having led a delegation of ...
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ArticleSummer budget reveals fuel duty freeze to continue
Fuel duty will remain frozen this year, announced Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in his Summer Budget this afternoon, following speculation that it would be increased.The news was welcomed by FairFuelUK campaign co-founder Howard Cox, who said: “It is good news there is no increase in fuel duty that ...
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Black Friday retail madness is here to stay, warns Yodel chairman
The US retail phenomenon Black Friday is here to stay in the UK, and this year it is going to be four times bigger, Yodel executive chairman Dick Stead has warned. In 2014, online sales promotions such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw an unprecedented and unexpected boom in ...
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ArticleStowaway damage may hit insurance premiums
Goods-in-transit insurance could become more difficult, more restrictive and more expensive for cross-Channel operators in light of the increasing problem of loads being spoiled by stowaways, a loss adjuster has warned. Rod Davis, senior partner at Clark Woodward Hungate, which specialises in surveys and investigations for insurers underwriting transit ...
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ArticleFTA's Wells urges chancellor to cut fuel duty
FTA chief executive David Wells has written to chancellor George Osborne asking him to cut fuel duty ahead of the emergency budget this Wednesday (8 July).Following the Conservative victory in the May general election, giving the party its first majority government since 1997, Osborne will set out the new government’s ...
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ArticleCalais mayhem: treat the disease not the symptoms, says Eurotunnel
It is impossible to stop the migrant problem at Calais, only a co-ordinated effort to address the issue at source will bring respite to hauliers crossing The Channel, Eurotunnel has said.Responding to an incident last week, triggered by the first of the strikes by French ferry workers that have crippled ...
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ArticleKeyfuels and Allstar fuel cards merged into One
Keyfuels parent Fleetcor has merged the Keyfuels CV fuel card with its Allstar car and van fleet card to create a single card – Allstar One. While the new card has chip and PIN for transactions at Allstar’s 8,000 UK sites, this technology will not be available at Keyfuels’ network ...
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ArticleAlexandra Palace chosen for inaugural Freight in the City Expo
The inaugural Freight in the City Expo will take place at London’s Alexandra Palace this autumn.“We have selected Alexandra Palace as the venue for the first Freight in the City Expo because it offers a fantastic exhibition space large enough for articulated trucks to drive straight into and it has ...
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New enforcement unit stops 136 HGVs in first month
A new City of London Police Commercial Vehicle Unit has stopped 136 HGVs and taken 95 off the road in its first month.Funded by TfL and launched last month, the unit’s intelligence-led crackdown found drivers of non-compliant vehicles were also committing offenses such as not having insurance, having inappropriate licenses, ...
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ArticleStrike threat at Indesit UK
Union Unite has begun balloting more than 200 drivers and warehousing staff at white goods manufacturer Indesit UK about possible industrial action over pay settlements and redundancy terms.Unite regional officer Mark Plumb said the ballot, which ends on 7 July, was the result of anger over two years of sub-inflation ...
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Nearly half of apprentices over 25
Almost half the apprentices entering the logistics industry are over the age of 25, figures from research and marketing agency Firedog – the company led by former Skills for Logistics MD Ross Moloney – have revealed.In the academic year 2013/14, said Firedog, 49% of apprentices entering the industry were over ...