All Industry News articles – Page 135
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MT ArticlePallet-Track launches '#Hooray For Hauliers' campaign
Pallet-Track has launched a national '#Hooray For Hauliers' campaign to celebrate the drivers who have kept Britain moving throughout the pandemic.Network members will sport the livery on their vehicles and Pallet-Track is also funding a high-profile advertising hoarding campaign at the intersection of the M6 and M5 motorways, which is ...
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MT ArticleNew date announced for Tip-ex/Tank-ex
Tip-ex/Tank-ex 2021 will move to September, in order to comply with recently announced government guidelines.The show, which will once again take place at the Harrogate Convention Centre, will now run from 30 September to 2 October 2021.In addition to the usual indoor and outdoor exhibition stands, the event will include ...
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MT ArticleHauliers still struggling with red tape at Welsh ports, warns RHA
Hauliers are still facing serious issues travelling via Welsh ports to Ireland which is resulting in a major fall-off of trade through the ports, according to the RHA.Rhys Williams, RHA regional operations manager for Wales, said: “There’s a serious issue with HGV traffic transiting through the Welsh ports.“I’m in regular ...
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MT ArticleGrace period extension on NI border checks welcome, says Logistics UK
The government’s decision to unilaterally extend the grace periods relating to border checks on some agri-food products going into Northern Ireland, which were set to expire after 31 March 2021, has been given the thumbs up by Logistics UK.However it urged the UK government to seek a mutual agreement on ...
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MT ArticleRHA vindicated as Gove rebuked for using unverifiable data to deny plunge in post-Brexit exports
The Cabinet Office has been reprimanded by the UK Statistics Authority for using unpublished and unverifiable data to refute RHA’s claims last month that export volumes plummeted by 68% in January, after the UK’s exit from the European Single Market.The reprimand follows an investigation into the Cabinet Office data used ...
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MT Article"Fantastic news" - Solent freeport could attract £2bn investment and create 52,000 jobs
Meachers Global Logistics has hailed the creation of freeports at eight sites around England, saying Solent’s new status will create a much better environment for international trade.The Chancellor announced plans for ports to become low tax zones in his Budget speech, saying they would create special economic sites, which would ...
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MT ArticleSOE fellow John Parry dies
John Parry (pictured), Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) fellow and former IRTE director, has died at the age of 76.Most recently chair of the IRTEC steering group and SOE board member, Parry was a major influence on the SOE’s industry standard irtec initiative by instigating its relaunch in 2011.It gave ...
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MT ArticlePolicemen left with 'lifelong serious injuries' after jailed HGV driver did U-turn in fog
An HGV driver who attempted a U-turn on a “dark and foggy” road, resulting in a collision with a police car, has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.Andrei Stan (pictured) was found guilty at Reading Crown Court of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after the incident on an unlit stretch ...
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MT ArticleTransport industry divided over Spring Budget
The transport industry has given a mixed reaction to today's (3 March) Spring Budget.Logistics UK welcomed chancellor Rishi Sunak's moves to support the recovery of the economy, including a freeze in fuel duty and extension to the furlough scheme, but said the industry needed to see greater investment in training ...
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MT ArticleDrivers’ Professional Development Plan celebrates accreditation from the CPD Standards Office
Road Skills Online has announced that, following recent assessment by the CPD Standards Office, its drivers' Professional Development Plan (PDP) is now formally recognised as four hours of CPD training for each year of eLearning completed.Road Skills Online said professional development in the freight transport sector is being increasingly recognised ...
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MT ArticleFuel duty freeze a victory over ill-informed green lobby, insists FairFuelUK
FairFuelUK has welcomed an announcement by chancellor Rishi Sunak in today's (3 March) spring Budget that the goverment is to again freeze fuel duty.Commented Howard Cox, founder of FairFuelUK, secretary for the APPG for Fair Fuel: “It would be churlish not to thank the chancellor and the prime minister for ...
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MT ArticleBrexit UK-EU logistics 'teething problems' could take years to resolve
Frank Zapper once commented that the world might not end in fire or ice, but in paperwork. For much of the international logistics sector, January felt exactly like slow death by paperwork, with customs clearances piling up in their software systems, and the freight piling up in the warehouses.As freight ...
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MT ArticleBrexit 'abyss' looms for GB-Northern Ireland trade
Photo: ShutterstockWhile prime minister Boris Johnson dismisses custom delays between Britain and Ireland as “teething problems”, hauliers are telling a very different story.At a recent session of the Northern Ireland Infrastructure Committee, operators spelt out the reality of the new trading rules in stark detail. Ballymena haulier McBurney Transport employs ...
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MT ArticleLogistics UK joins forces with City & Guilds to launch transport manager CPC
Logistics UK is partnering with City & Guilds to offer the transport nanager CPC qualification.The move follows the withdrawal of awarding body OCR from the transport manager CPC market in March this year and ensures another avenue for operators and their transport managers to access training, which is on offer ...
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MT ArticleThree new units to be built at Panattoni Park in Northampton
Industrial developer Panattoni is set to start work on the second phase of its 1.6 million sq ft industrial park in Northampton.Panattoni Park Northampton, which is on junction 16 of the M1 motorway, will see three new units built measuring 250,000 sq ft, 380,000 sq ft and 430,000 sq ft, ...
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MT ArticleNew year sees commercial vehicle manufacturing continue to slide
The ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Brexit fallout and weak demand all conspired to result in the fourth consecutive month of decline in UK commercial vehicle production, according to the SMMT.UK CV manufacturing fell 31.5% in January, with 5,616 units rolling off the production lines, marking the worst start ...
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MT ArticleNew ruling on deliveries to Northern Ireland will have "severe impact", Parcelhero warns
Draconian measures that will significantly increase red tape and delays for goods sent between the UK and Northern Ireland will go ahead on 1 April, after the government failed to extend a grace period.A meeting of the UK-EU Joint Committee this week ended without agreement on a waiver of customs ...
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MT ArticleGovernment urged to repair key Scottish road link after landslips lead to record breaking level of closures
Business leaders in Scotland are demanding the government commits to fixing a notorious stretch of road on the A83 plagued by major landslips.The road, near the Rest and Be Thankful in the Highlands, is a key transport artery that provides vital links to communities across Argyll and Bute and connects ...
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MT ArticleNew Crewe logistics park will create 300 jobs
One of the biggest speculatively developed sites in Crewe is about to begin construction and is expected to provide around 300 jobs on completion.Developer Panattoni said ‘Crewe 305’ on the Crewe Commercial park would include 27 dock doors, five level access doors and a yard with parking for 49 HGVs.The ...
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MT ArticleNew all lanes running motorway plan branded "arrogant and reckless"
The decision to remove the hard shoulder on 10 miles of the M6 and turn it into an extra lane reveals the government’s “reckless disregard” for the public’s safety, according to a road safety campaigner.Claire Mercer, whose husband was struck and killed by an HGV on a smart motorway, warned ...