All Industry News articles – Page 188
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MT ArticleBrexit buffer stocks will struggle to find space
Companies looking for warehousing to the west of London will increasingly face an uphill struggle to find anything suitable as supply heads towards an all-time low.The Western Corridor Industrial & Logistics Market Report from real estate advisory firm JLL found that record levels of demand in H1 2018 were being ...
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Severn Crossing tolls to be axed before Christmas
Tolls on the two Severn crossings are to be axed on 17 December, a fortnight earlier than initially planned.The announcement was made by Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns at the Conservative Party Conference yesterday (2 October).He said the move would be worth up to £100m a year to ...
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Fuel duty to be frozen for ninth consecutive year
FairFuelUK (FFUK) has welcomed the news that there will be a 9th consecutive freeze in fuel duty.Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed the freeze in her speech to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham today (3 October).There had been fears that duty would be increased in the budget on 29 October.Howard ...
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MT ArticleOne HGV driver dead and another injured after M40 crash
The driver of a lorry involved in a fire on the M40 on Friday morning (28 September) has died.The incident occurred on the northbound stretch of the motorway between junctions 15 and 16 at around 4.15am.Mobile phone camera footage appeared to show an HGV explode into flames after being in ...
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MT ArticleDfT urged to make longer semi-trailers 'business as usual' for fleets
The DfT is being urged to make longer semi-trailers a ‘business as usual’ option for fleets, following the government’s latest trial update.The national trial now sees around 2,000 longer semi-trailers in operation on UK roads, which have so far saved up to 32.9 million vehicle kms and 28,000 tonnes of ...
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Focus on future freight concepts at TRL Freight Symposium
The TRL Freight Symposium will be held at the Cavendish Conference Centre, London on 28 November at 1pm.With the UK's road transport industry facing increasing difficulties to balance unsustainable consumer trends, against requirements to reduce congestion and emissions, there is a clear opportunity for technological, operational and environmental innovations to ...
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Operators may need to find alternatives to road transport in the event of a no-deal Brexit
The government has advised logistics businesses and users of logistics to consider alternative modes of transport to road haulage in the event of a no-deal Brexit.In guidance published by the DfT, the government admitted that there is likely to be new requirements at borders with the EU if the UK ...
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Romney Marsh 'lorry park' fails to reach asking price at auction
Fears that a Kent village could become the country’s first post-Brexit lorry park after a four-acre site in Romney Marsh was put up for auction have been allayed after it failed to reach the asking price.The four-acre former industrial estate in the middle of Newchurch, nine miles south of the ...
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MT ArticleCartwright Group to convert former brickworks into flagship site
Cartwright Group has purchased a 26-acre site in Belton, North Lincolnshire to create a new flagship base for Cartwright Conversions.Led by MD Mark Cartwright, Cartwright Group currently build trailers and commercial vehicle bodies at its 38-acre site in Altrincham, with Cartwright Conversions operating from Doncaster.The conversions business was launched in ...
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MT ArticleLawrence David bought by Polish group Wielton
Laurence Marshall, CEO of Lawrence David (left) and Mariusz Golec, CEO of The Wielton Group (right).UK trailer manufacturer Lawrence David has become part of the Wielton Group.Wielton is the third largest manufacturer of trailers in Europe with a primary listing on the Polish stock exchange. They have taken a 75% ...
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MT ArticleLidl to build Leeds DC as part of major expansion push
Lidl is to build a 645,000sq ft DC in Gildersome, Leeds, as part of a major expansion of its distribution network. Its plans could create up to 500 jobs. Construction of the facility will follow a pipeline of new Lidl DCs including warehouses in Doncaster, Bolton, Peterborough and Luton.Ingo Fischer, ...
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Trade associations react angrily to government migration report
The RHA and FTA have attacked the Migration Advisory Committee's call to favour high-skilled migrants after Brexit, warning it would amplify the skills shortage the logistics sector already faces.The report published today (18 September) advises that workers from the European Economic Area should be subject to the same visa requirements ...
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MT ArticleVolkswagen planning to divest Scania and MAN by year's end
Volkswagen is considering spinning off its commercial vehicle division – comprising Scania, MAN, Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus and Rio– by the end of the year.Although dependent on market conditions, Volkswagen is targeting an IPO of the commercial vehicles business as Traton Group.Ahead of the biannual IAA show in Hannover, which ...
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Next-day deliveries at threat unless uncertainty about EU workers addressed, warns union
Next-day deliveries are in danger of becoming a thing of the past unless certainty over the status of EU workers is provided by the government, the GMB union has claimed.The warning came as the union obtained figures from the Office for National Statistics that revealed a third of warehousing and ...
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MT ArticleNew Actros sets technological benchmark, says Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz launched its refreshed Actros in Berlin last week (6 September). Although it features similar exterior styling to its predecessor, the latest truck stands out for what it does not have: exterior mirrors. Instead, the flagship truck features a MirrorCam instead, something the manufacturer claims improves fuel efficiency too.The headline ...
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MT ArticlePolice prepare for “unprecedented” queues at ports and civil unrest in the case of a no-deal Brexit
Police are preparing for massive traffic queues at ports leading to "unprecedented and overwhelming" disruption of the wider road network in the event of a no-deal Brexit.Contingency plans drawn up by the National Police Co-ordination Centre (NPCC), leaked to the Sunday Times, warn that, if ministers cannot secure a Brexit ...
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MT ArticleCarlos Rodrigues appointed as managing director of Renault Trucks UK and Ireland
Renault Trucks UK and Ireland has announced Carlos Rodrigues as its MD with effect from 1 October.The role is a newly created one, as more recently Renault and Volvo were overseen by Arne Knaben, the MD of Volvo Group UK.Rodrigues was previously chief financial officer (CFO) at Volvo Group Trucks ...
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Principle Pallet Network project comes to an end
Principle Pallet Network’s bid to become the UK’s ninth pallet network has ended in failure, it's former boss has confirmed.The network, originally set up by ex-Fortec directors Marcus Fischer and Neil Hodgson, was due to debut operationally in 2016 but did not deliver within that time-frame.Having remained under the radar ...
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MT ArticleSpeculative warehouse build set for Hinckley Park
IM Properties is to build a 532,000sq ft speculative warehouse at its Hinckley Park development off Junction 1 of the M69.The building will be known as Hinckley 532 and is due for completion by the end of next year. Richard Lawrence, IM Properties’ development director, believes its location on the ...
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MT ArticleDrive to survive: Transaid's work training drivers in Zambia
Alan Thornton, Malcolm Logistics commercial director, in front of the donated VolvoDriver training is one of the main bearings in the engine of economy and safety. Paired with telematics it ekes out all the incremental gains. But elsewhere in the world, driver training has a more basic function. Ian Norwell ...