All Industry News articles – Page 211
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Power Players 2013: Eric Born, chief executive, Wincanton
15) Eric Born, chief executive, WincantonEric Born was given the not inconsiderable task of turning Wincanton around, taking on a business that in 2011 plunged to a £26m full-year loss on turnover of £2.2bn. He has delivered.A clear out of its loss-making European businesses was one of Born’s first steps, ...
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Power Players 2013: David Hunt, vice president and MD, Ryder Europe
16) David Hunt, vice president and MD, Ryder EuropeAt the top of the biggest truck rental and leasing provider in the UK, David Hunt, vice president and MD for Ryder Europe, has great influence over the sector.Hunt, who has been with Ryder for over 20 years, knows the rental and ...
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ArticleMotor Transport quotes of the year 2013
What do John Wayne, the Labour Party, Scotland, retirement and foreign hauliers have in common? They all cropped up in Motortransport.co.uk's quotes of the year. Find out who said what and when in our round-up of the year! 1. Before Sucking Transport MD Peter Larner retired at the ...
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Power Players 2013: Wolfgang Bernhard, chairman, Commercial Vehicle Board, ACEA
17) Wolfgang Bernhard - chairman, Commercial Vehicle Board of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)A member of Daimler’s board of management, Bernhard’s task as head of ACEA is to represent truck makers in their negotiations with the European Commission over the next set of emissions standards for commercial vehicles.Unless ...
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Power Players 2013: James Wilson, CEO, Palletways
18) James Wilson, CEO, PalletwaysAfter two decades with TNT, Edinburgh-based James Wilson was ready for a new challenge. That came in the shape of Palletways, which he bought with backing from Phoenix Equity Partners in 2004.Wilson had a clear vision for the then 10-year-old business: namely, to take a UK ...
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Calling all talented females working in logistics! Everywoman Awards 2014 are open for entries
The brightest female talent working in the logistics industry have until 10 February to enter the 2014 FTA Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards.Now in their seventh year, the awards feature seven categories including Team Leader, Rising Star, Industry Champion and Driver of the Year.“In order to plug the current ...
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ArticlePower Players 2013: Guy Buswell, CEO, UK Mail Group
19) Guy Buswell, CEO, UK Mail GroupUK Mail is continuing to reap the benefits of the growing e-commerce sector, last month posting a 25% year-on-year increase in daily parcel volumes. At the head of this parcel delivering machine is Guy Buswell, who has helped transform it from a predominantly business ...
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ArticleMT.co.uk reveals 2013 Power Players
Over Christmas and the New Year Motortransport.co.uk will count down the Power Players – the list of the 20 people who we believe have the most influence and exert the most control over the road transport industry.This list is by no means objective, but we’ve debated the merits of those ...
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Power Players 2013: Andrew Tinkler, chief executive, Stobart Group
20) Andrew Tinkler, chief executive, Stobart GroupTinkler strengthened his position at the top of Britain’s best known haulage firm at the beginning of 2013. He survived an attempted boardroom coup, that could have seen former Autologic boss Avril Palmer-Baunick take charge of the group as a whole, potentially breaking up ...
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ArticleDecember spike needed to hit predicted 2013 truck sales
Truck manufacturers need a “massive” spike in sales in December to hit the predicted total of 45,000 vehicle registrations over 6-tonne for 2013 – the last year Euro-5 trucks can be built for sale in the European Union.Daf Trucks UK MD Ray Ashworth said December registrations would have to be ...
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LLCS: plans to demand more cycle safety equipment on LGVs progress
London Councils is to push ahead with plans to change the conditions of the London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) to mandate the fitting of side guards and uprated mirrors to LGVs making deliveries in LondonAt a meeting last week (12 December), London Councils’ Transport and Environment Committee said it would ...
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FTA tells DfT to speed up Thames crossing decision
The FTA has called on the government to speed up its decision over a new lower Thames crossing, after transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin ruled out one of the three possible locations and said a final announcement would be made “as soon as possible”. The option rejected would have seen a ...
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FTA: London Councils could ease cycle safety by relaxing London lorry ban
London Councils could improve cycling safety by relaxing the London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) to enable more deliveries to be made at night, the FTA has told Motortransport.co.uk.Instead, The Transport and Environment Committee of London Councils is meeting today (12 December) to discuss introducing new conditions to the LLCS that ...
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Cyclist safety still a political hot potato
LGV operators should not feel they are being singled out in the drive to cut cyclist deaths and injuries in London, as modifications to make construction vehicles safer are just part of a package of measures being introduced to improve cycle safety, London major Boris Johnson said on Monday (9 ...
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ArticleJaupt to administer Driver CPC for another two years
Jaupt has had its contract to manage the Driver CPC extended by two years.A spokesperson for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), formerly Vosa and the DSA, confirmed that a tendering process for the future management of training and accreditation services had begun earlier this year as the ...
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ArticleEuropa Worldwide boss welcomes fuel duty freeze
The freeze in fuel duty until the end of the current parliament will deliver “significant benefits to the British freight industry” according to the MD of one of the UK’s largest haulage firms.Andrew Baxter, who took a 90% controlling stake in Europa Worldwide in August, said that duty rises ...
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Goodwill says there will be no hasty cycle safety changes
The government will not introduce “knee jerk” regulations requiring trucks to be fitted with additional cycle safety equipment such as detectors or cameras without scientific evidence that they are effective, roads and freight minister Robert Goodwill MP has pledged.Giving evidence to the House of Commons Transport Committee enquiry into cycle ...
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Chancellor freezes fuel duty - but no cut leads to 'massive disappointment'
Chancellor George Osborne has cancelled the planned fuel duty rise in September 2014, confirming a commitment to a duty freeze he made at the Conservative Party Conference in September.The rise was expected to be 1.61ppl, and in freezing this rise the chancellor will have frozen duty for the duration of ...
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DVSA 'unsurprised' by perceptions of Driver CPC
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) – also still known separately as the Driving Standards Agency and Vosa – has said it is not surprised that under 10% of respondents to its recent Driver CPC consultation felt the new qualification had significantly improved road safety. Last week, a DSA ...
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Access to finance still holding transport sector back
Over half the transport firms planning to secure bank lending in the next 12 months fear their request will be turned down, according to the results of the latest Close Brothers Business Barometer. Around four in 10 UK transport firms plan to seek lending for business growth in the next ...