All Industry News articles – Page 214
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UK faces months of uncertainty over rural fuel duty rebate
Treasury officials have indicated it will probably take seven to nine months for the European Commission to make its decision about an extension of the UK’s rural fuel duty rebate scheme.Motortransport.co.uk understands that the UK’s recent application to extend the original scheme to 10 new towns in England and Scotland ...
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ArticleHighways Agency campaigns to cut accidents at roadworks
The Highways Agency has launched a national awareness campaign designed to encourage drivers to slow down and take proper care in roadworks. The campaign, which includes a national radio advertising programme that began on Monday 21 October and runs into early November, is intended to drive down workplace accidents among ...
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Industry bodies welcome Liverpool bus lane trial
The industry’s two main trade associations have welcomed the start of a trial in Liverpool designed to test the effect on congestion of removing the city’s bus lanes. The trial, which began on 21 October, will last nine months and sees all Liverpool’s bus lanes being suspended – along with ...
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Vosa rejects the findings of recent ATF operator survey
Vosa has rejected the findings of a recent survey depicting a high level of dissatisfaction among authorised testing facility (ATF) operators.A survey published last week by the ATF Operators Association (ATFOA) suggested fewer than 3% of respondents felt opening their ATF had been a very good investment and one they ...
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Ten more UK towns in line for fuel duty rebate
The government has put in its request to the European Commission (EC) to extend the rural fuel rebate scheme to ten more UK towns.Scotland features heavily in the list with Acharacle, Achnasheen, Appin, Carrbridge, Dalwhinnie, Gairloch and Strathpeffer all nominated.Kirkby-in-Furness, Lynton and Hawes are the applications for England. Wales does ...
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ArticleGrangemouth: business as usual at Scottish forecourts
The Petrol Retailers Associaition (PRA) has said that fuel supplies on Scottish forecourts remain unaffected at present, despite the temporary shut down of Grangemouth oil refinery due to an unresolved clash between its operator, Ineos, and the Unite union.Brian Madderson, chairman of the PRA, which represents independent fuel retailers across ...
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ArticleFTA welcomes recommendations to shake-up parking enforcement
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the Transport Select Committee’s call to government to review “unacceptable” local authority parking enforcement, which is costing operators hundreds of thousands pounds a year in Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs).James Hookham, FTA managing director of policy and communications, who gave evidence to the committee, ...
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ArticleEP Training founder Ed Pargeter dies
Ed Pargeter, founder and owner of EP Training in Bookham, Surrey died suddenly last week aged 67.A well known and highly respected figure in LGV training Pargeter set up EP Training 32 years ago.His son Sean, a director of EP Training, said: "He was a true gentleman who always ...
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DHL and RHA call for swift resolution to Grangemouth dispute
Both DHL and the RHA have urged Grangemouth Refinery owner Ineos, the Unite union and workers at the plant, to swiftly resolve their differences and resume fuel production.DHL, which in March took over distribution of fuel for BP from the Grangemouth refinery to airports in Scotland and northern England, said ...
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Royal Mail strike could force customers to rethink delivery options
The post and parcels industry has said the impending Royal Mail strike could force customers to rethink their delivery options as rival operators prepare for disruption to their final-mile deliveries.Patrick Gallagher, CEO at same-day carrier CitySprint, said retailers have been gearing up for potential strike action since the ballot by ...
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ArticleGrangemouth oil refinery to remain shutdown
Grangemouth oil refinery has been shutdown by operator Ineos until a shareholder review on Tuesday, despite an announcement earlier today by Unite that planned industrial action at the site had been called off.The refinery had been in a phase of winding down for closure ahead of the strike this weekend ...
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Nightline CEO says Ireland postcodes will reduce costs for operators
Nightline’s CEO has said the introduction of a postcode system in the Republic of Ireland will reduce costs and improve efficiency when delivering to customers.John Tuohy said that the planned postcode system will improve route planning and will allow it to automate parcel sorting, much of which is currently done ...
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More annual tests undertaken at private sites than Vosa facilities last year
More annual tests on LGVs were carried out at non-Vosa facilities than at a Vosa facility last year, the agency’s latest Effectiveness Report has shown.In 2012/13, 206,002 LGVs were tested at a non-Vosa facility (authorised testing facilities or designated premises), while 197,160 vehicles were tested at Vosa sites.In 2011/12, the ...
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ArticleMeachers wins contract extension from Huhtamaki
Meachers Global Logistics has netted a three-year contract extension with packaging company Huhtamaki (UK).Gosport-based Huhtamaki manufactures plastic and paper packaging for FMCG, fresh foods and the catering sector.The partners have worked together since 2007, and with the latest contract extension Meachers will now provide all of Huhtamaki’s external warehousing requirements. ...
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ArticleGoodwill takes on roads role at DfT, as focus on rail grows
Department for Transport: all change, pleaseRoads minister Stephen Hammond has been replaced by Robert Goodwill at the DfT, as part of a series of changes that appear to increase ministers’ focus on rail services.Goodwill, previously a Conservative party whip is MP for Scarborough and Whitby, and was a farmer before ...
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ArticleProhire grows with RH Rentals deal
Contract hire and fleet management specialist Prohire has acquired Nottingham-based RH Rentals for an undisclosed sum.David Barlow, Prohire chairman and CEO, said RH Rentals fleet, which includes rigid vehicles, tractor units and vans, was "a perfect complement to Prohire’s".Prohire will further increase its fleet size by placing a ...
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ArticleRHA helps raise awareness of cycle safety on Isle of Wight
The RHA and local member Steve Porter Transport took a truck to Newport for the start of the Isle of Wight cylcing festival on 14 September to get cyclists in the cab and demonstrate the blind spots faced by LGV drivers.Part of the RHA's cycle safety campaign, the initiative is ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle signs four-year deal with Toolbank
Norbert Dentressangle has won a four-year contract with hand and power tool supplier Toolbank, covering distribution to stores and Christmas peak warehousing.The contract covers the collection of products from Toolbank’s two NDCs in the Midlands and night time distribution to 11 Toolbank stores using six dedicated vehicles. It will also ...
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TfL launches Out-of-Hours Consortium
TfL has today (4 October) revealed its Out-of-Hours Consortium, as well as officially announcing new out-of-hours delivery trials will be up and running in London within months. The trials, which were mooted this summer in TfL’s response to the Roads Task Force’s report on the future for the capital’s ...
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Conservative Fringe debates road tolls
Road tolling was a key topic discussed at a fringe seminar hosted by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport at this week's Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.Director of the RAC Foundation, Prof Stephen Glaister, told delegates that the Treasury faces a £30m per year deficit from falling fuel duty ...