All Industry News articles – Page 215
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MT ArticleIndustry supporters Rob Flello and Jane Ellison loose seats in general election upset
Rob Flello, political champion of the haulage industry, has been ousted as Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South by Conservative candidate Jack Brereton.Flello, who was chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freight Transport and a member of the Transport Committee, lost his seat to Brereton by just 663 votes in ...
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MT ArticleMichelin cycling team to tackle Mount Ventoux climb for charity The Peter Pan Centre
The Michelin cycling team are set to tackle the Mount Ventoux climb in July in a bid to raise funds for Staffordshire-based charity The Peter Pan Centre for children with special needs.The team will ride up Mount Ventoux three times in 24 hours. To add to the challenge the riders ...
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MT ArticleFTA urges customs union rethink following general election result
Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement in Downing Street, London, announcing a snap general election on June 8.After the Conservative party fell eight seats short of an overall majority, resulting in a hung parliament in the general election, the FTA has called for a new government to review its ...
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Operation Stack alternative is needed as a matter of urgency, warns local politician
The building of a huge truck park to ease congestion caused by Operation Stack should “push on at pace” because of the uncertainty caused by Brexit, according to Kent’s transport chief.Matthew Balfour, the county council’s cabinet member for transport, told colleagues there were no guarantees that HGVs would not be ...
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Transaid on the hunt for cyclists to take part in Zambia charity ride
Transport charity Transaid is hunting for cyclists to join its fundraising 490km ride across Zambia next year.The Transaid Cycle Zambia 2018 event, which takes place on 21-30 September 2018, will finish at the world-famous Victoria Falls and includes five days of cycling.Transaid is promising participants the chance to spot impala, ...
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MT ArticleEU proposes to relax cabotage rules
Transport workers hold the protest against social dumping in front of EU headquarters in Brussels, BelgiumThe EU is proposing to relax cabotage rules to allow HGVs on foreign runs to make unlimited deliveries and drop offs over five days rather than the existing limit of three internal movements in a ...
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MT ArticleRichard Gutsell becomes operations director at Palletline
Former City Link regional network manager Richard Gutsell has taken on the newly created role of operations director at Palletline, just two years after joining the network as head of hubs.In his new position, Gutsell will oversee Palletline’s hub operations, network service quality and IT infrastructure.Palletline MD Graham Leitch said: ...
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General election 2017: The transport policies
Undecided how you're going to vote next week? Motor Transport looked through the key party manifestos to see what the new government could mean for the road haulage sector. Conservative partyManifesto pledges include:Road transport: Continue a £40bn road and rail investment programme Develop the strategic road network, Improve transport connections ...
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MT ArticleDematic opens new UK headquarters
US firm Dematic has confirmed its commitment to the UK and North European market with the opening of its new head office in Oxfordshire.Located in Adderbury, the building houses a training academy, conference facilities, a 24/7 customer response centre, and a live exhibition showroom for demonstrating warehouse automation technology.The move ...
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MT ArticleDriverless trucks will lead to millions of redundancies that governments must plan for, warns report
Volvo platoon demonstration in which line of vehicles are driven autonomously by the one at the frontGovernments must prepare plans to manage the effect of millions of redundancies created by the rise of driverless trucks, experts have warned.Automated trucks could slash the demand for drivers by up to 70% in ...
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MT ArticleRHA renews call for French army at Calais as migrant activity surges
The RHA has renewed its call for French troops to be deployed to restore order in Calais as migrant numbers continue to swell. In a letter to French prime minister Édouard Philippe, RHA chief executive Richard Burnett warned the situation in Calais is “once again deteriorating rapidly”.He said: “The determination ...
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MT ArticleMotor Transport Podcast: Beverley Bell talks about her time in the 'best job in the world'
As Beverley Bell prepared to step down from the role of senior traffic comissioner, senior legal reporter Ashleigh Wight went to visit the outgoing TC to hear what she'd learnt from her five years in post. You can hear some highlights from the interview in the latest episode of the ...
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Pallet network growth continues despite tough trading environment
There is no sign of growth in the pallet sector slowing despite a “difficult trading climate”, according to the Association of Pallet Networks (APN). The association’s figures for Q1 2017 show that its members moved more than 5.9 million pallets in the period, 7.2% higher than Q1 2016.APN chairman Paul ...
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MT ArticlePalletforce has added to its delivery offer with new notifications
Palletforce has added to its delivery offering with new notifications. Last month the network started to notify its customers when a consignment was out for delivery.It has since built on that progress and can now notify a customer when goods have been delivered, complete with the name of the person ...
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MT ArticleRHA welcomes Conservative promise to simplify tax but not its approach to roads and facilities
Theresa May during a visit to Andrew Black Haulage in North Berwick after attending the Scottish Conservatives manifesto launch at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (last week). Image: Press Association.The RHA has welcomed the Conservative manifesto’s pledge to simplify the tax system this week but said the document lacked detail.Launched ...
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MT ArticleFTA calls on French president Macron to reverse driver fee decision
The FTA has called on France’s new president Emmanuel Macron to reverse his predecessor’s decision to charge a €40 (£34) driver fee.The fee, set to come into force next January, targets "posted workers". These are defined as EU workers operating outside of their own country on a temporary basis and ...
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MT ArticleNext selects Paragon HDX for two-man operation
Next has introduced Paragon Software Systems’ HDX routeing software across its two-man delivery operation.The system will allow Next to offer tighter delivery windows, customer notifications, consignment tracking and proof of delivery on its two-man delivery operation.Next director of logistics Simon Kelly said: “Following a competitive tender process we decided Paragon ...
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MT ArticleArgos DC staff begin two-week strike
More than 1,400 warehouse staff at Argos DCs began a two-week strike today (17 May) fearing a “contracting-out culture” and job security.Unite said its members at DCs in Basildon, Bridgewater, Burton-on-Trent, Heywood and Lutterworth fear contracting work out to other suppliers will lead to job losses and deterioration in terms ...
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MT Article'Jury still out' on Royal Mail privatisation
The jury is still out on the success of the privatisation of the Royal Mail, said parcel services broker Fastlane International, after a leak of the Labour Manifesto for the 2017 general election called for it to return to public ownership.The leaked manifesto said: “The Conservative government’s privatisation of Royal ...
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MT ArticleNew government must not use industry as scapegoat, says FTA
The new government must support the industry in meeting clean air legislation and not villainise HGVs, according to the FTA's election manifesto. The trade association's head of national policy Christopher Snelling said government should “support freight and logistics operators as they work to comply with the latest Clean Air Zone ...