All Industry News articles – Page 219
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Lack of growth in haulage rates confirms industry's fears
Growth in haulage rates slowed almost to a halt in the first three months of the year, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Average haulage rates grew by just 0.1% against a 2005 baseline in the first quarter of 2013, down from 0.2% during the ...
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Wincanton secures Pernod Ricard Group contract renewal
Wines and spirits supplier Pernod Ricard Group has renewed its UK warehousing and distribution contract with Wincanton, extending their relationship by five years.The operator has provided warehousing, repacking and customer distribution for Pernod Ricard’s brands, which include Absolut, Jameson, Jacob’s Creek and Campo Viejo, since 1995.The new part of the ...
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MP calls for windfall tax if price-fixing in oil sector proves widespread
A windfall tax should be applied to the UK oil sector with the resulting revenues used to cut fuel duty, if the EC’s investigation into alleged price-fixing confirms widespread malpractice, it has been suggested. Robert Halfon, Conservative MP for Harlow and founder of the PetrolPromise.com campaign, said the EC’s decision ...
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FTA Everywoman Awards 2013 winners revealed
Wincanton were the big winners at the sixth annual FTA Everywoman awards, picking up Director of the Year and the Motor Transport-sponsored Rising Star award at the ceremony at London's Savoy Hotel.On Thursday 16 May nine awards were given to female role models in the road transport industry, who - ...
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ArticleUPN reveals identity of first European service provider
Trevor Paul from Twente Express (l) and Andrew Spencer from UPN (r)The United Pallet Network has revealed the identity of the first of its European service partners as Brownhills, West Mids-based Twente Express. UPN revealed in April that it had shaken up its existing European coverage in a move ...
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ArticleMotorway service stations could be forced to display fuel prices
The RHA and motorway service area (MSA) operator Moto have welcomed the prime minister’s plans to force service stations to display fuel prices on motorway signs, but the Petrol Retailers' Association (PRA) believes it will push prices up.RHA chief executive Geoff Dunning said the added transparency will help lower fuel ...
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EC raids prompt calls for fresh investigation into UK oil sector
Calls have been made for further investigations in the UK into alleged price-fixing in the oil industry, after European anti-trust regulators confirmed they had carried out raids on several firms involved in the sector.The raids, which took place on Tuesday 14 May, are reported to have involved BP, Shell, Statoil ...
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Fuel transparency bill is killed off; industry to fight on
MP Robert Halfon’s fuel price transparency bill has been killed off, having failed to make its passage through parliament in time.Halfon’s bill, which received a successful first reading last October, called for the tax take on fuel to be printed on every forecourt receipt.However, last week the Queen’s Speech heralded ...
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ArticleCalling all truck, van and trailer rental companies
Motor Transport, in partnership with the BVRLA, is currently compiling a ‘who’s who’ of the UK commercial vehicle rental and leasing sector, and we want to hear from every sized player in this market.The data we are collecting will be turned into a supplement featuring the top 250 rental and ...
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ArticleThink Logistics takes off at national launch
Almost 100 delegates from road transport operators and training providers last week (9 May) attended the national launch of Think Logistics, an initiative to get school leavers interested in a career in logistics developed by Abbey Logistics MD Steve Granite.Granite and a steering group of half a dozen other operators ...
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ArticleWomen in Logistics awards nominations now open
Photograph by: ANG PHOTOGRAPHYWomen in Logistics is urging the industry to put forward nominations for its second awards night, celebrating the achievements of women in transport.The organisation will hold its second charity ball and awards night in September with funds being raised for Transaid, which supports transport in developing countries.Nominations ...
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MEPs flesh out plans to cut van emissions
MEPs have approved a set of draft legislative amendments outlining rules for reducing the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of vans by 2020. The draft amendments, voted on during the first week of May by the European Parliament’s Environment Committee, are designed to help van manufacturers achieve an average maximum of ...
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Vosa to conduct van safety blitz
Vosa has confirmed it is planning to significantly increase its enforcement effort on vans.Speaking at the recent FTA Van Excellence Conference, Vosa head of enforcement policy Gordon Macdonald said the agency was “determined to improve van operational standards”.He added that it “makes no secret of its intention to significantly ...
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ArticleHigh fuel costs aren't the main reason for failures in logistics
The price of fuel has little effect on the profitability of logistics companies and isn’t the primary cause of failures in the industry, the Motor Transport Directors’ Club was told last month.Speaker John Manners-Bell, chief executive of Transport Intelligence, told the gathering of the most senior people in road transport ...
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ArticleWarehousing: Rent rises as units snapped up
Whether they have been forced to consider second-hand space because of a lack of new buildings or prefer it for cost reasons, occupiers have become used to a wide choice of warehouses. Now, however, they are facing a reduced supply.Overall, the amount of second-hand space available in units above 100,000ft² ...
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ArticleMail and parcels firms say TV report was "not representative"
Two post and parcel carriers at the centre of a recent investigation by Channel 4 programme Dispatches have said they do not believe its findings to be representative of service levels across their operations. In a report broadcast on 29 April, Dispatches showed staff secretly filmed at UK Mail’s Bournemouth ...
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Yearsley faces fresh objections to new Peterborough site
Yearsley Group is facing fresh objections after submitting a planning application for its new 385,000ft² cold store in Peterborough.The site, which it wants to establish in the Great Haddon Employment Zone, will include a 35m high automated storage facility and will eventually employ some 300 staff, around 220 of whom ...
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ArticleOnline auction site for used trailers launched
Trailer hire specialist Hireco has launched a novel way of selling its ex-rental trailers – an eBay-style auction website. Buyers will be able to log in, browse the trailers for sale and make bids, receiving email notifications if they have been outbid before the auction ends.Hireco has a rental fleet ...
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ArticleSkills for Logistics to tackle waste and pharmaceutical sectors
Skills for Logistics (SfL) is looking to launch new Occupational Craft Skills Groups, this time focusing on specific markets, such as waste operations and pharmaceutical.The move comes after the sector skills council created nine groups last year covering general areas such as driving, warehousing and fleet management, all headed by ...
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Vosa test fee hike is of limited benefit to ATFs
Proposals to raise the costs of vehicle testing at Vosa test stations this year will generate an extra £4.2m for the agency from its customers, but just £1.7m of this will be channelled into lowering the charges it applies for vehicle tests at authorised testing facilities (ATFs), it has emerged. ...