All Industry News articles – Page 234
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Motor Transport Power Players: 5 - Bradley Jacobs
5) Bradley Jacobs Title: CEO XPO LogisticsJacobs has been shaking up the road transport and logistics market in the US since he bought Express-1 Expedited Solutions in 2011 and renamed it XPO Logistics.He believes that the industry is ripe for consolidation due to its fragmented nature and he’s been sourcing ...
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MT ArticleAssociations fear new Dunkirk migrant camp will increase drivers' danger
A proposed new migrant camp in Dunkirk, just 30 miles from Calais, has been criticised by the RHA and the FTA. The French government is to commit a proposed £1.1m to the camp, which is located about five miles east of the port of Dunkirk.The RHA said the dangers faced ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 6 - Andrew Jones
6) Andrew Jones MP Title: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Department for TransportIf you knew Andrew Jones before he became freight minister you were either well plugged in to the world of politics in North Yorkshire, or were familiar with him from his days working at Bettys and Taylors ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 7 - Richard Burnett
7) Richard BurnettTitle: Chief executive RHAFor the general public, Richard Burnett is the face of the road transport industry. When he became chief executive of the RHA in summer 2014 Burnett would hardly have believed he would have to be a man for a crisis. But life isn’t always that ...
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MT ArticleStuart Jackson joins Bridgestone UK's senior management team
Stuart Jackson has been appointed as business development director for northern Europe at Bridgestone.As part of his new role Jackson will work in support of all departments in the UK and Ireland, and will manage the delivery of a number of projects intended to transform the sales and profitability of ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 8 - Ray Ashworth
8) Ray AshworthTitle: MD Daf Trucks UKOne in every three trucks registered every month is a Daf, which means arguably, he is man who ultimately dictates the price of anywhere between 26% to 30% of new trucks bought in the UK.In August 2015 Daf celebrated 20 consecutive years of topping ...
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MT ArticleMotor Transport Power Players: 9 - David Hunt
9) David Hunt Title: vice-president and managing director at Ryder EuropeWith some 12,500 truck assets on its books Ryder remains the largest truck rental firm in the UK - which means it’s one of the biggest truck buyers as well as one of the biggest truck suppliers in the UK.Ryder’s ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 10 - Dwain McDonald
10) Dwain McDonaldTitle: Chief executive, DPDgroup UKFive MT Awards in one night? Only McDonald has managed that. He might not like us saying it, but McDonald has led the biggest success story in UK road transport in not just the past year, but the past decade.Back in August 2006 the ...
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MT ArticleMotor Transport Power Players: 11 - Violeta Bulc
11) Violeta Bulc Title: European Commissioner for TransportSlovenian Bulc was described by the press as “not your average commissioner” – she has studied as a shaman and is a trained fire-walker and wrote a blog about her interest in positive energy forces. That to one side… she’s the most influential ...
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Nearly all Northern Ireland own-account operators have an O-licence
Almost every operator in Northern Ireland that should have a restricted O-licence has been issued one, three years after updated O-licensing rules came into force.According to figures published by the Department of the Environment, just two temporary permits were awaiting conversion into a full restricted O-licence at the end of ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 12 - Margrethe Vestager
12) Margrethe VestagerTitle: European commissioner for competitionFormerly the Deputy Prime-Minister of Denmark Vestager makes this list because she has one decision in her hands that could reshape the road transport industry, namely approving FedEx’s acquisition of TNT.The commission had until 7 December to “make sure that FedEx's takeover of TNT ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 13 - Steve Parkin
13) Steve ParkinTitle: Chairman, Clipper LogisticsSteve Parkin is one of those larger than life characters that still enliven the logistics industry. Having left school with no qualifications and after spending 18 months working as a coal miner, he built Clipper Logistics from a one man and a van operation to ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 14 - Moya Greene
14) Moya Greene Title: Chief executive officer, Royal MailThe Motor Transport Top 100 employ more than 331,690 people across the country. However, Royal Mail’s 143,000 employees account for 43.1% of that total. Or in other words, no one in road transport is responsible for more jobs in this industry than ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 15 - David Wells
15) David Wells Title: Chief executive, FTAWells succeeded Theo de Pencier as chief executive of the FTA at the beginning of May. It’s unusual that the chief executives of both associations are starting their period in office at similar junctions, which makes it hard not to make comparisons with the ...
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MT ArticleMotor Transport Power Players: 16 - Rob Flello MP
16) Rob Flello MP Title: Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freight Transport and MP for Stoke-on-Trent SouthFlello is the pre-eminent voice in Westminster when it comes to freight. Just before the election he said that it was “a largely misunderstood industry, often disregarded, or worse, by many in ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 17 - Andrew Woolfenden
17) Andrew WoolfendenTitle: UK distribution director, TescoThere are fewer more high-profile, and demanding, jobs in road transport and logistics than running the in-house operations of (still) Britain’s biggest retailer.Tesco has had a rough 18-months, posting its worst set of annual results and a pre-tax loss of £6.38bn in February. Much-hand ...
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Motor Transport Power Players: 18 - Alex Laffey
18) Alex Laffey Title: Chief executive officer, Eddie Stobart LogisticsIn April 2014 Stobart Group disposed of 51% of its 100% shareholding of the Stobart road transport business to Douglasbay Capital (Dbay) – the former owners of TDG - for £280.8m.At the time William Stobart was the chief executive, but a ...
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New MTP episode available now
The latest episode of the Motor Transport Podcast (MTP) is available for download now. In this week's broadcast, Christopher Walton, Emma Shone and Ashleigh Wight discuss the effect the closure of the Forth Road Bridge is set to have on the haulage industry, with the RHA predicting huge industry-wide costs.The ...
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Motor Transport Power Players : 19 - Derrick Potter
19) Derrick Potter Title: Founder and executive chairman, Potter LogisticsDerrick Potter celebrated both the 50th anniversary of the founding of Potter Logistics and his 50th wedding anniversary in 2015, marking the occasion with the title of Motor Transport Haulier of the Year.While company isn’t the biggest in the UK by ...
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MT ArticleScottish hauliers slam "horrendous" cost of Forth Bridge closure
Scottish hauliers are up in arms about the “horrendous” extra costs they face because of the HGV ban on the Forth Road Bridge, which has been extended until the end of February. The bridge, originally scheduled to reopen to HGV traffic on 4 January after steelwork repairs, will reopen to ...