All Industry News articles – Page 242
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MT ArticleOperators urged to monitor routes during cycle superhighway 2 upgrade works
TfL is urging the use of alternative routes during peak times while construction work to upgrade cycle superhighway 2 (CS2) takes place.The upgrade will create a fully and semi-segregated route between Aldgate and Bow roundabout, including 11 cycle-priority junctions installed, including at Aldgate, Mile End and Whitechapel.The vast majority of ...
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Skills for Logistics liquidation process gets underway
Skills for Logistics (SfL) has officially entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation.Following a creditors’ meeting on 9 February, Peter O’Hara and Simon Weir of West Yorkshire firm O’Hara & Co were appointed to handle the liquidation.Speaking to MotorTransport.co.uk, Weir said the liquidation process would take several months to complete, while standard investigations ...
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RHA sets date for government roundtable debate on HGV driver funding
The RHA has confirmed it will be meeting with the Treasury next Friday (20 Feb) to thrash out the potential of direct funding for road haulage employers wanting to train new HGV drivers.A meeting last month with business secretary Vince Cable saw RHA chief executive Richard Burnett (pictured) highlight the ...
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Beverley Bell to become CILT president
Beverley Bell, senior traffic commissioner for Britain, is to become president of the CILT in May. Bell, who will take over the one-year presidency from Jim Spittle, chairman of standards body GS1 UK, has been vice-president for two years and a member of CILT for nearly a decade.It is believed ...
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Operators split over Fors fees
Operators joining newly privatised Fors later this month will pay from £485 up to an eye-watering £11,250 in annual fees to be part of the benchmarking and safety initiative.The new pricing, which sees operators charged on the basis of fleet size and number of operating centres for the previously free ...
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MT ArticleRegister now for Clocs demonstration event in London
Operators looking to meet the requirements of Fors silver or gold, or the Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety (Clocs) scheme, should register to attend a demonstration event on Thursday 26 February at ExCeL, London.The event is a practical demonstration of the requirements for both schemes and those who attend will ...
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MT ArticleFTA: operators not fully benefitting from 53% cut in bulk oil costs
The FTA met with the Treasury last Thursday (5 February) to discuss the real effect the plummeting cost of oil was having on the freight transport sector.Despite lower oil prices benefitting hauliers “to an extent”, the FTA said most operators are not seeing the 53% fall in bulk prices passed ...
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Safer Lorry Scheme from September; but more enforcement would have been better choice
TfL has done well to minimise compliance costs under the Safer Lorry Scheme but ultimately the initative remains misguided, the FTA has said.Responding after confirmation the Safer Lorry Scheme would go live from September - effectively banning vehicles above 3.5 tonnes from operating within the London area without sideguards ...
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Still time to nominate your top performers for Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards
The entry deadline for the the 2015 FTA Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards has been extended until the 9 Febraury.Now in its eighth year, the awards recognise remarkable women in transport and logistics, and in doing so aim to encourage more women to consider a career in the sector.Everywoman ...
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MT ArticleGovernment kills off student-loan proposal for driver licence acquisition
The government has rejected the idea of extending student loans for funding licence acquisition, saying it was “not appropriate”.The idea was first mooted by the FTA last year when its MD for policy, James Hookham, met with employment minister Esther McVey to discuss ways to boost recruitment.The idea was later ...
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MT ArticlePalletline snaps up former City Link manager Gutsell to lead hub operation
Palletline has appointed former City Link regional network manager, Richard Gutsell, as its new head of hub operations.The announcement comes after Palletline revealed its new MD would be former ARR Craib group distribution director, Graham Leitch, who takes the reins following former boss Kevin Buchanan’s exit from the pallet network ...
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FTA courses to provide continuous professional development for transport managers
The FTA is aiming to “revolutionise” the status of transport managers through a range of continuous professional development courses that will be recognised across the industry.James Hookham, MD – membership and policy at the FTA, said the City & Guilds Level 3 qualifications will fill in the “missing piece” when ...
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Pallets networks urged to raise rates
Pallet networks need to find ways of raising more revenue from customers if more of them are not to go the way of UK Pallets, the boss of Bullet Express has warned.David McCutcheon, MD of Pall-Ex member Bullet Express, told MT in the wake of the collapse of UK Pallets ...
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APPG on Freight Transport report seeks to tackle funding and insurance issues for young drivers
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Freight Transport will call for an extension to the student loans system and cheaper insurance for young drivers to address the HGV driver shortage in its first skills report, MT can reveal.Barriers to Youth Employment in the Freight Transport Sector, which is a draft ...
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CVS defence counsel claims Vosa 'entrapment'
The way that Vosa approached its investigation into the operations of Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) was as near to entrapment as it was possible to get, it was suggested by defence counsel at Leeds Crown Court earlier this month.In November of last year, CVS MD Martin Collins, sales director Richard ...
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MT ArticleFTA warns that plans for cross-capital cycle superhighways are being rushed through
The FTA has criticised the speed of the roll-out of fully segregated cycle superhighways in London, suggesting the scheme is being rushed through to coincide with the mayoral elections in May 2016.TfL announced yesterday that final scheme sign-off for what it calls “Crossrail for the bike” is expected next ...
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MT ArticleMet Police puts Mercedes Actros on the road to highlight cycle dangers
The Metropolitan Police’s Cycle Safety Team has put on the road a Mercedes-Benz Actros in police livery, which will be used for its Exchanging Places cyclist awareness initiative.Supplied by Mercedes dealer Sparshatts of Kent, the Actros 2545 has a BigSpace cab and a 449hp straight-six engine. It also has blue ...
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Bandvulc first to join ethical standards organisation
Truck tyre retread specialist Bandvulc has become the first transport industry supplier to join Sedex, a not for profit organisation dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains.As the largest collaborative platform for sharing ethical supply chain data, Sedex is an innovative and effective ...
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MT ArticleA third of Dawsonrentals fleet now Euro-6
Dawsonrentals has seen a surge in operator interest in Euro-6 during the past 12 months, with over 30% of its truck fleet now Euro-6.The company will soon have over 1,400 Euro-6 trucks, either on order or already delivered, in its 4,000-strong rental fleet.Its Euro-6 fleet consists of approximately 1,000 tractors ...
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Everywoman Awards closing date is just days away
The closing date for the 2015 FTA Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards on the 2 February (at midnight) is upon us.Now in its eighth year, the awards recognise the talents of remarkable women in transport and logistics and in doing so aim to encourage more women to consider a ...