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    Logistics industry key to success of government’s levelling up agenda, report finds

    2022-06-06T11:35:00Z

    The UK logistics industry is one of the fastest growing areas of employment in the UK, bringing career opportunities to deprived areas targeted by the government’s levelling up agenda, according to an independent study by Frontier Economics.The study, commissioned by Amazon and supported by Logistics UK, found that the sector ...

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    Bridgestone unveils 'revolutionary' tyre and fleet management solution

    2022-06-03T00:01:00Z

    Bridgestone said its new integrated tyre and fleet management package will 'revolutionise the fleet market' by offering connected data and reporting under one agreement and delivered by a single partner.Developing Bridgestone’s Total Tyre Care package, Fleetcare combines its tyre range and tyre management solutions with fleet management from telematics specialist ...

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    "Unfair, confused and misleading" - industry hits back over threat of supply chain levy

    2022-06-01T15:43:00Z

    The logistics sector has slammed a new report by the Transport Select Commmitte (TSC) demanding it solves the driver shortage and upgrades rest facilities within two years or face a government supply chain levy.Logistics UK chief executive David Wells (pictured) branded the report "confused and misleading", insisting that the industry ...

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    Uphold pledge to help cold chain operators hit by end of red diesel rebate, sector tells government

    2022-06-01T08:58:00Z

    The Cold Chain Federation is calling on the government to make good on its promise to provide financial support to cold chain transport operators hit by the removal of the red diesel rebate for transport refrigeration units (TRUs), which came into effect on 1 April.The CCF, which represents businesses which ...

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    'Solve your problems within two years or face supply chain levy,' Transport Select Committee warns logistics sector

    2022-05-31T23:01:00Z

    The logistics sector must solve its driver employment crisis and fix its dearth of secure rest facilities within two years, or else the government should step in and impose a levy, MPs have warned.The Transport Select Committee (TSC) said the industry had been given long enough to get its house ...

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    Prometeon announces new organisational structure

    2022-05-31T16:10:00Z

    Prometeon Tyre Group has announced a reorganisation of its UK and Nordics business in order to strengthen its position in the market.The new organisational structure means Ali Yilmaz (pictured) becomes commercial director and is also in charge of logistics.Marisa Hever-Smith will head up CFO and HR Administration.Both Yilmaz and Hever-Smith ...

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    UK commercial vehicle production in April delivers best performance since 2016

    2022-05-31T09:50:00Z

    British commercial vehicle production rose 27.6% in April for the fourth consecutive month, delivering its best performance since 2016, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).However SMMT called on the government to take action to help support the industry as the pressure from supply chain delays and ...

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    Wheely-Safe targets emergency services sector in new deal with Woodway Engineering

    2022-05-31T08:33:00Z

    Wheely-Safe has agreed a new distribution deal with emergency services lighting and equipment supplier Woodway Engineering.The contract will see Woodway Engineering supply its UK and Ireland customers with Wheely-Safe’s latest generation of intelligent tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), wheel loss and wheel rim temperature sensors.The family firm will offer Wheely-Safe’s ...

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    International hauliers vent their frustration as queues return to Dover

    2022-05-30T17:09:00Z

    Lorries headed for Dover were trapped in 20-mile long queues again this weekend with further delays in the pipeline as another wave of holiday-makers prepare to head for the port this week, ahead of the Platinum Jubilee weekend.The queues began to build on Friday (27 May) with the Kent Resilience ...

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    Panattoni plans major logistics development in Crawley as demand for warehousing grows

    2022-05-30T11:39:00Z

    Industrial real estate developer Panattoni is fast tracking plans for a 199,672sq ft speculative, last-mile logistics development in Crawley, in response to strong and rising demand for warehousing.The detailed planning application for Panattoni Park Crawley, submitted to Crawley Borough Council, is for a semi-detached unit of 134,012sq ft and 65,660sq ...

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    Revised Euston HS2 plan would need 800 trucks a day to remove spoil

    2022-05-27T15:45:00Z

    A decision to reduce the size of HS2’s London terminus station at Euston means spoil will no longer be removed by rail and may have to be achieved with thousands of HGVs instead.In a written statement by the parliamentary under-secretary for state, Baroness Vere, she said a smaller, 10 platform ...

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    New data reveals UK's drink driving capital

    2022-05-27T14:53:00Z

    A study of five years’ worth of government data has found that the West Midlands is, by a significant margin, the UK’s drink driving hotspot.The analysis of the data found that the region recorded 89.48 drink driving incidents per 100,000 people, a full 32 accidents higher than the second place ...

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    Logistics UK demands review of Northern Ireland protocol in meeting with government

    2022-05-27T14:35:00Z

    Logistics UK has told the government it must make the Northern Ireland protocol work effectively to protect the country’s supply chain.The business group met with foreign secretary Liz Truss this week and its NI policy manager Seamus Leheny said it had urged the UK and EU to agree mitigations on ...

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    Transport firms slam England's major roads and facilities in new survey

    2022-05-27T11:43:00Z

    Less than half of logistics and coach firms rate England’s major roads positively, with rest facilities and clearing up after accidents attracting the lowest satisfaction ratings, according to a survey.Independent watchdog Transport Focus said just 46% of those polled were satisfied with England’s motorways and ‘A’ roads; 25% were dissatisfied ...

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    Michelin packs entire technical data book into new smartphone app

    2022-05-26T17:02:00Z

    Michelin has made a new free-to-use app available to tyre dealers and fleets, helping them access the latest technical information about its products.MyTechXpert is available for iOS and Android devices and Michelin described it as an evolution of its technical data book.Steve Chadwick, brand manager at Michelin Tyre said: “We ...

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    Panattoni set to build major South Yorkshire logistics hub

    2022-05-26T16:49:00Z

    Real estate developer Panattoni has submitted plans for one of the largest speculative logistics facilities in South Yorkshire.The application is for a 417570 sq ft facility next to Doncaster Sheffield Airport.It said it had acquired the 18.4-acre site from Peel L&P in March.Read more Panattoni to develop major logistics ...

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    Red Driver Risk Management awarded Birmingham Commonwealth Games contract

    2022-05-26T16:41:00Z

    Training firm Red Driver Risk Management (RDRM) has won a contract to provide driver training and licence checking services for volunteers at the Commonwealth Games this summer.In addition, it will be providing bespoke fleet manager training to the games’ organisers, covering duty of care and other legal responsibilities.RDRM chief executive ...

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    Hankook signs tyre deal with Vaculug

    2022-05-26T16:33:00Z

    (Left to right) Sanghoon Lee, president of Hankook Tire Europe; Haarjeev Kandhari, executive chairman, Vaculug; Guy Heywood, vice president marketing bus & truck tyres Hankook Tire Europe; Jorge Crespo, MD Vaculug, Michael Evans, operations director VaculugTyre company Hankook has signed a five-year deal with Vaculug to have its Alphatread brand ...

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    Government accused of 'sneaking in' strict new tachograph rules

    2022-05-26T14:54:00Z

    Road transport solicitors have criticised the government for ‘sneaking in’ tough new tachograph rules at the height of the pandemic and not publicising the changes.Backhouse Jones described the new EU requirements as the most onerous on drivers “since the tachograph was first invented” and that nothing at all had been ...

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    Operators hit with Public Inquiries over trailer defects

    2022-05-26T09:52:00Z

    Senior Traffic Commissioner Richard Turfitt (pictured) has warned hauliers of their obligations regarding trailers amid a spate of Public Inquiries following serious transgressions.Speaking at the Microlise Transport Conference last week, Turfitt said: “I need to flag up a concerning pattern of cases emerging from last year. It involves the maintenance ...