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ArticleWhy Stobart is the perfect fit for Culina, explains CEO van Mourik
Culina Group announced its takeover of GreenWhiteStar Acquisitions (GWSA) on 1 July 2021, a deal that brought Eddie Stobart, Eddie Stobart Europe, iForce, The Pallet Network and The Logistics People into the Culina Group fold. GWSA’s 20% holding in courier Speedy Freight was sold to a management buyout as part ...
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ArticleParcels to pallets – a new but lasting trend?
As the e-commerce boom continues, Palletways says a growing number of parcel companies are looking to diversify into palletised haulage. MT hears why the transition can offer a lucrative new revenue streamThe UK saw a big jump in e-commerce, both B2C and B2B, during the pandemic as stores and businesses ...
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ArticleSixty not out - Bob Terris celebrates his Diamond Jubilee
While attention this year has understandably been focused on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, a VIP of the transport industry is celebrating a Diamond Jubilee after recently passing the milestone of 60 years with his firm.Bob Terris, chairman of Meachers Global Logistics, joined the Meachers family coal merchant and transport company ...
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ArticleMicrolise chief hails the return of its transport conference in 2022
The Microlise Transport Conference returned to Coventry on May 18 2022 after a three-year gap due to the Covid pandemic and Microlise chief executive Nadeem Raza, pictured, said it was “fantastic to be back” with over 1,000 delegates in attendance.“We have clearly hit the mark in terms of the subjects ...
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ArticleKeeping it in the family pays dividends for Fagan & Whalley
In February Lancashire family logistics company Fagan & Whalley (F&W) completed the acquisition of Alan R Jones & Sons, another long-standing family firm in Newport, South Wales. The establishment of a base in South Wales was just the latest in a series of investments the sixth generation haulier is making ...
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ArticleCurrie Solutions fights back to profit after restructuring
Currie Solutions is set to move out of the red, three years after the loss making logistics firm was purchased in a management buy-out, and despite having to battle its way through the impact of Brexit, the pandemic, the driver shortage crisis and global supply chain restrictions.The Dumfries-headquartered group, which ...
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ArticleCash not truck loads of shoes and socks is what Ukrainian refugees really need
The Humanitarian Logistics Association (HLA) has launched an awareness campaign with its Lyon-based corporate member Bioport to assist those wishing to donate to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. The new guidance gathers the latest best practice from a range of sources to ensure the right donations get to the right people ...
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ArticleTransport Scotland mulls Norwegian blueprint for tunnel plan
Transport Scotland has held discussions with the Norwegian government to learn about constructing tunnels, as part of plans to provide a solution to a stretch of road in the Highlands plagued by landslips.Last year, the government announced work was being progressed for a resilient route through Glen Croe to replace ...
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ArticleMoody Logistics adopts what3words to address delivery accuracy
Moody Logistics and Storage has become one of the first members of the Pall-Ex network to enable its customers to use what3words to ensure the pinpoint accuracy of deliveries.The app identifies any three-metre location on the planet by encoding three dictionary words with geographical coordinates.A standard postcode contains up to ...
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ArticleShop fitter Sigma still flat out despite upheaval of Covid-19
Sigma has been working in the retail sector for over 20 years and provides some of the high street’s biggest retailers with services including store construction and consolidation, fixture procurement and M&E installation.Sigma’s supply chain director Stuart Thomas, pictured, has over 20 years’ experience in logistics with companies including CEVA ...
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ArticleSpin off complete, GXO MD looks forward to a bright future for contract logistics and ecommerce
In August 2021 XPO completed the spin off of its Logistics division to create a new, separate company GXO, leaving the former Transport division to trade on as XPO.While there were good operational reasons for the split, Brad Jacobs, chairman and CEO of XPO Logistics, made no secret of the ...
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ArticleScania head of sustainability talks BEVs, hydrogen and green vehicles as a service
As part of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scania held a one-day conference at its new Eurocentral flagship dealership to the east of the city to review road transport’s progress towards net-zero emissions. MT caught up with Scania’s global head of sustainability Andreas Follér at the event.MT: While ...
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ArticleCitySprint grows workforce by one sixth to handle Christmas peak
Sameday delivery specialists CitySprint is recruiting 500 more couriers across the UK to take its fleet off vans, cars and bikes to over 4,000 as Covid-19 means a continuing increase in the number of people shopping online and delivery volumes reach record levels. Mark Footman, chief operating officer at CitySprint, ...
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ArticlePallet-Track CEO: "Sales up but high cost base will hit profits"
Caroline Green joined Pallet-Track as chief financial officer a year ago and replaced Nigel Parkes as chief executive on 1 April. She began her career with Xerox and joined Pallet-Track from e-commerce specialist ReBound Returns, where she was chief operating and finance officer. MT finds out how the new job ...
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Logistics UK chief argues driver shortage is an economic not just a transport problem
On August 22, Logistics UK and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) wrote a joint open letter to Kwasi Kwarteng MP, secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS), to ramp up pressure on the government to take action over the chronic HGV driver shortage.After weeks of negotiations with ...
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ArticlePartners& offers much more than the cheapest price when it comes to insurance and risk management
Photo: ShutterstockFormed in April 2020, Partners& was created by bringing together four quality insurance brokers to offer improved risk management capabilities, insurance broking and employee benefits expertise, to become what it describes itself as a “next generation” insurance adviser.The business is led by CEO Phil Barton, pictured, who has worked ...
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ArticleMicrolise listing on stock market will fund new products to improve operator efficiency
Telematics market leader Microlise became a PLC when it listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange on 22 July. CEO Nadeem Raza tells MT why.The decision to list shares on the stock market is intended to support Microlise's next stage of development, including broadening its ...
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Hellmann Worldwide reaps benefits of restructure and refinancing with return to profitability
After a difficult period in 2016, when Hellmann Worldwide Logistics’ UK operation faced an uncertain future, the business has since been restructured, refinanced and had a new management team installed.The results speak for themselves, and despite making a £1.5m pre-tax loss on UK turnover down 5% to £80m in 2020, ...
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Don’t delay – deadline to meet the DVS is looming
The Direct Vision Standard (DVS) is being introduced by TfL on 1 March after being postponed from its original implementation date of October 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.From March, any HGV over 12 tonnes other than a few exempt specialist vehicles such as mobile cranes must either have a ...
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ArticleSave lives by carrying new low-cost, in-cab defibrillators
Road safety organisation Driver First Assist is planning to roll out low-cost defibrillators to the transport industry and beyond, reports Jack Carfrae.Everyone has seen defibrillators in public. Airports, shopping centres, train stations, outside shops; they sit innocuously on the wall, ignored by all and sundry until they suddenly become vital.The ...