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MT Article1.4 million ft² logistics park proposed for Wigan
Warehouse developer db symmetry has announced plans for a 1.4 million ft² logistics park at Winstanley near Wigan.It is proposing a mix of logistics buildings alongside open space and recreational routes for local residents, with a green buffer between the development and the nearest housing.The park would be known as ...
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NFT Distribution sales and marketing manager moves to Fowler Welch
Former NFT Distribution sales and marketing manager Dale Fiddy has joined Fowler Welch as its strategic development director. Fiddy (pictured below) had worked at NFT since 2009, before which he spent 10 years with Culina.Starting in his new role today (6 June) Fiddy will initially be responsible for developing the ...
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Thompsons Tippers' new business development manager passes HGV driving test
Thompsons Tippers’ business development manager for the South East drove herself from Dover to Yorkshire in a 32-tonne manual tipper just days after passing her HGV driving test.Sheri Gibbons, who joined the business in January this year, said it was “quite a jump” from the automatic she’d learnt in to ...
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MT ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2018: Fleet Truck of the Year shortlist
The DAF CF, Scania P-Series, Mercedes-Benz Actros and MAN TGX go head-to-head for Motor Transport Fleet Truck of the Year, sponsored by Texaco, when the Motor Transport Awards take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 4 July.DAF CFIt’s rumoured that no transport manager has ever been fired ...
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FTA: Government's Brexit strategy 'playing chicken' with economy and industry
The government is playing chicken with the future of the British economy and the haulage industry, the FTA has warned.As the next round of talks on post-Brexit customs arrangements approaches, the trade association launched a damning attack on the government’s “reckless” Brexit strategy.FTA deputy chief executive James Hookham said: “The ...
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MT ArticlePalletways member Sovereign Transport welcomes new business sales executive
Palletways member Sovereign Transport has hired a Hermes field manager as its new business sales executive. Paul Hanson joins the Liverpool-based operator after three years at Hermes, where he was responsible for more than 100 self-employed couriers.At Sovereign he will be in charge of drumming up and overseeing new business, ...
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MT ArticleMidlands Connect to explore potential for HGV platooning trial on Midlands motorways
The busy heart of the strategic road network could see platooning HGVs trialed on it, according to new study report from transport consortium Midlands Connect.Working with Highways England, Midlands Connect released a 25-year strategy for improving congestion and efficiencies in areas around the M5, M6 and M42 last year.Today (6 ...
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MT ArticleHireco to open truck parking facility at DP London Gateway in August
Hireco will open a 5-acre truck park at DP London Gateway later this year to address what it described as “a chronic shortage of parking in the surrounding area”. The site (pictured mid-build), expected to open in the first week of August, will have space for 160 HGVs and will ...
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Motor Transport Awards 2018: Innovation Award shortlist
Cartwright Group, Grocontinental, Reflex Vans, Renault Trucks and R2C Online all find themselves vying for the Innovation Award, sponsored by Goodyear, when the Motor Transport Awards take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 4 July.Cartwright GroupCartwright impressed judges with how streetwise it is, with its clever trailer ...
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MT ArticleBibby Distribution awarded shiny new Autoglass deal
Bibby Distribution has leveraged its night delivery experience to win a deal with Autoglass.Bibby Distribution’s track-record in night deliveries has helped it clinch a three-year deal with Autoglass and its wholesale division Laddaw.The Liverpool-based logistics provider will transport glass sheets nightly from a manufacturer’s DC in Bardon to Autoglass and ...
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GMB to take legal action against Amazon over self-employed worker status
GMB is to launch legal action against Amazon and three businesses that deliver for it, accusing them of bogus self-employment. The union, which took Hermes to court last month for its treatment of self-employed drivers, claimed that drivers at Prospect Commercials, Box Group and Lloyd Link Logistics were being denied ...
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MT ArticleKinaxia Logistics secures flagship warehouse at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal
Kinaxia Logistics will move into a flagship warehouse facility at the Prologis-owned Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) later this summer.Kinaxia, which with the rescue of BC Bollington from administration late last year took its collection of regional hauliers to nine since it was formed to purchase Bay Freight in ...
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UK Mail refutes union claim it plans to cut couriers' wages again
UK Mail has refuted a union’s claim that it plans to cut drivers' wages at its site near Leeds.The GMB, which in January highlighted that DHL-owned UK Mail had lowered its price-per-drop for delivery drivers, claimed some members at the company’s site in Gildersome, near Leeds, faced a further squeeze.In ...
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MT ArticleDon't ignore black and ethnic minority talent when recruiting
Photo: ShutterstockThe logistics industry needs to learn lessons from construction and target its recruitment drive on black and ethnic minorities (BAME) if it is to find the 1.2 million new recruits it needs, according to Ian Nichol, head of logistics and lead on Think Logistics and Think Build projects at ...
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MT ArticleEuropa Worldwide Group buys Continental Cargo Carriers
Europa Worldwide Group has made the first of a promised series of acquisitions with the purchase of Continental Cargo Carriers (CCC).The cross-Channel ro-ro specialist has headquarters in Ostend, Belgium as well as a presence in the Czech Republic and the UK.Purchased for an undisclosed sum, CCC operates a 13,000ft² warehouse ...
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MT ArticleWhistl sees its future in parcels and fulfilment services
Whistl believes its ability to offer customers a one-stop shop from mail through to parcels and fulfilment services will ensure its future success as the mail market stagnates.Presenting its full-year results for the year to 31 December 2017, the downstream access (DSA) mail specialist, which was subject to a management ...
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British Sugar sweetens haulage deal to appease contractors
British Sugar has agreed to make changes to its haulage scheme after alienating some operators by encouraging capacity investment with no guarantee of tonnage. An independent analysis of British Sugar’s industry harvesting and haulage scheme (IHHS) found that resulting bad feeling was repeated annually, with each new cycle of selection ...
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MT ArticleUse today's clean fuels technology rather than bludgeoning hauliers with a tax hike, says FairFuelUK
Pressure group FairFuelUK (FFUK) has called on the UK’s decision makers to make better use of technology in reducing road transport emissions further, rather than using the blunt instrument of increased taxation.FFUK was responding to a recent report, The unintended consequences of freezing fuel duty, written by former government transport ...
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MT ArticleMontgomery Transport becomes first Earned Recognition member in Northern Ireland
Montgomery Transport has been revealed as the first Northern Ireland-based haulier to be accredited for the DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme.The Palletways member, based in Newtownabbey, achieved Earned Recognition founder member status in March of this year but the result has just been publicised.Operators in the scheme regularly share performance and ...
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M and J Haulage staff should receive a payment, say KPMG
Former staff at Lincolnshire sugar beet haulier M and J Haulage are expected to be paid outstanding claims shortly following the firm’s collapse into administration last year.It is still anticipated that companies owed money by the haulier will also receive a dividend, although the amount has yet to be finalised.KPMG ...