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Latest Industry news – Page 167
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ArticleDVSA refines OCRS to help it focus on most non-compliant
The DVSA has introduced a combined traffic and roadworthiness score to its OCRS system to help focus its roadside enforcement on high-risk operators.Examiners will now use the combined score to determine which vehicles to check, but operators will be able to view their individual roadworthiness and traffic scores online.Under a ...
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Ceva seals warehousing deal with DIY group Arlec
Ceva Logistics will help Australian DIY group Arlec build up its UK business after sealing a new warehousing deal.Ceva has secured an evergreen contract with Arlec, which designs and manufactures electronic and electrical products for the DIY market in Australia and New Zealand.It is now entering the UK market to ...
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ArticleRound off 2016 with the Motor Transport Podcast end of year special
2016 saw the UK vote to leave the EU, Donald Trump preparing to move into his new house across the pond, and Sadiq Khan introduce unprecedented safety measures for operators working in London.But these headlines aside, 2016 has still been a busy year for the road transport sector. As we ...
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ArticleMAN names Simon Elliott's replacement
MAN Truck and Bus has appointed Thomas Hemmerich as MD Simon Elliott’s replacement, ahead of the latter’s departure in January. Hemmerich, who will assume the role on 1 February 2017, is the MD of MAN Truck and Bus Austria, and has worked for the company since 2003. He has formerly ...
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Structural changes set to significantly disrupt food distribution
Supply chain consultancy Dematic has argued that recent structural changes in the grocery market have the potential to “significantly disrupt the food distribution chain”.In a white paper called The Great Grocery Retailing Fulfilment Challenge, Dematic said pressure was coming from the growth of e-retailing, home deliveries, and customers shifting from ...
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Many operators unaware of upcoming apprenticeship levy, warns RHA
The RHA has raised concerns that many operators are unaware of the costs they'll be hit with when the apprenticeship levy comes into effect next April. Any company with payroll costs above £3m will be required to pay the equivalent of 0.5% of that cost into the tax. The association ...
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ArticleFTA Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards gets 10th anniversary makeover
The FTA Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards has had a birthday makeover for its 10th anniversary, with a list of brand new categories for next year’s event. Nominations are open for the awards, which will name two winners – a “leader” and an “above and beyond” candidate – in ...
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ArticleCNG Fuels to supply Waitrose, Argos and Brit European, with biomethane fuel
Natural gas fuel supplier CNG Fuels is promising to cut fleet operators running costs with the launch of its renewable biomethane fuel, which it claims is 40% cheaper than diesel and emits 70% less CO2.The company has already signed a deal to supply the fuel to retailers Waitrose, John Lewis ...
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Driver crushed to death by pallet during residential delivery
Thames Valley Police are investigating an accident in which a lorry driver employed by Palletways member Reason Transport was crushed to death whilst unloading a palletised delivery in High Wycombe.The driver, in his fifties, was unloading from an HGV in a residential road at 11am on Wednesday last week (21 ...
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SNP: Government has no Brexit plan for international hauliers
The SNP has attacked Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Transport, for having no plan in place to ensure that international hauliers have access to the European single market that has “served logistics for nearly half a century”.In a heated parliamentary debate on the impact of Brexit on the transport ...
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Drivers can still be recruited under managed migration, says Grayling
A new system of managed migration will allow the road transport industry to recruit skills internationally after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, Chris Grayling, Secretary of State for Transport, has assured operators.In a parliamentary debate on the impact of Brexit on the transport industry Grayling also insisted that ...
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ArticleAPN member volumes grow despite Brexit and driver shortage challenges
The members of the Association of Pallet Networks (APN) moved more than 17.5 million pallets in the first nine months of 2016. APN chairman Paul Sanders said this was a 4.5% increase on pallet volumes over the same period in 2015.He said: “The pallet network model responds well to volume ...
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ArticleGoodyear adds fleet management to services portfolio
Goodyear has launched Proactive Solutions, a fleet management service that builds on is Fleet Online Solution for tyre management which has been around 10 years and covers over 350,000 vehicles in Europe.The services offered fall into two broad families, Proactive Tyre and Proactive Fleet, which includes two options Driver Behaviour ...
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ArticleSimon Elliott to step down from role leading MAN Truck & Bus UK
6/08/2014 : DUBLIN : Pictured was Simon Elliott, new managing director of MAN UK. Picture Robbie Reynolds.Simon Elliott, MD of MAN Truck & Bus UK, is to leave his role in the new year. Elliott has resigned from his position and will leave in January. He was appointed from within ...
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ArticleShe's RHA reaches milestone with 200 registered members
Networking group She’s RHA is celebrating signing up more than 200 women to date following its launch earlier this year.The initiative has attracted transport managers, administrators, haulage operators, mechanics, logistics planners and drivers.She’s RHA founder member, RHA board member and partner at Freightlink Europe, Lesley O’Brien (pictured), said: “I am ...
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Autumn Statement: Fuel duty frozen again but cost of insurance to rise
Insurance costs could climb next year although fuel duty will remain frozen, it was confirmed in this afternoon’s Autumn Statement. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond announced that insurance premium tax will increase from 10% to 12% in June 2017.He said: “Insurance premium tax in this country is lower than ...
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FairFuelUK makes last ditch call for fuel duty cut in Autumn Statement
Campaign group FairFuelUK (FFUK) has called again on chancellor Philip Hammond to use tomorrow's Autumn Statement (22 November) to cut fuel duty and boost the economy.Following speculation that the chancellor will announce a freeze, FFUK urged him to go one step further and slash fuel duty by 3ppl.The group argues ...
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Ocado shares fall as Morrisons announces Amazon delivery collaboration
Ocado shares took a tumble today as Morrisons announced a new store-picking service with Amazon Fresh.The supermarket’s tie-up with Amazon, available initially to Prime members in selected London and Hertfordshire postcodes, will allow customers to do a “full” Morrisons shop through Amazon.Customers are able to choose from delivery within an ...
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FairFuelUK takes case for duty cut to the Treasury
FairFuelUK (FFUK) joined forces with fifty MPs yesterday to present an independent economic report to the Treasury, which argues that cutting fuel duty will boost the haulage industry and the wider economy.The report comes ahead of the government’s Autumn Statement next week. It was handed into the Treasury along with ...
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ArticleFors version four raises the bar for gold operators
Version four of the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (Fors) standard has raised the bar for accredited hauliers, particularly gold operators, according to scheme director John Hix (pictured).Speaking to Motortransport.co.uk at Fors’ first annual conference at Birmingham’s National Conference Centre, Hix said: “The key changes in the new standard are some ...