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ArticleLockdown boost to online shopping helps Clipper weather Covid-19 storm
Clipper Logistics is experiencing unprecedented volume increases under lockdown with retail customers’ online sales outstripping Black Friday levels by 100%.Announcing its trading update for the year to 30 April 2020, the company said it had weathered an initial period of disruption - as the Covid-19 lockdown saw high street retail ...
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ArticleWhat can we learn from swine flu?
The coronavirus is not my first pandemic. Back in 2009 when I was working in depot operations, I remember being briefed on a potentially dangerous virus called swine flu that was prevalent across the globe.I was tasked with implementing a range of safety measures across our depots to prevent transmission ...
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ArticleSixteen percent of operators could cease trading by July, RHA survey reveals
The RHA has repeated its plea for more government help for hauliers, after a new survey revealed 16% of operators are in danger of becoming insolvent within four weeks.The RHA survey of 600 companies also revealed frustration at the government’s furlough system, which operators say is still too inflexible.More than ...
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ArticleExpand clean air zones to cut Covid-19 infection rates, MPs demand
Clean air zones must be expanded in towns and cities as part of measures to cut pollution levels as evidence mounts that high Covid-19 infection rates are linked to poor air quality.The call for the government to take greater action to tackle air pollution is made in a report from ...
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ArticleAmazon founder Jeff Bezos invests in UK freight forwarder Beacon
London-based freight forwarding and supply chain finance company Beacon has attracted funding from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.The start-up, launched in 2018 by two former Uber executives, has raised over $15m (£12m) in its first funding round, attracting heavyweight investors which include Jeff Bezos, former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt and ...
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ArticleAre you breaking the law after Covid-19?
For hauliers who have been obliged to suspend or severely cut back on their operations because of the Covid-19 epidemic, a return to work probably cannot come soon enough. But as Jonathon Backhouse of Backhouse Jones solicitors told motortransport.co.uk, operators need to be aware of possible pitfalls in resuming their ...
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ArticleThe Anderson Group “withdraws support” and moves to cut jobs at Sam Anderson (Newhouse) and T McMillan
The Anderson Group is mulling whether to close down two of its haulage operations – Sam Anderson (Newhouse) and T McMillan Transport – as it begins to make redundancies at both firms.The group, which is based at Motherwell in Lanarkshire, said this week that the low profitability of both haulage ...
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ArticleCentral Logistics Solutions joins The Pallet Network
Pallet network TPN has signed Central Logistics Solutions (CLS) to cover Leicester postcodes.This is the first time the Markfield-based logistics firm, which boasts clients such as Amazon, Network Rail, Travis Perkins, Toyota and BMW, has joined a pallet network.CLS, which specialises in general haulage and same-day courier services, as well ...
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ArticleFelixstowe operator folded after storage deal was terminated
A Felixstowe-based transport and warehousing company collapsed following a decision by the nearby port to terminate its storage agreement, according to administrators.Karl King Transport operated 60 HGVs split between three depots, including premises within Felixstowe Port, which were used to service its major customer Aldi.Expansion of this contract in 2018 ...
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ArticleUK firms target new global markets in wake of Covid-19
A survey of UK companies has found more than half are now considering expanding into new global markets as a result of Covid-19.The findings, commissioned by logistics and e-commerce provider One World Express, also showed that 45% of firms said the pandemic had made them realise they were overly reliant ...
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ArticleApril saw only fifteen commercial vehicles manufactured in UK
Unsurprising and yet stark figures from the SMMT show that just 15 commercial vehicles rolled off GB production lines in April.CV output dropped by 99.3% as plants were forced to close their doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving just a handful of vehicles to leave the factory gates in ...
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Losses mount at Abbey Logistics
Abbey Logistics has reported pre-tax losses of £3.67m for the year to 29 June 2019, after a restated loss of £4.42m in the previous year.Turnover was down slightly at £62.68m after rising 28% in 2018 due to several contract wins and the acquisition of Armet Logistics in 2017. The company ...
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ArticleNew Goodyear trailer tyre boasts range of benefits for regional hauliers
Goodyear has introduced a new KMAX T GEN-2 trailer tyre, offering greater mileage, longer life and radio frequency identification (RFID) connectivity.The product range replaces the KMAX T trailer range and complements its premium KMAX GEN-2 steer and drive truck range.Maciej Szymanski, Goodyear marketing director, said: “The KMAX T GEN-2 range ...
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ArticleDVSA extends vehicle testing suspension
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has confirmed that the suspension of annual testing of heavy vehicles has been extended to include vehicles due for test shortly.Vehicles due for their regular annual test in June, together with those which were due in March and subsequently extended to June, will receive ...
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ArticleGarrett Transport tackling demand for PPE
PPE products are getting to the front line of the NHS thanks to Saffron Walden’s Garrett Transport, which is playing its part in keeping Britain moving.The Pallet Track member delivers cleanroom consumables, disinfection wipes and PPE to the NHS on behalf of Nitritex and Tristel Solutions.The products are viricidal and ...
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Article“Avoid knee-jerk reactions” – what logistics can learn from Covid-19
Logistics firms need to learn from the Covid-19 pandemic and guard against “knee-jerk reactions”, according to KPMG supply chain expert Maureen O’Shea.Speaking as part of a webinar discussing the future of the sector, she also advised businesses on key recovery strategies and warned them that by fixating on the crisis ...
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ArticleNew vehicle camera technology helps reduce road accidents and settle insurance claims
A fully integrated vehicle telematics and camera system is providing one fleet operator with a training programme that it claimed had reduced accidents by almost a quarter.Industrial gas provider Air Products said the introduction of app-based technology had enabled a room full of drivers to review incidents captured on forward-facing ...
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ArticleLogistics firms offered free online consultations to help restart their businesses
Free 15-minute consultations for companies emerging from the Covid-19 crisis are being offered on a first come, first served basis.The pre-bookable ‘Flying 15’ sessions will be held online on 5 June and are intended to offer insights into how best to restart trading after lockdown.The consultations have been designed by ...
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ArticleTruck washing business hands out free refreshments to thank HGV drivers
Lymm Truckwash has ensured drivers to its site have been kept refreshed with free beverages, biscuits and ice cream during the Covid-19 pandemic.In an effort to say thank you to HGV drivers who have kept working during lockdown, the Cheshire truck washing business handed out the refreshments while continuing to ...
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ArticleCollapsed Birmingham haulier has road accident debts written off
Debts relating to road traffic accidents racked up by former drivers of a Birmingham contract haulier have been written off after it was concluded it would not be cost effective to track them down.Contact Transport entered administration in April 2017 and soon afterwards, RSM Restructuring told its creditors that the ...