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ArticleEuropa Worldwide starts work on £60m Midlands superhub
Work has started on Europa Worldwide Group’s new £60m, future-proofed 715,000 sq ft logistics facility at Midlands Logistics Park in Corby.The scheme, which is due for completion in June 2020, will become Europa’s largest UK facility and includes ceiling heights above the industry standard 18 metres to facilitate three floors ...
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ArticleHaulage directors jailed for tax fraud
Two directors of Wisbech-based haulage firm HL & RV Anderson have been sentenced after being found guilty of committing a £130,000 tax fraud.Cambridge Crown Court heard that between July 2012 and June 2015 Barry Anderson and Christopher Alecock told employees that National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and income tax totalling £58,968.87 ...
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ArticleHeathcliff Haulage co-founder gets suspended sentence
The co-founder of Wisbech-based Heathcliff Haulage has received a nine-month suspended jail sentence for breaching his directoral disqualification by continuing to act as a director and launching a second haulage company.Norwich Crown Court heard that Heath Noel-Storr was disqualified as a director on 5 January 2012 after the company, which ...
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ArticleMansel Davies pleads guilty to records fraud
Welsh haulier Mansel Davies has pleaded guilty to 19 counts of forgery and counterfeiting maintenance documents for HGVs.Additional charges against MD Stephen Mansel Davies have been dropped.The case, heard at Swansea Crown Court last month, relates to charges that were brought against Stephen Mansel Davies and employee Jonathan Wyn Phillips ...
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Lenders to Eddie Stobart Logistics draft in advisers 'to negotiate potential debt restructuring'
Lenders to Eddie Stobart Logistics (ESL) are understood to have recruited advisers to help negotiate a potential financial restructuring of its £155m net debt position.Sky News claims lenders have called in Alverez & Marsal, a global professional services firm notable for its work in turnaround management and performance improvement for ...
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ArticleCreditors of Duncan Adams unlikely to be repaid in full, says Deloitte
Creditors owed money by Grangemouth haulier Duncan Adams, which entered administration in March, are unlikely to receive anything due to insufficient funds.A progress report from Deloitte said that as of the end of August, book debt collections of £1,952,000 had been received, which meant that the company’s secured creditor had ...
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ArticleStrike action moves step closer in Biffa CCTV dispute
Biffa drivers in Winchester have given their union a mandate to ballot for industrial action in a dispute over the installation of CCTV in their lorry cabs.The GMB union said it had a number of health and safety concerns at the company regarding waste drivers and putting CCTV in lorries ...
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No-deal Brexit would see Stranraer's port used as lorry park
The disused port of Stranraer in Scotland will be used as a lorry park for up to 300 HGVs in order to mitigate the “significant economic shock” brought about by a no-deal Brexit.The Scottish government has set out a range of measures to protect critical imports and vulnerable citizens and ...
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Kinaxia Logistics turnover up but profits hit by warehouse costs
Kinaxia Logistics grew turnover by 40% last year, reflecting the full-year effect of its acquisition spree during 2017 and 2018.However, it made a pre-tax loss of £755,540 after its investment in two major warehousing operations incurred “heavy set up costs”, relating to rent, rates, labour and fit-out expenditure.It said significant ...
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Deal or no-deal - the real cost of truck pricing
The Department for International Trade’s publication of a revised list of temporary tariffs on truck imports if the UK leaves the EU without an agreement once again raises the question of the impact of commercial vehicle pricing on haulage operating costs and profitability.A 10% tariff on imported trucks is better ...
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ArticleUrban fleet safety and compliance in spotlight at Freight in the City Expo - 6 November
When it comes to fleet safety and compliance, Freight in the City Expo on 6 November gives you the perfect opportunity to meet the experts all under one roof.Our Knowledge & Compliance Zone will be manned all day by organisations such as the Road Haulage Association, Transport for London, Metropolitan ...
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ArticleTRATON Group bets on electric trucks - with a side wager on gas and hydrogen
At the TRATON Group Innovation day in Sweden last week, motortransport.co.uk caught up with Christian Levin, TRATON’s chief operating officer and head of R&D.MT: We have known about the dangers of climate change for at least 30 years. Why are we still seeing such small numbers of low emission commercial ...
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ArticleElectric vehicles about to go mainstream as big orders finally start to be placed
The fleet of electric commercial vehicles on British roads will jump by hundreds and perhaps thousands in the next two to five years as some of the biggest logistics companies put their faith in battery power, especially in the cities, in the wake of rapid improvements in range and payload, ...
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Meachers Global Logistics enjoys profit hike despite driver shortage
Meachers Global Logistics has posted an increase in turnover and profits, but said rising costs and a shortage of drivers is proving challenging.The Southampton-based logistics company increased group turnover by 17.2% to £30.6m in the year ending 31 May 2019.Pre-tax profit increased by 16.5% to £2.2m.In its review of the ...
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ArticleDBAY Advisors given more time to prepare takeover bid for Eddie Stobart Logistics
One of Eddie Stobart Logistics’ (ESL) largest shareholders has been granted an extension by UK regulators to make a firm takeover offer for the beleaguered haulage firm.DBAY Advisors now has until 16 October to either make a buyout bid or walk away.The development comes after a “highly preliminary expression of ...
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Freight in the City Expo: Tevva Motors talks growth plans and 'inevitable' electrification of urban CVs
Tevva Motors has gone from strength to strength since its launch in Brentwood, Essex in September 2013: indeed, last year saw the tech firm accompany former prime minister Theresa May on a trade visit to China; attract investment of £10m from Indian metals business Bharat Forge to boost its global ...
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ArticleEvidence points to raising single carriageway HGV speed limits in Scotland
Better productivity and safety were the standout elements of a report published by the DfT assessing the impact of raising the speed limit for trucks over 7.5t GVW in England and Wales, writes Transport News editor Kevin Swallow.On 6 April 2015 the speed limit on single carriageways was raised from ...
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ArticleCut in import tariffs for new trucks after no-deal Brexit 'not enough', industry insists
A reduction in import tariffs for new trucks in the event of a no-deal Brexit will still cripple UK haulage, according to manufacturers and trade associations.The Department for International Trade (DIT) said that following discussions with industry and consumer groups, it had cut a planned 22% tax on HGV imports ...
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ArticleOfficial government advice on trading with the EU after Brexit
The UK is due to leave the EU on 31 October. The government is taking steps to help businesses to prepare for Brexit and has drawn up a list of actions logistics operators should be doing for themselves.The government is: Allocating an additional £2.1bn for no-deal Brexit preparations, doubling ...
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ArticleKnowing your driver better would be easier with more data on Driver CPC
Increasingly ‘knowing-your-driver’ has become a key fleet compliance requirement. As technology permits more frequent checking across a wider range of datasets, fleets are taking the opportunity to increase their awareness of their drivers. Improving risk profiles, insurance rates, HR strategies and road safety are all rolled-up in this. However, much ...