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ArticleBrexit buffer stocks will struggle to find space
Companies looking for warehousing to the west of London will increasingly face an uphill struggle to find anything suitable as supply heads towards an all-time low.The Western Corridor Industrial & Logistics Market Report from real estate advisory firm JLL found that record levels of demand in H1 2018 were being ...
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ArticleClose Brothers Asset Finance heads to Freight in the City Expo to help operators green their fleets
Close Brothers Asset Finance is heading to Freight in the City Expo this year to speak with operators looking to upgrade their fleets to meet clean air zone requirements.The company is on hand for guidance whether it be for operators looking at alternative fuels, the latest Euro-6 engines, or even ...
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ArticleVolvo FE-Electric truck to make UK debut at Freight in the City Expo
Volvo Trucks is using next month’s Freight in the City Expo to give its FE-Electric, which is designed for zero-emission refuse collection and urban distribution duties, its UK debut.The FE-Electric 26/27-tonne chassis cab, launched this summer in Hamburg, Germany, has a range of up to 200km (125 miles), and produces ...
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ArticleHermes places bumper 30-strong order of CNG-powered IVECO Stralis NPs
Hermes has ordered 30 compressed natural gas-powered (CNG) IVECO Stralis NPs after a successful six-month trial.The parcels firm said each truck is expected to reduce the fleet’s greenhouse gas emissions by around 80% compared with a conventional diesel counterpart. This equates to around 4,500 tonnes of CO2 per year.The trucks ...
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Severn Crossing tolls to be axed before Christmas
Tolls on the two Severn crossings are to be axed on 17 December, a fortnight earlier than initially planned.The announcement was made by Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns at the Conservative Party Conference yesterday (2 October).He said the move would be worth up to £100m a year to ...
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Fuel duty to be frozen for ninth consecutive year
FairFuelUK (FFUK) has welcomed the news that there will be a 9th consecutive freeze in fuel duty.Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed the freeze in her speech to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham today (3 October).There had been fears that duty would be increased in the budget on 29 October.Howard ...
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ArticleHermes likely to introduce electric vans nationwide after London success
Hermes looks set to introduce electric vans fleets across the country, after successfully running a fleet of them in London during the past months.The parcels firm has had 32 Nissan eNV200 vans working on multi-drop deliveries within London’s Congestion Charge zone for the last two months.Speaking to MT Hugo Martin, ...
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ArticleOver 200 jobs at risk at DHL Supply Chain and DSV Road over Hovis mill closure
More than 200 driver and warehouse jobs are under threat after Hovis’s decision to pull out of its distribution deals with logistics firms DHL Supply Chain and DSV Road, according to a union.The decision is part of wider plans to close down Hovis's Southampton mill. The move will see the ...
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ArticleRenault Trucks' all-electric Master ZE makes UK debut at Freight in the City Expo
Renault Trucks has launched the first vehicle in its new all-electric 3 to 26-tonne line-up, the Master ZE.Making its UK debut at Freight in the City Expo in London on 6 November, the Renault Trucks Master ZE is aimed at operators requiring a zero-emission vehicle for working in urban environments.It ...
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Analysts warn of further challenges for Royal Mail after profit warning
Royal Mail’s profit warning has been met with shock by analysts who have warned that the group faces relegation from the FTSE 100 if it cannot tackle its productivity problem.In a trading update for the half year to 23 September 2018 released yesterday (1 October) the group revealed a 7% ...
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DX Group turnaround gathers pace as firm trims annual loss
DX Group has declared it is on the road to recovery, after trimming its annual loss by more than £60m.Releasing its results for the year to 30 June 2018, the company made a loss after exceptional items of £19.9m compared with a loss of £82.3m in the same period a ...
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ArticleGregory Distribution strengthens national presence with ARR Craib Transport buy
Gregory Distribution (Holdings) has acquired ARR Craib Transport, for an undisclosed sum.ARR Craib Transport has its headquarters in Aberdeen, with additional operations in Cumbernauld, Stockton and Great Yarmouth.Craib’s is a private family company that has traded for more than 50 years. Initially the business was linked to the paper industry ...
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ArticleAIM targets DAF XFs for fleet growth
AIM Logistics has added 12 new DAF XF 480 tractor units to its fleet.It means the the temperature controlled transport specialist’s fleet is now 80% DAF.AIM has operated a number of premium duty tractors across a range of major truck manufactures since 2004 and describes DAF as better “by a ...
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Grocontinental's profit was up in the year it was bought by AGRO Merchants Group
Grocontinental increased pre-tax profit by almost 13% to £5.2m just before being snapped up by Dutch firm AGRO Merchants Group.Latest figures for the Shropshire cold storage and logistics business showed that when calculated pro rata for a 12-month period ending November 2017, it reported a turnover of £36m, up 6.8% ...
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ArticleBullet Express takes wing with new DAFs and Montracon trailers
Bullet Express has added 12 new DAF XFs and 11 new tri-axle Montracon curtainsider trailers to its fleet.The trucks and trailers are on full-service contract hire agreements via Asset Alliance.David McCutcheon, MD of Bullet Express, said: “Asset Alliance was the clear standout of all the suppliers we approached.“They offered us ...
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DHL Parcel UK takes over Connect's Pass My Parcel network saving it from closure
DHL Parcel UK has taken over the Pass My Parcel network today (1 October).Pass My Parcel owner Connect Group announced in June that it was to close down the venture as part of a three-step programme to turn its fortunes around.However, it has now reached an agreement with DHL Parcel ...
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Elddis Transport takes profit hit after upgrading fleet and IT system
An investment in Elddis Transport’s fleet and IT systems and the need to restate its 2016 accounts due to an “adjustment” in the way its hire purchase interest was reported, saw annual profit fall in its latest published accounts.In the year to 31 December 2017 the County Durham operator revealed ...
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Freight in the City Expo speaker line-up revealed
The full speaker line-up for this year's Freight in the City Expo is now online to view, from future urban warehousing and last-mile micro hubs through to air quality policy and safer truck design.Now in its fourth year, the expo continues to bring together policy-makers, fleet operators and manufacturers to ...
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Arrow XL gets go ahead to deliver in-house Driver CPC training
Arrow XL has received accreditation to deliver Driver CPC modules in-house.Arrow XL plans to deliver Driver CPC courses to more than 350 staff, as well as to its suppliers, during 2018.The Arrow XL Development Academy has been approved to deliver five separate seven-hour modules, which includes a mixture of classroom-based ...
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ArticleOne HGV driver dead and another injured after M40 crash
The driver of a lorry involved in a fire on the M40 on Friday morning (28 September) has died.The incident occurred on the northbound stretch of the motorway between junctions 15 and 16 at around 4.15am.Mobile phone camera footage appeared to show an HGV explode into flames after being in ...