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ArticleFM Conway takes aim at driver shortage with new apprenticeships
FM Conway has launched an HGV driver apprenticeship scheme to help tackle the UK’s driver shortfall.It forms part of the infrastructure services company’s wider efforts to tackle construction’s major skills gaps.The 13-month apprenticeship is funded through the government’s apprenticeship levy. It will support new entrants into the industry as well ...
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ArticleAbbey Logistics believes new animal feeds division will help it grow to £100m
Steve Granite, MD of Abbey Logistics, has said the business’s new animal feeds division will fuel his ambitions to create a £100m group within the next three to four years.Abbey Logistics unveiled its new animal feeds division, which will provide bulk transport and logistics for animal feed nationwide, yesterday (26 ...
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ArticleDfT urged to make longer semi-trailers 'business as usual' for fleets
The DfT is being urged to make longer semi-trailers a ‘business as usual’ option for fleets, following the government’s latest trial update.The national trial now sees around 2,000 longer semi-trailers in operation on UK roads, which have so far saved up to 32.9 million vehicle kms and 28,000 tonnes of ...
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ArticleYusen Logistics wins nationwide retail and trade distribution deal with Smeg UK
Mike Giddings (left), MD for Smeg UK, and Nick Rees (right), Commercial director for YLUKYusen Logistics has been awarded the nationwide retail and trade distribution contract by Smeg UK.The high-end consumer products manufacturer has partnered with Yusen Logistics, replacing Canute Group, to enhance its supply chain offering.The arrangement sees the ...
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Simon Gibson profit down despite turnover growth as fleet investment continues
Despite turnover rising by almost half in 2017 Simon Gibson Transport saw its profit fall for the third consecutive year as the firm continued to invest “heavily” in its fleet.Reporting its latest annual results for the year to 31 December 2017, the East Yorkshire-based bulk powder transport company revealed a ...
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Focus on future freight concepts at TRL Freight Symposium
The TRL Freight Symposium will be held at the Cavendish Conference Centre, London on 28 November at 1pm.With the UK's road transport industry facing increasing difficulties to balance unsustainable consumer trends, against requirements to reduce congestion and emissions, there is a clear opportunity for technological, operational and environmental innovations to ...
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ArticleAbbey Logistics launches animal feed tanker division
Bulk liquid and powder road tanker operator Abbey Logistics has launched a new dedicated animal feed tanker division.It is focused on providing nationwide bulk transport and logistics for liquid animal feed.Abbey have previous experience in the animal feed sector, providing road tanker transport for manufacturers across Europe for more than ...
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Operators may need to find alternatives to road transport in the event of a no-deal Brexit
The government has advised logistics businesses and users of logistics to consider alternative modes of transport to road haulage in the event of a no-deal Brexit.In guidance published by the DfT, the government admitted that there is likely to be new requirements at borders with the EU if the UK ...
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ArticleClipper Logistics and Sheffield Hallam University join to offer degree apprenticeships
A total of 18 apprentices have started studying towards a degree in professional practice in management as part of an apprenticeship jointly run by Clipper Logistics and Sheffield Hallam University.The apprentices will work within Clipper’s logistics network with key customers including some of the biggest names in retail such as ...
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Europa opens new Leeds hub as part of Nordic service
Europa Worldwide Group’s freight division Europa Road has opened a new hub offering direct daily services via the ports of Immingham and Hull to Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.The Leeds-based Nordic Hub will target customers based in the north of the UK that need to ship groupage and full and ...
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Davies Turner bolsters apprentice line-up with new intake
Davies Turner & Co has recruited another 11 people for this year’s trainee programme. The new recruits to the logistics company will learn all aspects of Davies Turner’s business during the two-year apprenticeship.Like their predecessors who have passed through the programme, now in its ninth year, they will have ...
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Hermes launches degree apprentice programme
Hermes UK has launched a degree apprentice programme that enables students to earn while they learn.In addition, they are guaranteed a job with the parcels company when they have successfully completed their degree course.The four-year programme is being run in association with Leeds Beckett University, and this year six students ...
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Romney Marsh 'lorry park' fails to reach asking price at auction
Fears that a Kent village could become the country’s first post-Brexit lorry park after a four-acre site in Romney Marsh was put up for auction have been allayed after it failed to reach the asking price.The four-acre former industrial estate in the middle of Newchurch, nine miles south of the ...
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Pre-pack sale of Bedworth Haulage contained anti-embarrassment clause
The pre-pack administration and sale of Bedworth Haulage included an “anti-embarrassment clause”, according to a creditors' report.The clause stipulates that the purchaser, C4-Safety, can not sell up within 12 months without paying 25% of the sale price back to administrator Quantuma to be used to settle debts of the collapsed ...
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ArticleAir Products welcomes 90 Mercedes-Benz Actros
Mercedes-Benz has revealed an order for 90 new trucks from industrial gases supplier Air Products, after a tender process involving several other manufacturers.The Actros range met Air Products most important criteria - low total costs, maximised use and greater safety, according to the company.Supplied by North West Dealer Roanza Truck ...
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Training scheme to help former oil and gas workers gear up for careers on the road
A partnership in Scotland, between the RHA and logistics recruitment specialist, Driver Hire, is helping former workers from the off-shore oil and gas industry start new careers in road transport.“Whilst still a major employer in Scotland, the oil & gas industry has been shedding jobs for a number of years,” ...
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ArticleNew kings at Monarch Transport after management buyout
Glasgow-based Monarch Transport is under new ownership after the completion of a management buyout (MBO) at the firm.John Weir and Derek Anderson completed the acquisition of the business this month, having begun the process with an initial payment last December.The deal, supported by an independent bank, sees founder David McFarlane, ...
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ArticleDPD officially inaugurates EuroCentral depot in Glasgow
DPD has opened what it claims is its largest ever depot at EuroCentral, near Glasgow, creating 65 new jobs initially, with recruitment ongoing.The new 70,363ft sq DC in Holytown is 11 miles east of Glasgow, near junction 7 of the M8 motorway. It was officially opened by the MP for ...
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ArticleCartwright Group to convert former brickworks into flagship site
Cartwright Group has purchased a 26-acre site in Belton, North Lincolnshire to create a new flagship base for Cartwright Conversions.Led by MD Mark Cartwright, Cartwright Group currently build trailers and commercial vehicle bodies at its 38-acre site in Altrincham, with Cartwright Conversions operating from Doncaster.The conversions business was launched in ...
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ArticleLoCITY seeking to boost its support for operators adopting alternative fuels
LoCITY is looking to step up support to the industry as it reaches its mid-way point, with more focused workstreams and enhanced interaction with operators engaged with the scheme.Launched in January 2016, LoCITY is a five-year programme to help commercial vehicle fleets prepare and comply with the Ultra Low ...