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'Significant challenges' remain if new customs declaration system is to be ready for Brexit, warns report
The government faces “significant challenges” in getting its customs declaration system up and running in time for Brexit, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).The warning comes in the NAO’s latest report on the progress of HMRC programme to replace its existing customs system, CHIEF (Customs Handling of Import and ...
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Two-thirds of HGVs sold from next year will have a fuel consumption and emissions score
Two-thirds of new HGVs will come into scope of a European-wide tool for calculating fuel consumption and carbon emissions from January of next yearVECTO (Vehicle Energy Consumption Calculation Tool) has been brought in by the European Commission (EC) as a way to assess trucks’ environmental performance. It is intended to ...
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Eddie Stobart announces PepsiCo contract win
Eddie Stobart has won a new deal with PepsiCo, taking over an operation previously run in-house.Stobart will be managing PepsiCo’s ambient transport operations across England and Wales, from the existing DC in Birchwood, near its Warrington HQ.The contract has resulted in more than 300 PepsiCo transport operation employees transferring to ...
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ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2018: Technical Excellence Award shortlist
Brit European, Terberg DTS and Whirlpool UK Appliances are all shortlisted for the Technical Excellence Award, sponsored by Hankook, at the 2018 Motor Transport Awards. One of these businesses will be revealed as the winner on Wednesday 4 July when the awards takes place at the Grosvenor House Hotel.Technical Excellence, ...
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ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2018: Low Carbon Award shortlist
The 2018 Motor Transport Awards takes place next week, and sees four businesses shortlisted for the Low Carbon Award, sponsored by Fraikin. The winner will be announced at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Wednesday 4 July, in front of an audience of 1,500 people.Eddie Stobart LogisticsEddie Stobart Logistics presented our ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics nets £100m of new business in six months
Eddie Stobart Logistics has won business with an annual value of £100m in the first six months of its trading year, the operator said in a trading update today (28 June).Recent high profile contract wins have included taking Cemex and Britvic from Wincanton.The news came as it revealed a deal ...
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D&A Media Bristol customers and staff transferred to new company set up by its former owners
D&A Media Bristol has entered administration, with some of its customers and employees transferred to a new company set up by its former owners.The Cardiff Docks-based haulage firm appointed administrators on 5 June. Administrator Begbies Traynor then spent the next two weeks liaising with suppliers before it was able to ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics enters pallet network sector with £53m purchase of TPN
Eddie Stobart Logistics has purchased The Pallet Network (TPN) for £52.8m.The operator confirmed today (28 June) that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the share capital of the pallet network, which comprises 106 regional hauliers (members) on a cash and debt-free basis. It has done this, in part, ...
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ArticleThompsons UK aiming to launch apprenticeship programme in 2019
Thompsons UK is to launch an apprenticeship scheme next year, which will aim to bring in four new body builders every year.The Croydon branch of the body builder is currently in the process of designing the programme, and is in talks with nearby Croydon College.Works manager Neil Butler is ...
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Salvatori Group opens dedicated Palletways hub in Sittingbourne
The Salvatori Group has opened a new £3m site in Sittingbourne for its Palletways work .The operator has recruited 45 new drivers and 18 warehouse staff for the new site, which will operate for 24 hours, six days a week.With the new site specifically for Palletways operations, Salvatori will move ...
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Maxi Haulage pre-tax profit hit by shipping cost hike
Maxi Haulage is on course to deliver “acceptable” profit levels this year after driver wage rises and a steep hike in shipping costs to Ireland saw the firm’s pre-tax profit take a 41% hit in 2017.Reporting its annual results to 30 September 2017, the Irvine-based Maxi Caledonian subsidiary revealed that ...
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ArticleThe City Link manager who started again, without the hub
Former City Link manager Sarah Squire has built a business carrying irregular parcels, and says that by cutting out the hub and keeping the business transparent, she will keep it from meeting her former employers' fate. On Christmas Day 2014, Sarah Squire turned on her TV and learnt she had ...
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Leeds City Council invites HGV operator feedback on final clean air zone plans
Leeds City Council has urged logistics operators to engage with team members as it looks to shape its final clean air zone (CAZ) business case for government.The council last week revealed full details of its CAZ plans, which saw it mitigate the impact of the zone on businesses by reducing ...
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ArticleDX Group settles with GMB in employment status case
DX Group has reached a settlement with GMB in an employment status case days after the union claimed victory in a tribunal against Hermes this week. GMB had brought the case against DX last April on behalf of six of its drivers who claimed to be being denied their rights ...
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ArticleHeathrow's new runway is good news for freight sector but obstacles for hauliers remain, say associations
Heathrow’s third runway is good news for the freight sector but will throw up a range of obstacles for hauliers, according to trade associations. Earlier this week MPs voted in favour of a new runway, which the DfT said could double the airport’s freight capacity.While it welcomed the investment in ...
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DPD opens two new sites after 40% volume increase
DPD has opened two new facilities after reporting its volumes had surged 40% year-on-year. The carrier has opened a site in Barking for the first time, with a new, purpose built 45,200ft² depot.DPD has also replaced its Nottingham depot with a new 60,000ft² DC in the area. The move improves ...
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FairFuelUK calls on operators to lobby their MPs to attend emissions inquiry
FairFuelUK is calling on operators to lobby their MPs to attend a parliamentary inquiry that will look at alternative ways of reducing emissions without the need for ultra-low emission zones (ULEZ) and fuel taxes.All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Fuel for UK Motorist and UK Hauliers, which is chaired ...
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ArticleMenzies Distribution delivers “significant” newspaper deal from rival Ceva
Logistics firm Menzies Distribution has won a primary distribution deal with newspaper publisher Reach.The agreement sees Menzies Distribution replace Ceva Logistics as Reach’s logistics partner in England and Wales. The deal also sees Menzies Distribution extend its current contract with Reach, formerly known as Trinity Mirror, in Scotland.The six year ...
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ArticleContainerships to merge with shipping giant CMA CGM
Containerships has assured staff and customers that it is business as usual after the announcement it is to merge with French shipping giant CMA CGM.Under the deal, the French carrier will acquire Containership’s shipping, harbour and terminal holdings. It will also merge Containerships’ services with those of its short sea ...