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ArticleMotor Transport Award 2018: Home Delivery Operator of the Year shortlist
Four businesses go head-to-head to be awarded Home Delivery Operator of the Year, sponsored by Cartwright Group: DPD; Hermes; John Lewis and Whirlpool. The winner will be announced at the Grosvenor House hotel in London on 4 July. DPDDPD won £81m-worth of new business in 2017, in a year ...
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Euro-6 will be required for entry into Greater London from October 2020
HGVs will need to be Euro-6 to enter the whole of Greater London from 26 October 2020 or face fines of up to £300 for the oldest models.In an announcement today (8 June) London mayor Sadiq Khan confirmed his proposals, put to consultation last year, to tighten the requirements of ...
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ArticleCM Downton buys 10 Cartwright trailers to support Saica Paper contract
CM Downton has bought 10 new Cartwright trailers to support growth on its long-running Saica Paper contract. The operator has been working with the Spanish paper manufacturer since 2012. The deal is worth an estimated £3m a year.The 10 new trailers have reinforced curtains with a wrap-around design, five of ...
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Will HGV retrofit options be available for clean air zone compliance?
If you’d like to find out more about retrofit technology under development for HGVs, then head along to the Motor Transport Leeds Clean Air Zone event on 3 July.You’ll be able to hear from the Energy Saving Trust about the Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme.This is an official ...
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ArticleSpeedy Freight built momentum in the year Eddie Stobart Logistics snapped up half of the business
Speedy Freight’s performance accelerated in the year that Eddie Stobart Logistics bought 50% of the express courier, new accounts show.Puro Ventures, which trades as Speedy Freight, recorded turnover growth of more than 8% to £18.3m (£2016: £16.9m) in the year to 30 November 2017.The company is structured around a regional ...
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Westminster Council puts its foot down against Oxford Street pedestrianisation
London mayor Sadiq Khan’s election pledge to pedestrianise Oxford Street has been stamped out by Westminster Council.The London council, which owns the capital’s famous shopping street, said it has listened to the views of local residents and businesses and ruled out full-scale pedstrianisation as an option.However, it added that “doing ...
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ArticleEddie Stobart in talks to purchase 'complementary' business for £50m
Eddie Stobart Logistics is in talks with an unnamed company to acquire it in a deal valued at around £50mIn a statement to the London Stock Exchange today (7 June), Eddie Stobart said: “The company announces that it is in discussions regarding the potential acquisition of a logistics service provider ...
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ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2018: Fleet Van of the Year shortlist
The Iveco Daily, Fiat Ducato, Nissan NV200, Peugeot Partner and Vauxhall Vivaro are all in the running for Fleet Van of the Year, sponsored by Close Brothers Vehicle Hire, at the 2018 Motor Transport Awards. The winner will be announced on 4 July at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Lodnon ...
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Consultation exploring permanent solution to Operation Stack to open next week
Highways England’s consultation on options for a permanent Operation Stack solution will open to Kent residents and workers next week as plans for a site to replace the collapsed Stanford West project get under way. Plans for a relief truck park at Stanford West were abandoned late last year after ...
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Warning of significant delays due to stricter border checks after Brexit
All lorries carrying meat, fish and other food perishables could be subject to strict checks at Calais, post- Brexit, the deputy head of the Port of Calais told MPs this week.The warning was made by Port of Calais deputy chief executive Benoit Rochet whilst giving evidence to the Commons Treasury ...
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ArticleDerry Refrigerated Transport buys Brennan Refrigerated Transport
Northern Ireland logistics firm Derry Refrigerated Transport has acquired Brennan Refrigerated Transport in Waterford, Ireland.The acquisition is part of expansion plans that include a £9m investment in a new 10 acre hub in Portadown in Co Armagh, with the creation of 50 new jobs.Derry Refrigerated Transport, which has 200 employees, ...
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ArticleIsuzu Truck UK adds Grafter Green to Driveaway programme
Isuzu Truck UK has added a selection of the new Grafter Green rigids to its range of Driveaway pre-bodied vehicles.The move sees the first Grafter Green 3.5 tonne N35.125 trucks on offer under the manufacturer’s Driveaway scheme.The trucks are available in both single and twin rear wheel versions, with either ...
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Article1.4 million ft² logistics park proposed for Wigan
Warehouse developer db symmetry has announced plans for a 1.4 million ft² logistics park at Winstanley near Wigan.It is proposing a mix of logistics buildings alongside open space and recreational routes for local residents, with a green buffer between the development and the nearest housing.The park would be known as ...
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NFT Distribution sales and marketing manager moves to Fowler Welch
Former NFT Distribution sales and marketing manager Dale Fiddy has joined Fowler Welch as its strategic development director. Fiddy (pictured below) had worked at NFT since 2009, before which he spent 10 years with Culina.Starting in his new role today (6 June) Fiddy will initially be responsible for developing the ...
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Thompsons Tippers' new business development manager passes HGV driving test
Thompsons Tippers’ business development manager for the South East drove herself from Dover to Yorkshire in a 32-tonne manual tipper just days after passing her HGV driving test.Sheri Gibbons, who joined the business in January this year, said it was “quite a jump” from the automatic she’d learnt in to ...
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ArticleMotor Transport Awards 2018: Fleet Truck of the Year shortlist
The DAF CF, Scania P-Series, Mercedes-Benz Actros and MAN TGX go head-to-head for Motor Transport Fleet Truck of the Year, sponsored by Texaco, when the Motor Transport Awards take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 4 July.DAF CFIt’s rumoured that no transport manager has ever been fired ...
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FTA: Government's Brexit strategy 'playing chicken' with economy and industry
The government is playing chicken with the future of the British economy and the haulage industry, the FTA has warned.As the next round of talks on post-Brexit customs arrangements approaches, the trade association launched a damning attack on the government’s “reckless” Brexit strategy.FTA deputy chief executive James Hookham said: “The ...
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ArticlePalletways member Sovereign Transport welcomes new business sales executive
Palletways member Sovereign Transport has hired a Hermes field manager as its new business sales executive. Paul Hanson joins the Liverpool-based operator after three years at Hermes, where he was responsible for more than 100 self-employed couriers.At Sovereign he will be in charge of drumming up and overseeing new business, ...
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ArticleMidlands Connect to explore potential for HGV platooning trial on Midlands motorways
The busy heart of the strategic road network could see platooning HGVs trialed on it, according to new study report from transport consortium Midlands Connect.Working with Highways England, Midlands Connect released a 25-year strategy for improving congestion and efficiencies in areas around the M5, M6 and M42 last year.Today (6 ...
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ArticleHireco to open truck parking facility at DP London Gateway in August
Hireco will open a 5-acre truck park at DP London Gateway later this year to address what it described as “a chronic shortage of parking in the surrounding area”. The site (pictured mid-build), expected to open in the first week of August, will have space for 160 HGVs and will ...