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Motor Transport Awards 2018: Innovation Award shortlist
Cartwright Group, Grocontinental, Reflex Vans, Renault Trucks and R2C Online all find themselves vying for the Innovation Award, sponsored by Goodyear, when the Motor Transport Awards take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 4 July.Cartwright GroupCartwright impressed judges with how streetwise it is, with its clever trailer ...
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ArticleBibby Distribution awarded shiny new Autoglass deal
Bibby Distribution has leveraged its night delivery experience to win a deal with Autoglass.Bibby Distribution’s track-record in night deliveries has helped it clinch a three-year deal with Autoglass and its wholesale division Laddaw.The Liverpool-based logistics provider will transport glass sheets nightly from a manufacturer’s DC in Bardon to Autoglass and ...
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GMB to take legal action against Amazon over self-employed worker status
GMB is to launch legal action against Amazon and three businesses that deliver for it, accusing them of bogus self-employment. The union, which took Hermes to court last month for its treatment of self-employed drivers, claimed that drivers at Prospect Commercials, Box Group and Lloyd Link Logistics were being denied ...
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ArticleKinaxia Logistics secures flagship warehouse at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal
Kinaxia Logistics will move into a flagship warehouse facility at the Prologis-owned Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) later this summer.Kinaxia, which with the rescue of BC Bollington from administration late last year took its collection of regional hauliers to nine since it was formed to purchase Bay Freight in ...
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UK Mail refutes union claim it plans to cut couriers' wages again
UK Mail has refuted a union’s claim that it plans to cut drivers' wages at its site near Leeds.The GMB, which in January highlighted that DHL-owned UK Mail had lowered its price-per-drop for delivery drivers, claimed some members at the company’s site in Gildersome, near Leeds, faced a further squeeze.In ...
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ArticleDon't ignore black and ethnic minority talent when recruiting
Photo: ShutterstockThe logistics industry needs to learn lessons from construction and target its recruitment drive on black and ethnic minorities (BAME) if it is to find the 1.2 million new recruits it needs, according to Ian Nichol, head of logistics and lead on Think Logistics and Think Build projects at ...
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ArticleEuropa Worldwide Group buys Continental Cargo Carriers
Europa Worldwide Group has made the first of a promised series of acquisitions with the purchase of Continental Cargo Carriers (CCC).The cross-Channel ro-ro specialist has headquarters in Ostend, Belgium as well as a presence in the Czech Republic and the UK.Purchased for an undisclosed sum, CCC operates a 13,000ft² warehouse ...
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ArticleWhistl sees its future in parcels and fulfilment services
Whistl believes its ability to offer customers a one-stop shop from mail through to parcels and fulfilment services will ensure its future success as the mail market stagnates.Presenting its full-year results for the year to 31 December 2017, the downstream access (DSA) mail specialist, which was subject to a management ...
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British Sugar sweetens haulage deal to appease contractors
British Sugar has agreed to make changes to its haulage scheme after alienating some operators by encouraging capacity investment with no guarantee of tonnage. An independent analysis of British Sugar’s industry harvesting and haulage scheme (IHHS) found that resulting bad feeling was repeated annually, with each new cycle of selection ...
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ArticleUse today's clean fuels technology rather than bludgeoning hauliers with a tax hike, says FairFuelUK
Pressure group FairFuelUK (FFUK) has called on the UK’s decision makers to make better use of technology in reducing road transport emissions further, rather than using the blunt instrument of increased taxation.FFUK was responding to a recent report, The unintended consequences of freezing fuel duty, written by former government transport ...
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ArticleMontgomery Transport becomes first Earned Recognition member in Northern Ireland
Montgomery Transport has been revealed as the first Northern Ireland-based haulier to be accredited for the DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme.The Palletways member, based in Newtownabbey, achieved Earned Recognition founder member status in March of this year but the result has just been publicised.Operators in the scheme regularly share performance and ...
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M and J Haulage staff should receive a payment, say KPMG
Former staff at Lincolnshire sugar beet haulier M and J Haulage are expected to be paid outstanding claims shortly following the firm’s collapse into administration last year.It is still anticipated that companies owed money by the haulier will also receive a dividend, although the amount has yet to be finalised.KPMG ...
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Bibby Distribution won back Tetrosyl from Canute Haulage Group just days before its rival's pre-pack sale
Canute Haulage Group surrendered a contract with car care products manufacturer Tetrosyl days before its controversial pre-pack administration.Bibby Distribution has confirmed that it, along with several partners, including Walkers Transport and Nuttall Transport, took on the work as Canute teetered on the brink of collapse.Bibby Distribution had worked with the ...
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ArticleConstruction haulier Mick George fined more than £565,000 after tipper comes into contact with overhead power lines
Construction haulier Mick George has been fined more than £565,000 after a tipper vehicle driven by one of its employees came into contact with overhead power lines (OPLs) during the construction of a waste transfer station.Northampton Crown Court heard that on 9 March 2016 a driver employed by Mick George ...
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ArticlePallet network sector "needs structural change" to move to the next level, says Palletforce's Conroy
“Structural change” is required in the UK pallet network sector if it is to mature and continue to provide benefits to both customers and members, Palletforce chief executive Michael Conroy has warned.Speaking exclusively to MT, Conroy said that growth in palletised freight through the pallet network sector had slowed over ...
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Fortec brings domestic and international freight under one roof at expanded Watford Gap site
Fortec has brought its domestic and international freight under one roof at its Watford Gap hub as it completes a major £3m expansion of the premises.The renovation project, due to be completed at the end of June, has added an extra 70,000ft² of warehousing space to the site, giving ...
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Sainsbury's chief vows Asda merger will not lead to DC closures
No distribution centres will be closed if the proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda gets the green light, Sainsbury’s chief executive Mike Coupe has pledged.However there could be cuts to suppliers currently working with both supermarkets, and a reduction in supplier deliveries, according to information supplied by both supermarkets to ...
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Motor Transport Awards 2018: Business Excellence Award shortlist
Four businesses go head-to-head in the shortlist for the Business Excellence Award, sponsored by Hireco, at the Motor Transport Awards this year: Europa Worldwide Group, Miniclipper Logistics, Palletforce and TPN - The Pallet Network.The Motor Transport Awards 2018 take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 4 July.Business ...
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Motor Transport to host free, half-day Clean Air Zone Roadshow in Leeds
Motor Transport is holding a half-day Clean Air Zone (CAZ) Roadshow for HGV operators in Leeds on 3 July.This free-to-attend event will give operators the chance to engage with senior staff at Leeds City Council about the proposals for a charging CAZ within the outer ring road.The Leeds proposal is ...
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ArticleDfT to hold global zero-emission summit this September
The DfT is to hold a zero-emission vehicle summit in Birmingham this September.The department said it will bring together policy makers, industry experts and opinion formers from around globe to tackle carbon emissions and to find ways to improve air quality.Transport secretary Chris Grayling said: “The government is committed to ...