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ArticleBridgestone invests in improving standards for UK tyre technicians
Bridgestone has opened a training and assessment centre at the Horiba Mira testing ground near Nuneaton to improve and accredit the skills of tyre technicians.While training courses and assessments will be chargeable, Bridgestone sales and marketing director - North Europe region John Folliss said the new centre represented a significant ...
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DHL Supply Chain committed to KFC despite losing bucket of work to rival Bidvest Logistics
DHL Supply Chain remains committed to client KFC, despite the fast food chain stripping it of a significant portion of its work.Following the failure to launch last month of its supply chain and distribution service with KFC, which made international headlines as the chain was forced to close the majority ...
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ArticleNew MD for DAF dealer Imperial Commercials
DAF dealer group Imperial Commercials has a new MD. Matt Lawrenson joined Imperial Commercials in 2002 and has held roles including general manager, regional director and, most recently, divisional director for Scotland and the East of England.Lawrenson will step down as chairman of the DAF Trucks UK National Dealer Council ...
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ArticleWarehousing availability on the increase but take up expected to be moderate
Segro has pre-let a 539,000 ft2 multi-storey facility to IKEA in Port de Gennevilliers near ParisThe availability of modern warehouses is set to reach a six-year high according to property agent and advisor Cushman & Wakefield – but there are huge regional variations within the UK.Currently there is 5.6 million ...
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KFC re-signs Bidvest Logistics after DHL Supply Chain failure
KFC has stripped DHL Supply Chain of some of its supply chain and distribution work, returning to previous incumbent Bidvest Logistics after the operator’s failure to deliver.In a statement today Bidvest Logistics said that it was delighted to confirm it had signed a long-term agreement with KFC UK & Ireland ...
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Why the road transport industry needs International Women's Day
International Women's Day and 100 years since women obtained the right to vote. Should these events have a place in a transport magazine? My view is that most certainly they should. The transport industry portrays very much a male image, which is understandable, given that less than 10% of the ...
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ArticleWomen in Logistics incorporated into the CILT
Women in Logistics has been incorporated into the CILT, and will operate within it as the newly formed Women in Logistics Forum. Women in Logistics said its current members that elect to join the CILT stand to benefit from additional resources and its global reach.The forum will continue the work ...
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ArticleSpeed Welshpool hires new sales manager to fuel growth
Palletways member Speed Welshpool has hired a new sales manager to fuel growth. Cheryl Charles joins the business from a social care charity, but has 10 years of experience in sales at freight forwarding and logistics companies.Cheryl CharlesSpeed Welshpool MD George Edwards said he had already had strong feedback from ...
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Eddie Stobart drivers campaign for trade union recognition
Drivers have launched a campaign for trade union recognition at Eddie Stobart’s Carlisle, Lillyhall and Penrith depots in Cumbria.Union Unite has lodged an application with the Central Arbitration Committee, the body responsible for overseeing claims for union recognition, demanding trade union recognition for 140 LGV drivers working for Eddie Stobart ...
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DPD's fifth UK hub to go live in 2020
DPD has been given the go ahead to build its fifth UK hub, which it expects to go live in October 2020.The new £150m site will be built just two miles from DPD’s Hub 4 and International Gateway site in Hinckley.The 276,000ft² hub building will be 503m in length, and ...
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Palletforce and NFT Distribution owner EmergeVest buys CM Downton in £75m deal
Palletforce and NFT Distribution owner EmergeVest has bought CM Downton for £75m. The deal sees EmergeVest acquire the entire shareholding from the Downton family.The Downton family will, however, continue to serve in their respective roles as senior management of the company.EmergeVest has been acquiring companies in the UK logistics sector ...
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ArticleSuttons Tankers buys chemical waste and fuel haulier Bullard
Suttons Tankers has acquired the trade of Bullard, a UK transport company specialising in the chemical waste and fuels sector.The deal sees the equipment, drivers and company’s customers, being managed by Suttons with the company’s founder Simon Bullard remaining in a key account management role.The company based in Dinnington near ...
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TPN opens new regional hub in Northampton
The Pallet Network (TPN) has opened a new regional hub in Northampton this week.The new hub, which is located at Brackmills Industrial Estate in Northampton, has the capacity to handle 8,000 pallets a night.It offers 164,000ft² of internal operational space and is secured with CCTV, sprinklers and ANPR access control.The ...
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ArticleCulina Group member Morgan McLernon appoints new commercial director
Culina Group business Morgan McLernon has appointed Shane Kilpatrick as its new commercial director. Kilpatrick joined the Ireland-based business from DFDS Logistics, where he he was sales director for two and a half years, and has also worked at the Mongomery Transport Group.Kilpatrick said that while the challenges the industry ...
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RHA and FTA urge TfL to delay London Low Emission Zone Euro-6 requirement
The RHA and FTA have urged TfL to push back its proposed October 2020 start date for requiring Euro-6 lorries across the whole of Greater London.A consultation into plans to strengthen the existing London Low Emission Zone to Euro-6 level closed last week (28 February). This would see Euro-4 and ...
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ArticleDelsol doubles warehouse capacity as customer demand grows
TPN member Delsol has doubled its warehousing capacity and is preparing to take on new staff in response to growing demand for its warehousing, fulfilment and pick-and-pack services.Delsol, which has a fleet of 90 trucks and vans, uses the 80,000ft² warehouse in Sandycroft, Flintshire to store and transport raw materials ...
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RHA slams Sadiq Khan's London transport plan for its 'fundamental ignorance' about freight
Sadiq Khan’s transport plan for London “totally fails” to consider freight operators and their customers and shows a “fundamental ignorance” of how logistics and supply chains work, the RHA has said.The criticisms are made in the association's response to the mayor’s new London Plan, which sets out the capital’s strategic ...
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Culina Group and Warrens Group enter into joint-venture partnership
Culina Group has entered into a partnership with baked goods warehousing and logistics provider Warrens Group.This deal follows Culina's joint venture with refrigerated transport firm Morgan McLernon and its purchase of the remaining shares in logistics specialist CML Fulfillment last year.In February 2016 it purchased Great Bear Distribution.Announcing the ...
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Wincanton thinks it has e-fufilment Sorted with new partnership
Wincanton is set to offer its customers a wider choice of delivery options after forging a partnership with technology provider Sorted.The partnership will see Wincanton integrate its e-fulfillment service with Sorted’s carrier management platform SortedPRO, which brings together warehouse management systems.The Software as a Service (SaaS) product will allow Wincanton ...
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UKWA striving to promote workplace diversity
In a recent interview with Alex Farkas of the National Employer & Partnership Team at the Department of Work & Pensions, UKWA CEO Peter Ward outlined how the association is driving discussion around diversity and inclusion within the logistics industry.“As the leading trade association for the sector, UKWA is working ...