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ArticleCitySprint rolls out same-day ASOS deliveries to Manchester and Leeds
CitySprint's On the dot service has expanded its same-day delivery contract with online retail giant ASOS. Six weeks after it began fulfilling same-day orders in London, On the dot has rolled the service out to postcodes in Leeds and Manchester.Deliveries can be made on the same day if an order ...
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ArticleAO.com buys 80 Mercedes-Benz rigids with Tiger Trailers bodies
AO.com is predicting a “significant” cut in is fleet’s running costs after refreshing its fleet with 80 new rigid trucks.Built by Tiger Trailers, the rigid bodies, which are mounted to 7.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis, are designed to improve fuel efficiency by reducing airflow resistance. The rigid bodies’ design also ensures ...
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ArticleDirect Vision Standard concession welcomed but concerns remain
Trade associations have cautioned against adding further complexity into the London supply chain, after TfL went live with its latest Direct Vision Standard (DVS) consultation.TfL is seeking responses to its proposal to introduce a Safety Permit Scheme as part of DVS, a move that would potentially see the controversial scheme ...
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Ceva Logistics wins multi-year renewal with Nutricia
Ceva Logistics has kept its drive into pharmaceuticals on the road with a renewed three-year transport and five-year warehousing deal with medical nutrition provider Nutricia.The win coincides with the logistics firm opening its newly refurbished 132,000ft² facility at Redditch, which has been certified by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory ...
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ArticleBrit European rallies to the flag for Guy Martin's First World War Tank
Guy Martin with the tank in Cambrai, Northern FranceBrit European played a starring role in helping motorcycle racer and truck mechanic Guy Martin meet his latest Channel 4 challenge, which saw him reconstruct a World War One British Mark IV tank and operate it in a re-enactment of its first ...
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HGVs pay enough tax to cover all government road maintenance spending
HGVs pay enough in tax to cover almost all the government’s spending on road maintenance in the UK, according to research.A report prepared for the FTA ahead of next week’s Budget shows that revenue raised in 2015/16 from HGVs in fuel duty, VED and the road user levy totalled £4.4bn.The ...
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Go-Ahead in talks with logistics sector for London buses to carry freight
London buses could be used to transport goods and parcels after the capital’s largest bus operator confirmed it was discussing the idea with logistics firms.Go-Ahead, which has been running buses in London for more than 20 years and provides almost a quarter of all services on behalf of TfL, said ...
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Transport for the North's new legal powers presented to Parliament
New legal powers to transform Transport for the North (TfN) into the UK’s first-ever statutory sub-national transport body were laid out today (16 November) in Parliament.The government says the new legislation will give the North an unprecedented say on how money is spent on transport schemes across the region.Today's announcement ...
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Eddie Stobart sees robust contracts performance ahead of peak period
Eddie Stobart has reported strong contract retention and growth ahead of its year-end trading update, expected in January 2018.In its Retail division, the company has won a new three-year contract with Homebase, starting in January 2018 to supply logistics services to 230 stores. It is looking to expand this by ...
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Dairy Crest transport contract helps Fowler Welch half-year turnover grow
Fowler Welch saw turnover increase during the first half of this year after taking over transport operations at Dairy Crest’s Nuneaton NDC in 2016.According to parent company Dart Group’s interim results, the food distribution business saw turnover rise 4% to £83m in the six months to 30 September 2017 (2016: ...
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ArticleMT Awards 2017 winner profile Apprenticeship of the Year sponsored by Giti Tyres
From left: host John Bishop; Carl Milton, northern regional logistics manager Cemex; Tony McHugh sales and marketing director for truck and bus at Giti Tyres; Paula Sedgwick, HR manager, logistics, Cemex; and MT editor Steve HobsonCemex has developed an apprenticeship scheme to attract young people into the business, then trains ...
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DHL Tradeteam drivers balloted over industrial action in Sheffield
DHL Tradeteam employees in Sheffield are to be balloted for industrial action over alleged neglect of health and safety at the site.A ballot of more than 100 Unite drivers and drivers’ mates at Tradeteam’s Shepcote Lane depot, which services clients including Calrsberg, Greene King and Coors, will run from tomorrow ...
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Stanford West lorry park cancelled after government concedes it will not win judicial review
The government has pulled the plug on the planned lorry park in Stanford West, which was selected as a solution to the chronic congestion caused by Operation Stack.The collapse of the planned lorry park contingency means there will be no alternative to Operation Stack until March 2019 at the earliest.Former ...
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ArticleFreight industry must not be 'thrown to the wolves' if government fails to deliver viable customs system
The road freight industry is in danger of being “thrown to the wolves” if the government fails to install a competent customs system in time for Brexit, the FTA warned this week.The warning came in response to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report: Brexit and the future of customs, published ...
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Gas network growth will put refuelling stations under pressure to deliver on price
As the UK’s natural gas refuelling network grows giving operators more choice of where to fill up, some stations using more expensive refuelling technology may be forced to close, experts have warned.The business case for buying gas trucks depends heavily on the price operators pay for gas, so cheaper stations ...
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ArticleWaters Waste Services and Universal Tanker Solutions merge
Neal Waters (left) and Simon Gunn (right).Middlesbrough-based Waters Waste Services has merged with Universal Tanker Solutions, which operates out of St Helens in Merseyside.The merger has resulted in the creation of the Universal Tanker Group, although the respective brands will live on, and is the first step in its national ...
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ArticleUK tops poll of cargo thefts across Europe and the Middle East in September
Almost 70% of reported cargo losses across Europe and the Middle East in September occurred in the UK, according to the Transported Asset Protection Association.The figures are revealed in TAPA’s latest survey of cargo losses across 11 European and Middle Eastern countries.Whilst TAPA acknowledged that some of the other countries ...
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Tesco merger with Booker gets provisional green light
Tesco’s £3.7bn merger with Booker has been given the provisional go ahead by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).The authority began investigating the merger of the UK’s largest grocery retailer and the UK’s largest grocery wholesaler in May to examine how it would affect competition.In a statement today, Simon Polito, ...
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ArticleAllied Bakeries drivers threaten strike action over 'paltry' pay deal
Allied BakeriesDrivers at Allied Bakeries’ Kingsmill depot at West Bromwich are threatening to strike after being offered a “paltry” pay deal, union Unite has warned.More than 100 drivers at the depot, which supplies 1.5 million loaves a week to customers including Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, are being balloted this ...
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ArticleJames Kemball opens new container facility in period of growth
Felixstowe-based haulier James Kemball has made a “multi-million pound” investment in a new loaded container storage depot at the Port of Felixstowe, as part of plans to grow its client base.The move follows rapid growth at the company last year, when it reported a 32% rise in pre-tax profit to ...