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ArticleElddis Transport loses turnover to low fuel prices
Lower fuel prices cost Elddis Transport last year, with savings passed onto customers causing a drop in turnover. The County Durham operator recorded turnover of £25.6m for the year ended 31 December 2016; a 1.6% from 2015’s £26.1m.But MD Nigel Cook told MT the drop was entirely down to last ...
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Hargreaves Services to tighten spending in its logistics arm
Hargreaves Services is to "ration" expenditure in its logistics division after it suffered a 91% fall in operating profit last year due to competitive pressure.Operating profit plunged from £1.2m to £100,000 in the year to 31 May 2017, as turnover dropped 11% to £48m (2016: £54.4m). It said this reflected ...
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Article£10m northern hub for Pallet-Track
Mark Pulford, logistics director for Pallet-track (left) with Cllr David Molyneux, deputy leader of Wigan CouncilPallet-Track will open a £10m northern hub at Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, next week.The pallet network said the regional hub, which officially opens on Monday 7 August, has created 20 jobs although more are expected as ...
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ArticleGas as a road transport fuel - has its time finally come?
The UK’s first ‘open access’ bio-LNG filling station at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) Gasrec has bet a small fortune on the future of natural gas as a road transport fuel. Chief executive Rob Wood tells Steve Hobson that the odds are moving in its ...
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Clipper Logistics wins five-year contract with Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Clipper Logistics has signed a five-year deal with Edinburgh Woollen Mill.The operator will provide services on “a predominately exclusive basis”.Steve Parkin, executive chairman of Clipper, said: “Clipper began its relationship with Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group last year.“I am delighted that throughout a detailed tender process, we have been able to ...
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Capital needs dedicated freight commissioner, says London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
London needs a dedicated freight commissioner to meet the growing logistical demands of the capital, according to the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).The organisation said that while it supports London mayor Sadiq Khan's plans to tackle congestion and air quality in the city, they need to be complemented ...
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Major hauliers to trial gas-powered HGVs in UK's largest biomethane fuel trial
Six major hauliers will be testing the performance of 81 dedicated gas-powered HGVs in the UK’s largest-ever trial of biomethane-fuelled trucks.The project forms part of the government’s £20m Low Emission Freight and Logistics Trial launched in January, which aims to demonstrate cleaner HGV technology emerging in the UK market.A consortium, ...
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ArticleArgos on the the e-commerce Fast Track
Argos Fast TrackArgos has reinvented itself to compete in the digital age against the rapid rise of the e-retailers and it’s done so by putting road transport at the heart of its operation.Two years ago Argos signalled its ambition to take the fight to e-retailers and their increasingly sophisticated express ...
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ArticleAKW Global Logistics invests £250,000 in its Trafford Park warehouses
AKW Global Logistics has spent £250,000 upgrading its Trafford Park warehouses.Additional racking and a fleet of 16 Mitsubishi gas-powered forklift trucks featuring warning and impact sensors have been added following an original spend of £2m to add capacity for the group in 2010.“The market is constantly changing for users of ...
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Argos facing strike action over redundancy payment dispute
Three weeks of strike action among Argos staff is on the cards in an ongoing dispute over redundancy payments.The Unite union said the retailer had failed to negotiate a national agreement covering redundancy and severance packages and had failed to guarantee workers’ future terms and conditions after 500 staff transferred ...
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Tuffnells Parcels Express MD departs amid Connect Group integration
Tuffnells Parcels Express MD Chris Ward is leaving the business following its integration within parent company Connect Group.Connect Group, which also owns Smiths News, bought Tuffnells in November 2014.A spokeswoman for Connect Group said Ward, who joined the business in May 2015, will be leaving the business as it moves ...
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Ross Eggleton joins NFT Distribution as chief operating officer
Chilled food specialist NFT Distribution has appointed Ross Eggleton to the newly created role of chief operating officer with immediate effect.He takes on responsibility for ensuring operational excellence across NFT’s transport and warehouse operations.Eggleton joins NFT from WM Morrison Supermarkets where he was logistics and supply chain director.Before that his ...
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ArticleVolatile outlook makes TCO even more crucial
A recent ExxonMobil survey of European fleet managers found 40% of those polled cited continued challenging economic conditions and volatile markets as their biggest business challenges.This makes understanding and minimising the total cost of ownership (TCO) of a truck fleet even more important as competition for available business are likely ...
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ArticleBoughey Distribution sees solid year of growth; Palletline operation takes wing
Boughey Distribution enjoyed a solid year of growth despite cut-throat competition amongst the supermarkets, with its Palletline operation growing faster than expected.Boughey, which is part of the NWF Group, saw turnover in the year to 31 May 2017 increase 3.7% to £39m (2016: £37.6m).Storage overall was at an average of ...
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Scherm Group's 65-tonne all-electric truck delivers significant C02 savings
The use of a 65-tonne, all-electric truck to make local deliveries to and from a BMW plant in Munich has removed 22 tonnes of CO2 from the route since its introduction in 2015.Scherm Group has been using the fully electric Terberg YT202-EV terminal tractor to transport materials to its local ...
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ArticleAldi Stores to pay £1m fine after powered pallet truck incident
Aldi Stores has been fined £1m after a driver needed two toes amputated following an incident with a powered pallet truck.A driver sustained severe foot injuries, including fractures to all toes on his left foot, while using the forklift truck at the supermarket’s Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Derbyshire store in November ...
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Daimler starts European small series production of 7.5-tonne all-electric truck
Daimler has begun small series production of its all-electric, light-duty Fuso eCanter truck for the European and US markets.The electric trucks will be built at the group’s production plant in Tramagal, Portugal, with the first vehicles being handed over to customers this autumn.Marc Llistosella, president and CEO of Mitsubishi Fuso ...
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Royal Mail orders 100 Partner L2 Electric vans
Royal Mail has signed an agreement with Peugeot to buy 100 Partner L2 Electric vans, to be used by postal workers on their delivery rounds.The vans will be in service from December at delivery offices around the UK, supported by what the operator described as “a comprehensive rollout of charging ...
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DfT proposes extra weight for clean van technology in driving licence reform
Drivers would be permitted to operate heavier, low-emission vans on a standard category B (car) driving licence under new DfT proposals.The plans have been developed to encourage adoption of non-diesel vans by operators as part of the government’s drive to improve air quality in urban areas.Currently, a motorist with an ...
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ArticleClipper Logistics' turnover and pre-tax profit up as retail strategy pays off
Clipper Logistics has delivered another strong performance, and predicted it will continue as its evolving model of serving retailers’ growing e-fulfilment and product return needs bears fruit.Announcing full-year results to 30 April, its third year listed on the London Stock Exchange, group turnover was 17.2% higher year on year at ...