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ArticleExpect Distribution extends Astonish deal for three years
Expect Distribution, winner of the Business Excellence Award at the MT Awards earlier this month, has won a three-year extension to its contract with cleaning products manufacturer Astonish.Expect has handled all logistics and distribution for Astonish (which has a HQ neighbouring Expect’s site in West Yorkshire) over the past six ...
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DHL Supply Chain wins "transformational" EasyJet deal from Menzies Aviation
DHL Supply Chain will begin ground handling operations at London Gatwick Airport for EasyJet on 1 November, replacing Menzies Aviation.EasyJet said that all three parties would be focusing on “a seamless transition over the coming months… enabling affected staff to move over to DHL” adding that Menzies remained a strategic ...
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Kinaxia Logistics buys Mark Thompson Transport
Kinaxia Logistics has bought Mark Thompson Transport, its eighth operator acquisition in just over five years. The deal is Kinaxia’s third this year; it bought Panic Transport in February and Maiden’s of Telford in May.The business also owns Bay Freight; William Kirk; NC Cammack & Sons; Foulger Transport; and Lambert ...
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ArticleCM Downton wins £15m Isover contract from Bibby Distribution
CM Downton has won a £15m contract from Bibby Distribution, transporting goods for insulation manufacturer Isover UK.The five-year deal with the Saint Gobain-owned company will see Downton store and transport goods from Isover's Runcorn factroy, just 400m away from Downton's own site.Management, transport and warehouse staff from Bibby, six in ...
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Northern cities need more attention in air quality debate, say researchers
More attention must be paid to air quality outside of London, according to a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research.Speaking about the report – Gearing up for the Transition – researcher Darren Baxter said: “Toxic air is killing up to 40,000 children and adults a year. Too little ...
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Overseas division GLS continues to drive Royal Mail growth
Royal Mail’s overseas division was still driving business growth in Q1 of its financial year, as letter volumes continued to plummet. For the three months ended 25 June, the first quarter of Royal Mail’s financial year, the group saw turnover growth of 1%.Its UK letters and parcels division, UKPIL, suffered ...
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ArticleJohn Hackling (Transport) profit up 41%
John Hackling (Transport) saw pre-tax profits rise 41% last year, boosted by its newly opened depot in Swindon and Palletline’s decision to base a new regional hub at the depot during the period.Reporting its latest annual results for the year to 30 September 2016 the company revealed a rise in ...
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ArticleMatalan drivers reject pay offer after last minute deal change
Matalan drivers have rejected a pay offer after the deal was changed at the eleventh hour, according to the GMB unionMatalan had originally offered a pay deal to its drivers at its Knowsley DC which was acceptable to members, but a GMB spokesman told MT: “this offer was removed at ...
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Cartwright's cradle to grave approach to trailer care
The Cartwright Group has been based in Altrincham, Cheshire, since 1952, and while the core of the business is still designing and manufacturing on average 80 trailers and rigid bodies a week it now has many more strings to its bow.Its Rentals division has almost 6,500 trailers available for rent; ...
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DHL Supply Chain opens new Scottish site
DHL Supply Chain has begun operations at a new cross dock facility in Scotland. The site in Dyce, North East Scotland, offers approximately 20,000ft² of warehousing space and is suitable for multi-temperature customers.It is currently operating at 50% capacity, and DHL said it will create 45 jobs when it reaches ...
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Motor Transport Top 100 2006 Interactive Tables – Top 100 Notes
These interactive tables enable you to explore Motor Transport's Top 100 2006.Click on the tabs at the top of the table to view the different data sets. You can also click on the column headers to sort the table data from highest to lowest (or click again to sort from ...
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Motor Transport Top 100 2006 Interactive Tables – Top 100 Sales per employee
These interactive tables enable you to explore Motor Transport's Top 100 2006.Click on the tabs at the top of the table to view the different data sets. You can also click on the column headers to sort the table data from highest to lowest (or click again to sort from ...
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Motor Transport Top 100 2006 Interactive Tables – Top 100 Growth in Profit
These interactive tables enable you to explore Motor Transport's Top 100 2006.Click on the tabs at the top of the table to view the different data sets. You can also click on the column headers to sort the table data from highest to lowest (or click again to sort from ...
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Motor Transport Top 100 2006 Interactive Tables – Top 100 Return on sales
These interactive tables enable you to explore Motor Transport's Top 100 2006.Click on the tabs at the top of the table to view the different data sets. You can also click on the column headers to sort the table data from highest to lowest (or click again to sort from ...
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Motor Transport Top 100 2006 Interactive Tables – Top 100 Profit per employee
These interactive tables enable you to explore Motor Transport's Top 100 2006.Click on the tabs at the top of the table to view the different data sets. You can also click on the column headers to sort the table data from highest to lowest (or click again to sort from ...
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Motor Transport Top 100 2006 Interactive Tables – Top 100 Growth in turnover
These interactive tables enable you to explore Motor Transport's Top 100 2006.Click on the tabs at the top of the table to view the different data sets. You can also click on the column headers to sort the table data from highest to lowest (or click again to sort from ...
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Motor Transport Top 100 2006 Interactive Tables – Top 100 Largest Companies
These interactive tables enable you to explore Motor Transport's Top 100 2006.Click on the tabs at the top of the table to view the different data sets. You can also click on the column headers to sort the table data from highest to lowest (or click again to sort from ...
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Motor Transport Top 100 2007 Interactive Tables – Top 100 Notes
These interactive tables enable you to explore Motor Transport's Top 100 2007.Click on the tabs at the top of the table to view the different data sets. You can also click on the column headers to sort the table data from highest to lowest (or click again to sort from ...
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Government funding of £35m up for grabs for low-carbon vehicle technology
Businesses are invited to bid for a share of a £35m funding pot to develop low-carbon vehicle technology.The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) competition is open to consortia that can deliver projects to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and strengthen the UK’s position on low-carbon vehicle technology.Projects include at least one vehicle ...
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Motor Transport Top 100 2007 Interactive Tables – Top 100 Sales per employee
These interactive tables enable you to explore Motor Transport's Top 100 2007.Click on the tabs at the top of the table to view the different data sets. You can also click on the column headers to sort the table data from highest to lowest (or click again to sort from ...