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DX Group lands major Avon contract as boardroom battle continues
DX Group has announced a major new contract with Avon UK a week after plummeting share prices prompted its largest shareholder to call for the removal of two board members.The three-year deal is already underway and is worth in excess of £10m a year.DX chief executive Petar Cvetkovic said the ...
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Wincanton reveals details of Britvic contract won from Eddie Stobart
Wincanton has published details of its Britvic contract win, revealed by Motortransport.co.uk last month.The switch saw Britvic end its relationship with Eddie Stobart, which took on distribution for the soft drink manufacturer in April 2011.Wincanton’s deal, outlined today, will run for five years and will see it managing more than ...
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ArticleExpect Distribution takes 18 trailers from Ryder
Expect Distribution is to take delivery of 18 more trailers from Ryder. The trailers bring the Bradford-based firm's contract hire fleet with Ryder to 115 and follows the delivery of 31 vehicles - a mix of tractor units, trailers, and trucks - during 2016.The new triaxle curtainsiders, manufactured by SDC, ...
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Hermes to run electric Mercedes-Benz vans in German cities
Hermes is to work with Mercedes-Benz to roll out electric delivery vehicles in urban areas across Germany.A new strategic partnership will see Hermes deploy battery-powered Mercedes Vito and Sprinter vans in Hamburg and Stuttgart, with a pilot scheme expected in early 2018.The parcel delivery firm intends to have rolled out ...
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Fuel efficiency boosts pre-tax profit at CM Downton
Fuel efficiency increases from its Euro-6 fleet boosted CM Downton’s pre-tax profit last year. For the year ended 30 June 2016, Downton recorded a pre-tax profit of £5.7m, up 12% on the previous year’s £5m.A CM Downton spokesman said: “Part of the reason for the slight increase in profit was ...
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ArticleProtestors shut down Aggregate Industries and Tarmac quarries
Aggregate IndustriesAggregate Industries and Tarmac were the targets of protests at quarries in Lancashire yesterday, which shut down the sites for the day.Co-ordinated by Reclaim the Power as part of a two-week campaign, the protest on Monday (27 March) blocked the entrance to Tarmac’s Leapers Wood Quarry and Aggregate Industries’ ...
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Whistl profit up 145% in first full year after separation from Post NL
Whistl saw a leap in pre-tax profit in its first full-year results since the MBO that saw it separated from its PostNL origins. For the year ended 31 December 2016, Whistl recorded pre-tax profit of £8.4m; a 145% increase on 2015’s loss of £18.7m.Chief executive Nick Wells said this was ...
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Thermo King adds refrigeration unit to B-Series range
Thermo King has added the B-100 30 refrigeration unit for vans and small delivery trucks to its B-Series range of zero-emission electric units, which are powered directly from the vehicle battery.They are compatible with vehicles equipped with original air-conditioning system, requiring no drive kit or vehicle modification.The new B-100 30 ...
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Menzies Distribution signs deal with catering equipment supplier Nisbets
Menzies Distribution has won a contract with catering equipment supplier Nisbets.It will manage weekly supplies of goods from Nisbets' national distribution centre in Avonmouth to the company’s 22 stores across the UK.The goods will be trunked from Avonmouth to Menzies’ depot network with pallets and cages, then transferred to local ...
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Saica extends CM Downton contract
Paper manufacturer Saica has extended CM Downton’s contract for another year without reverting to a tender or benchmarking process.CM Downton said this latest extension reflects the strength of the partnership between the two firms which began in 2012 when Saica opened its paper mill at Partington in Manchester.Under the partnership, ...
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Motor Transport Podcast: Trouble at DX and Eddie Stobart Logistic floats
Civil war on the DX board, Eddie Stobart Logistics hitting the stock market and industry opinions on the Bath tipper case make up the latest episode of the Motor Transport Podcast. Chris, Emma and Chris talk about the latest from DX, where the company's largest shareholder is calling for the ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics to return to the stock market in blockbuster listing
Eddie Stobart Logistics returns to the stock market next month with a listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) that will value the operator at more than half a billion pounds.In a statement today, the haulier’s holding company, Greenwhitestar Capital, said it would be seeking admission to AIM in a ...
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Cemex orders low entry Volvo FMs for urban work
Cemex UK has placed an order for 47 new urban Volvo FM trucks.The trucks, which have a lower chassis design for use in London, will be fitted with passenger door windows to aid visibility of vulnerable road users, forward-facing cameras, forward collision warning systems and adaptive brake control lane departure ...
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ArticleTerror on the streets: what the road transport industry can do to minimise risk
Scenes of a devestation at the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market after a heavy goods vehicle ploughed into crowds of people during a terror attack in Berlin, Germany, 20 December 2016. The attack was masterminded by the Tunisian national Anis Amri and resulted in the deaths of twelve people and many more ...
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MPs warned: Industry reliant on good Brexit deal
Any introduction of tariffs, quotas and new customs clearances at UK ports after the UK leaves the EU could cause “significant difficulties” for the supply chain, an influential group of MPs have been told.Montrose Port Authority chief executive Nicholas Scott-Gray warned the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freight Transport (APPG) that ...
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ArticleSimon Gibson Transport boosts fleet with 51 Volvo FHs
Rapid growth at East Yorkshire bulk powder haulier Simon Gibson Transport has seen the firm strengthen its fleet with 51 new Volvo FH 6x2 tractor units. These are the latest additions to the firm’s fleet, which has expanded from 94 to 186 vehicles in the past year after European logistics ...
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RHA dismisses claim that road building doesn't cut congestion
The RHA has said research claiming that road building fails to cut congestion and bring economic benefits, whilst creating higher than expected pollution levels, is misguided.The Campaign to Protect Rural England looked at the economic and environmental impact of a number of UK road schemes built over the past 20 ...
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Palletways opens Bristol hub as part of regional expansion plan
Palletways has launched a £200,000 hub in Bristol as part of its strategy to drive growth through regional expansion.Dubbed the South West Hub, this is the network’s fifth regional site in the UK.Located just off the M5 in Avonmouth, the hub will process around 500 pallets a day, adding to ...
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DX Group investor calls for board change after 90% drop in share price
A 90% plummet in DX Group's share price has prompted its largest shareholder to call for the removal of two board members for their "inexcusable" performance. Gatemore Capital Management, which owns 11.3% of DX Group, has requested an EGM to discuss the removal of board chairman Bob Holt and non-executive ...
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Select committees combine to scrutinise government air quality policies
Pressure is mounting on the government to tackle urban pollution as the 24 April deadline for its new clean air bill approaches.Four select committees have joined forces to examine the government’s plans to tackle urban pollution hot spots, including the significance of vehicle emissions, and to consider evidence of the ...