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ArticleARR Craib happy with performance despite oil and gas recession
ARR Craib said that its customer retention has been excellent, despite the fall in the price of oil that led to a significant downturn among its core oil and gas customers resulting in a 9% fall in turnover in its most recent financial year.For the year-ending 31 March 2016 turnover ...
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ArticleYodel makes seventh consecutive loss while sister company Arrow XL soars
Yodel made its seventh loss in a row in the year ended 30 June 2016, while its sister company Arrow XL saw its pre-tax profit leap by more than 500%.Three years after the firm’s self-set deadline for turning a profit, Yodel finished the year with a pre-tax loss of £50.4m ...
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ArticleBuffaload Logistics buys Davis Haulage out of administration
Davis Haulage, the Crewe-based chilled distribution firm, has been bought out of administration by competitor Buffaload Logistics.Buffaload MD Julie Feltwell said she “couldn’t be happier” after she rescued the business by snapping it up for an undisclosed sum.Feltwell declined to comment on the circumstances leading to Davis Haulage's administration, but ...
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Viewpoint: the potential of rail freight in addressing urban air quality and congestion
Philippa Edmunds, manager at Freight on Rail, Campaign for Better Transport and vice-president at Transport & Environment, Brussels, tells Freight in the City why rail should play an integral role in bringing goods into the UK's urban conurbations.Changes in urban logistics policy as a result of air pollution violations, road ...
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Bike lanes could be increasing congestion, says MP
Labour MP Rob Flello questioned whether bike lanes are partly responsible for rising urban traffic congestion, during a transport select committee hearing this week.Speaking at the committee's Urban Traffic Congestion hearing, the Stoke on Trent South MP questioned why road users “have been driving fewer miles yet their ...
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ArticleNelson Distribution was profitable in final trading year before joining Knights of Old
Nelson Distribution was profitable in its final year of trading before it became part of the Knights of Old Group, newly published accounts show.The Belper-based business, owned at the time by the Nelson family, recorded a profit for the period 1 April to 31 May 2016 of £462,130. The average ...
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Government commits £20m to low-emission freight vehicle trials
A range of alternative fuels and vehicle technology is to be trialled by the freight sector through a £20m government programme to reduce vehicle emissions and improve air quality.Announcing the news at this week’s Sustainable Road Transport Conference, transport minister John Hayes said 20 firms have been selected to develop ...
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ArticleLow fuel prices give Jack Richards and Son pre-tax profit boost
Jack Richards and Son boosted turnover by 14% and pre-tax profits by 7% in 2016, aided by stable fuel prices and an efficiency drive.Reporting its annual results to 31 March 2016 the Norfolk-based company said turnover had grown to £40.6m (2015: £35.5m) with pre-tax profit reaching £1m (2015: £951,007).MD Peter ...
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ArticleArgos installs Microlise across two-man delivery fleet
Argos is installing Microlise’s telematics hardware across its two-man home delivery fleet.The tool will give Argos’s transport teams and contact centre teams live visibility of vehicles and expected times of arrival and allow drivers, via a smartphone app, to monitor their performance, helping them to improve their driving skills and ...
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ArticleFred Sherwood & Sons sees pre-tax profit fall in 2016
Fred Sherwood & Sons (Transport) saw pre-tax profit fall 18% last year with turnover also declining by 5% in the period.Reporting its annual accounts for the year ended 31 March 2016, the company revealed that pre-tax profit had dropped to £1.3m (2015: £1.6m) while turnover had fallen to £36.7m on ...
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Diesel cars produce more than double the NOx of HGVs
Diesel cars produce more than double the amount of nitrogen oxide than trucks, new research based on real-world testing has found.A report by the International Council on Clean Transport (ICCT) found that while the market’s newest HGVs (and buses) produce an average of 210mg/km of NOx, the newest diesel cars ...
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ArticleDavis Haulage appoints administrators
Wheels and tyresDavis Haulage, part of the Davis Haulage Group that also owns Widdowson Logistics, has appointed administrators.Insolvency experts from Leonard Curtis were appointed to the Crewe transport firm, which specialises in chilled distribution, on 23 December.However, no-one at Leonard Curtis would comment at the time of publication.Davis Haulage did ...
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ArticleArgos to move Magna Park operations to Wincanton site in Kettering
Argos is planning to close its Magna Park site in Lutterworth and transfer most of the site’s operations to a Wincanton DC in Kettering.The move will see up to 500 warehouse and distribution workers outsourced to Wincanton by December this year.The plans are part of a wider restructuring at Argos ...
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What does the future hold for urban freight?
Urban logistics is impeded by congestion, a lack of kerbspace, the need for cleaner air and restrictions on size and noise, all against a backdrop of increased demand.Freight is now higher on the agenda and helped by more inter-agency co-ordination than before, but progress is painstaking.Worldwide, air pollution is said ...
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ArticleMotor Transport's Power Players - the 10 most influential people in transport
Welcome to Power Players, the list of the most influential people in road transport. It is entirely subjective and based on the opinions of the Motortransport.co.uk editorial team rather than any objective criteria so feel free to let us know what you think @Motor_Transport.This year’s Power Players has a different ...
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Reed Boardall stays solid despite pressures
Temperature-controlled operator Reed Boardall said that the loss of a customer, and competitive pressures in its transport division, led to dips in turnover and profit in its most recent financial year.In the 12 months ending 31 March 2016 turnover at Reed Boardall Group fell from £65.9m to £64.3m, while pre-tax ...
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ArticleJJ Food Service adds Isuzu rigids to fleet
Wholesaler JJ Food Service has added 20 Isuzu rigids to its fleet as it expands to new UK locations. The 7.5-tonne Isuzu Forwards are all fitted with Carrier Transicold Xarios refrigeration units, and will be predominantly used to transport frozen goods to JJ Food Service’s customers.These include restaurants, hotels and ...
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ArticleWarehousing space must increase fivefold to keep up with e-commerce
The amount of warehousing space being built must rise fivefold if the UK is to keep pace with the e-commerce market, according to research by law firm Addleshaw Goddard.As online retailers compete on speed of delivery to win custom, the demand for industrial property is outstripping supply, with a premium ...
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Tesco is re-tendering its transport operation
Tesco is re-tendering its transport operation after the announcement it would close two DCs and move some of its warehouse operations in-house.A spokesman for Tesco confirmed that the retailer was re-tendering the transport services for its frozen operations from Daventry and its fresh operation from Snodland, Kent.Tesco announced yesterday that ...
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Ulemco to lead project for mass market hydrogen vehicles in China
Liverpool-based tech firm Ulemco has been picked to lead a project to enable development of mass-produced hydrogen-fuelled vehicles for China, as the country looks to significantly reduce emissions within the next 10 years.The Chinese government has prioritised the need to decarbonise energy and address air quality problems through the use ...