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Lenham Storage enjoys successful year despite driver shortage
Lenham Storage enjoyed a ‘successful’ year’s trading in the 12 months to 31 August 2015, but the driver shortage remained a challenge.In the directors’ notes to its annual accounts, Lenham said it had struggled with the recruitment of both category C and category C+E qualified drivers during the period.It meant ...
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Panther Warehousing introduces Sunday deliveries after £17m buyout
Panther Warehousing will offer its customers new services from next month including Sunday deliveries, just months after its £17m MBO by MD Colin McCarthy. The two-man delivery service will introduce Sunday deliveries, later cut offs for next-day delivery services and two-hour delivery slots as of 1 September.The Sunday delivery service ...
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ArticleFraikin bolsters director line-up
Vehicle rental firm Fraikin has welcomed a new chief executive and chief finance officer to its board of directors.Chief executive Ed Cowell has joined Fraikin after two years with tools and plant hire firm Speedy Services and began work in his new role this week.He said he looked forward to ...
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ArticleFaccenda Foods opts for 29 Volvos via Indelease
Own-account operator Faccenda Foods is taking 29 Volvo tractor units via leasing firm Indelease as it looks to freshen up its fleet.The first of the Volvo FMs have now been delivered to the food manufacturing group’s Telford depot as part of a contract worth £3m that includes fleet management and ...
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ArticleBrexit: we want your thoughts on the UK's future outside the EU now!
Post-Vote Brexit Survey: Last month UK voters made arguably the most momentous decision in the country’s post- Second World War history when they backed Brexit.This was something our previous poll found support amongst Motor Transport readers for with 54% of you in favour (slightly ahead of the national vote as ...
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Nicki Shields confirmed as Master of Ceremonies at LowCVP awards
TV presenter Nicki Shields will be the master of ceremonies at the LowCVP Low Carbon Champions Awards this year.Shields has presented Formula E racing on ITV – a competition between electric vehicles racing through city courses – since 2014, and also writes for The Times and the Evening Standard. She ...
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Operators warned to review holiday pay after Eddie Stobart pay-out
Operators have been urged to ensure they are calculating holiday pay correctly. The warning comes after Eddie Stobart agreed to pay £364,000 to more than 430 drivers who had not received the rate they were entitled to.Union Unite claimed the haulier had not taken into account allowances and overtime that ...
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RHA to represent operators in truck cartel compensation action
The RHA is to launch legal action against the major truck manufacturers, after they were found guilty by the European Commission of price fixing and fined €2.9bn (£2.5bn).The RHA said that after legal advice it would now pursue the case for compensation.Richard Burnett, chief executive of the RHA, said: “We ...
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Freight in the City Expo 2016 open for business - register now!
Registration is now live for this year’s Freight in the City Expo, taking place on 2 November at London’s Alexandra Palace.Now in its second year, the free-to-attend event will focus on the challenges of delivering goods into increasingly congested city centres.The event will be opened by deputy London mayor for ...
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New contracts continue to drive growth at Clipper Logistics
Clipper Logistics saw its pre-tax profit and turnover continue to climb in its second year as a listed company as it began a series of new contracts.For the year ended 30 April 2016, group turnover grew 23.6% from £234.8m in 2015 to £290.3m.Within that, turnover generated by its e-fulfilment and ...
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Daimler previews its battery powered eTruck
Daimler previewed its 26-tonne, battery powered urban truck at the eTruck campus in Stuttgart last week.The truck is based on a Mercedes-Benz 6x2 chassis, and was only a partial unveil as Daimler is holding some cards ( such as the cab ) close to its chests until next month’s IAA ...
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ArticleBooking open for 2016 Freight in the City Expo
Booking is now open for this year's Freight in the City Expo, which will take place on 2 November at London's Alexandra Palace. The free-to-attend event will feature an exhibition of the latest vehicles, technology and equipment that enable urban deliveries to be made cleanly, safely, quietly and efficiently, as ...
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ArticleSamworth Brothers Supply Chain driver named (44-tonne) FTA Truck Driver of the Year
Samworth Brothers Supply Chain driver Matthew Pickering has been named the FTA’s Truck Driver of the Year 44-tonne 2016, following a hard-fought contest.He beat 19 other finalists at Mercedes-Benz Wentworth Park, Barnsley, in a range of tests including driving skills, manoeuvring ability, risk awareness and legislative knowledge, to lift the ...
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London freight operators could face Ultra Low Emission Zone by 2018
Freight operators working in London may face tougher emissions regulations as early as 2018 if air quality proposals from the London Assembly Environment Committee are acted upon.London has been urged to roll-out its Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) as early as 2018, as well as mandating a minimum Euro-5 standard ...
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Tesla to build fully electric-powered truck
Tesla, the electric car manufacturer known for its Roadster and S models, is looking at producing a zero-emission heavy truck.Founder Elon Musk aims to “expand the electric vehicle product line to address all major segments”.Musk claimed at a press briefing that the Tesla Semi is “in the early stages of ...
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Royal Mail managers accept increased pay offer
Royal Mail managers have voted to accept an increased pay offer, resolving a conflict that saw 4,800 of the carrier’s employees take industrial action earlier this year. The long-running pay dispute began when around 4,800 managers at the company refused a proposed pay increase of 1.3% for the year beginning ...
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RHA and FTA say Transport Committee report on driver shortage is "fair reflection" of industry's issues
The RHA has said the Transport Committee report into the driver shortage, which said that current measures to tackle the issue are not enough to resolve it, is a “fair reflection” of the industry’s problems.The report called on both the government and the industry to do more to tackle the ...
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Current efforts to address driver shortage "will not be enough", warns Transport Committee
Current efforts to resolve the driver shortage will not be enough to prevent the looming skills crisis, the Transport Committee has said.In its report released today, the select committee said that “years of under investment” by the road transport industry had lead to a shortage of around 45,000 drivers.A further ...
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Arla Foods closes Hatfield Peverel site as Bidvest Logistics takes on transport duties
Arla Foods said it had now closed down its Hatfield Peverel site after 32 drivers transferred to Bidvest Logistics.An Arla spokeswoman said: “Following an extensive consultation process, Arla Hatfield Peverel has closed this month and we would like to thank everyone at the site for their continued professionalism and commitment ...
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Sainsbury's to create 900 jobs with new London fulfilment centre
Sainsbury’s will open a new fulfilment centre in London this autumn to cope with growing online shopping demand. The 185,000ft² facility in Bromley-By-Bow should create 900 new jobs, with recruitment already underway for the first 470 of these. The supermarket said it hopes to have recruited the remaining 430 by ...