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London operators to face a triple air quality challenge after Sadiq Khan's proposals
New London mayor Sadiq Khan has dealt freight operators a triple whammy of air quality proposals for vehicles entering the capital, only one week after taking up his position at City Hall.A pending consultation is to include a series of measures to drive down harmful emissions from road transport across ...
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New app allows DPD customers to avoid "school run" delivery clashes
DPD customers will be able to instruct drivers to avoid making deliveries at specific times, such as the school run, with the launch of the carrier’s new app Your DPD. Launched today, the new app allows customers to create a profile, through which they can set delivery preferences and track ...
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New 'package' deal for CM Downton and Saica
CM Downton has extended its contract with Saica, making the Spanish packaging company one of its “top 10” customers. CM Downton already handles inbound raw materials and finished products for Saica’s paper mill and recycling facility in Manchester.The extension to this £3m-a-year deal will see the haulier manage distribution for ...
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Driving licence rethink encouraged ahead of weight increase for alternative fuelled vehicles
The government’s attempt to encourage the uptake of alternative-fuelled HGVs when an updated EU weights and dimensions directive comes into force next year is flawed, according to liquefied gas supplier Gasrec.The company believes operators of 3.5-tonne vehicles will be discouraged from converting from diesel to gas when the updated directive, ...
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Royal Mail managers ramp up industrial action as pay dispute continues
Royal Mail managers are to increase the level of industrial action being taken over a long-running pay dispute.Workers voted to take action when Royal Mail refused to improve on a management pay rise of 1.3%, and the 4,800 managers involved began a 'work-to-rule' motion on 4 May.This is to be ...
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RTITB to highlight role of training in boosting road safety at Microlise conference
RTITB will be using next week’s Microlise Transport Conference to raise awareness of how training is vital in raising workplace road safety standards.The transport training standards body will be holding a breakout presentation focusing on accident reduction, which will tackle the issues surrounding vehicle technology and vulnerable road users.“Vulnerable road ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics secures Moores Furniture Group contract
XPO Logistics has renewed its contract with kitchen and bathroom manufacturer Moores Furniture Group.The Wetherby, West Yorkshire-based furniture firm first made the switch from an in-house distribution model to XPO Logistics in 2013.XPO carries out pre-booked and next-day deliveries for Moores’ customers across the UK, which include social housing developments ...
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Palletline appoints two board directors
Palletline has appointed two new directors to its board. Former head of strategic development Glenn Baker, who joined the network last year, will take the role of network director. His 30 year career in road transport has also included senior roles at both Palletways and Norbert Dentressangle (now XPO Logistics).Baker ...
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Public and private sector fleets can get 75% off the cost of zero-emission fuel cell electric vans
The government has allocated a £2m funding pot open to both public and private sector van fleet operators looking to switch to hydrogen-fuelled vehicles.A new Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) Fleet Support Scheme will allow local authorities, health trusts, police forces, fire brigades and private companies to bid for funding ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics uses £21m surplus to repay debts
The combination of the £16m sale of its former automotive logistics division and securing a “significant” customer wins towards the end of its last financial year helped Eddie Stobart Logistics generate a £21m surplus, which was used to repay its debt.It sold its automotive logistics arm to WeBuyAnyCar.com-owner BCA Marketplace ...
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Waitrose steps up from dual-fuel to dedicated gas with new Scanias
John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has introduced two dedicated gas-fuelled Scania tractor units into its Waitrose distribution operation.Based at the supermarket’s Leyland, Lancashire, RDC the trucks have an operational range of 350 miles are providing daily return-to-base services to stores throughout northern England, the north Midlands and north Wales."As an ...
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Suttons Tankers to exit British Sugar deal
Suttons Tankers, part of Suttons Group, is to end its eight-year relationship with British Sugar.In a statement issued today, Suttons Tankers said the decision not to seek to renew its contract when it expires later this year came after a review of its UK operation.Following this, Suttons Tankers has decided ...
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Pentalver sees turnover and profit rise on "solid foundation"
Pentalver has said it will continue to seek new opportunities after a year that saw it open a container services site at London Gateway and expand its services in specialist haulage.For the year-ending 31 December 2015 Pentalver Transport posted a rise in turnover from £62.7m to £65.7m, while pre-tax profit ...
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ArticleJohn Jempson and Son's profit up after sale of Palletforce shares
John Jempson and Son saw profit more than double in 2015 boosted by the sale of its Palletforce shares.Palletforce was acquired by EmergeVest in a £30m deal last August, which saw the pallet network’s haulier members sell their shares as part of the change in ownership.John Jempson's annual results to ...
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XPO Logistics to manage Ted Baker's new 'super DC'
XPO Logistics has seen off competitors to clinch a deal with fashion brand Ted Baker to manage its new pan-European DC. This is the latest in a string of contract wins for the company including a logistics and warehousing deal with VTech earlier this month and a distribution contract with ...
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Department for Infrastructure takes control of DVA in Northern Ireland
A rejig of government departments in Northern Ireland has seen the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) brought within the remit of the Department for Infrastructure.The DVA and its functions, which include goods vehicle enforcement, licensing, and vehicle testing, will be overseen by the newly-created department.It formerly came under the Department ...
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DX Group adds to presence in Scotland with double acquisition
DX Group has acquired The Legal Post (Scotland) and First Post from First Scottish Group for £3.25m, in a move that consolidates the legal document exchange market in Scotland.Together, the two acquired businesses had a turnover of £5.2m for the year ending May 2015, generating a £600,000 profit.For the year-ending ...
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ArticleFerguson Transport buys former BSW Timber site
Ferguson Transport (Spean Bridge) has acquired BSW Timber’s former sawmill site near Fort William as part of the company’s expansion plans.The 18 acre former sawmill site near Fort William, which includes offices, 160,000ft² of warehousing, large hardstanding and a weighbridge, will become a logistics hub for the company, which trades ...
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2016 Motor Transport Awards Shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2016 Motor Transport Awards has been published, with Browns Distribution Services, Malcolm Logistics, Pentalver and WH Barley in the running for Haulier of the Year.The finalists were decided by more than 70 industry expert judges during two days of debate at the Hilton Leicester Hotel last ...
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Argos facing threat of industrial action over Eddie Stobart Logistics outsourcing deal
Argos is facing a union dispute after revealing it intends to transfer nearly 100 of its drivers to Eddie Stobart Logistics. It echoes a dispute that was settled last month, which was sparked by the planned transfer by Co-operative Food of 87 of its Coventry-based drivers to Eddie Stobart as ...