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    Arla Foods to outsource Hatfield Peverel transport to Bidvest Logistics

    2016-03-08T16:33:00Z

    Arla Foods' plans to close its Hatfield Peverel dairy processing plant and outsource its logistics operation to Bidvest Logistics have been slammed by union Unite.The move comes just one year after Arla outsourced its outbound logistics at its Leeds operations to Moran Logistics along with the transfer of 100 drivers.The ...

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    Calling all low carbon logistics champions - enter the 2016 Motor Transport Awards now

    2016-03-07T18:26:00Z

    Could your company be the Low Carbon Champions at this year’s Motor Transport Awards?If your business has greatly reduced its carbon emissions by improving the efficiency of its operation or investing in alternative fuelled vehicles, then the Low Carbon Award, now in its 9th year, is still open for entry.Sponsored ...

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    Bibby Distribution spends £1.2m on new Van Hool tankers

    2016-03-07T13:22:00Z

    Bibby Distribution has spent £1.2m on 18 new tankers for its food ingredients logistics operation. The Van Hool-manufactured tankers will be used to deliver glucose and starch to a range of confectionary brands, but Bibby said its own technical team had designed the trailers to be flexible for future operations.Equipped ...

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    Freight in the City Spring Summit: DHL calls for northern cities to adopt consistent approach to freight

    2016-03-04T17:15:00Z

    DHL has called for a consistent approach across key northern cities in their methods of managing freight deliveries.Ian Cooper, director, transport value creation at DHL Supply Chain, stressed the importance of regional, rather than city-specific logistics rules to tackle the challenge of rising urban freight volumes.Speaking at Freight in the ...

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    Freight in the City Spring Summit: road freight is vital to keep up with changing urban delivery demands

    2016-03-04T15:24:00Z

    Learning to “love the truck” will help keep pace with changing consumer-driven delivery demands, delegates were told yesterday at the Freight in the City Spring Summit in Manchester.Ian Stansfield, former Asda VP logistics services and supply chain, said the surge in online retail and changing consumer buying habits meant more ...

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    UK's pallet networks deliver another year of growth

    2016-03-04T13:37:00Z

    The continuing rise in internet shopping and an increase in the carriage of hi-tech and high-value goods helped members of the Association of Pallet Networks (APN) deliver a strong performance in 2015.The eight members delivered a total of 22.4 million pallets in 2015, up more than 8% on 2014's volume. ...

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    BJS Storage and Distribution orders 50 curtainsiders via Ryder

    2016-03-04T10:43:00Z

    Doncaster-based BJS Storage and Distribution has inked a contract hire deal with Ryder for 50 new curtainside trailers.The new tri-axle trailers are being built by Montracon and will replace older trailers in BJS’s 120- strong trailer fleet.BJS director Richard Hall, said: “As our business expands it is essential to have ...

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    Moving Calais camp could lead to migrant 'free-for-all'

    2016-03-03T16:54:00Z

    Moving the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais to UK soil in the event of the UK leaving the EU would simply encourage more migrants to attempt to reach Britain by any means and could lead to a "free-for-all", the FTA has warned.Speaking after a warning from French economy minister Emmanuel Macron ...

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    Freight in the City Spring Summit: North of England operators could reap £16.2bn in efficiency gains

    2016-03-03T16:14:00Z

    The logistics sector in the North of England could reap £16.2bn in efficiency gains if recommendations made in the draft Transport for the North (TftN) Freight & Logistics Strategy come to fruition.Speaking at today's (3 March) Freight in the City Spring Summit: Driving Growth in the North, Chris Rowland, MD ...

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    Andyfreight stretches its deal with Newell Rubbermaid

    2016-03-03T15:35:00Z

    Stourbridge, West Midlands firm Andyfreight has confirmed a three-year extension to a UK-wide distribution contract with US company Newell Rubbermaid.The contract, which extends a 10-year relationship, involves the transport of some 50,000 pallets a year from Newell Rubbermaid’s Lichfield DC to retailers including Tesco and Amazon, Andyfreight commercial services manager ...

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    Morrisons playing it tough with Ocado over home delivery

    2016-03-03T15:22:00Z

    Morrisons’ agreement with Ocado to use its new customer fulfilment centre (CFC) in Erith, London, is far from a done deal.Morrisons and Ocado are negotiating a deal that would see the supermarket taking space in the Erith CFC and using Ocado’s system to allow Morrisons to process customers’ online orders ...

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    DfT considers scheme to retrain military leavers to plug driver skills gap

    2016-03-03T13:48:00Z

    The government is looking at funding HGV driver training for those leaving the military to help alleviate the skills shortage.According to transport minister Lord Ahmed, speaking at the Transport Committee hearing into the haulage industry’s skills shortage, the government has a key role to play in removing any barriers to ...

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    Hargreaves Services buys Pryor Group after administration

    2016-03-02T17:31:00Z

    Hargreaves Services has purchased civil engineering and earth moving group Pryor, after the latter was placed into administration.Pryor had been poised to enter administration since January “owing to a severe short-fall in working capital”.In a statement issued today FRP Advisory said the sale of the ongoing business, trade and certain ...

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    Motor Transport Podcast: Brexit Special

    2016-03-02T16:25:00Z

    The Motor Transport team considers what impact the UK coming out of the EU might have on road transport in a special edition of the Motor Transport Podcast.The Motor Transport Podcast: Brexit Special is now live on iTunes and Soundcloud, and discusses what areas of the road transport industry are ...

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    Registration now open for fifth Clocs progress event

    2016-03-02T15:56:00Z

    TfL is inviting operators to head to London’s Excel for the fifth Clocs progress exhibition taking place on 23 March.This free one-day event will run from 10am to 3pm and will feature the latest safer vehicles on offer from leading manufacturers that provide improved driver visibility, which have been developed ...

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    Manchester geared up for lively debate at tomorrow's Freight in the City Spring Summit

    2016-03-02T12:07:00Z

    Manchester Central is poised for the arrival of hundreds of delegates heading to the Freight in the City Spring Summit: Driving Growth in the North event tomorrow.This free-to-attend summit will be taking the debate on sustainable urban logistics out of London and into the major cities of the Northern Powerhouse ...

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    Government rules out HGV driver training fund

    2016-03-01T17:00:00Z

    The government has ruled out funding HGV licence acquisitions to ease the current driver shortage in the UK, according to DfT minister Lord Ahmed.Speaking at the third and final evidence session for the Transport Committee’s Road haulage sector: Skills and workforce planning inquiry, Lord Ahmed told the committee: “The principle ...

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    Culina Group acquires Great Bear Distribution

    2016-03-01T16:11:00Z

    Culina Group has acquired Great Bear Distribution for an undisclosed sum, effective from today (1 March) in a move that significantly expands the ambient network of the temperature-controlled specialist.The two businesses said that together it would have a combined turnover of some £400m, with Culina contributing £240m to that total ...

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    Fortec member Mitchell Storage and Distribution strikes deal with Driver's Foods

    2016-03-01T15:36:00Z

    Mitchell Storage and Distribution’s (MSD's) Fortec membership has helped it win a contract with national food services supplier Driver’s Foods.The family firm will distribute Driver's products, which include pickled onions, eggs and gherkins, to wholesalers supplying fish and chip shops across the UK.The deal covers distribution of between 45 and ...

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    Nando Cesarone appointed UPS Europe president

    2016-03-01T15:23:00Z

    UPS has appointed Nando Cesarone (pictured) as president of its Europe region. Canadian Cesarone has been with UPS for 25 years, where he has held roles including the vice president of operations for UPS Canada and country manager for Austria, Hungary and Switzerland. He also worked as president of UPS ...