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Ocado sets its sights on more delivery spokes
Ocado plans to add more delivery spokes to its network this year to meet increasing demand for its own grocery operation, as well as that of online delivery partner Morrisons.Following the news that it is to develop a fourth hub, in south-east London, Ocado said it has acquired additional sites ...
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Fors fees ignite debate on scheme's future
So now we know the fees that those wishing to partake in Fors (the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme) will need to pay, as TfL's scheme makes the move into the private sector under Aecom. Operators are still digesting those and no doubt we'll hear more views in the coming weeks (three ...
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Gerrard Seel selects Gefco for wine deliveries
Wine merchant Gerrard Seel has chosen Gefco UK as its multimodal logistics provider.The deal involves the delivery of imported products into Gerrard Seel’s bonded warehouse in Liverpool. It will transport products via full truck loads, rail and sea into the warehouse from various regions across the globe.Gefco claimed that transporting ...
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Profit falls by a third at Fred Sherwood & Sons (Transport)
Pre-tax profit fell by a third last year at MT Top 100 company Fred Sherwood & Sons (Transport), despite a 2% increase in turnover.Its annual accounts for the year ended 31 March 2014 revealed a 35.4% drop in pre-tax profit to £944,007 (2013: £1.4m). Turnover increased to £37.9m, up 2% ...
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Acquisitions boost for Knights of Old
Knights of Old has said it expects to “reap the benefits of larger economies of scale”, after a full year of trading incorporating its 2013 acquisition of AE Parker saw pre-tax profit and turnover rise.For the 12 months ending 31 May 2014 turnover rose to £47.4m, up from £44.6m in ...
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Arla renews Bridgestone tyre management deal
Dairy farmer co-operative Arla Foods has renewed its tyre management contract with Bridgestone for three years. Under the contract, Bridgestone will supply its premium tyre range with its tyre pressure monitoring system and the Total Tyre Care service package through to 2018, with real time monitoring and analysis of fleet ...
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Beverley Bell to become CILT president
Beverley Bell, senior traffic commissioner for Britain, is to become president of the CILT in May. Bell, who will take over the one-year presidency from Jim Spittle, chairman of standards body GS1 UK, has been vice-president for two years and a member of CILT for nearly a decade.It is believed ...
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Operators split over Fors fees
Operators joining newly privatised Fors later this month will pay from £485 up to an eye-watering £11,250 in annual fees to be part of the benchmarking and safety initiative.The new pricing, which sees operators charged on the basis of fleet size and number of operating centres for the previously free ...
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John Lewis to increase Milton Keynes distribution capability
John Lewis has revealed plans for a 638,000ft² DC in Milton Keynes, its third in the area.The DC will provide capacity for growth in the retailer’s in-store and online operations. It will also support its existing DC at Milton Keynes’ Magna Park, which opened in 2009, and a second Magna ...
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ArticleBibby moves into into chilled and frozen logistics
Bibby Distribution has moved into chilled and frozen logistics after securing a three-year contract with supermarket discounter Netto.The deal will see Bibby provide full frozen, chilled and ambient food logistics for Netto, which opened five stores in the North of England last year and plans a further 10 by the ...
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ArticleRegister now for Clocs demonstration event in London
Operators looking to meet the requirements of Fors silver or gold, or the Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety (Clocs) scheme, should register to attend a demonstration event on Thursday 26 February at ExCeL, London.The event is a practical demonstration of the requirements for both schemes and those who attend will ...
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Go Outdoors issues writ against Advanced Supply Chain
Advanced Supply Chain (ASC) has been hit with a writ by former customer Go Outdoors.According to Companies House, a writ was filed at the Royal Court of Justice Queen’s Bench Division on 3 October last year. The nature of the claim is not known.A three-year contract, involving the management of ...
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ArticleRedundant City Link staff prepare claim
Nearly 150 former City Link staff are preparing to take group employment action against the failed parcels carrier in the hope of receiving a larger compensation payout.JMW Solicitors, the law firm handling the claim, told Motortransport.co.uk it has received enquiries from 144 former City Link staff, after it was approached ...
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ArticleFTA: operators not fully benefitting from 53% cut in bulk oil costs
The FTA met with the Treasury last Thursday (5 February) to discuss the real effect the plummeting cost of oil was having on the freight transport sector.Despite lower oil prices benefitting hauliers “to an extent”, the FTA said most operators are not seeing the 53% fall in bulk prices passed ...
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Kenneth Howley Transport joins Pall-Ex as part of UK Pallets deal
Pallet network Pall-Ex has welcomed its first new member as the result of its pledge to offer support to the hauliers and customers of the failed UK Pallets network. Kenneth Howley Transport of Castleford is the first haulier to move across to the Pall-Ex as part of the agreement, in ...
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Safer Lorry Scheme from September; but more enforcement would have been better choice
TfL has done well to minimise compliance costs under the Safer Lorry Scheme but ultimately the initative remains misguided, the FTA has said.Responding after confirmation the Safer Lorry Scheme would go live from September - effectively banning vehicles above 3.5 tonnes from operating within the London area without sideguards ...
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ArticleMiniclipper seeks more space after fresh contract wins
Miniclipper Logistics has confirmed it is looking for another new storage facility, after a 5,000 pallet warehouse it opened just before Christmas at Houghton Regis was filled almost immediately.The opening of the 55,000ft² Houghton Regis site (pictured) in December coincided with two fresh contracts from the DIY and construction sector, ...
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ArticleJCB constructs new overnight delivery deal for parts
Construction equipment manufacturer JCB has renewed a deal with Norbert Dentressangle to manage delivery of aftermarket parts to a network of over 100 dealer depots. The three-year, multi-million pound contract involves evening collection of parts in pre-packed pallet boxes from JCB’s World Parts Centre in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire and trunking into ...
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Wincanton sees little benefit from fuel price fall
Wincanton revealed in a trading statement today that the plummeting cost of fuel has had “no material impact” on its bottom line, adding that the business continued to trade in line with expectations.In a statement for the period from 1 October 2014 to today (5 February), the logistics giant said ...
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Buffaload to open new chilled site with Chiltern
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire-based Buffaload Logistics has entered into a joint venture with Chiltern Cold Storage Group to open a new 22,000ft² chilled storage facility in Livingston, Scotland from mid-March. Buffaload, which is primarily involved in retail consolidation and long-distance trunking work with double-deck reefer trailers, and Chiltern, whose activities centre around ...