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ArticleUKWA chief executive Williams to hand over reins to Ward
UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) chief executive Roger Williams is to hand over the reins later this month to his successor, Peter Ward (pictured), following 15 years at the organisation.Williams will continue to work for UKWA until the end of July, heading up key projects including the organisation’s annual lunch and ...
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It's hassle at DCs not low pay putting off drivers
The driver shortage is now the biggest issue facing the road haulage industry, with the total number of drivers decreasing each year. The RHA has quite rightly focused on how the industry can be made more attractive to newcomers by suggesting government funding for vocational training to ease the cost ...
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DX Group buys select City Link assets for £1.1m
DX Group has bought some of City Link’s assets for £1.1m as the administrator.DX, which is headed up by former City Link MD Petar Cvetkovic, has bought assets including cages, scanners and certain intellectual property, the nature of which has not been disclosed.The sale comes as a spokesman for administrator ...
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ArticleSkills for Logistics to close down
Skills for Logistics (SfL) is to close down, with the board considering placing the business into administration after pension deficit pressure and a struggle to replace lost government funding for skills initiatives. In an official statement issued today (6 January), SfL said: “The Board of Skills for Logistics (SfL) has ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Ian Stansfield, head of distribution, Asda
A double-deck Asda liveried trailer7) Ian Stansfield, head of distribution, AsdaSince its takeover by US retail megalith Wal-Mart, Asda has been one of the most innovative supermarkets when it comes to logistics.A relentless focus on keeping prices and costs low has seen Asda supplement its substantial inhouse distribution operation with ...
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ArticleFTA reveals identity of new chief executive
The FTA has revealed that internal candidate David Wells will succeed Theo de Pencier as chief executive from 1 May.Wells, who joined the FTA in 2009 as finance and IT director, subsequently took on additional responsibility for the association's vehicle inspection service, training and the tachograph analysis service.This included the ...
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ArticleCitySprint denies sale claims
CitySprint has denied claims that it is up for sale after a news report speculated that its parent company is preparing to sell the firm.Sky News today published a story suggesting that private equity firm and CitySprint parent Dunedin, which provided financial backing for its management buyout in 2010, had ...
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APC to hold recruitment day for former City Link staff tomorrow
APC Overnight is to hold a recruitment open day for former City Link staff tomorrow (6 January).The parcel network plans to make up to 100 jobs available to former City Link employees. More than 2,300 staff at the failed parcel carrier are to be made redundant after it appointed administrators ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Violeta Bulc, EU Transport Commissioner
Violeta Bulc, EU Transport Commissioner8) Violeta Bulc, EU Transport CommissionerSolvenian Bulc replaced Siim Kallas as European Commissioner for mobility and transport in October, and will hold the post until 2019. However Bulc isn’t a career politician in the true Brussels bureaucrat stereotype.She used to work for a Slovenian telecoms supplier ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Moya Greene, CEO, Royal Mail
Moya Greene will retire in September9) Moya Greene, CEO, Royal MailThe semi-privatised Royal Mail/Parcelforce remains the big beast in post and small parcels, and where its tough talking Canadian CEO Moya Greene takes the organisation will have a big impact on the whole industry.Greene has a fractious relationship with the ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Tim Slater, MD, Transport, Energy & Chemicals, Engineering & Manufacturing, DHL Supply Chain
Tim Slater, MD, Transport, Energy & Chemicals, Engineering & Manufacturing, DHL Supply Chain10) Tim Slater, MD, Transport, Energy & Chemicals, Engineering & Manufacturing, DHL Supply ChainA long job title means a busy MD, but among his many responsibilities Slater’s team is ultimately in charge of designing, specifying, procuring and managing ...
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DfT pushes back end of paper driving licence until June
The DfT has revealed the abolition of the paper driving licence will be delayed until 8 June this year.Motortransport.co.uk reported last year that plans to do away with the paper part of the driving licence from January had been put on hold, after opposition from trade associations concerned it would ...
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More than 2,300 City Link employees laid off
City Link’s administrators have made more than 2,300 staff at the failed business redundant.Following the parcel carrier’s collapse into administration on Christmas Eve, Ernst & Young confirmed that although an offer was made for the business by a consortium, it offered “no money up front and significantly undervalued the assets ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Boris Johnson, mayor of London
11) Boris Johnson, mayor of LondonThe mop-topped cycling mayor of London may be seen by many as a bit of a buffoon – his attack on the EU drivers’ hours rules in August was widely seen a gaffe – but Johnson has been hugely influential in moves to make construction ...
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ArticleTake part in Best Places to Work in Road Transport
Transport operators with a large percentage of drivers on the payroll can still take part in Best Places to Work in Road Transport.Motor Transport, in association with Logistics Job Shop, has launched this major new awards scheme to recognise the best employers in third-party road transport and logistics voted ...
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CVS and Richard Lawson Leeds Crown Court latest
The relationship between Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) and Richard Lawson’s Spirit Auto Logistics and its successor Spirit Motor Transport was further explored on 12 December, when the trial of two directors and two of the management team of CVS, and Lawson, continued at Leeds Crown Court.Last month CVS MD Martin ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Richard Fleming, logistics director, Sainsbury’s
Richard Fleming, logistics director, Sainsbury’s12) Richard Fleming, logistics director, Sainsbury’sSainsbury’s has more convenience stores (676) than supermarkets (595) today and it’s Fleming’s job to make sure that it’s 2,000 plus trucks and vans are delivering to this multiple channel of retail outlets as efficiently as possible.Half of its convenience stores ...
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The biggest stories of 2014 on motortransport.co.uk
As 2014 draws to a close, MT.co.uk looks back at the stories you wanted to read. There were shocks, surprises and startling revalations galore in the road transport industry, but what were the ten stories that attracted the most attention? Here's a clue: Seafield, Stobart and shortages dominated...1) Lomas Distribution ...
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ArticlePower Players: Malcolm Wilson, MD, Logistics, Norbert Dentressangle
Malcolm Wilson, MD, Logistics, Norbert Dentressangle13) Malcolm Wilson, MD, Logistics, Norbert DentressangleA Brit on the board of French logistics giant Norbert Dentressangle, Wilson has been rewarded for the successful integration of Christian Salvesen and TDG into its UK logistics business, acquisitions which shot ND into the premier league.While ND’s spending ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Dwain McDonald, chief executive, GeoPost UK
Dwain McDonald, chief executive, GeoPost UK14) Dwain McDonald, chief executive, GeoPost UKMultiple MT Award winner GeoPost UK, comprising of DPD and Interlink, continues to set the standard in the parcel industry, and beyond. Its Predict service continues to be built upon as the industry-leading technology for B2C and B2B parcel ...