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ArticlePower Players 2014: Eric Born, chief executive, Wincanton
Eric Born, CEO, Wincanton15) Eric Born, chief executive, WincantonWincanton remains the largest British owned and based third-party logistics provider in the UK and Born continues to run the business under the ‘no surprises’ mantra with great success. Born admits that he likes the business to be “boring”. If so, he’s ...
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2014: a year of merger and acquisition activity
Renewed economic confidence and a focus on efficiencies saw an increase in the amount of mergers and acquisitions in 2014 as operators looked to strengthen, diversify and consolidate. Motortransport.co.uk takes a look back at a surprisingly strong year of M&A activity.In February, Pollock (Scotrans) acquired Blackburn-based haulier Gilbraith (TS) for ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: David Hunt, vice president and MD for Ryder Europe
David Hunt, vice president and MD for Ryder Europe16) David Hunt, vice president and MD for Ryder EuropeRyder Europe is the largest rental and leasing provider in the UK of trucks, and the second largest of trailers, and in 2014 it continued to grow, acquiring trailer repair and maintenance company ...
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Recommendation for cycle-safety training in every Driver CPC course, gets lukewarm response
Training course providers have reacted with scepticism to a new DVSA recommendation that they should include one hour on vulnerable road users (VRUs) in every Driver CPC periodic training course from next year. The recommendation was unveiled by the DVSA recently as part of new guidance being made available to ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Kevin Buchanan, MD, Pall-Ex
Kevin Buchanan, MD, Pall-Ex17) Kevin Buchanan, MD, Pall-ExBuchanan’s change of horses from Palletline to its keen rival Pall-Ex has set tongues wagging in the incestuous world of pallet networks. Pall-Ex’s high profile owner and chairman Hilary Devey and Buchanan have crossed swords in the past, but a healthy mutual respect ...
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Operators warned that current, lower haulage costs will not last
The RHA has warned vehicle operators not to assume current haulage costs will be sustained during 2015 when negotiating any end-of-year rate increases with customers. Speaking to Motortransport.co.uk in the wake of an RHA report showing a 0.18% fall in total haulage costs in the year to 30 September, Nick ...
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City Link appoints administrators at Christmas after substantial losses
City Link appointed administrators on Christmas Eve, temporarily suspending all operations over Christmas, citing continued “substantial losses over several years” and admitted it would be unable to accept new parcels due to the further losses it would incur.Administrators Ernst & Young’s (EY) also revealed that it had failed to identify ...
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Top 10 business wins of 2014
Third-party logistics providers have this year won millions of pounds in business, taking on more work from existing customers as well as winning contracts from new clients. Motortransport.co.uk looks back at some of the highest value and longest contract wins of 2014.Acumen Automotive turnover set to grow following JLR winAcumen ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Danny Glynn, MD, Enterprise Flex-E-Rent/Burnt Tree
Danny Glynn, MD, Enterprise Flex-E-Rent/Burnt Tree18) Danny Glynn, MD, Enterprise Flex-E-Rent/Burnt TreeWhat is a car rental guy doing in the MT Power Players you may ask. The answer is that, along with Burnt Tree CEO Richard Metcalfe, Glynn is in charge of Enterprise’s commercial vehicle contract hire and rental firm ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Alastair Cochrane, MD, TNT Express Services UK and Ireland
Cochrane was MD of former Whistl sister company TNT UK until 201419) Alastair Cochrane, MD, TNT Express Services UK & IrelandOnce the market leader and innovator –some would say inventor – of the express parcels market, TNT Express has retreated into its shell for a period of introspection and restructuring. ...
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Highways England will transform the nation's roads
Highways England (HE) – the new company set up to replace the Highways Agency from next April – has promised to “transform our national roads” over the next decade and beyond and suggested it will be “a very different business from the organisation it will succeed”. The statements are ...
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ArticlePower Players 2014: Richard Burnett, chief executive, RHA
Richard Burnett, chief executive, RHA20: Richard Burnett, chief executive, RHAThe incoming CEO of the RHA has a tough challenge redefining the role of an association that almost went bust before his predecessor Geoff Dunning took over in 2009. Falling membership in the depths of the recession and a huge pension ...
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ArticleVW car and van man takes on MAN
Nine weeks into his job as MD of MAN Truck and Bus UK, Simon Elliott spoke to Steve Hobson about his plans for 2015.After 40 years in the truck industry, the last 20 with MAN, CEO Des Evans announced his retirement due to ill health in summer 2014, just before ...
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NFT Distribution was profitable before being acquired
Chilled logistics specialist NFT Distribution was back in the black before it was acquired by new owner EmergeVest earlier in the year, posting a pre-tax profit of £1.6m in the 12 months ending 31 March 2014.NFT had previously posted a loss of £5.8m, and turned around its profit performance in ...
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ArticleWelcome to Power Players 2014! The countdown begins...
Over the past two years Motortransport.co.uk has spent Christmas counting down the Power Players – the list of the 20 people we believe have the most influence, and exert the most control, over the road transport industry in the UK – and we will be doing it again this year.This ...
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Pallet-Track opens Scottish hub
Hot on the heels of the launch of a southern hub, Wolverhampton-based pallet network Pallet-Track has officially launched its first Scottish hub.The business said the partnership with network shareholder-member Courier Connections from its depot in Bellshill, would help speed up deliveries, cut costs and improve journey times. Pallet-Track recently boosted ...
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Business uplift pushes Downton to expand Quedgeley warehouse
CM Downton is to extend its 100,000ft² Quedgeley warehouse, after a surge in business and new contract wins.It plans to add 27,000ft² of warehousing space to the site, which is located on the Quedgeley West Business Park in Gloucestershire. The development represents a £1.5m investment by the firm and is ...
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Connect completes Tuffnells takeover
Connect Group has completed its takeover of Tuffnells Parcels Express, with the deal first revealed last month.Tuffnells, known for its Big Green Parcel Machine brand, has been acquired for an initial consideration of £113.4m, according to a statement released to the City earlier.Subject to performance targets being met and continuing ...
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ArticleOverview of the UK Commercial Vehicle Industry 2015 report out now
UK operators are typically thought of as a conservative bunch and research conducted on behalf of Motor Transport late last year goes some way towards providing that idiom, as Euro-5 continues to dominate UK operator fleets.That said, the findings of the 2015 Overview of the UK Commercial Vehicle Industry report, ...
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Yodel highlights need for a frank conversation about delivery charges
We asked earlier this month who would deliver Christmas, given the remorseless growth of e-commerce and the dearth of drivers joining the road transport industry.The statement seems all the more prescient now, as last week Yodel found itself once again [don’t mention poppies] on the receiving end of the wrong ...