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Get ahead on 2015 business intelligence with free webinar
This year’s Commercial Vehicle Market Report will be launched via an online webinar at 11am on 10 December and you are invited to register now to secure your place for this unique insight into the commercial vehicle and road freight transport sector.The report, produced in association with Texaco Lubricants, Motor ...
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Quiet Cities exhibitors to show off latest urban delivery equipment
The indoor exhibition area at next week’s Quiet Cities global summit will feature examples of a wide range of products that enable urban and out-of-hours deliveries to be made.IMS will be showcasing examples of its VSE electro hydraulic trailer steering system, which allows operators to make deliveries in urban areas ...
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ArticleDriver CPC not to blame for driver shortage
ADR Network MD, Andrew Waldron, claims a story published by The Mail On-Line is "misleading and largely unhelpful" in solving the long term LGV driver shortage.In the article, the FTA was quoted as claiming 20,000 drivers had taken early retirement or moved to different jobs since the Driver ...
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ArticleHilary Devey on a new chapter for both herself and Pall-Ex
The Hub had the rare pleasure of speaking with Pall-Ex founder Hilary Devey this week. The subject was her new man: Kevin Buchanan.Buchanan was a shock departure from Palletline this summer and he’s made an equally big splash by taking on the top job (in terms of the day-to-day running ...
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Pallet rates and the efficiency play
Rates, as with all sections of haulage, have been moving the wrong way in the pallet sector for a number of years. In short: you can't charge for a pallet what you used to be able to.So despite the pallet sector continuing to grow in totality, the fierce competition between ...
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ArticlePalletways launches its new vision
Palletways has launched a new business strategy that it claims will allow it to “dominate the pallet sector for years to come”, seeing its 100-plus UK haulier membership enter a new phase of sustainable growth.At a launch event this week, the pallet network revealed Vision 20:20 would be underpinned by ...
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ArticleRico Logistics hungry for more growth following integration of DHL UK's Same-Day operation
Rico Logistics has told MotorTransport.co.uk that further acquisitions are on the cards, after its integration of the DHL Express Same-Day courier business it bought last November.The DHL deal marked the first-ever acquisition for field service logistics specialist Rico, and catapulted company turnover from around £50m to £85m.Keith Whitehead, head of ...
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Route Monkey: Behavioural change required to maximise efficiencies
Effective planning, routeing and scheduling using the right technology is the key to unlocking the out-of-hours delivery window, according to Route Monkey.The Scottish company will be exhibiting its software at the first Quiet Cities global summit, focused on enabling quieter deliveries of freight in urban environments. It will also be ...
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Morrisons extends home deliveries into the North West
Morrisons has extended the reach of its home delivery service to more areas in the North West, including Blackpool, Preston and Wirral.The expansion follows the opening of a new DC at the Knowsley industrial park in Liverpool, which is operated by Ocado. The two parties signed a 25-year deal for ...
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Norbert Dentressangle wins Kimberly-Clark contract extension
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has announced an extension to its warehousing and distribution contract with hygiene products manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Professional for a further three years. ND has been providing warehouse and distribution services at Kimberly-Clark Professional’s Flint site since 2000, which operates as the firm’s UK distribution centre.The 3PL also provides ...
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ArticleCompetition is invigorating, says Transline Logistics boss
This week Royal Mail once again warned that competition from other carriers is likely to hurt its growth prospects. This time it believes the threat comes from Amazon Logistics, the online retailer’s own delivery network, but back in June it also called for its regulator to protect it from other ...
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ArticleBuchanan hopes to transform Pall-Ex into 'undisputed market leader' following reshuffle
New Pall-Ex Group MD Kevin Buchanan has said he wishes to transform the business into the “undisputed market leader” within three years by refocusing its efforts on developing the business in the UK and Europe. The former Palletline MD will join the business on Monday as part of a management ...
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Norbert Dentressangle first 3PL to achieve SfL's Driver CPC Standard of Excellence
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has become the first third party logistics provider to be accredited with the Skills for Logistics (SfL) Standard of Excellence, recognising the quality of the company’s Driver CPC training.SfL recently launched the Standard of Excellence following consultation with key logistics employers. They identified five key metrics based ...
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Fowler Welch half-year finances remain steady
Fowler Welch has reported a broadly static half-yearly revenue for the period ended 30 September, achieving £78.1m (2013:£78.2m), with its operating margin also holding firm at 2.7% (2013:2.7%).The company said overall operating profit fell 11% to £1.6m (2013: £1.8m) as a result of expected start-up losses at a new joint ...
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Royal Mail warns threat from Amazon logistics network could stifle growth
Royal Mail has warned for a second time that competition from other carriers, this time Amazon’s own delivery network, will damage its growth prospects.In its half-year results, the company estimated that its total number of parcel deliveries in the UK should increase by 4% a year in the medium term, ...
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ArticlePallet-Track bolsters network with new members
Pallet-Track will increase its number of members to 80, after recruiting five new hauliers into its pallet network. The network, which celebrated 10 years in business this year, will welcome long-term Pall-Ex member Massey Wilcox into the fold to cover the BA and DT postcodes next September.Leyton, London-based LT Baldwin ...
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UK Mail parcel volumes hit by weak retail market
UK Mail expects volume growth in its parcels division to slow down in the second half of this year as it continues to feel the effects of a weakened retail market and poor volumes in the second quarter.Turnover in its parcels division increased 3.4% to £109.4m (2013: £105.8m) in the ...
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UK Mail Group writes down the value of its pallet network
UK Mail Group has written down the value of its struggling UK Pallets business, revealing a £7.3m impairment charge relating to goodwill dating from its purchase in 2003.The group took action after revealing that in the six months ended 30 September 2014, turnover at the pallet network fell 1.1% to ...
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ArticleJohn G Russell benefits as customer business booms
Scottish multimodal operator John G Russell has said it is attracting new customers via its UK-wide road and rail network, and that it will continue to benefit from an increased workload as a result.Having now shed its sister chest-freezer manufacturing unit, John G Russell (Transport) saw a 9.3% increase in ...
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ArticleCapacity problems: we need to rethink the buyer-supplier relationship
Christmas deliveries set to grind to a halt; agency rates going through the roof; 150,000 new drivers needed by 2020 – the capacity headlines continue to run and run, and concern across the industry is palpable.An outside observer would be forgiven for thinking this problem is a new one, the ...