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ArticleFishers Services renews fleet with Ryder
Laundry-company Fishers Services has taken delivery of 25 Euro-5 Mercedes-Benz Axor trucks under derogation via Ryder.The Axors are fitted with tail lifts and 27ft box bodies. They come after Fishers took 24 Daf trucks and Mercedes vans from Ryder late last year. All are replacements for the operator’s 87-strong fleet.Michael ...
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Ceva signs five-year REHAU deal
Ceva Logistics has won a five-year contract with PVC-U window and door frame manufacturer REHAU.The deal covers transport using a dedicated fleet of REHAU-liveried trucks across the UK and management of its 130,000ft² distribution centre in Runcorn, Cheshire.Ceva makes on average 700 picks per day at the warehouse, which stores ...
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ArticleAldi plans Cardiff RDC
AldiDiscount supermarket Aldi wants to develop a 490,000ft² regional DC in Cardiff in response to new operational requirements.The firm has applied to Cardiff City Council for permission to build the RDC at the Capital Business Park, which it hopes will serve between 110 and 130 supermarkets within the group.The documents ...
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ArticleFeeling the [tyre] pressure
If you're a bit sad like me, maybe you too have been wondering why truck tyre manufacturers and others are going to so much trouble to develop tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS).TPMS has been compulsory on vans and cars for a while now, and it will come for trucks. Over ...
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Yodel sub-contractor fined over illegal worker
A courier company supplying staff to Yodel has been fined £4,000 for employing an illegal worker, following a raid on Yodel’s Mitcham depot in May last year. During the raid by some 40 immigration officials at the firm’s Ellis Road site, 10 men were arrested. Two were subsequently released after ...
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Redhead International moves into Tamworth depot
Redhead International has moved from its Burton-on-Trent depot to a larger facility in nearby Tamworth.The new facility provides almost 5,000 sq ft of additional warehousing space compared with Burton, which has been its home for six years.Last July Redhead International opened a depot in Northern Ireland’s Mallusk and currently operates ...
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Fowler Welch points to bright future after profit dips
Unexpected behaviour by supermarket customers, alongside the closure of its operating base in the Europe, led to a fall in turnover and pre-tax profit at Fowler Welch.For the year-ending 31 March 2014 turnover at Fowler Welch, a division of Dart Group, dipped to £153.2m, from £155.2m in the previous year. ...
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ArticleHoyer Group hits new high but UK division profit down
HoyerHoyer Group has hailed its “highest turnover in its history” but conceeded challenges remain for its UK division.Ascribing the group's success to a solid strategy, balanced portfolio and commitment to traditional family values, its UK Petrolog division had a tougher time than the group due to the "general economic ...
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UPS and Unite prepare for London-wide strike ballot
Unite plans to ballot four UPS depots across London for industrial action, extending the dispute that began at the parcel firm’s Camden depot last year.It will ballot members in Croydon, Feltham, Dartford and Barking.Unite has also accused UPS of “victimising” two union reps at Camden- one of which has been ...
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Parcelforce wins Fortnum & Mason Sunday business
Fortnum & Mason has become the first retailer to sign up to Parcelforce Worldwide’s recently-launched Sunday delivery service.The deal will see Parcelforce deliver products after 9am on Sundays, provided they are ordered by 2pm the day before.The company is rolling out a nationwide seven day delivery service later this month, ...
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Five more Sainsbury's sites to be balloted
Union Unite is set to ballot five other Sainsbury’s DCs for industrial action next week, following a strike that took place on Friday 20 June.A spokesman for Unite said that no further industrial action is currently planned at the supermarket’s Haydock, Merseyside DC, nor has it seen any movement from ...
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ArticleBedfords Group snaps up RPL Logistics
Bedfords buys RPL TransportBedfords Group has returned to the acquisition trail with the purchase of RPL Transport.The Yorkshire operator told Motortransport.co.uk it bought the £4.5m turnover Milton Keynes business because it wanted a base further south, in order to strengthen its offering and “solidify its capabilities as a UK wide ...
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ArticleFoley & Miles choses MAN for Crossrail work
Foley & MilesGrays, West Thurrock-based Foley & Miles has taken delivery of six new MAN TGX tractor units., which have been put into operation on the firm's Crossrail delivery work. The trucks were acquired through MAN Financial Services on a five-year funding package, and takes the operator's fleet to ...
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Asos DC fire highlights problems with keeping stock in one place
The fire at Asos’s national DC on Friday has prompted the industry to think about the problems the could arise from with keeping most of customers’ stock in one place and what operators and their customers should do to reduce the risk to their goods.Around 70% of Asos’s stock is ...
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Muller Wiseman Dairies confirms Cornwall depot closure
Müller Wiseman Dairies has confirmed that it will close its Pensilva, Cornwall depot and transfer operations to its Bridgwater site.The decision was prompted by a change in customer requirements, mainly a movement away from individual store deliveries and delivering into RDCs instead.MD Carl Ravenhall said: “The whole team, together with ...
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ArticleCoca Cola Enterprises national fleet manager joins CVL
Former national fleet manager at Coca Cola Enterprises, Darren O’Donnell, has joined contract hire and fleet management firm CVL as commercial manager.O’Donnell, who was shortlisted for the Fleet Engineer of the Year award at the 2011 and 2012 Motor Transport Awards, has joined the Leeds-based firm’s senior management team.He will ...
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ArticleJames Kemball sees slide in profit
Felixstowe container haulier James Kemball saw its pre-tax profit decrease by more than half in the year ending 31 March 2014.Accounts filed at Companies House show that the firm made a £395,000 profit during the 12-month period, compared with £967,000 for the previous 15 months.Turnover appeared to better reflect the ...
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APC Overnight to recruit after turnover growth
APC Overnight is looking to recruit 140 additional staff at its Staffordshire hub this summer off the back of "significant growth" in turnover.It is looking to expand its workforce at its Cannock HQ by the end of September by creating permanent positions for warehouse operatives and forklift truck drivers.The company, ...
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ArticleGT launches into heavy van tyre market
GT Radial has launched a new tyre range designed for heavy duty, high speed vans.Available in 25 sizes ranging from 155R12C 8PR to 235/65R16 8PR with speed indexes from R to H and load indexes from 88/86 to 118/116, most of the new Maxmiler Pro range is offered in ...
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Fortec joins the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme
The Fortec Distribution Network has become an associate member of the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (Fors), TfL’s London-based accreditation scheme.Fortec said that while associate status recognised its commitment to sustainable distribution within the capital, it would be making use of the experiences gained via the scheme throughout its national network.Chris ...