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ArticleNorthen Ireland road transport regulator to step down at end of March
Northern Ireland's road transport regulator Donald Armstrong is to step down from the role at the end of March.Career civil servant Armstrong oversaw the introduction the new Transport Regulation Unit (TRU) in the province four years ago and became its head.The unit - which became operational in July 2012 - ...
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ArticleFarralls Transport and Fagan & Whalley launch joint 4PL
North West hauliers Farrall's Transport and Fagan & Whalley have officially launched a 4PL joint-venture, FF&W, off the back of an additional contract win with construction materials manufacturer Knauf Insulation.Ahead of the latest contract, Chester-based Farrall's and Padhiam, Lancashire-based Fagan & Whalley were already transporting glass fibre roof insulation and ...
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What's going on at TNT Express?
TNT Express today posted a significant drop in both turnover and operating profit, which it mainly put down to difficult trading in its Europe Main division, the loss of a major fashion retail contract in its UK business, and restructuring in Italy. But how far do the operator’s problems, especially ...
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TNT reveals performance improvement strategy as turnover and profit slip
TNT Express has unveiled a strategy to improve its performance and financial results as both group turnover and operating profit continue to decline. The strategy, called ‘Outlook’, was revealed in its results for the final quarter of 2013 today and will integrate its Deliver profit improvement plan, which was launched ...
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ArticlePollock (Scotrans) buys fellow Palletways haulier Gilbraith (TS)
Pollock (Scotrans) has acquired Blackburn-based haulier Gilbraith (TS) for an undisclosed seven figure sum, giving the Scottish operator extended reach into north-west England.Gilbraith, which holds an O-licence for 30 vehicles and 35 trailers, is, like Pollock, a Palletways member. It offers full-load, groupage and warehousing services from its Bolton Road ...
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City Link to offer two-hour delivery window
City Link is to offer a two-hour window for B2C deliveries in a bid to increase its first time delivery rate and boost service levels.The parcel carrier, which was bought by turnaround investment firm Better Capital last year, will provide consumers with an estimated two-hour slot for delivery, and the ...
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ArticleTNT takes delivery of its first Iveco Eurocargos "in some time"
TNT Express has taken delivery of 69 Iveco Eurocargos for its multi-drop urban distribution fleet, and will be benchmarking their performance against competitor brands.The 30 Eurocargo E16s and 39 low-height EL18s are the first Ivecos to join the parcel giant’s fleet in several years. They form part of a £12m ...
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Safer Lorry Scheme - the impact, cost and scope
With the London Lorry Charge now the Safer Lorry Scheme, as predicted by The Hub, operators have yet another cyclist-safety initiative to contend with.While the argument that enforcement of what we already have could solve many ills seems pertinent, it seemed worthwhile to pick over the bones of some of ...
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ArticleOperators urgently require information if they are to deliver the Glasgow Commonwealth Games
The FTA has urged the organisers of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer to urgently provide information to allow hauliers to plan for disruption during the completion period.In a letter to Glasgow 2014 the association has requested detailed information outlining the impact the Commonwealth Games will have on the ...
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Palletforce members share £5m dividend
A dividend of nearly £5m is to be shared out among Palletforce's 86 member shareholder members as part of the biggest pay out in the network’s 13 year history.The dividend was agreed at Palletforce’s AGM last month, following a record year of success, in both increased volumes and profits.Palletforce chief ...
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Europa targets Southampton for growth
Europa Worldwide Logistics is expanding its presence in Southampton as it looks to double the number of consignments made out of the region in the next 12 months.The operator and freight forwarder has appointed John Moy as Southampton branch manager, alongside new account managers Gary Thorne and Peter Jaffray.Sales director ...
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ArticleND delivers Lego Movie props
Norbert Dentressangle has delivered Lego props and models in time for the first screenings of The Lego Movie in London.The operator’s specialist services arm provided two-man delivery of the props to the Vue cinema in Leicester Square.The delivery included Lego models of the film’s characters Emmet and Wyldstyle, large ...
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Surge in demand to underpin modest increase in warehouse rents
Rental levels at large warehouses are set to rise this year after a fall in the supply of sites across the UK last year.Supply of logistics facilities of over 100,000ft² fell to “exceptionally low levels” during 2013, according to CBRE’s latest MarketView report.At the end of the year, it stood ...
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ArticleI am the law! Why we need more enforcement not more regulation
Police car in LondonThe Hub has got hold of enforcement figures for 2013 from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), which clearly show that there’s a rotten core of operators within road transport that are giving the rest of the industry a bad name.The MPS Commercial Vehicle Unit does its bit ...
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DX Group to list on stock market
DX Group has revealed its intention to sell shares via an initial public offering (IPO).The operator is scheduled to start trading on AIM from 27 February but the size of the share offer is yet to be determined.DX Group describes its growth strategy as including a combination of organic growth, ...
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More sign up to parcel locker concept
Parcel lockers as a viable service option in the appear to be finding favour, with the introduction of Poland’s InPost to the UK and increased coverage of B2C locker-boxes from ByBox.Parcel lockers are also to be found in an increasingly diverse set of locations, with some rail stations set to ...
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FedEx Express expands healthcare condition-monitoring service
FedEx Express has increased the coverage of its SenseAware service, which monitors the conditions needed to transport environmentally-sensitive goods.The service, which has previously been operating in the UK and Ireland, has been expanded to cover deliveries to, from, and within 14 more countries on the Continent.It is aimed at customers ...
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ArticlePalletways shakes up its senior management team
Following the news that Julian Maturi had returned to Palletways, the business he headed when it was sold in 2004 to James Wilson and Phoenix Equity Partners, it appears the pallet network had a major re-shuffle of its executive team last year.Susan Hundleby, who was group finance director and company ...
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New driver pipeline now a trickle rather than a flood
As previously looked at on The Hub in Where have all the new truck drivers gone? Ours is a sector suffering an acute shortage of new entrants.Ahead of the release of the January Driver CPC stats, December’s figures once again underline the paucity of new drivers joining the industry.December’s data ...
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ArticleP&O Ferrymasters wins £187m Tata Steel deal
P&O Ferrymasters has won a new €225m (£187m) pan-European road transport contract with Tata Steel Europe (TSE).The three-year deal, which commenced last month, sees goods collected from TSE’s UK hubs in south Wales, Corby and Scunthorpe, for delivery across Europe, with cross-border distribution co-ordinated from Ijmuiden steelworks in The Netherlands.Transport ...