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ArticleNagel-Langdons builds £5.5m Lanarkshire hub
Temperature-controlled specialist Nagel-Langdons is investing £5.5m in a new 54,000ft² warehouse for its Scottish operation.The 10-acre site - located on the Eurocentral Business Park, near Motherwell in Lanarkshire - will include chilled and frozen chambers with all-pallet access racking for up to 1,500 pallets, with its cross-docking platform capable of ...
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ArticleNew player poised to mix up cement sector
Operators working in the aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete (RMX) sector are today waiting to see what impact a new major player in the cement sector will have on their businesses.Following a two-year inquiry into lack of competition in the cement and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) markets, the ...
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CitySprint sees peak shift closer to Christmas
Same-day delivery company CitySprint has said its Christmas peak was later than ever in December, as more online shoppers left their orders to the last minute.The courier firm said it handled nearly 500,000 retail deliveries throughout November and December with its busiest day falling on 19 December, a day later ...
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New roles created as Royal Mail operations MD steps down
Royal Mail’s Mark Higson will step down from his role as MD operations and modernisation later this year in a move that will see a number of new roles created.Higson will be replaced by Sue Whalley, who will take up the newly created role of chief operations officer. The current ...
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Lack of Goodwill for freight at the DfT
Just two months after his appointment as roads minister at the DfT, Robert Goodwill has been relieved of his direct responsibilities for the freight and logistics industry. The man taking the reins (again) is none other than Stephen Hammond, the minister who formerly held the position until Goodwill stepped up ...
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ArticleFleet investment helps Owens pre-tax profit rise 14%
Owens (Road Services) saw pre-tax profit rise 14% last year as it invested heavily in its fleet and focused on maintaining a competitive edge.The operator’s financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2013 revealed that pre-tax profit jumped from £706,782 to £806,503.Turnover, however, remained broadly flat at £36.2m, despite ...
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AKW Group back in the black after 8.5% turnover rise
Manchester-based AKW Group returned to profitability in 2013, as both its transport and warehousing businesses enjoyed bumper trading.For the financial year ending 30 June 2013 AKW Group turned a pre-tax loss of £667,560 in 2012 into a pre-tax profit of £112,799. Turnover rose by 8.5% to £17.8m, from £16.4m in ...
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ArticleThe Unipart Way
To many people the name Unipart is associated with the aftermarket parts supplier for British Leyland and later Rover Group, and that is indeed how the company started back in 1974. But today the Unipart Group is a diverse £1bn a year multinational logistics, manufacturing and consulting business working in ...
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Power Players 2013: Alastair Peoples, chief executive, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
1) Alastair Peoples, chief executive, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)The merger of the DSA and Vosa into one single agency, due for completion by 1 April 2014, is creating a 4,600-strong organisation, with annual turnover of £400m and responsibility for setting, testing and enforcing driver and vehicle standards in ...
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WHSmith extends relationship with Wincanton
Wincanton has won a three-year extension to its transport management contract with WHSmith.The extension covers Wincanton’s work for the retailer’s hubs in Swindon, Dunstable and Birmingham, as well as its partners in the South West, North West and Scotland.Wincanton has introduced telematics to its fleet as part of the contract, ...
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ArticleRates remain a core concern despite growth for John G Russell
Profit margins continue to be held back by customers’ reluctance to increase rates, John G Russell (Transport) chief executive, logistics, Alan Poulton has warned. “Margins still remain challenging; getting the right price for the job still remains challenging,” he told Motortransport.co.uk. “We believe the market still isn’t paying the right ...
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Royal Mail to increase prices for final mile customers
Royal Mail is increasing prices for some of its mail contracts to help offset the impact of the decline in mail volumes and generate cost savings.The operator today revealed plans to change contracts with its 31 Access customers, including changes to the rate it charges for final mile delivery. Access ...
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ArticleYeardley anticipates 'substantial' savings from Euro-6
Featherstone, West Yorkshire international haulier Brian Yeardley Continental has said it expects “substantial” savings from running a new fleet of 11 Euro-6 trucks from Mercedes-Benz. The low-ride 4x2 Actros GigaSpace 1848 LSNRL vehicles, all fitted with Merc’s predictive powertrain and high-performance engine brake, were chosen after trials of various makes ...
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Cumulative hike in operating costs since 2000 now 75%
Average truck operating costs have risen by a massive 75% since September 2000 while reported haulage rates were only 23% higher in July 2013 than back then, new cost figures from the RHA have shown.The association's 2014 goods vehicle operating cost survey showed a total annual inflationary rise in the ...
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ArticlePower Players 2013: Moya Greene, chief executive, Royal Mail
Royal Mail chief executive Moya Greene will retire in September, making way for GLS boss Rico Back to take the reins.2) Moya Greene, chief executive, Royal MailIs there a higher profile job in private business in the UK at the moment? Maybe some of the bank and utility bosses would ...
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ArticleFailure to report offences will put Fors membership at risk, warns TfL
TfL has reminded Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (Fors) members that their accreditation could be in jeopardy if they do not immediately tell it of any offences they commit.Following the Metropolitan Police Service’s Operation Safeway, anecdotal evidence suggests there has been a marked increase in the number of PG9s issued to ...
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ArticlePark Life: government gives view on thorny issue of parking enforcement
Traffic wardenParking restrictions and the effective enforcement of them remains vital to keep traffic in the UK’s congested cities moving, but all too often operators are forced to accept penalty charge notices (PCNs) as part of the daily grind.Last autumn the FTA said as much to the Transport Committee as ...
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ArticleUK's diesel addiction shows no signs of waning
Efforts to wean us all off petroleum based transport fuels appear to be failing miserably, judging by the latest oil product delivery figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).These show UK demand for diesel was just as high as ever in the third quarter of 2013, with ...
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Norbert Dentressangle extends tanker tracking system
MT Top 100 company Norbert Dentressangle has begun extending its use of an Isotrak telematics-based vehicle and driver monitoring system to another 140 vehicles within its tanker distribution division, bringing the total number of tankers covered by the technology to 260 across 31 different sites. “The ability to track our ...
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TNT Express wins Gibson musical instrument delivery contract
TNT Express has won a contract to become the exclusive express delivery provider for musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer and Gibson.The 18-month contract will cover the delivery of Gibson’s full range of products, including its famous electric and acoustic guitars, across Gibson's EMEA region.Using its road network, TNT will ...