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ArticlePower Players 2013: Guy Buswell, CEO, UK Mail Group
19) Guy Buswell, CEO, UK Mail GroupUK Mail is continuing to reap the benefits of the growing e-commerce sector, last month posting a 25% year-on-year increase in daily parcel volumes. At the head of this parcel delivering machine is Guy Buswell, who has helped transform it from a predominantly business ...
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ArticleMT.co.uk reveals 2013 Power Players
Over Christmas and the New Year Motortransport.co.uk will count down the Power Players – the list of the 20 people who we believe have the most influence and exert the most control over the road transport industry.This list is by no means objective, but we’ve debated the merits of those ...
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Power Players 2013: Andrew Tinkler, chief executive, Stobart Group
20) Andrew Tinkler, chief executive, Stobart GroupTinkler strengthened his position at the top of Britain’s best known haulage firm at the beginning of 2013. He survived an attempted boardroom coup, that could have seen former Autologic boss Avril Palmer-Baunick take charge of the group as a whole, potentially breaking up ...
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ArticleSouth West haulier rewards good driver behaviour
C&D South WestHaulier C&D South West is incentivising its drivers to improve their driving style using data from a Quartix telematics system.The operators, which runs a fleet of 35 vehicles from its base in Chard, Somerset and is a Palletforce founder member, uses Driving Style Monitoring in combination with other ...
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ND extends relationship with Weight Watchers
Norbert Dentressangle has extended its contract with Weight Watchers to include e-fufilment services and logistics from its Tamworth operation.ND will be responsible for end-to-end fulfilment of Weight Watchers online orders from its shared user DC, including deliveries of items such as cookbooks, electronic equipment, food products and cooking accessories.The new ...
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ArticleDecember spike needed to hit predicted 2013 truck sales
Truck manufacturers need a “massive” spike in sales in December to hit the predicted total of 45,000 vehicle registrations over 6-tonne for 2013 – the last year Euro-5 trucks can be built for sale in the European Union.Daf Trucks UK MD Ray Ashworth said December registrations would have to be ...
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ArticleMeachers spends close to £1m on new trucks and trailers
Meachers ActrosMeachers Global Logistics has spent around £1m on seven new tractor units and 24 new trailers as part of its fleet renewal process. The Southampton-based operation has taken delivery of four Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks and two Volvo FH400's, all at Euro-5.Another Volvo tractor-unit and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter will join the ...
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Unite rules out any further strikes at UPS London in 2013
Unite has ruled out any further strike action at UPS’s London depot for the remainder of the year.The union, whose members staged a walkout last month at the Camden site, had been threatening to strike this Friday (20 December) over the dismissal of a Unite shop steward.However, in a statement ...
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Boughey Distribution completes network restructure
Boughey Distribution has completed the transfer of customers from its Deeside warehouse to its facility in Wardle, Greater Manchester.The streamlining of its network has been in the works since August in a bid to reduce trunking and keep capacity high in the North West.The Deeside depot remains as an overflow ...
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TNT Post nets final-mile funding in bid to challenge Royal Mail dominance
TNT Post UK has secured funding to roll-out a final mile delivery service across the UK, in a bid to rival the service currently provided by Royal Mail.Parent PostNL has revealed a joint venture with private equity firm LDC, which will provide funding for a phased introduction of the service, ...
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LLCS: plans to demand more cycle safety equipment on LGVs progress
London Councils is to push ahead with plans to change the conditions of the London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) to mandate the fitting of side guards and uprated mirrors to LGVs making deliveries in LondonAt a meeting last week (12 December), London Councils’ Transport and Environment Committee said it would ...
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Kerching! DfT report confirms a trebling in fuel duty...
A new document from the DfT this week confirms that government revenues from fuel duty have tripled since 1987 – yes, that’s right, tripled.Transport Statistics Great Britain 2013 - a compilation of previously released numbers relating to passenger and freight transport – shows that in 2011 alone, UK fuel duty ...
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ArticleAsda looks to dual-fuel to save a million litres a year
Asda has said it anticipates saving a million litres of diesel a year from 50 new dual-fuel trucks it began taking delivery of last week. Around 20 Volvo methane-diesel FMs have been delivered to the firm’s new Avonmouth, Bristol DC, with the remainder due before the end of the year. ...
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GFS wins Skate Hut home delivery contract
Global Freight Solutions (GFS) has won a home delivery contract with leisure retailer Skate Hut.The contract will cover economy, premium, international, and parcel shop deliveries by a range of parcel delivery firms, using GFS’s carrier management system.The Halesowen, West Midlands-based company chose GFS as it believes customers have different delivery ...
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ArticleBT Fleet takes on 1,200 vehicles for gas distributor
BT Fleet has signed a four-year deal to manage a fleet of 1,200 vehicles for gas distributor Wales & West Utilities. The contract involves management of Wales & West Utilities’ light and heavy commercial vehicles as well as plant, and also involves management of its vehicle suppliers. “We chose BT ...
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Continuous improvement fuels contract renewal for DHL and Morrisons
In November, DHL Supply Chain revealed it had beaten off rival bids to renew a six-year fuel distribution contract with the UK’s fourth largest supermarket, Morrisons – a deal that extends their overall working relationship to 12 years.But this time around, both parties wanted to adopt a fresh attitude to ...
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ArticleBibby Distribution orders 150 Mercedes Benz Euro-6 trucks
Bibby Distribution has placed what is believed to be the largest single order for Euro-6 trucks with over 150 rigid and artic Mercedes-Benz vehicles to be delivered in 2014 and 2015.The deal is part of a £20 million fleet renewal and expansion programme that will also see the arrival of ...
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Palletways joins Fors as J Murphy strikes gold
Palletways has become the first pallet network to achieve Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) accreditation for its Owned Member Depots business.FORS is a voluntary certification scheme aimed at ensuring fleet operators in London maintain high standards, it includes the fitting of cycle-safety equipment and training as one of its components.Palletways ...
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FTA tells DfT to speed up Thames crossing decision
The FTA has called on the government to speed up its decision over a new lower Thames crossing, after transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin ruled out one of the three possible locations and said a final announcement would be made “as soon as possible”. The option rejected would have seen a ...
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Acumen Distribution grows longer semi-trailer fleet
Acumen Distribution has grown its fleet of longer semi-trailers from four to 18 15.65m units.In June the Department for Transport admitted that it would be “highly unlikely” that its target of 1,800 longer semi-trailers would be on the road by the end of December 2013.It subsequently changed the application process ...