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ArticleYearsley adding 26 trucks and 50 trailers to cope with demand
Heywood, Lancashire logistics firm Yearsley Group has begun taking delivery of the first of 26 new trucks and 50 new trailers being added to the fleet to cope with additional business. The trucks, all 6x2 Euro-5 Mercedes-Benz Actros tractors, will be running at 44 tonnes GVW and will be based ...
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CitySprint on hunt for 300 couriers for Christmas peak
CitySprint is looking to recruit an additional 300 drivers in the run-up to this year’s festive period following a record 2012 Christmas, which saw more than 250,000 packages delivered.The same-day courier said consumer confidence in last-minute online deliveries has increased, with deliveries peaking on 18 December in 2012, remaining high ...
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DHL to operate Hain Daniels' ambient supply chain
DHL Supply Chain has won a new multi-million pound contract with food manufacturer Hain Daniels, whose brands include Hartley’s, Robertson’s, Sun Pat and Gale’s.The deal, which will run until 2017, will see DHL set up and manage a brand-new supply chain for Hain Daniel’s recently-acquired ambient product range.Commencing immediately, DHL ...
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Nightline CEO says Ireland postcodes will reduce costs for operators
Nightline’s CEO has said the introduction of a postcode system in the Republic of Ireland will reduce costs and improve efficiency when delivering to customers.John Tuohy said that the planned postcode system will improve route planning and will allow it to automate parcel sorting, much of which is currently done ...
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ArticleAspray24 expands with new £6m logistics hub
Express carrier Aspray24 is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2013 and has marked the occasion with the opening of its new £6m state of the art warehouse on a six-acre plot next to its existing 12-acre site in Noose Lane, Willenhall.According to MD Stuart Laight, the acquisition of the site ...
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Royal Mail share price rises 35% shortly after listing begins
Royal Mail began conditional trading on the London Stock Exchange this morning (11 October), with shares rising in value by over a third just an hour and a half into its listing.Share prices began trading at 330p with a market capitalisation of £3.3bn when the listing began at 8am today. ...
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More annual tests undertaken at private sites than Vosa facilities last year
More annual tests on LGVs were carried out at non-Vosa facilities than at a Vosa facility last year, the agency’s latest Effectiveness Report has shown.In 2012/13, 206,002 LGVs were tested at a non-Vosa facility (authorised testing facilities or designated premises), while 197,160 vehicles were tested at Vosa sites.In 2011/12, the ...
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ArticleBishopsgate set to enter new stage of growth after Allport purchase
Tim Bloch, MD of Bishopsgate (left) with Maud Armitage (Allport Specialist Services)The MD of Bishopsgate, a two-man delivery and installation firm, has described the purchase of Allport Cargo Services’ Specialist Services division in June as “a massive step” forward for the business.The firm, which has its HQ in Royal Wootton ...
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Task Force Movement & Storage sold in pre-pack deal
One of the firms appointed to take on some of the postcode area of collapsed Palletline Logistics (Midlands) has entered a pre-pack administration.Palletline network member Task Force Movement & Storage entered administration, alongside sister firm Laplock Securities, on 5 August.Administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) completed the sale of the firms, including the ...
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Turnover and profit up at DHL Supply Chain and DHL Express; down at Tradeteam
DHL’s retail logistics arm DHL Supply Chain posted a rise in both turnover and pre-tax profit last year, while sister companies DHL Tradeteam and DHL Express (UK) saw declines.Pre-tax profit at DHL Supply Chain leapt by 49.5% last year to £56.8m, up from £37.9m in 2011, its financial results for ...
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ArticleGoodwill at the DfT but for how long?
You’ll no longer be able to take your driving test from next April with an interpreter or foreign language voiceover (who knew?), according to Robert Goodwill the new roads minister.As debut announcements in post go, it’s unlikely to be a Susan Boyle moment of surprise. Yes, just a year on ...
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London's crumbling roads an increasing threat to business growth
Come to London, the roads are paved with gold. Well, they may be but there's a heck of a lot of traffic sitting bumper to bumper on top obscuring the view, so who knows.According to a survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and KPMG, London businesses are optimistic ...
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ArticleMeachers wins contract extension from Huhtamaki
Meachers Global Logistics has netted a three-year contract extension with packaging company Huhtamaki (UK).Gosport-based Huhtamaki manufactures plastic and paper packaging for FMCG, fresh foods and the catering sector.The partners have worked together since 2007, and with the latest contract extension Meachers will now provide all of Huhtamaki’s external warehousing requirements. ...
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ArticleGoodwill takes on roads role at DfT, as focus on rail grows
Department for Transport: all change, pleaseRoads minister Stephen Hammond has been replaced by Robert Goodwill at the DfT, as part of a series of changes that appear to increase ministers’ focus on rail services.Goodwill, previously a Conservative party whip is MP for Scarborough and Whitby, and was a farmer before ...
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MT Tracker - 10 October
The big event for the MT basket of transport shares - the MT Tracker - is that Royal Mail will be joining this watching brief from tomorrow. The BBC is already reporting this morning that shares will trade at the top of the price range (around 330p) giving it a ...
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ArticleProhire grows with RH Rentals deal
Contract hire and fleet management specialist Prohire has acquired Nottingham-based RH Rentals for an undisclosed sum.David Barlow, Prohire chairman and CEO, said RH Rentals fleet, which includes rigid vehicles, tractor units and vans, was "a perfect complement to Prohire’s".Prohire will further increase its fleet size by placing a ...
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ArticleRoad transport making tracks?
There’s a growing buzz noticeable within road transport, according to the boss of the Pallet-Track network, with the UK economy showing signs of rousing itself from its long hibernation.Speaking to The Hub, Nigel Parkes said Pallet-Track was around 15% ahead of where it was at this point last year in ...
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Potter Logistics in Wagg deal
Potter Logistics has won a storage contract with pet food supplier Wagg Foods.The deal will see Potter Logistics dealing with 450 pallets a week of supermarket branded pet food, delivered from Wagg’s factory in Dalton to its DC in Ripon ahead of onwards delivery to Tesco.The operator’s Ripon DC has ...
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South West Delivery Services owed more than a £1m to creditors
South West Delivery Services owed almost £1.3m to creditors when it was placed into liquidation in June.Following liquidation, the operator’s business was acquired by Kay Transport, part of the Gregory Distribution group of companies, in a move that saved the majority of the workforce’s jobs.Significant creditors to the liquidated business ...
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ArticleRHA helps raise awareness of cycle safety on Isle of Wight
The RHA and local member Steve Porter Transport took a truck to Newport for the start of the Isle of Wight cylcing festival on 14 September to get cyclists in the cab and demonstrate the blind spots faced by LGV drivers.Part of the RHA's cycle safety campaign, the initiative is ...