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ArticleThe good, the bad and the ugly - Tony Pain's 45 year in truck marketing
One of the best known figures in the UK transport industry, Daf Trucks marketing director Tony Pain retired on 4 October at the age of 63,45 years to the day since he started work at Leyland.Pain got into the job because he always wanted to design trucks, but says he ...
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DPD and Hermes launch returns service for DPD customers
DPD has launched a customer returns service in conjunction with Hermes, extending the parcel carriers’ seven-year relationship.The recently-launched service will utilise Hermes’ myHermes ParcelShops network by offering DPD customers the opportunity to return unwanted goods by dropping their parcel off at convenience stores. Hermes will then collect parcels from the ...
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Menzies Distribution launches high street deliveries business
Newspaper and magazine transport firm Menzies Distribution has revealed that it is currently in talks with high street retailers about delivering other types of freight.It has launched Menzies Logistics Solutions to utilise its 1,600-strong fleet after deliveries of print products have been made, usually between 4am and 8am every day.Menzies ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle signs four-year deal with Toolbank
Norbert Dentressangle has won a four-year contract with hand and power tool supplier Toolbank, covering distribution to stores and Christmas peak warehousing.The contract covers the collection of products from Toolbank’s two NDCs in the Midlands and night time distribution to 11 Toolbank stores using six dedicated vehicles. It will also ...
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CitySprint acquires Brighton-based Bullit Couriers
CitySprint has acquired Brighton-based same-day firm, Bullit Couriers, improving its access to the area.The company and its staff transferred over to CitySprint, which has so far acquired four other same-day couriers in 2013, on 30 September. A spokeswoman was unable to confirm the size of Bullit’s business.CitySprint chief executive Patrick ...
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Europa Worldwide expands into North Africa
Europa Worldwide has launched its first regular service to and from Morocco, the first route in an expansion of its services over the next 15 months.As part of the twice-a-week service Europa will work with Moroccan haulier GR Valade.Joint MD Gren Turner said the new route provided Europa with the ...
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City Link invests £500,000 in Southampton depot
City Link has opened a new depot in Southampton to handle increased demand for parcel collection and delivery in the area.The parcel carrier has invested £500,000 in the new 64,000ft² site on the Fareham Industrial Park, which is 30% larger than its previous depot.The increased capacity has allowed it to ...
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TfL launches Out-of-Hours Consortium
TfL has today (4 October) revealed its Out-of-Hours Consortium, as well as officially announcing new out-of-hours delivery trials will be up and running in London within months. The trials, which were mooted this summer in TfL’s response to the Roads Task Force’s report on the future for the capital’s ...
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Amazon Logistics plans four more regional depots
Amazon plans to open four more depots under its ‘Amazon Logistics’ business in 2014 to give it more flexibility and capacity.The online retailer hopes to open four more regional sites at undisclosed locations in the North West, South W est, the Midlands and Yorkshire, in addition to sites already operational ...
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ArticleDo all roads lead to ruin? The funding conundrum
This week the head of the bank of England, Mark Carney, told ITV News Anglia the UK had "an infrastructure deficit in transport and beyond".That assessment will surprise very few - the truth of the statement confronts us everyday as we sit in traffic jams, crash down pot-holes and spend ...
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Analysts suggest DHL Express same-day sale will create CitySprint competitor
Analysts have said the planned sale of DHL Express’s same-day domestic business will create another major player in the market to compete with CitySprint, and is unlikely to affect DHL's profitability.Frank Proud, director at Apex Insight said the deal will see Rico Logistics, the company set to buy the ...
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Norbert Dentressangle storage demand hints at possible economic upturn
Norbert Dentressangle has reported higher-than-usual demand for storage space within its shared user network in recent months, suggesting it could be indicative of an upturn in the economy. Although demand for storage always increases in the run-up to Christmas, the company has already seen a 30% reduction in the amount ...
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Cold store costs impact on Reed Boardall pre-tax profit
Costs associated with the opening of a new cold store last October at Boroughbridge, Yorkshire-based food logistics specialist Reed Boardall Group had a significant effect on the firm’s pre-tax profit for the year, it has emerged. The group’s latest accounts reveal a 5.7% increase in turnover for the year ...
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Amazon launches Christmas warehouse staff recruitment drive
Online retail giant Amazon has launched a seasonal recruitment drive for warehouse staff to help meet demand over the Christmas peak.The retailer revealed plans to recruit 15,000 temporary staff for its eight UK ‘fulfilment centres’ in Doncaster, Dunfermline, Gourock, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes, Peterborough, Rugeley and Swansea Bay. These store ...
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ArticleClugston Distribution expands Interbulk fleet
Clugston Distribution has expanded its fleet to service a five-year contract with multinational liquid and dry bulk giant Interbulk, which it signed in the summer.The four new Renault Premiums will be coupled with specialist 30ft tipping frame trailers, built by manufacturer Martans, and designed to carry and discharge bulk powders ...
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River Island extends home delivery contract with Hermes
Hermes has won a contract extension from River Island, covering home delivery of clothes, shoes and accessories ordered online.The carrier will collect parcels from the customer’s Milton Keynes DC on a daily basis, where they will be trunked to Hermes’ Nuneaton hub for processing and sorting.They will then be transported ...
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ArticleDHL Express to sell same-day domestic business to Rico Logistics
DHL Express has revealed that it intends to sell its same-day domestic business to technology distributor Rico Logistics later this month, as it continues to focus on the international express market.The firm, which sold its B2C domestic business to form Yodel in 2010, said it has agreed to sell its ...
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Royal Mail to open 10 temporary sort centres for peak
Royal Mail will be opening 10 temporary sort centres for the third consecutive peak to help sort the forecast high volume of parcels.The carrier, which is preparing for its listing on the London Stock Exchange next week, is hoping to recruit 4,000 workers for facilities in Motherwell, Livingston, Heywood, ...
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Conservative Fringe debates road tolls
Road tolling was a key topic discussed at a fringe seminar hosted by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport at this week's Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.Director of the RAC Foundation, Prof Stephen Glaister, told delegates that the Treasury faces a £30m per year deficit from falling fuel duty ...
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Yodel brand remains intact as it simplifies group structure
Yodel has simplified its business structure so that all operations will now be run through Yodel Delivery Network.Since it was established in 2010 following the merger of DHL Domestic and HDNL, the parcel carrier operated through four sister companies; Yodel Delivery Network , Parcelpoint, HDN (NI) and Yodel Transport.Yodel has ...