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    Boughey Distribution network restructure making progress as planned

    2013-09-26T11:54:00Z

    Boughey Distribution, the food division at NWF Group, is making “progress as planned” as it looks to consolidate work for several customers customers at its Wardle, Greater Manchester, site.In August NWF announced that Boughey would restructure its network, after reporting a 14.2% year-on-year drop in turnover to £36.4m, which would ...

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    Decision on who will run Southampton's Sustainable Distribution Centre due in October

    2013-09-26T11:01:00Z

    Southampton City Council has drawn up a short-list of operators to tender to run its Sustainable Distribution Centre (SDC), after inviting expressions of interest in the summer.The council has been awarded £225,000 from a central government local sustainable transport fund to fund the SDC, which will serve Southampton, Winchester, Eastleigh, ...

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    Lionvest Trading signs up Meachers for another three years

    2013-09-26T08:11:00Z

    Meachers has been rewarded with a contract extension by Lionvest TradingWood flooring importer Lionvest Trading (UK) has extended its warehousing and distribution contract with Southampton-based Meachers Global Logistics.Meachers and Lionvest have worked together for the past eight years, and the three-year contract extension is the third such deal during this ...

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    Remember, remember Driver CPC in September

    2013-09-25T15:36:00Z

    Having established that if there is a driver shortage next year due to the Driver CPC UK operators will not be able to recruit drivers from abroad that don’t hold the certificate – regardless of whether they are from one of the eight countries in Europe that have an extension ...

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    Skills for Logistics chief replaced by deputy

    2013-09-25T13:26:00Z

    Skills for Logistics (SfL) has announced the sudden departure of its chief executive, Mick Jackson. Jackson (pictured), who had been in the post for five years, has been replaced with immediate effect by his former deputy, Ross Moloney, while the board seeks a new chief executive.In a written statement from ...

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    Highways Agency extends roadworks contract with Norbert Dentressangle

    2013-09-25T13:24:00Z

    The Highways Agency has renewed a contract with Norbert Dentressangle to manage the storage and distribution of goods in support of road repairs and maintenance throughout the country. The contract, which ND originally won in 2009 and has now been extended to 2015, is serviced from a 100,000ft² area at ...

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    Unite suspends industrial action at KNDL after fresh talks

    2013-09-25T13:22:00Z

    Industrial action by Unite members at Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) has been halted, following meetings between union representatives and company managers last week, KNDL has confirmed.The industrial action, which began with a 24 hour strike by drivers, draymen and warehouse staff on 11 September and included an indefinite ...

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    MT Tracker - 25 September

    2013-09-25T12:47:00Z

    Well you win some and you lose some. Trading in shares at UK Mail Group continues to be a profitable experience, but - despite a good performance in its transport division Hargreaves shares continue to splutter.Yesterday Hargreaves Logistics said its turnover had increased by £5.4m from £77.3m to £82.7m for ...

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    B2C parcels continues to drive growth at UK Mail

    2013-09-25T09:28:00Z

    Turnover at UK Mail Group is ahead of expectations as its parcels business continues to post double-digit growth in the B2C sector.In a pre-close trading update issued today (25 September) UK Mail said that reported turnover for the first half of the year would show a 7% year-on-year improvement – ...

  • MAN Truck & Bus will be presenting the new TG vehicles at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2012 in Hanover which are destined to inaugurate a new era in MAN's heavy-duty truck series. DE: MAN Truck & Bus stellt auf der IAA Nutzfahrzeuge 2012 in Hann...
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    MAN pushes operator choice

    2013-09-25T08:27:00Z

    MAN will continue with a two-pronged approach to truck sales in the UK for the foreseeable future, offering operators a choice of new Euro-6 or used Euro-5 vehicles well into 2014.Speaking at the launch of MAN’s complete Euro-6 line up – other than engines over 500hp, which will be revealed ...

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    Wincanton extends Valero fuel contract

    2013-09-24T14:53:00Z

    Wincanton has signed a five-year contract extension with petroleum refiner Valero in a deal that will see it move more than two billion litres of fuel a year.The contract, which extended the already 20 year-old partnership between the two firms, also sees the operator take over the scheduling and planning ...

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    Knights of Old wins Community Foods distribution deal

    2013-09-24T14:09:00Z

    Community Foods has signed a three-year contract with Knights of Old for the distribution of its organic food range across the UK.The contract will see Knights of Old collect orders daily from three Community Foods sites for overnight delivery to retailers via its shared user network.Ian Beattie, MD of Knights ...

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    Royal Mail, ND and Tesco triumph at Women in Logistics 2013 Awards

    2013-09-24T11:45:00Z

    Royal Mail scooped the Company of the Year accolade at the Women in Logistics (WIL) UK awards last Friday (20 September) in Solihull.Selected by public vote, the post and parcels giant received 85% of the vote, fighting off finalists Premier Farnell and Unipart Logistics.SME of the Year Award went to ...

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    Select Committee to examine strategic roads plan

    2013-09-24T10:33:00Z

    The Commons Transport Committee has announced an inquiry into government policy on the UK’s strategic road network. The inquiry, for which it is currently inviting written submissions, will look at a number of specific areas including: How much the policies set out in the Government’s Action for roads paper will ...

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    Hargreaves Logistics performance remains solid

    2013-09-24T10:25:00Z

    Turnover at the transport division of Hargreaves Services have risen in the past 12 months, however its profit fell marginally as its tanker division struggled.Hargreaves Logistics turnover increased by £5.4m from £77.3m to £82.7m for the 12 months ending 31 May. However operating profit fell slightly to £4m, from ...

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    Fashion unleashed: changing trends in the supply chain

    2013-09-24T08:42:00Z

    DHL fashionFashion Unleashed! sounds like something Derek Zoolander might utter, but it’s a new report from DHL tying in with its role as logistics partner to the recent London Fashion Week.The report, actually written by consultant Lisa Harrington, explores the changes that are happening to retailers’ supply chains due to ...

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    Pallet network concept set to thrive in Eastern Europe

    2013-09-24T08:15:00Z

    The MD of Pall-Ex has predicted the pallet network concept is due to come of age in Eastern Europe, with newly launched Pall-Ex Polska set to capitalise.Speaking following the launch of the fifth European network under the Pall-Ex banner, Adrian Russell said that with the launch of Pall-Ex Romania in ...

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    Stobart banks £25m from property sale

    2013-09-23T19:22:00Z

    Stobart Group has said a £25m windfall generated by a property sale this month will be held in cash pending reinvestment or used to repay debt. The windfall results from the sale by Stobart’s estates division of an investment property at Admiral Retail Park, in Eastbourne, which the firm took ...

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    Premier Logistics adds New Actros units to fleet

    2013-09-23T12:25:00Z

    New Actros units for Premier Logistics from MertruxLeicester-based Premier Logistics has bought five New Actros units with BigSpace cabs from its local branch of Midlands Mercedes-Benz dealer Mertrux. The additions are to keep pace with business growth and will take its fleet size close to 90 trucks.Last month, the company ...

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    DHL and Unite settle Jaguar Land Rover pay row

    2013-09-23T12:16:00Z

    Unite and DHL have settled their pay dispute at Jaguar Land RoverDHL Supply Chain has come to a pay settlement with union Unite at Jaguar Land Rover following a dispute that had lasted two months.Staff at DHL voted for industrial action at Jaguar Land Rover’s plants in Castle Bromwich, Solihull ...