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Yearsley Logistics opens northern superhub

2013-08-28T13:48:00Z

Yearsley Logistics has completed the first phase of its new £20m northern ‘superhub’ in Heywood, Greater Manchester.The new 13.6-acre cold, which will be constructed in three phases, will double the chilled distribution specialist’s pallet capacity from 40,000 to 80,000 units per night.Harry Yearsley, MD at the Lancashire firm, said the ...

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Tesco receives permission for Oxfordshire home delivery DC

2013-08-28T12:11:00Z

Tesco has received planning permission to develop a 134,333 ft² DC near Abingdon, Oxfordshire.Documents submitted to Vale of White Horse District Council in May revealed the supermarket’s plans to develop a home delivery DC on a former Esso site in Milton Hill, near Abingdon, which will be used specifically ...

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MT Tracker 28 August

2013-08-28T09:47:00Z

The promise of a solid first half in its financial year did little to improve investor confidence in Stobart Group - because investors were already ahead of the curve. On 17 April it was trading at a year low of 76.5pence per share. Today its at its year high of ...

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HGV Road User Levy: a level playing field?

2013-08-28T09:22:00Z

For decades the government has been urged to make competition fairer between UK and foreign operators but, now action is being finally taken, how effective will it prove, asks Guy Sheppard.When the HGV Road User Levy comes into force in April, Rob Hollyman, MD of Purfleet-based UK and international distribution ...

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Premier Logistics adds second southern location

2013-08-27T14:41:00Z

Leicester-based Premier Logistics has added a second southern site to its rapidly growing operation.The operator, which revealed plans to leave its Meridian Business Park home last month for bigger premises, has acquired the business and assets of collapsed haulier Cobley Transport (Reading).The deal for the Thatcham depot of Cobley Transport ...

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Nightline Logistics joins Fortec network

2013-08-24T08:00:00Z

Nightline Logistics has joined the Fortec Distribution Network as it seeks to enter the next phase of growth.The Nuneaton-based firm will serve Fortec customers in Coventry, parts of Warwickshire, including Nuneaton, Rugby, Leamington, Warwick, and Tamworth in Staffordshire.This is the first time Nightline, which also operates a satellite depot in ...

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One of the founding fathers of TNT, Bill Hanley MBE, remembered

2013-08-23T11:15:00Z

Bill Hanley died suddenly on 9 August, aged 81.Hanley played a key role in developing the TNT Express business. He was a director of Inter County Expressand remained with the company when the directors accepted a takeover offer from TNT in back in 1978, this led to him taking on ...

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Trading at Welch's Transport "progressing well" in 2013

2013-08-23T10:27:00Z

Trading at the transport operations at Welch’s Transport this year is “progressing well” after a “reasonable performance” in 2012, according to MD Jim Welch.Despite the contribution of road haulage and warehousing activities at Welch’s Transport falling slightly from £8.8m in 2011 to £8.6m in the 12 months ending 31 December ...

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Stobart Group reports solid first half, appoints new chairman

2013-08-23T09:29:00Z

Stobart Group has made a “solid” start to its financial year despite a cold and wet June followed by the July heat wave causing volatility in its retail distribution business.The Group said today (23 August) that in the six months to the 31 August its transport and distribution division had ...

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Turnover down but profit up at John Raymond Transport

2013-08-22T15:33:00Z

John Raymond Transport, which celebrates 60 years in business next month, achieved a modest increase in profit last year.For the year ending 30 September 2012, the company, with depots in Bridgend, Cannock and Swindon, reported a pre-tax profit of £42,000, on a turnover of £19.9m.Director Jonathan Raymond, son of the ...

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John Mitchell feels the benefit of tough rates stance

2013-08-22T12:09:00Z

The managing director of John Mitchell (Grangemouth) said an increase in turnover and profit at the company was down to being tough with customers who wouldn’t move on rates.The haulage and warehousing firm saw an 8.5% increase in turnover for the year ending 31 March 2013, to almost £13m.Pre-tax profit ...

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Courier Diamond Logistics opens four new franchise sites

2013-08-21T15:34:00Z

Courier franchise network Diamond Logistics opened four new depots last month as it continues with ambitions to operate over 30 sites by the end of 2015.The new sites in Croydon, Norwich, Newcastle and Ashburton in south Devon were opened in July to allow the franchises to grow before the Christmas ...

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Palletways expands into Czech Republic and Slovakia

2013-08-21T14:56:00Z

Palletways is to launch services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia next month, a move that expands its services across 13 countries on the Continent.On the same day, Palletways’ European business will also start offering mini quarter pallet and light pallet services, bringing its number of different sized pan-European pallet ...

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MT Tracker - 21 August

2013-08-21T13:53:00Z

Shares in road transport businesses continue to trade at record highs for the calendar year, despite a relatively quiet August and an oh-so-slight dip in the value of the MT basket of shares.News from the firms trading on the London Stock Exchange has, in the past seven days, amounted to ...

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Birmingham considers Low Emission Zone

2013-08-20T15:14:00Z

Birmingham City Council is considering introducing a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) within the city’s ring-road in order to incentivise the take-up of cleaner vehicles by operators in the area.Proposals outlined in its Draft Low Emission Strategy revealed that it was currently conducting a feasibility study into whether a LEZ would ...

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Are you missing out on tax relief?

2013-08-19T15:56:00Z

Just what sort of research are you doing here?Although research and development (R&D) and logistics aren't obvious bedfellows, the clever bods at Baker Tilly have pointed out that despite investment in R&D by UK companies having tripled in the past decade to £1.2bn, the amount of tax relief claimed by ...

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Bedfords enters international haulage market

2013-08-19T15:55:00Z

Bedfords, of Birstall, West Yorkshire, has had its application for an international O-licence granted by the traffic commissioners.The operator, which is a Palletforce member and the parent company of haulage consortium LinQ Alliance, will now provide a pan-European service to satisfy the demands of its clients.MD Steff Pfadenhauer, said: “This ...

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Concerns raised over pallet wrap safety

2013-08-19T15:00:00Z

A pallet wrapping company has warned that businesses are wasting hundreds of thousands of pounds per year by not ensuring goods are adequately packaged.Golden Valley Pallet Wrap Specialists (GVPS) said it was “surprising” that some firms often overlook the price of wrapping pallets, given the huge costs involved.And it warned ...

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Palletways launches the Platinum Club

2013-08-19T14:13:00Z

Palletways has relaunched its member recognition scheme with the help of British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, in a bid to create an even more exclusive club.The pallet network, which previously accorded its best members Platinum status, has introduced the Platinum Club.In doing so it moves from an accolade conferred to ...

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Kuehne + Nagel appoints new group CEO

2013-08-16T10:34:00Z

Kuehne + Nagel has appointed Dr. Detlef Trefzger as its CEO, following the departure of former group CEO Reinhard Lange earlier this year.The former executive vice president of K+N’s contract & integrated logistics division will take up his new position with immediate effect, but will still be responsible for the ...