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Confectionery contract proves sweet deal for Bretts Transport

2013-08-08T15:12:00Z

Cambridgeshire-based ambient food logistics specialist Bretts Transport has said it anticipates “a good profitable year” after reporting a 9.5% increase in turnover for the 12 months to the end of March. MD Simon Brett said the boost to turnover in the year to 31 March 2013 – which rose from ...

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£150m Northamptonshire logistics park given the green light

2013-08-08T09:00:00Z

A £150m logistics park at Appleby Lodge in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, has been given the green light.The development, which will be situated alongside the Park Farm Industrial Estate, is expected to create over 2m ft² of warehousing and offices.Plans were submitted to the Borough Council of Wellingborough in April, who granted ...

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John Lewis begins work on £97m Milton Keynes DC

2013-08-07T16:06:00Z

Retailer John Lewis has revealed that construction work on its £97m Milton Keynes DC, which is set to increase the number of store deliveries it makes, began last week.The own-account operator signed a 30-year lease on the 668,000 ft² plot on the Magna Park industrial site earlier this year.Its second ...

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GFS to manage New Look's click and collect deliveries

2013-08-07T15:56:00Z

Parcel carrier manager Global Freight Solutions (GFS) has won a deal with high street retailer New Look to manage delivery of its ‘click and collect’ orders.GFS has developed a bespoke version of its multi-carrier selection system GFS Selector, which allows it to use its own transport to deliver all click ...

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Scania launches updated Customer Satisfaction Index system

2013-08-07T09:58:00Z

Scania has developed an updated Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) system to help managers improve network performance and response times to customer queries.The system provides Scania’s managers with instant access to customers’ feedback via an online portal and individual managers are alerted when a customer wants an immediate response.The system was ...

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MT Tracker 7 August

2013-08-07T09:56:00Z

"We're an all time high, we'll change all that's gone before, doin' so much more...."This week the basket of shares in the MT Tracker hit it's highest point since its inception. The basket now stands at 1,954.5p. Shares in Stobart Group are back in to triple figures for the first ...

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Biomethane the "best option" for decarbonising road transport

2013-08-06T14:58:00Z

Burning methane (natural gas) as an alternative to diesel to power heavy trucks can reduce carbon emissions by around 16% - but switching to biomethane produces even more dramatic reductions of up to 65%. But if biomethane is to become a viable mainstream alternative to diesel for road transport there ...

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Nightfreight's new clothes revealed by DX

2013-08-06T11:29:00Z

DX Group has revealed the new DX livery that will replace the familiar dark blue Nightfreight name that is being phased out following its acquisition in February 2012.DX said last year it would align Nightfreight with the DX (Delivered Exactly) Group brand when its service levels improved to acceptable levels, ...

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Poor consumer spending hits Boughey Distribution

2013-08-06T11:11:00Z

Boughey Distribution parent NWF Group saw turnover at the division drop 14.2% last year and operating profit halved, due to difficult market conditions and poor consumer spending in supermarkets.Its financial results, published today, showed that turnover at the grocery distribution business fell to £36.4m for the year ended 31 May ...

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London Gateway and the changing face of container haulage

2013-08-06T10:31:00Z

Last month Chris Lawrenson, MD of Pentalver, warned that the container haulage market would “change dramatically” over the next 12 months when the London Gateway opens at the end of the year.Well, Lawrenson’s crystal ball was correct. (Although he didn't predict London Mayor Boris Johnson turning up on site a ...

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CitySprint acquires Enfield-based The Courier Service

2013-08-05T13:50:00Z

Same day courier firm CitySprint has completed its third acquisition this year with its purchase of Enfield-based The Courier Service.CitySprint has acquired its local and national customer base, staff and operations, including its fleet of small vans, Luton vans and transit vans.The acquisition is its third this year, following the ...

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Continental Tyres renews and extends ND contract

2013-08-05T10:28:00Z

Continental Tyres has renewed and extended its warehousing and distribution contract with Norbert Dentressangle for another five years.The new part of the contract will see ND’s Rugby site used as a consolidation point for orders delivered as full loads from Continental’s manufacturing plants across Europe ahead of deliveries to wholesalers ...

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Acumen proves profit is sanity in car deliveries

2013-08-05T10:23:00Z

Last year Acumen Logistics Group gate-crashed the MT Top 100 for the first time, scant reward for a phenomenal performance over the past few years that has seen the company rise from an £8.2m turnover in 2009 to £20m in 2012.While this rate of growth has not all been organic, ...

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Norbert Dentressangle awarded Glen Dimplex contract extention

2013-08-02T13:44:00Z

Norbert Dentressangle has had its contract with Glen Dimplex Home Appliances (GDHA) renewed for three years.The operator will use a core fleet of 16 vehicles and 64 trailers, including some 15.6m longer semi-trailers, to move finished products between GDHA’s manufacturing plant in Preston to its national DC in Stoke-on-Trent. It ...

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Morrisons closes Swan Valley transport operation

2013-08-02T11:41:00Z

Morrisons has confirmed plans to close the transport operation at its Swan Valley DC in Northampton, bringing in third parties to handle deliveries from the site.The supermarket held an O-licence to run 90 vehicles and 165 trailers out of the site on the Swan Valley industrial estate.A spokesman for the ...

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Yellow line proposal raises red flag for truck operators

2013-08-01T16:11:00Z

Commercial vehicles looking to load or unload on yellow lines may soon find themselves fighting for space after plans put forward by secretary of state for communities and local government, Eric Pickles, to let general motorists park for limited periods on yellow lines.Pickles has proposed allowing motorists to park free ...

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Fuel rebate scheme extension may not yield equal benefit

2013-08-01T16:02:00Z

It has emerged that the Treasury’s plan to extend the existing island fuel rebate scheme to parts of mainland UK may not result in the same 5p/litre rebate enjoyed by those already in the scheme. Treasury officials have made clear to Motortransport.co.uk that the ‘extension’ to the scheme – which ...

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Norbert Dentressangle confident of strong trading in H2

2013-08-01T14:20:00Z

Norbert Dentressangle’s logistics business saw a 4% increase in turnover during the first half of this year, with growth in the division likely to continue in the second half.The firm’s first half results, which were published today (1 August), revealed that turnover in the division grew to €897m (£781m) in ...

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CWU votes in favour of Royal Mail strike

2013-08-01T13:04:00Z

Royal Mail expressed its disappointment today after members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) unanimously voted in favour of holding a national strike ballot this year.In a CWU forum meeting this morning (1 August), around 500 reps voted to hold a strike ballot no later than September, unless the union ...

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Further rural areas to be considered for fuel rebate

2013-08-01T11:24:00Z

Plans to extend the island fuel rebate scheme have been announced by chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.The move could see the fuel rebate of 5p/litre currently enjoyed by retailers of road fuel within the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, the Islands of the Clyde and the ...