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Unite warns DHL its members could vote to strike over pensions
Unite the union has threatened to put a vote for industrial action to its members employed by DHL Supply Chain, unless guarantees are made over their pension schemes.Both parties are currently in talks over changes to its different pension schemes: its final salary pension – which Unite alleges DHL wishes ...
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ArticleAbbey wins lime supplier Lhoist UK contract
Lime supplier Lhoist UK has awarded a new long-term distribution contract to Abbey Logistics Group.The operator will deliver lime products to Lhoist’s customers in the construction, waste water, drinking water, food, agriculture, flue gas treatment, chemistry and soil stabilisation industries.The contract will cover deliveries from Lhoist’s quarries in Hindow, Derbyshire ...
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ArticleKeyPL proves 4PL model can deliver cost and service benefits
While TDG may not have invented the term 4PL, it was certainly one of the leaders in making the concept work for its customer Corus Steel back in 2006. Since then TDG has been acquired by Norbert Dentressangle (ND) and Corus taken over by Tata Steel, and 4PL has been ...
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ArticleKeep young and beautiful if you want to be hired
Fast-growing trailer rental firm Hireco is investing in new tracking technology as well as new trailers as director James Smith tells Steve HobsonWith a fleet of 5,000 trailers, all under five years old, Berkshire-based Hireco ranked fifth in MT’s first CV Informer league table of trailer rental firms. Director James ...
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ArticleWaitrose to open Leyland RDC in September
Waitrose will officially open its £32m Leyland RDC in September, following a phased roll-out from late July.The RDC, which includes a 360,000ft² warehouse, a vehicle maintenance unit and 50,000ft² of office space, will initially service 42 stores across the north of England and Scotland.This number is expected to increase to ...
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MT Tracker 31 July
After revealing its positive outlook for the rest of the current financial year last week, Wincanton’s continually increasing share price has hit its highest point since the MT Tracker began in January.The company updated investors that it had performed well in the first quarter of its current financial year, despite ...
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ArticleLiverpool looks to regain status as northern logistics hub
Next summer an expected 250,000 international business people will converge on Liverpool for the International Festival for Business, a two-month showcase for UK plc.As part of the Festival, Mersey Maritime is holding a Maritime, Logistics & Energy Week, which will highlight the growing importance of Liverpool as a northern logistics ...
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Michelin rolls out fuel saving programme for LGV fleets
Michelin is introducing a fuel-saving programme for truck operators, offering a money-back guarantee if those savings do not materialise.Called Effifuel, it comes from a new Michelin subsidiary called Michelin Solutions. Franck Estoquié, marketing director at Michelin Solutions said the subsidiary was nothing to do with selling tyres.“We are dedicated to ...
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ArticleHeatwave leads to volume boom at DHL
The recent heatwave has seen massive spikes in retail volumes for chilled and frozen goods, according to DHL Supply Chain.The UK’s largest logistics firm said the hot weather in July had seen demand for bottled water rise by 45% and soft drink volume increase by 35%.During the heatwave, which is ...
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ArticlePallet-Track achieves 10 millionth pallet milestone
Pallet-Track forklift trucksPallet-Track has processed its 10 millionth pallet through its Wolverhampton hub , achieving the milestone in less than ten years of operation and without a single loss.The company, which will celebrate a decade in business next year, operates from a 267,000ft² DC in Millfield Road.The network also ...
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UK Mail to move into new Slough depot in August
UK Mail will move into its 45,000 ft² extended Slough depot at the beginning of August, almost doubling the space it has in the area.The newly-refurbished site on Buckingham Avenue will nearly double the company’s presence on the Slough Trading Estate, which also includes a 24,000 ft² site on nearby ...
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Premier Logistics to move home this autumn
Leicester-based Premier Logistics is to move to a new home this autumn, which will allow it to significantly grow its warehousing business as well as offer new services.The company will leave its Meridian Business Park home to move to a new DC at a 200,000ft² former factory site, which also ...
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TNT UK makes managers redundant after group profit dips
TNT UK is restructuring its operations and sales divisions in a management shake-up that will see up to 15 redundancies.The company said it is reviewing management roles and introducing new positions that are more suitable to the way it currently operates.A spokeswoman said there will be no change in the ...
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ArticleStobart Group wins £75m 15-year Biomass contract
Stobart Group's Biomass division has won a new, long-term contract to supply fuel to the Evermore Renewable Energy Plant, which will generate revenues of £75m over the 15-year lifespan of the contract.The recycled wood fuelled combined heat and power station in Northern Ireland will open in summer 2015, with Stobart ...
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Ministry of Defence contract extension secures jobs at Wincanton
Wincanton has welcomed the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) decision to award a 12-month contract extension to its customer General Dynamics, as the move will secure 25 jobs at the operator.For the past six years Wincanton’s Bicester facility has been home to logistics support for General Dynamics, including inventory management and ...
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Union to decide on Royal Mail strike ballot this week
Royal Mail has called the threat of strike action by members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) “harmful”, ahead of the union’s meeting this week to decide whether a ballot should be held.The union, which last month rejected the operator’s offer of an 8.6% increase in pay over three-years, will ...
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London Gateway will change container haulage says Pentalver boss
The MD of one of the largest container hauliers in the UK has warned that the pattern of business in the sector will “change dramatically” over the next 12 months when the London Gateway opens at the end of the year.Speaking as the haulier unveiled a 6.5% year-on-year increase in ...
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Wincanton positive about this financial year, despite container volume fall
Wincanton’s commercial vehicle maintenance division, Pullman Fleet Services, has performed well in the first quarter of the current financial year, its parent has said.In its interim management statement, published on Friday (26 July), Wincanton said it has a “good pipeline” of opportunities for Pullman.It added that there has been no ...
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CV Informer 2014 - detailed analysis of the UK rental and leasing sector
This year's CV Informer, produced in association with the BVRLA, features the Top 100 rental, leasing and contract hire companies that took part in the 2014 research. They are ranked in order of their total vehicle assets, and this year's Top 100 have a combined vehicle parc of 471,339.The publication ...
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TNT Express wins JML contract
TNT Express has revealed details of its parcel delivery contract with retailer JML, that it picked up three months ago.The operator won the contract after developing a parcel tracking system for JML, to allow the customer and its outsourcing partner to monitor the process of its orders.Parcels are also electronically ...