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DHL Tradeteam wins The Bramwell Pub Company contract
The Bramwell Pub Company has chosen DHL Tradeteam to become its strategic logistics partner, covering delivery to its pubs and bars.The drinks distributor will deliver multiple times per week to each of Bramwell’s 179 outlets, which include brands Smith & Jones, Wild Lime Bar & Kitchen and Varsity.Tradeteam was awarded ...
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Transport Select Committee concerned about Vosa's performance
The Transport Select Committee has raised concerns about Vosa’s enforcement focus, the rapid introduction of ATFs, and its seemingly dysfunctional relationship with traffic commissioners (TCs).Speaking after the publication of the Work of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency report today (19 July), Transport Select Committee chairperson Louise Ellman said:“We were ...
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Former Pall-Ex member Transol Worldwide Logistics goes into liquidation
Former Pall-Ex and Fortec member Transol Worldwide Logistics has been placed in liquidation after it appointed administrators earlier this year, owing £739,810.The Coventry-based operator, which had O-licences to run 20 vehicles and seven trailers across two sites in Coventry, was placed in liquidation on 9 July by administrators Brett Barton ...
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ArticleOFT branded 'complacent' over price manipulation claims
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been branded ‘complacent’ and accused of carrying out a ‘continued whitewash’ after insisting that its study last year of the UK fuel market yielded no credible evidence of any market manipulation. Responding to a petition handed into it on Monday (15 July) by ...
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ArticleClipper Logistics warehouse refurbished for Asda
Clipper Logistics has announced the refurbishment of its 225,000ft² warehouse in Didcot to service Asda’s multichannel general merchandise operation.The refurbishment will increase the site’s capacity, allowing the retailer to offer an extended range of products via the Asda Direct website, said Clipper.The announcement builds on the longstanding relationship between the ...
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Fire damages 50% of Norbert's Grantham warehouse
A fire at Norbert Dentressangle’s Easton distribution centre, near Grantham, last week damaged approximately half of a warehouse there containing pet food, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue has confirmed.The blaze broke out at around 2.45pm on Monday 15 July and resulted in "severe damage by fire to 50% of the warehouse ...
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DPD denies fifth hub option
DPD has denied that it is currently considering opening a fifth hub in 2018-20.The parcel carrier, which recently received planning permission to develop its 330,000 ft² East Midlands hub in Hinckley, Leicestershire, said it has not yet set out plans for expansion beyond the investments planned over the next two ...
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New business and volume growth helps Fowler Welch profit rise
Pre-tax profit at Fowler Welch rose 12.8% last year, as a result of improved vehicle efficiency, new business wins and volume growth from existing customers.Parent company Dart Group revealed that pre-tax profit for Fowler Welch rose to £4.4m for the year ended 31 March 2013, up from £3.9m in 2011-12. ...
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ArticleMaritime Transport wins Tesco Haulier of the Year award
Felixstowe-based Maritime Transport has won the Haulier of the Year award at Tesco’s recent Primary Distribution supplier conference.The haulier was recognised as the supermarket giant’s primary grocery and general merchandise haulier of the year after being nominated by primary distribution managers.The award was presented by John Clark, Tesco primary operations ...
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ArticleSainsbury's postpones Exeter DC plans
Sainsbury’s has postponed plans to develop a new regional DC on the outskirts of Exeter, two years after receiving planning permission, as it now has no immediate need for a depot in the area.The supermarket was granted permission to develop a 528,000 ft² DC in Clyst Honiton in September 2011 ...
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Palletline Logistics (Midlands) ceases to trade
Palletline Logistics (Midlands) has lost its battle for survival and ceased to trade.The Birmingham-based haulier had entered into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) last May, after encountering cash flow problems that stemmed from errors in reporting its operating figures to its lenders.Palletline Logistics (Midlands) MD Bob Russett was a founder ...
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'No targets' in place for third party driving tests
The Driving Standards Agency has said it “is not currently seeking” to increase the number of third party sites that carry out vocational driving tests. A spokeswoman for the agency confirmed to Motortransport.co.uk recently that 10.5% of LGV driving tests were now being conducted at a total of 38 third ...
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Winterbotham Darby extends and expands Fowler Welch deal
Food manufacturer Winterbotham Darby has extended its contract with Fowler Welch for three years, after just one year of working together.The extension will see Fowler Welch store, pick and despatch bakery products to Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury, Waitrose and Morrisons from Winterbotham Darby’s facility in Portsmouth. Stock is produced in France ...
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ArticleND gets its freight forwarding on
Well, that didn’t take long. Barely two weeks after Norbert Dentressangle began raising funds, sorry, trading on the NYSE Euronext London stock exchange it’s flexed its acquisitive muscles again. This time picking up Franco-Russian freight forwarder Daher Group.It’s not the first time ND has snapped up freight forwarding interests in ...
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ArticleAre Britain's roads equipped to handle the summer?
During a time where the British Retail Consortium is reporting above average retail figures, all the more important for trucks to be on the roads and delivering goods into stores, one of the busiest roads in the UK, the M25, came to a standstill on Sunday (14 July).Unable to take ...
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ArticleMT Tracker 17 July
The success story of the first half of the year, without doubt, is UK Mail. It simply, absolutely, will not stop, moving parcels with volumes up 25% in the first quarter year-on-year. If you had bought a share in the firm in January, it would have set you back 365p ...
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ArticleAn Inconvenient Truth: even utopia needs deliveries
The London Olympics may be a happy memory for most, but it appears the freight industry’s “legacy” is far from assured.While it is true that the Games successfully pushed freight’s needs onto the political radar at the traditionally people and passenger focused Transport for London (TfL), not everyone it seems ...
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K+N predicts stronger second half
Profit fell at Kuehne + Nagel's road and rail logistics division in the first half of 2013, compared to the same period in 2012, although it predicted a stronger second half-year performance.The division pulled back strongly in the second quarter from an 85% first-quarter drop in EBITDA caused by adverse ...
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ArticleTransaid goes back to its roots
International development charity Transaid has gone back to its roots providing logistics support to other aid organisations since Gary Forster took over as chief executive in 2011, as he explains to Steve Hobson.While Transaid was set up as an independent body in 1998, its origins go further back, and ...
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Panther launches Saturday delivery service
Household furniture and appliances delivery firm Panther Warehousing has launched a Saturday delivery service as it attempts to meet consumers’ demands.The operator, which recently expanded its services to include delivery of 'light and large' goods, is now able to offer next day delivery of goods six days a week, provided ...