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DPD launches 15 minute delivery window for ASOS
DPD has launched a 15 minute delivery window for online fashion retailer ASOS to cut down on the number of failed deliveries.The ‘Follow My Parcel’ service, which was developed in partnership with the retailer, is an extension of DPD’s Predict service which launched last year.Like Predict, customers will receive a ...
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Vosa defends plans to clamp down on ATF operators
Plans by Vosa to begin clamping down on ATF operators who do not meet minimum levels of examiner utilisation or who cancel testing arrangements at short notice are within the scope of the current ATF contract, the agency has insisted in response to criticism over its proposals. Vosa said last ...
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Hankook Tyres outsources transport and warehouse management to DHL
DHL Supply Chain has won a three-year contract to manage Hankook Tyres’ UK warehousing operation, building on a distribution contract that was signed back in 2008.The deal is a move that sees a full outsource of the South Korean tyre manufacturers’ UK warehousing and transport operations to DHL.Under the new ...
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Hermes network expansion to deliver a third more capacity
Hermes has revealed the timescale for some of its expansion plans throughout 2013 and 2014, in what it hopes will deliver a capacity uplift of around a third.Speaking at the Mail & Express Delivery Show in London yesterday (25 June), sales director Gary Winter said the carrier is currently doubling ...
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MT Tracker 26 June
Next month we should expect to see full financial year results from Fowler-Welch parent company Dart Group. The only hint of the performance at Dart's logistics arm came on 19 April when it said: "The business remains well placed for profitable growth." Even the date in July of its ...
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Arrow XL launches 'container port to home delivery' service
Two-man delivery operator Arrow XL has launched its complete logistics service, covering all aspects of goods movement from unloading products from containers and delivering them to households.The firm, which was formerly known as Yodel XL before it unveiled its new identity earlier this year, will offer goods movement from container ...
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SEB cooks up new deal with Norbert Dentressangle
Domestic appliance supplier Groupe SEB has renewed its storage and distribution contract with Norbert Dentressangle for a further two years. The firm, which owns brands including Tefal, Rowenta, Moulinex and Krups, supplies a wide range of kitchen appliances, cookware and accessories. Some are distributed to major homeware retailers, while others ...
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FTA urges government to protect infrastructure in Spending Review
The FTA has called on the government to protect infrastructure spending when it publishes its Spending Review this Wednesday (26 June).The review will cover the spending period starting from April 2015, and the FTA has urged chancellor George Osborne to maintain investment in transport infrastructure to ensure it can cope ...
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The London Fancy Box Company renews Seafield Logistics contract
Seafield Logistics has had its contract with rigid packaging supplier The London Fancy Box Company (LFB) expanded and extended by three years.The new part of the contract will cover storage and delivery of raw materials to production sites, as well as storage of finished products at Seafield’s site in Aylesham, ...
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ArticleBedfords "in good health" despite profit drop
West-Yorkshire haulier Bedfords saw a 67% year-on-year drop in pre-tax profit in its most recent financial year, despite a 6.2% rise in turnover.For the year-ending 30 September 2012 pre-tax profit at Bedfords Holdings – which comprises of transport arm Bedfords as well as Linq Alliance - fell to £300,597, from ...
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DB Schenker adds 43 new trucks to its UK fleet
Schenker, the UK division of German firm DB Schenker Logistics, has taken a delivery of a mixed fleet of 43 new trucks as it looks to increase the number of lightweight vehicles on its operations.The new fleet comprises of 25 7.5-tonners and 15 18-tonne trucks, including Volvo, Daf, Renault and ...
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ArticleYodel chief Neil Lloyd looks to improve customer experience
Home delivery specialist Yodel has gone through some well-publicised growing pains since its creation from the merger of HDNL and the day domestic side of DHL in 2010.Despite halving its losses, it still posted a £67m deficit at the end of June 2012 and had suffered capacity issues during the ...
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UK Warehousing Association warns over "draconian" excise penalties
“Draconian” sanctions are increasingly being imposed on firms in the supply chain who make honest mistakes when dealing with non-duty-paid goods, the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) has warned.The UKWA said “crippling” duty assessments and fines were increasingly being levied on firms who make any procedural error relating to duty-suspended ...
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ArticleConsultation into exempting mechanics from Driver CPC welcomed
The RHA and FTA have welcomed a consultation into exempting mechanics that drive goods vehicles to test centres from the scope of the Driver CPC.The DSA launched the consultation after the associations wrote to roads minister Stephen Hammond, expressing concerns that the estimated 30,000 technicians nationwide would not be able ...
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ArticleExtended Aspray Transport hub to be unveiled next month
Aspray Transport is awaiting the completion of its 18-acre expanded Willenhall, West Midlands hub, which is due to be unveiled next month.The hub, which was extended after the company saw an increase in UK next day volumes from both new and existing customers, has been extended by 6 acres and ...
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Vosa and Driver Standards Agency merger makes sense
Both the RHA and FTA have welcomed the news that Vosa and the DSA are to merge into a single government agency from next year.Services ranging from vehicle testing to driving tests will be handled by an as-yet un-named agency from 2014 but the DfT said that all users of ...
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ArticleAbbey renews food ingredients contract with ADM
Abbey Logistics Group has renewed its contract with food manufacturer ADM International for the distribution of refined oils and fats across the UK. The contract involves the movement of products from two sites in Purfleet and Erith and sees the relationship between the two firms reaching its 20th year.Dave Coulson, ...
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Royal Mail workers vote for boycott of competitors mail
TNT Post said it will work with Royal Mail to ensure that final mile deliveries continue, following a vote which saw the majority of union members at Royal Mail support a boycott of competitors’ mail and packet deliveries.The results of a Communications Workers Union (CWU) ballot of Royal Mail staff ...
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Severn Crossing tolls set to stay until at least 2020
A reduction in charges for using the Severn Crossing looks further away than ever, after transport minister Stephen Hammond reiterated the government’s intention to maintain the tolls after the crossing reverts to public ownership in 2018. Speaking to the House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee on 18 June, Hammond said ...
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ArticleRead all about it - C&H (Hauliers) focus on newsprint
To remain competitive C&H (Hauliers) has wrapped up the niche paper reel market, expanded into recycling and invested heavily in its fleet.The choice of becoming a niche player with a limited pool of clients or a general haulier swimming in a bigger pond is always a tough one. Essex-based C&H ...