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ArticleTNT Express appoints interim CFO
TNT Express has appointed Jeroen Seyger as interim chief financial officer (CFO) and interim member of the executive board.Seyger will take on the responsibilities of previous CFO Bernard Bot, who became interim chief executive following the departure of Marie-Christine Lombard last month.“Jeroen’s financial and business experience inside and outside ...
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ArticleConstruction of Co-operative's Avonmouth RDC complete
Construction work on the Co-operative Group’s new £20m RDC in Avonmouth has been completed.Developers Gallan Group and Stoford have handed over the keys to the site at Cabot Park on Poplar Way to the supermarket chain.Deliveries into the RDC will begin this month, building up to full operation in May ...
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ArticleGist remains positive despite 23% profit drop
Gist blamed one-off pension costs and retailers’ squeezing of supply chain providers for a 23% fall in pre-tax profit last year, but it still saw turnover rise by 7.2%.For the year ended 31 December 2011 pre-tax profit fell to just under £18.8m, from £24.5m the previous year. However, turnover rose ...
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ArticlePalletways member Condor Logistics to close
Condor Logistics has partially blamed the government’s decision to scrap the Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR) from goods imported from the Channel Islands for the failure of the company, which will close down later this year.The firm was part of Condor Group, which also provides a sea freight service that ...
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ArticleLogistics Guild launched by SfL
Skills for Logistics (SfL) has started the roll-out of its Logistics Guild and revealed it will be free to join.The modern day guild, which MT revealed had secured funding last month (17 September), is described as “a member network run by members”.It is intended to meet the development needs of ...
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ArticleEddie Stobart Doncaster drivers to strike next week
More than 180 drivers at Eddie Stobart’s Tesco DC in Doncaster are set to strike for 48 hours next week following last month's vote in favour of industrial action.The strike will run from early Tuesday morning (9 October) and will disrupt supplies to Tesco stores in the Yorkshire and Humber ...
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ArticleWincanton wins Worlds Apart contract
Wincanton has won a five year storage and distribution contract with children’s toy and furniture manufacturer Worlds Apart.Annually, the contract will see the firm deliver 20,000 orders to around 1,350 locations, including homes and retailers. Wincanton will also oversee the storage of the firms goods, storing approximately ...
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ArticleTVS Supply Chain Solutions acquires Rico Group
TVS Supply Chain Solutions has acquired same day courier and technology company Rico Logistics for an undisclosed sum.TVS, which specialises in supplying spare parts to the automotive industry - including Isuzu Truck, MG Motor and Dennis Eagle - has an annual global turnover of six billion dollars and has acquired ...
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ArticleCulina goes nuts over new shared-user contract
Liverpool-based nut processor and packer Trigon Snacks has awarded a new contract for warehousing and distribution of its brands, including Planters and BigD, to Culina.Under the deal, Trigon products will be stored at Culina’s Middleton depot, near Manchester, and delivered using a shared user-model to wholesalers and retailers throughout the ...
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ArticleMarshalls of Eversham joins Pallet-Track
Marshalls of Eversham has become pallet network Pallet-Track’s 74th member.It is the first time the 25-year old haulier based at a former airfield in Pershore, Worcestershire, has joined a pallet network.The company, which has been operating within Pallet-Track for the past six weeks, has taken on the top part of ...
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ArticleFFUK repeats calls for duty rethink as fuel sales plummet
Campaign group FairFuelUK (FFUK) has made a fresh call for the Chancellor to scrap January’s planned 3ppl rise in fuel duty, after figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) showed a sharp fall in fuel consumption.Sales of transport fuels fell 6.3% in the second quarter compared to ...
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ArticleUPS and TNT merger approval depends on challenge to DHL and FedEx
Regulatory approval for the multi-billion euro UPS and TNT Express merger is dependent on whether the new company would be challenged enough by its competitors, the European Commission has said.If the deal is approved, the number of major parcel delivery companies in Europe will be reduced from four to three, ...
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ArticleDownton gets former Bibby man
Former Bibby Distribution head of business development, David Hutchings, has been appointed to the newly created role of head of business development at Gloucestershire-based CM Downton.Downton, which won the Motor Transport Haulier of the Year Award in June and has doubled its turnover in the last three years, says Hutchings ...
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ArticleKuehne + Nagel and DHL get involved with labelling initiative
Kuehne + Nagel and DHL Tradeteam are working with Costa owner and customer Whitbread on an initiative to standardise product information, removing cost and complexity from the supply chain.The project is running in parallel with the Premier Inn-owner’s involvement with the Food Service Directors' Group (FSDG’s), which also includes Brakes, ...
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ArticleC Butt joins Pall-Ex
The Pall-Ex pallet network has signed up MT Top 100 company C Butt as a member.The Northamptonshire based company will start operations for Pall-Ex on 8 October. It will serve the CV postcodes, before expanding into the NN postcode region next year.Adrian Russell, chief executive of Pall-Ex, said: “C Butt ...
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ArticleFairFuelUK backs call for fuel-tax breakdown on receipts
FairFuelUK (FFUK) has backed Robert Halfon MP’s efforts to introduce legislation to provide a breakdown of the amount of tax paid on fuel receipts.Halfon, founder of the PetrolPromise.com campaign, will make his case for this transparency in the Houses of Commons on 16 October, under the ten-minute rule motion.FFUK supported ...
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ArticleMeachers and Steve Porter Transport launch partnership
Meachers Global Logistics and Steve Porter Transport Group have launched phase one of a partnership they hope will develop, generating new business and stripping out duplication from their respective networks.The strategic partnership, which began in earnest this week after months of preparatory work, sees Meachers trunking the Isle of Wight-based ...
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ArticleNews Extra: Yodel - tough at the top
Last month MT exclusively revealed that Yodel chief executive Jonathan Smith is to leave the parcels firm after two years in charge of the combined DHL Express Domestic UK and HDNL (not to mention 18 months in charge of the DHL business alone).Smith’s CV shows more than 20 years’ experience ...
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ArticleDPD invest £4.3m in new depots in south-east and Scotland
DPD is to open three new depots in London, Southampton and Dundee to handle the expected increase in parcel volumes this Christmas.The expansion - an investment of £4.3m by DPD - is expected to create 150 new jobs across its new depots at Southwark in London, Hedge End in Southampton ...
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ArticleRates squeeze can not go on, warns pallet head
The issue of significant downward rate-pressure remains the elephant in the room despite continued volume growth in the pallet sector, according to network heads.Speaking after the Association of Pallet Networks revealed its members had experienced volume growth of more than 4% in the first half of the year (compared to ...