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ArticleWincanton scoops Ella's Kitchen contract
Wincanton has won a two-year warehousing and distribution contract with baby and toddler food manufacturer Ella’s Kitchen.The contract will see Wincanton managing inbound deliveries from factories, picking, packing and distributing five million cases a year to supermarkets across the UK and its growing list of international customers.James McMaster, chief operating ...
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ArticleCILT urges government to develop long-term road strategy
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has called upon the government to speed up the “long overdue” creation of a funding and strategy package for Britain’s roads.CILT has urged the government to develop a plan that stretches further than the current five year strategy.Following the publication last November ...
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ArticleDSV signs up with Green Freight Europe
DSV Road has signed up to the Green Freight Europe initiative, as part of its commitment to minimising its environmental impact.Green Freight Europe is voluntary programme promoting cooperation between transport companies and their customers.The initiative is focused on building and maintaining a platform to collect, compute and report CO² emissions ...
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ArticleBibby Distribution orders 450 MANs
Bibby Distribution has become the latest operator to commit to a fleet refresh, with MAN set to deliver a total of 450 TGX tractors to the business during the next 18 months.An initial 55 Euro-5 units have already entered service in the Bibby fleet, with 131 scheduled for delivery in ...
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ArticleAW Jenkinson saves £700,000 after Driver CPC courses
Penrith-based AW Jenkinson is expected to shave £700,000 off its fuel bill after putting drivers through a CPC course in fuel efficient driving techniques.One tipper driver is saving the company £156 a week alone after it approached Focale Training and asked it to design a course for 280 fleet drivers.The ...
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ArticleDon't underestimate Paralympic impact, operators warned
Operators should not underestimate the effect the Paralympics will have on deliveries over the next 10 days.James Hookham, MD of policy and communications at the Freight Transport Association, says: "We are treating the Paralympics as seriously as the Olympics and will be providing our members with the same level of ...
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ArticleHoward Tenens gets DfT funding boost
A £1.26m environmental funding boost for Gloucestershire-based Howard Tenens will help it to convert 34 of its LGVs to dual-fuel power and install gas refuelling infrastructure in Swindon.The company says the Department for Transport award will drive forward its existing sustainable transport strategy focusing on CNG and biogas technologies and ...
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ArticleSector Report: Parcels - 'shop 'til you drop'
The surge of e-retailing is presenting parcel carriers with a conundrum: how do carriers profit from the rapid surge in B2C volumes, while ensuring their networks are able to cope with capacity demands? Hayley Pink reportsPeak period capacity is at breaking point, City Link MD David Smith warned an industry ...
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ArticleFowler Welch switches to MAN for fleet refresh
FMCG specialist Fowler Welch has ordered 130 MAN TGXs, in a deal that will see around one-third of its three year-old Volvo fleet replaced.Included in the predominantly Euro-5 order are five Euro-6 tractors with the same specification. These will be run as part of a wider trial to assess comparative ...
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ArticleNew finance director for NWF Group
NWF Group, parent of Boughey Distribution, has recruited Brendon Banner as its new group finance director.Banner, who will take up his role in early November, is currently group finance director at steel engineering and fabrication group William Hare.He replaces Jonathan Ford, who is leaving NWF at the end of September ...
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ArticleStobart Group sees no let-up in tough trading conditions
Stobart Group says it has seen no significant improvement in its transport business’s fortunes, since it warned of tough trading conditions at the end of June.In a pre-close statement the company, which has just announced it will be increasing its hybrid truck fleet, says the UK recession is dampening growth ...
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ArticleEddie Stobart to expand hybrid fleet
Eddie Stobart is to expand its fleet of dual-fuel Volvo trucks, after successfully bidding for a chunk of the government's Low Carbon Truck Demonstration Scheme funding.Stobart has been testing five dual-fuel FMs, which have been running on Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), in association with partner BOC Group. It will ...
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ArticlePremier Foods expands Jigsaw contract
Haulier consortium Jigsaw, which includes MT Haulier of the Year Downton, Widdowson and Pollock (Scotrans) as members, has been awarded more business from customer Premier Foods.Jigsaw is now responsible for the management of in-bound freight from Premier Foods factories in the East and South-East of England to its DC ...
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ArticleLondon 2012: CitySprint says Olympic volumes down
Parcel carrier CitySprint saw delivery volumes drop in London during the Games.The company, which handles B2B and consumer deliveries, made 75,000 deliveries to London postcodes during the Games. This was a 12% drop in volume compared with the 16 days proceeding the event (23 June to 7 July).Patrick Gallagher, chief ...
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ArticleHauliers remain confident despite tough market
Hauliers remain confident about their prospects in the third quarter, despite a weak performance for road freight during the three months to the end of June.The FTA’s latest Quarterly Transport Activity Survey, compiled in July, found that despite predictions of a bounce in April, there was only modest growth in ...
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ArticleHermes expands South East depot capacity
Parcel specialist Hermes is to open two depots in the South East as it prepares for the Christmas peak.A 52,000 ft² warehouse in West Thurrock, Essex, will be located between Lakeside Shopping Centre and the QE2 Bridge near to the A13 and M25.Hermes will create 60 new jobs at the ...
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ArticleUPS offer period for TNT to run until November
UPS has confirmed that the offer period for TNT Express shares will now run until 9 November.It comes after TNT Express confirmed earlier this month that the European Commission had temporarily suspended the takeover to allow regulators more time to gather information.Regardless, the companies still expect the deal to be ...
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ArticleNews extra: Hitting the deadlines for London 2012
With more than 1,500 customers affected by the Olympic Route Network, Menzies Distribution faced a tough job getting newspapers delivered across London during the Games before the 6am curfew.During the past fortnight no one could have escaped Olympics fever as our national newspapers avidly reported every medal win, every Team ...
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ArticlePotter Group begins official Palletline marketing
The Potter Group has officially begun marketing itself as a Palletline member, following its takeover of pallet network member House of James in May.Palletline now has a dedicated page with contact details on the Ripon-based multi-modal company’s website, after Potter received permission to join from the network’s executive early this ...
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ArticleCulina signs distribution deal with Glanbia Consumer Foods
Culina has signed a deal to distribute Weightwatchers low fat spreads and chilled portfolio through its distribution centre in Stafford.The deal with Glanbia Consumer Foods will see Culina handle the Irish food and dairy produce manufacturer’s products throughout the UK.“A bigger presence in the UK is important to us and ...