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ArticleHoyer profit falls as it warns of "challenging" future
Hoyer says 2012, and the medium term future, will be a “challenging period” as the bulk liquid giant reported a 6.8% fall in pre-tax profit to £3.5m for the year ending 31 December 2011 (2010: £3.8m).Turnover for the period also fell, by 3% to £133m (2010: £137.7m) according to results ...
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ArticleLondon Lorry Control Scheme route-planner updated for Olympics
The London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) route planner has been updated to include Olympic and Paralympics road restrictions.The approval service, run by consultancy Pie on behalf of scheme administrators London Councils, allows operators, for a fee, to have a compliant route generated online.Following the update this will now take into ...
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ArticleFocus on performance not cost of agency drivers
Too many operators are trying to shave the hourly rate they pay for agency drivers rather than using technology such as telematics to improve the performance of temporary staff, according to fast-growing driver agency Milestone.Milestone director Adam Thompson says: “Too many operators look to save 20p on the hourly ...
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ArticleNews Extra: Ticking timebomb of driver shortages
The UK’s continuing economic anaemia has forced the road transport industry to cut its cloth in a bid to stay in business. Profits have in many cases come under unsustainable pressure as fuel prices surge, forcing operators to the wall. The current situation has also served to mask a looming ...
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ArticleCeva renews Trinity Mirror distribution contract
Ceva Logistics has renewed its contract with newspaper publishers Trinity Mirror for five years, building on a ten-year relationship between the two parties.As part of the contract Ceva makes 33,000 deliveries of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror to Trinity Mirror’s wholesaler network each year.Jon Evans, Ceva’s senior general manager ...
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ArticleLast chance for 20% discount on Everywoman Leadership Academy
The second annual Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Leadership Academy, being held next week in Daventry (21 June), aims to equip the female talent in your organisations with the tools to navigate their way up the career ladder.Despite increasing numbers of women working in the road transport sector, just 10% ...
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ArticleUPS under starter's orders to deliver Paralympic kit
UPS is under starter’s orders for the delivery of team kit to more than 300 London 2012 Paralympic athletes.The operation will require the warehousing, packing and delivery of more than 27,000 items.Kit will first be warehoused, before being picked and packed for athletes according to their size and individual requirements. ...
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ArticleNew Northern Ireland O-licensing will take cowboys off the road
The FTA says the passing into law of Northern Ireland’s new O-licensing regime will help remove "cowboy" firms from the road.The Goods Vehicles Licensing of Operators Transport Bill was passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday (11 June), ushering in a new era of governance in the territory.The FTA has ...
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ArticleIndustry urged to back Delivering Your Future initative
Skills for Logistics (SfL) has relaunched its Delivering Your Future website, which aims to get young people interested in a career in logistics.Although officially launched in November 2011, SfL is making a new marketing push with backing from the likes of DHL and the FTA, in a bid to ...
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ArticleFREE Buyers’ Guides – can you afford to miss out?
“Challenging.” That seems to the fashionable description for the tough economic times in which we find ourselves. Capital budgets are being cut to the bone – and then trimmed some more.That’s where our sister website, www.commercialmotor.com's series of free Buyers’ Guideswill come in handy to road haulage businesses.Cutting a route ...
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ArticleBest Use of Technology shortlist profiled
GistGist conducts more than 5,000 vehicle movements a week for grocery retailers, moving £4bn of stock – £2bn of which has less than three days of shelf life. This results in some complicated vehicle scheduling, particularly as 40% of orders are scheduled after a vehicle has started its journey.The operator ...
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ArticleFleet Van Operator of the Year shortlist profiled
DPD UKThe winner of this award in 2010, DPD last year made further progress towards its goal of becoming market leader by 2015. The success of its innovative Predict system, enabling it to give the end customer a guaranteed one-hour delivery window, meant it picked up significant new business last ...
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ArticleSafety in Operation Award shortlist profiled
TradeteamDHL’s drinks distribution operation Tradeteam operates 500 vehicles and employs 2,000 staff, and in a sector that has traditionally involved a lot of manual handling has invested a lot of time, money and effort in creating a safer working environment.The focus has been on reducing its lost time injury frequency ...
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ArticleFleet Truck of the Year shortlist profiled
Daf CFNarrowly beating its more upmarket cousin the XF to make the long list, the Daf CF has been a frequent winner of this award over the past 12 years ago. Unsurprisingly it remains popular with operators in both its tractor and rigid guises, offering excellent cost of ownership, fuel ...
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ArticleLondon's councils must use proportionate enforcement during the Olympics
The FTA has called for London’s councils to bring a "pragmatic" approach to carrying out their duties during the Olympics.The issue reignited at a Transport Select Committee session last month (23 May), after Catherine West, London Councils’ transport committee chairman, was asked by Paul Maynard MP to spell out what ...
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ArticleSJ Bargh wins Dairy Crest contract renewal
SJ Bargh has revealed another win in the dairy sector, with the news that it has renewed its contract with Dairy Crest.It comes a week after the business revealed it had signed its first totally organic milk collection contract with the Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative. The contract extension sees SJ ...
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ArticleHellmann Worldwide sees volumes rise in Q1
First quarter volumes increased by 2% at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK, with the company’s gross margin also up four percentage points compared with the same period in 2011.The company says that while volumes have remained steady, profitability has improved due to a new trailer planning system in operation, and growth ...
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ArticleDomino's grants Euroway vehicle fleet exclusivity
Domino’s Pizza has granted rental company Euroway a two-year fleet exclusivity deal to provide it with vehicles on a contract hire basis.The deal also comprises a FleetSure fleet maintenance contract for the pizza delivery chain’s 60-strong vehicle fleet, which operates out of three sites: Milton Keynes, Penrith and County Kildare’s ...
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ArticleExpect Distribution launches two-man delivery service
Expect Distribution has launched a two-man delivery service following demand from e-retailers to transport larger, bulkier items.The new service will cover every single UK postcode on a weekly basis, and the West Yorkshire-based company aims to break into some niche market sectors.Neil Rushworth, operations director, says: "The growth of e-retail ...