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ArticleNew boss at Scania named
Scania’s board of directors has chosen its executive vice president and head of franchise and factory sales, Martin Lundstedt, as its new chief executive.Lundstedt will take up his new position on 1 September, replacing Leif Ostling.The shakeup sees current head of research and development within purchasing, Per Hallberg, appointed as ...
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ArticleDeutsche Post DHL clobbered with half a billion euro tax bill
Deutsche Post DHL has been hit with a tax bill for more than half a billion euros, after a ruling by German financial authorities.DHL will need to make an additional €516m VAT payment after a review of how it handled tax relating to postal services.The period investigated ran from 1998 ...
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ArticleEurovision Logistics pledges support to FairFuelUK
Eurovision Logistics has become the first transport operator to support FairFuelUK (FFUK) with a monthly contribution.The Hull-based firm has backed the campaign for many months but wanted to make a financial gesture to help the FFUK team continue its battle for a fair deal on fuel.“We very much appreciate someone ...
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ArticleTrade associations welcome Senior Traffic Commissioner appointment
Road transport trade associations the FTA and RHA have welcomed the appointment of Beverley Bell as Senior Traffic Commissioner (STC).Bell, who has been acting STC since Philip Brown’s retirement last October, takes on her new role for at least the next four years. She will also continue as TC for ...
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ArticleVosa chief prefers carrot to big stick
In his introduction to Vosa’s recently published 2012/13 business plan, chief executive Alastair Peoples promises the agency’s focus will be “on balancing ‘regulatory’ enforcement interventions with education initiatives to empower the industry to increasingly manage [its] own compliance”.To the glass half empty contingent, this could sound like an alarming budget-driven ...
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ArticleTeam of the Year shortlist profiled
CevaCeva manages warehousing, as well as finance and facilities, training and HR for one of the UK's leading DIY and garden centre retailers at a site in Burton upon Trent.The company drew up a plan for staff to: ensure they understand what its client requires; turn those requirements into measurable ...
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ArticleTraining Award shortlist profiled
Eddie StobartRecognising a need to identify, nurture and develop emerging leaders within the company, Stobart Group designed a Management Development Programme (MDP) and First Line Manager course, launching both in September 2010.All MDP delegates are mentored one-on-one by a Stobart company director throughout the programme while completing a mixture of ...
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ArticleDPD's smartphone website passes one million user milestone
DPD’s smartphone-friendly website has smashed the one million unique user milestone, with more than 2.5 million parcels tracked via the online service in its first six months of operation.Since its launch in November 2011, which the parcels giant says was an industry-first, more than 55,000 deliveries have also been rearranged ...
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ArticleDealer of the Year shortlist profiled
AN RichardsAN Richards is the MAN service dealer covering North Wales based out of Froncysylte, near Llangollen. The family-run business first opened its doors in 1905 and today is run by Bryn and Gary Richards.As a service agent it relies on its reputation for service and parts; technicians booked 96% ...
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ArticleFleet Van of the Year shortlist profiled
Renault Kangoo Z.E.The first mass production full electric van, the Kangoo Z.E. benefits from the government’s 20% grant towards the purchase of plug-in light commercial vehicles. Sharing most components with the standard Kangoo, the Z.E. (zero emissions) offers the same 650kg payload. There are a range of options for funding ...
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ArticleHermes predicts social media will enhance home deliveries
Social media looks set to play a more prominent role in customer service responses to online shoppers, according to research by home delivery firm Hermes.The parcels firm conducted a survey amongst its key retail clients, and found that while telephone and email were still the preferred routes to customer service, ...
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ArticleSJ Bargh wins organic milk contract
SJ Bargh has signed its first entirely organic milk contract with the Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative (Omsco)The three-year deal will see the logistics company collecting around 50 million litres of milk a year from farms in Central England, North Wales, Lancashire and Yorkshire.The operation, which began last month, is based ...
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ArticleFowler Welch wins new foodservice contract
Fowler Welch has won a contract with foodservice and retail food supplier Winterbotham Darby.The contract, the value of which was not disclosed, will see Fowler Welch store, pick and dispatch in excess of 5 million cases per year from its facility at Paddock Wood, Kent.Ian Render, operations manager ...
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ArticleTfL hosting Olympics advice session on Twitter today
Transport for London (TfL) is hosting a Twitter chat today, which will provide advice on how to reduce deliveries during the Games, as well as ways to ensure your staff get to work during the busy summer ahead.Experts Ben Dowd, business director at O2; Ben Plowden, director of surface planning ...
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Article"Competitive" industry keeps margins tight, says Maxi Haulage
Scottish operator Maxi Haulage, part of Maxi Group, has revealed a 17% increase in turnover but says the “competitive nature of the haulage industry” is keeping profit margins tight.In unaudited accounts set to be filed at Companies House later this month, Maxi reveals that for the year-ending 30 September ...
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ArticleNews extra: Load security is in the bag
For the past two years, Vosa officers in north-east Scotland have been advising haulage firms to use independent straps and ratchets to secure fertiliser bags to trailers. However, according to transport firms MT spoke to, this equipment can split the inner liners of fertiliser bags, which contain substances such as ...
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ArticleLow Carbon & Efficiency shortlist profiled
Keystone Distribution/McDonald’sKeystone Distribution manages the supply chain for McDonald’s 1,172 UK restaurants. It has DCs in Hemel Hempstead, Basingstoke and Heywood, and runs 140 vehicles on the contract, which make in excess of 200,000 store deliveries each year. Since 2008, Keystone has collected, initially through a third party, used oil ...
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ArticleInnovation shortlist profiled
Abbey LogisticsAbbey's twin cargo trailer - with a tanker for liquid food products on the bottom, and a top deck capable of taking pallets - was described by judges as potentially "game changing".Because of its design, the dual cargo trailer is described as having the potential to reduce costs, slash ...
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ArticleCustomer Care shortlist profiled
APC Overnight APC Overnight claims to operate the largest next day parcel network in the UK, with more than 120 regional depots supported by two central processing hubs. The Essington, Wolverhampton company is a cooperative with shareholding members made up from the courier companies.APC says that its cooperative approach enables ...
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ArticleDSV seals deal with ATS Euromaster
DSV has awarded a three-year contract to ATS Euromaster to service the tyres on its 7,000-strong European trailer fleet.The deal will see ATS Euromaster’s mobile technicians provide routine inspections and follow-up maintenance work on around 1,000 DSV trailers travelling into and out of the UK every day.Technicians will work ...