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ArticleRoad transport sector not cool enough
The transport and logistics industry is simply not 'hip' enough to attract new talent and needs a complete makeover if it is to compete successfully with other sectors for new recruits in coming years, professional services firm PwC has warned.In a new report, Winning the Talent Race, PwC suggests the ...
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ArticleDBC Foodservice in administration
Own-account operator DBC Foodservice has been put into administration, after attempts to sell the business failed.By Chris DruceThe £300m turnover company supplies some of the best known cafes, restaurants and bars on the high Street including Café Nero, Prezzo, Loch Fyne and vodka bar chain Revolution.Other customers include hotels, local ...
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ArticleMcDowell's reveals rapid expansion
Fast-growing Keighley, West Yorkshire haulier McDowell Haulage and Distribution says work will begin shortly on a new 25,000ft2 warehouse in order to keep up with demand.The company, which has contracts to transport school furniture and cosmetics and is also a member of The Pallet Network, opened a new depot in ...
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ArticleOlympics a huge opportunity on night-time deliveries
The Olympics are a significant opportunity for operators to overcome opposition to routine night-time deliveries, according to London's transport commissioner.Speaking at Road Transport Media's Summer Freight Planning Conference last week, Transport for London (TfL) commissioner Peter Hendy told delegates that while the Games will bring huge challenges there are also ...
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TNT Post reveals second end-to-end postal trial
TNT Post is to conduct a second end-to-end delivery trial from mid-April in west London, following the successful conclusion of a final-mile trial in Liverpool.The private postal operator has held long-term ambitions to roll-out a complete end-to-end service rivalling Royal Mail, but says it has been unable to achieve this ...
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ArticleRyder on track with Hill Hire integration
Ryder Europe vice-president and MD David Hunt’s claim that “Ryder is full of the joys of spring”, is not what MT expects to hear as we meet to discuss the integration of Hill Hire. But like the company he works for, Hunt can pull the occasional surprise.Ryder’s big surprise ...
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ArticleBP disappointed over strike action
BP says it is "disappointed" that the Unite union's tanker driver members have voted in favour of industrial action over safety, training and terms and conditions.The company says that it, along with other fuel distribution companies, has been working with Unite since 2010 to discuss the union’s proposal to form ...
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Bandvulc add QR codes to tyre labels
Independent tyre retreader Bandvulc has come up with an intelligent solution to future tyre labelling worries by incorporating a QR code onto all of its new labels.From November 2012, European legislation will require all new tyres to carry labels to better inform customers of the efficiency, grip and noise of ...
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Profile: Brian Weatherley
Thirty years ago, a fresh-faced lad joined Commercial Motor as a junior photographer. After four years travelling the length and breadth of this great country, snapping operators, manufacturers and a whole bunch of other interesting (and not-so-interesting) things, in 1984 I switched to become CM's technical writer, increasing the magazine's ...
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Profile: Hayley Tayler
Hayley Pink, ReporterI am the events and projects editor across the Road Transport Media (RTM) portfolio, working on a range of live industry shows and research projects. These include our Clean Air Roadshows, the Road Transport Expo and Hot Topic Reports.I have been writing for RTM since September 2011 in ...
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Profile: James Clark
James Clark, Digital Development ManagerAs digital development manager at Road Transport Media, I am part of the company's recently created product development team. We have some exciting products in the digital pipeline including new publications, websites and data services.I also have responsibility for online audience development, including social media, and ...
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Profile: Colin Barnett
Please allow me to introduce myself – I’m Colin Barnett, Commercial Motor associate editor, responsible for the magazine’s features and technical content. My contributions to Commercialmotor.com are mostly related to trucks and vans and the driving thereof. Read on to find out where I came from!I was born in Radnorshire ...
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ArticleEvery little helps for TNT Post in Tesco deal
TNT Post says it has secured a “great coup” after revealing details of a contract it began work on in February to deliver mail for Tesco.As a result TNT Post, which demerged from parent TNT NV in May 2011, will deliver all of Tesco’s communications with its customers – ...
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ArticleCulina Logistics wins cheese distribution deal
Culina Logistics has won a contract with cheese specialists Dairy Partners to store, pick and distribute its retail product range using its shared user model.The contract is managed from Culina’s Stafford depot and relies on its 10 depots across the UK and Ireland in order to maximise vehicle fill and ...
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ArticleIncrease in fuel duty is a disaster, says Hermes
Home delivery specialist Hermes has branded the Chancellor’s decision to implement a 3ppl rise in fuel duty as “a disaster for the haulage sector”.Jon Tobbell, commercial director at Hermes, says: “Whilst we welcome the freeze in Vehicle Excise Duty, it pales into significance when compared to the pain being ...
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ArticleHellmann targets Iberian growth
Hellmann UK has launched a freight partnership with a Portuguese logistics company that increases the number of round trip road freight services to the country each week.The partnership with Rangel Express and Logistics enables Hellmann to undertake three direct level departures to Oporto and Lisbon and the company says ...
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ArticleTell us your view of the Olympics – and win £100
With a little over four months to go before the Olympics starts, Motor Transport and Commercial Motor want to know how prepared you are for the disruption the Games will cause to deliveries.How much impact do you expect the Games to have? What actions have you taken to prepare your ...
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ArticleIan Jones retires from Mercedes Benz
Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles MD Ian Jones has retired with immediate effect.In a statement the Executive Board of Mercedes-Benz UK says it wants to offer Jones “best wishes for the future”.Under Jones’s reign the Sprinter won the Motor Transport Award for Fleet Van of the Year for four consecutive years.The firm ...
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ArticleYearsley to offer global logistics service
Yearsley Group has introduced a new global logistics and freight-forwarding service.The group says it can now offer customers a complete logistics operation from pick-up overseas (via partners) and import via air or sea, to delivery through its UK distribution network.The Lancashire firm says the new service will enhance its domestic ...
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ArticleOwn-account operators in NI will need a licence from July
Own-account operators in Northern Ireland will need a licence from July for the first time.The Department of the Environment has set the 1 July as the deadline that will bring those moving their own goods by road into the licensing fold.Up until now only those providing hire and reward services ...