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Free webinar: Would you like to find out more about HVO for you fleet?
With carbon-reduction now a core focus for HGV operators and their customers, the latest generation of sustainable drop-in fuels, such as HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil), could provide a solution.Freight in the City has therefore partnered with DAF Trucks to bring to life the potential of using HVO across your fleet ...
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ArticleRhenus secures fourth warehouse on Magna Park
Rhenus Warehousing Solutions has opened a fourth warehouse on Magna Park in Lutterworth.It will be used as a dedicated solution for a new client from the machinery manufacturing sector.Formerly CML, Rhenus has been operating on Magna Park for 22 years and already occupies three warehouses on the site.The move gives ...
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ArticleFree online event: Birmingham fleet decarbonisation roadshow
Freight in the City is hosting a free online roadshow next month to help HGV and van operators explore the route they need to take on their journey to decarbonise fleet movements.It will help you understand the UK government’s strategy in reaching its ambition of net zero carbon emissions by ...
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ArticlePost-Brexit exodus of European workers continues to challenge Lenham Storage Company
Lenham Storage Company is continuing to struggle to retain European staff, with whole families employed by the Maidstone-based firm choosing to return to their home countries following Brexit.In a review of its latest annual results the company, which has an operating licence for 114 trucks and 235 trailers, said: “Challenges ...
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ArticleElaine Kerr replaces Dwain McDonald as DPD UK chief executive
DPD UK has confirmed the appointment of Elaine Kerr (pictured) as chief executive from 1 June 2021.She will report to chief operating officer DPDgroup Europe, Yves Delmas and replaces Dwain McDonald, who left the role on 29 March 2021 after an “internal investigation”.Kerr has worked for DPD for over 28 ...
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ArticleTuffnells Parcels Express reports 16% revenue rise in first eight months after MBO
Sheffield-based Tuffnells Parcels Express saw a 16% revenue boost in the first eight months following its management buyout, according to its latest financial results.The management team bought Tuffnells Parcels Express - known as The Big Green Parcel Machine after its fleet of 1,200 green trucks - for £15m in May ...
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ArticlePalletline promotes Michelle Roder to group financial director
Palletline has promoted former group financial controller Michelle Roder to the position of group financial director, following the retirement of Mark McColl.Roder joined Palletline as a risk assessment and project finance manager in August 2014, rising rapidly through the ranks and achieving five promotions in seven years.In her new role ...
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ArticlePanattoni to open M1 corridor site with plans to create over 900 jobs
Developer Panattoni has bought a 31-acre site at junction 28 of the M1 in response to “strong demand” for warehousing in the area.The site will house two new build warehouses, due to be completed by the end of 2022.Dubbed Panattoni Park J28 Central M1, this is the latest addition to ...
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ArticleSMMT gives cautious welcome to rise in truck registrations
New heavy goods vehicle (HGV) registrations increased by 9.5% in the first three months of 2021, signalling signs of recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).The increase saw some 10,064 units registered in the first ...
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Lorry driver who hid £1m of cocaine in cab jailed for nine years
A Lithuanian lorry driver has been jailed for nine years after being found guilty of smuggling 24 kilos of cocaine worth £1m into the UK in his cab.Robertas Trimailovas, aged 46, of Alytus, Lithuania, was stopped at Dover’s Eastern Docks on 5 April this year.Border Force officers searched the cab ...
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ArticleTruck driver found guilty of dangerous driving after making “U-turn that went wrong”
A recovery truck driver whose vehicle became stuck after he tried to drive through a gap in the central reservation of the A9 near Dunblane, to get to the southbound carriageway has been found guilty of dangerous driving this week.Perth Sheriff Court heard that James Macfarlane had been driving on ...
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ArticleTW Bowler heavy haulage confirms team “safe and well” after 105-tonne concrete beam falls off trailer
TW Bowler Heavy Haulage said the "unforseeable failure of a hydraulic component" led to a 105-tonne concrete section of a flyover in Leeds falling off its trailer during demolition works over the weekend.The beam had been removed on Friday night (15 May) as part of Balfour Beatty’s £31m A64 flyover ...
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ArticleOperators prepare to test drive the Denby Eco Link B-Double truck at RHA demonstration day
Twenty four hauliers are being given the chance to test drive the Denby Eco Link B-Double truck next week at RHA’s latest Ride and Drive day.The invitation-only event, which will be held at Newark Showground on Tuesday 25 May, aims to not only demonstrate the 25.25m 60-tonne road train to ...
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ArticleMJ Church launches bespoke £500,000 all-electric waste collection truck
Wiltshire-based waste management, plant hire and civil engineering company MJ Church has partnered with Electra Commercial Vehicles to create a zero emission all-electric commercial waste collection truck, which it has launched this week.MJ Church engineers worked with the Blackburn manufacturer to create the bespoke truck, which cost £500,000 to design ...
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ArticleArrowXL hits the ground running in new deal with fitness equipment provider Johnson Health Tech UK
ArrowXL has won a delivery deal with training equipment supplier Johnson Health Tech UK.It will be responsible for the home delivery of around 2,500 Johnson Health Tech UK products a year - mainly treadmills and exercise bikes.The training equipment supplier said ArrowXL had won the contract on the basis of ...
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ArticleTransport sector could cost Treasury up to £1.2bn in Bounce Back Loan Scheme defaults, researchers warn
The transport industry could cost the Treasury £1.2bn in Covid-19 loan defaults, according to research by Business Rescue Expert.The research looked at the rate at which small businesses have used the government’s Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) since its launch in May 2020.As the first repayments under the BBLS scheme ...
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ArticlePall-Ex appoints Sian Morley as marketing manager
Pall-Ex Group has taken on Sian Morley as marketing manager.Morley, who joined the team in April, brings 18 years of experience in the marketing industry, which includes posts in digital marketing agencies - where she worked with major clients including Amex and Continental Tyres - and as a project manager ...
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ArticleOcado boosts fleet with 27 Thermo King Advancer trailers
Online retailer Ocado has ordered 27 Thermo King Advancer A400 trailers from Marshall Fleet Solutions as part of a fleet upgrade which will see it take delivery of 46 units from the manufacturer this year.Ocado currently runs a fleet of 264 trailers - 224 of them refrigerated and 40 ambient. ...
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ArticleYodel to offer “highly competitive” salary to 30 HGV driver apprentices
Parcel carrier Yodel is looking to take on 30 new LGV driver apprentices across the UK who will receive a “significant” starting salary on completion, which will be “considerably more” than the industry average.Applications for the apprenticeships will close this Friday (21 May) with successful candidates starting in July.The new ...
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ArticleLogistics UK restarts classroom training
With lockdown measures easing and face-to-face meetings back on the agenda, Logistics UK is once again promoting its classroom-based compliance training courses.It said the courses were being scheduled in line with government Covid guidelines and that spaces on popular courses such as Driver CPC and transport manager CPC were likely ...