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ArticleNext invests in warehousing to expand online capacity
Fashion retailer Next has made an art form out of integrating physical retail with its online presence, as its results for the 12 months to 25 January 2020 showed. But even it has not been immune from the impact of Covid-19.Since the early 1990s, Next has operated its own inhouse ...
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ArticleTrade creditors of collapsed tanker business will now get dividend
Trade creditors owed money following the collapse of Norfolk waste and tankering business Harveyson Haulage are now expected to receive a dividend.The company entered administration in July 2018 and after a period of trading through its administration in order to preserve its goodwill, the haulier’s business and assets were sold ...
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ArticleDriver First Assist launches plan to provide low-cost defibrillators for road transport industry
Driver First Assist has moved one step closer to achieving its pledge to provide an automated external defibrillator (AED) at a fraction of the cost of existing products.With development and certification completed, the not-for-profit community interest company, which has so far delivered over 7,000 training courses on basic roadside first ...
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ArticleEngland's best motorway services revealed in new survey
Extra and Westmorland have been voted England’s best motorway service operators by almost 10,000 visitors.Extra, which operates six sites in the survey conducted by independent watchdog Transport Focus, and Westmorland, which operates four, achieved the joint highest overall satisfaction score of 97%.Transport Focus said that across the country as a ...
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ArticleNo-deal Brexit will only add to Covid-19 woes
Last night’s news that we are now a major step closer to a damaging no-deal Brexit will be extremely unwelcome to the vast number of businesses that will be affected by this decision. Months of chaos caused by Covid-19 have further disrupted supply chains, and provided a worrying preview of ...
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ArticleVolvo Trucks UK & Ireland names new MD
Christian Coolsaet has been appointed MD of Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland.He succeeds Robert Grozdanovski who will move to Gothenburg to take up an appointment as Volvo Trucks’ senior vice president for sales area Europe Central East & East.Coolsaet brings more than 20 years of Volvo experience to the role, ...
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ArticleBoost for Earned Recognition during lockdown, FleetCheck reports
The earliest months of the Covid-19 lockdown saw a marked increase in the number of commercial vehicle fleets adopting the DVSA’s Earned Recognition scheme, FleetCheck has revealed.From March to June, 64% of new corporate customers coming to the fleet management software company cited Earned Recognition as a primary factor, compared ...
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ArticleBritish International Freight Association offers free customs training for younger members
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is offering free online customs procedures training for members of its Young Forwarder Network (YFN).The training session, on Wednesday 8 July, will be focused around customs procedure codes and will be available exclusively to members of the YFN.BIFA launched the YFN last year to ...
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ArticleLifetime Achievement winner named in Microlise Driver of the Year Awards 2020
Gary Bellamy (pictured) from Forterra Building Products has been named the Lifetime Achievement winner in this year's Microlise Driver of The Year Awards.The nomination-based awards received more entries than ever before and telematics-based categories contained an initial eligible pool of over 225,000 drivers.The 2020 winners triumphed after a process of ...
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Goldstar Transport faces strike action as it moves to close depot and cut jobs
Goldstar Transport is being threatened with strike action after being accused of using Covid-19 as a “smokescreen” to close its Woolpit depot in Suffolk and change more than 100 drivers’ terms and conditions.However, MD Matthew Ashworth condemned the action this week, insisting it was not supported by the majority of ...
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ArticlePhasing in border controls could put extra pressure on cashflow
The government’s recent decision to phase in the introduction of customs controls on goods entering Great Britain from the EU from the start of 2021 has been widely welcomed as a "pragmatic" move, allowing UK hauliers more time to adjust. However, they could also put extra pressure on cashflow.On 12 ...
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ArticleHGV Road User Levy suspended to help hauliers during pandemic
The Treasury has suspended the HGV Road User Levy for a year to help hauliers recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.The 12-month suspension, which was passed without consultation to speed up its implementation, kicks in on 1 August this year.It applies to UK registered keepers of HGVs and ...
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ArticleVolta Zero electric delivery truck to be put through its paces by Bring and Posten
Nordic parcels and mail firm Bring and Posten is trialling Volta Trucks’ electric HGV - the Volta Zero.This is the first pilot trial of the vehicle and will see it support Bring and Posten’s inner-city mail and parcel deliveries.The move marks another step forward for Volta which will shortly be ...
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ArticleGovernment launches £100m road improvement scheme as part of pandemic recovery plans
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged £100m of investment aimed at improving local roads as part of a bid to reignite the economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.The twenty-nine projects range from fixing deteriorating roads to flood mitigation measures and repairs to key bridges. They also include improvements ...
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ArticleNew law gives “breathing space” to operators pushed to brink of insolvency
Transport firms facing collapse in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic have been thrown a lifeline in the form of a new law.The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act, passed last week, marks the most significant change to the UK’s corporate insolvency regime in more than 20 years.Announcing the new law, ...
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ArticleSuttons clinches deal with Ryse Hydrogen to supply London buses
Suttons Tankers is continuing its winning streak, landing a contract with Ryse Hydrogen just weeks after signing deals with William Grant and Sons, Grace Overseas and GreenChem.The exclusive three-year deal sees Suttons transporting bulk hydrogen gas from the North West to the capital for Transport for London.The hydrogen will be ...
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Ballyvesey sees profits plunge in “difficult” year
Ballyvesey Holdings saw a fourfold profits fall in 2019 in what the company described as a “difficult” year in an intensely competitive market.In its latest financial results to 30 September 2019, the privately owned logistics giant, which owns Montgomery Transport, Montracon Trailers and a number of truck and heavy plant ...
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ArticleUPN strengthens Iberian links with Trafertir deal
United Pallet Networks (UPN) is to boost its route capacity in Spain and Portugal under a partnership deal with Trafertir Group.The new deal will see Basildon-based Trafertir Group become UPN’s Iberian partner, providing a range of palletised freight distribution services to Spain and Portugal and helping UPN negotiate new customs ...
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ArticleDFDS cuts jobs and warns Covid-19 freight levels could become the “new normal”
Shipping giant DFDS is set to cull around 86 UK warehousing and logistics jobs as part of major cutbacks across the company as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.A total of 86 UK posts have been placed into consultation, with 650 jobs to go across DFDS’ entire European operations.Announcing the ...
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ArticleCovid-19 continues to crush UK commercial vehicle production, SMMT reveals
UK commercial vehicle (CV) production fell by 61.6% in May, with just 810 vehicles built as many plants remained shuttered amid the Covid-19 lockdown.According to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), year-to-date commercial vehicle output fell by 29.8% compared with the first ...