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ArticleWincanton health and safety director joins CILT UK board
Wincanton’s group HSQ director, Dean Clamp, is to join the board of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT UK).Clamp is responsible for setting the strategy for continuous improvements in health and safety at Wincanton and previously he worked at DHL as vice president for operational risk for mainland ...
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ArticleStaff and creditors of collapsed fleet hire firm now likely to get pay out
The administrator for contract hire and rental firm Axis Fleet Management said it now looked likely both former staff and trade creditors will receive some of their money back.This reversal in fortune follows a report from FRP Advisory Trading that came out last year and which warned that preferential and ...
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ArticleArval simplifies government's return to work advice with short guide for fleet managers
A two-step guide to vehicle safety in light of Covid-19 has been produced by Arval UK for fleet managers.The vehicle funding and fleet management company has distilled down official government guidance to three pages to help fleets return to work safely.Advice and guidance includes scheduling times for the collection of ...
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ArticleFraikin hailed for quick response after healthcare firm asks for trucks to collect hospital waste
Fraikin jumped into action when a client needed DAF rigids on the road in time to help with vital hospital waste collections during the pandemic.Tradebe Healthcare was able to get the 7.5-tonne and two 12-tonne models into service as quickly as possible, thanks to Fraikin’s ability to “get things done”.Neil ...
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ArticleFleet Source cuts cost of Earned Recognition audits
Fleet Source has reduced the cost of Earned Recognition (ER) audits to help operators achieve the DVSA accreditation.The company is offering the audits from £495 + VAT.Nick Caesari (pictured), Fleet Source chief executive, said ER “demonstrates that you are an exemplary fleet operator, less likely to have your vehicles stopped ...
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ArticlePandemic triggers "slew of potentially dramatic changes" to vehicle lease contracts
A slew of changes to business travel in the last few months means fleet managers need to review their vehicle lease contracts to make them suitable for the “new normal”, according to software specialists FleetCheck.It said that the coronavirus pandemic had caused “a wide range of potentially quite dramatic changes” ...
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ArticleCouncil bin lorries benefit from new video and wireless technology
Liam Prince, operations manager at Carlisle County Council with an RCV fitted with ISS safety equipmentCarlisle City Council has addressed an increase in insurance claims by equipping its fleet of refuse and recycling trucks with video cameras and wireless reverse radars.After a successful trial, the council installed the RX3 hard ...
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ArticleDPD partners with London EV Company to trial "revolutionary" VN5 electric van
DPD is to trial a specially adapted 2.5-tonne electric van as it pushes forwards with its ambition of having “the greenest fleet in the UK”. The courier firm has partnered with the London EV Company (LEVC) for road trials of its VN5 electric van. The vehicle will ...
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ArticleDMC boosts fleet with 20 Schmitz Cargobull trailers
Contract hire and rental firm DMC Trailers has added 20 new Schmitz Cargobull trailers to its fleet.DMC, which is owned by Ballyvesey, chose the new units, which are fitted with Carrier Transicold fridges, to meet customer demand for robust, high quality trailers for their operations.The new trailers, which have been ...
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ArticleTransport software firm Mandata buys Returnloads.net
Northumberland-based transport management software provider Mandata has acquired Returnloads.net as part of the company’s diversification plans.Essex-based Returnloads.net is an online marketplace for hauliers and freight forwarders where members can promote subcontracting jobs and empty vehicle capacity.Chris Rigg, chief executive of Mandata, said: “Returnloads.net’s focus on using digital solutions to benefit ...
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ArticleMove to open pubs and restaurants raises London City Bond hopes that predicted losses can be averted
Warehousing and distribution firm London City Bond, which specialises in storing and distributing wine, beers and spirits, has seen trade pick up this month as its customers prepare for the easing of the pandemic lockdown.Reporting its annual results to 30 September 2019 this week the company revealed that last year’s ...
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ArticleSaints Transport confident it can weather Covid-19 storm despite further losses
Air freight haulier Saints Transport more than tripled its losses in the 18 months to 30 June last year.In its latest financial results the family firm, which is based at Heathrow, revealed that, despite increasing turnover to £34.8m (2017: £24.3m) in the period, its losses almost trebled to £1.5m (2017: ...
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ArticleUK automotive manufacturing sector needs further government intervention to ensure post-pandemic recovery, SMMT warns
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on manufacturing is expected to cut annual light commercial vehicle production volumes by a third to just 920,000 units this year, according to a report by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).The SMMT second Annual Trade Report for 2020, launched today (23 ...
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ArticleWincanton boosts business development team with former DHL and Yodel executives
Wincanton has taken on two senior executives from DHL Supply Chain and a senior manager from Yodel to strengthen its business development team as part of a wider strategy to drive growth.Martin Dougherty, former vice president of business development at DHL Supply Chain, takes the role of Wincanton’s business development ...
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ArticleCM Downton secures multiple contract extensions
EV Cargo’s CM Downton has secured four new contract extensions, sealing distribution agreements with paper, cardboard and sustainable packaging firms Saica Pack, Stora Enso and SCA and toy firm Mattel.The Saica Pack, Stora Enso and SCA deals see Downton continue to grow its share of the packaging sector, which now ...
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ArticleMichelle Naylor quits Palletways to become Pall-Ex UK commercial director
Pall-Ex has appointed former Palletways network development director Michelle Naylor as its new UK commercial director.This is Pall-Ex’s second major appointment of a former Palletways director to a major role in the company this year. In March Pall-Ex recruited Barry Byers, former Palletways network director, to the role of Pall-Ex ...
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ArticleNew freight service launched from Port of Liverpool to Spain and Portugal
A new freight service has been launched from the Port of Liverpool which opens a direct link between the North West of England and Northern Spain and Portugal.Shipping company Containerships will offer a weekly loop service connecting Spain and Portugal to the UK and Ireland, largely for fresh foods, which ...
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ArticleAztek Logistics steps in to provide vital PPE storage for NHS
Pallet-Track member Aztek Logistics has provided vital storage for essential PPE during the coronavirus pandemic.Aztek founder Stuart Charter and his team has been storing essential PPE at the company’s BRC-accredited 120,000sq ft premises in Letchworth, free of charge until needed by the local NHS East Ambulance storage facility.Charter said: “Storing ...
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ArticleThe road to zero emissions will be travelled by many different types of low carbon vehicles
If one thing is certain as the UK heads to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 it is that no one low carbon technology has emerged to provide the answer to decarbonising heavy, long distance freight transport in the near term.Over the next 30 years there is likely to be ...
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Long list of actions needed to solve driver shortage but training companies face uncertain future
Road haulage and logistics is an essential but “forgotten” industry that government must do more to support if it is to address its skills shortages and help drive the post-Covid-19 economic recovery, according to Sir Mike Penning MP, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on road freight and logistics. ...