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Microlise conference audience highlights new technology as biggest opportunity
The audience of 1,200 industry professionals at the 2019 Microlise transport conference voted new technology as the biggest opportunity for the road transport industry.The post-conference report also reveals that delegates believe the skills shortage is by far the biggest challenge facing the industry. One thing employers are doing is looking ...
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ArticleSerious Fraud Office investigating "aspects" of biodiesel trading at Greenergy
Greenergy, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of transport fuel, is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) concerning "certain aspects" of biodiesel trading.The investigation, which is being carried out jointly by the SFO and Dutch authorities, has seen a number of sites, including five of Greenergy's UK sites, ...
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News extra: Wincanton on the right road as new boss prepares to take the reins
Wincanton’s share price is trading at its highest level in a year, and despite a fall in turnover the 3PL’s operational strength appears to have pleased its critics, for now at least.Setting the tone, Gerard Khoo, a broker at Liberum, slapped a buy recommendation on the stock after stating Wincanton ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail extends reach into online shopping market with launch of parcel postboxes
Royal Mail is to roll out 1,400 parcel postboxes across the UK in a move to win a greater share of the online shopping market.The move follows a successful trial of 17 parcel postboxes in Northampton and 13 in Leicester last year.If this latest roll out is successful, Royal Mail ...
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Eddie Stobart drivers working on the Walkers Snacks Food contract to strike
Unite members at Eddie Stobart Logistics’ (ESL) Walkers Snacks Food contract are to strike over the operator’s failure to honour an existing industrial agreement.Staff at Walkers Snacks Food joined ESL via TUPE last year after the snack manufacturer outsourced its transport.The union has claimed that ESL has ignored the 50 ...
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ArticleEuropa Worldwide invests to keep its best employees
Europa Worldwide Group has launched a programme 'to nurture talent' in a move aimed at retaining staff.Although the firm’s staff turnover is around 8% lower than the industry average of 26% a year according to the firm, it is aiming to cut attrition rates even further through its talent nurture ...
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Greenergy buys William C Hockin (Tankers) to bolster its long-distance capability
Transportation fuel supplier and distributor Greenergy has bought Barnstaple-based William C. Hockin (Tankers) as part of wider plans to grow its long distance operations.Founder and MD Bill Hockin, who will join Greenergy’s board as a non-executive director, said this week that he had no plans to sell his dry good ...
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TNT UK sees continuing loss as 2017's cyber attack casts long shadow
TNT UK remained loss making in its most recent trading period once the one-off gain from the sale of its Business Solutions division is stripped out, its latest accounts show.The accounts for the year to 31 May also provide further guidance suggesting the cost of the cyber attack that crippled ...
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ArticleAxis Fleet Management collapses into administration and ceases trading
Contract hire and rental firm Axis Fleet Management has entered administration and ceased trading.Insolvency experts at FRP Advisory were appointed to the company, with a head office in Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire on 10 May.In a statement from the administrators it said “challenging trading conditions resulted in cash flow difficulties and ...
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ArticleJack Richards signs new deal in a Jiffy
Jack Richards & Son has won a deal to look after distribution for Jiffy Packaging.Having worked together on a partial contract for the last three years, the haulier has now secured the contract in full, which went live at the start of this month.The three-year deal sees Jack Richards providing ...
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Finalists revealed for everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards 2019
A shorlist of 46 individuals makes up this year’s 2019 everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards programme, with the winners set to be announced at an awards ceremony in London on 13 June at the Grosvenor House HotelFor the past 12 years, the awards have celebrated the UK’s brightest ...
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ArticleSee the future of alternative fuels with LowCVP
Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership 2019 annual conference will be themed ‘More than electric dreams?' Future fuels on the Road to Zero’.To be held on July 8 in London the conference will focus on the low emission fuels agenda and acknowledge the momentum behind moves to 'electrify everything' in road transport.It ...
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ArticleProlog administrators save 130 jobs after selling Sherwood-based operation to Cotton Traders
Administrators working for warehouse and distribution firm Prolog said they had saved 130 jobs after selling off part of the business to clothing retailer Cotton Traders.Promotional Logistics, which traded as Prolog, entered administration in November 2018 following the withdrawal of financial support by a group company.A spokesman for administrator Mazars ...
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Strong retail performance mitigates contract losses at Wincanton
Wincanton saw annual turnover fall in the year ended 31 March 2019 but profit increase, thanks to a strong performance in retail that offset contract losses elsewhere.Turnover was 2.6% lower for the period at £1.14bn (2018: £1.17bn). Pre-tax profit (normalised to strip out exceptional items such as previous restructuring) was ...
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Fowler Welch clinches full supply chain contract for Delamere Dairy's M&S range
Fowler Welch has won a full supply chain contract with Delamere Dairy to handle its Marks & Spencer (M&S) volumes.The temperature-controlled specialist will be responsible for stock collection, stockholding, order processing, picking and distribution of the dairy’s M&S goods, as well as providing full customer services support.It has also developed ...
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Hauliers asked to have their say on Greater Manchester's Clean Air Zone plans
Freight operators are encouraged to take part in Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Plan consultation, which will run for seven weeks.It proposes a series of measures to improve air quality across the 10 local authorities within the region, including a charging clean air zone (CAZ) and a £59m Clean Freight Fund ...
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ArticleBibby Distribution's Mark Field named Microlise Driver of the Year 2019
Bibby Distribution driver Mark Field (pictured with host Quentin Willson) has been named Microlise Driver of the Year 2019.He also scooped the short distance category, aimed at drivers who regularly undertake journeys of up to 30,000 miles per year.The medium distance category was won by Ceva Logistics’ driver Jonathan Phillips, ...
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ArticleIT failure at DVSA frustrating operators' efforts to tax vehicles
An IT issue at DVSA, which is preventing annual test data from being processed, has left dozens of operators struggling to pay Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).The RHA said this week that it has been contacted by a number of RHA members struck by the problem, which appears to affect vehicles ...
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Wincanton appoints new chief executive as Adrian Colman announces retirement
Wincanton has appointed a new chief executive after the decision by its current CEO Adrian Colman to retire.Colman will be replaced by James Wroath, currently chief operating officer, North America, for Lufthansa subsidiary LSG Sky Chefs.Wincanton said Colman, who has held the post of CEO for the past six years, ...
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ArticleChallenge TRG Group continues acquisition spree with purchase of Phoenix Training Services
Challenge TRG Group has acquired Phoenix Training Services for an undisclosed sum as part of plans to build its presence in the HGV driver training sector.The acquisition of the Birmingham-based firm, follows its acquisition of TRG Logistics earlier this month and takes the group’s overall turnover to £120m.As part of ...