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C Butt fulfils promise to return to profit
C Butt Logistics has delivered on last year’s promise to return to the black for the first time since 2014.Reporting its latest annual results for the year to 28 April 2018, the Northampton–based haulier revealed a rise in profit to £27,651 (2017: loss of £461,654).However, turnover fell in the period ...
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Bring back London freight chief, FTA tells London Assembly members
TfL needs to bring back the role of head of freight in order to co-ordinate freight movement across London, the FTA told the London Assembly today (5 February).The demand came at a meeting of the London Assembly transport committee this week, which looked at the challenges of delivering freight in ...
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ArticleIan Lister returns to Wilson James to head up construction logistics strategy
Ian Lister (pictured) has re-joined Wilson James as director of logistics concepts and strategy.The new role has been created as part of Wilson James' wider strategy to expand its logistics services.This is Lister’s third stint at Wilson James, which specialises in construction logistics, security and aviation industry services.In his previous ...
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ArticleKnowles Transport turned loss making after problems at Wisbech warehouse
Cambridgeshire-based Knowles Transport slipped into the red after operational issues at its - at that point - newly opened Wisbech DC resulted in “significant costs”.The firm’s newly published annual results covering the year to 31 December 2017, reveal that that while turnover at the company rose to £30.4m (2016: £23.2m) ...
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ArticleDemand for dedicated gas powered trucks on the rise amongst smaller operators
An increasing number of smaller operators are turning to dedicated gas powered trucks, according to Philip Fjeld the chief executive of CNG Fuels.The company, which owns and operates three biomethane gas refuelling stations at Leyland, Crewe and Northampton, is planning to open another 18 in the UK by the end ...
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ArticleMicrolise Transport Conference 2019
Europe's largest road transport conference is back on May 15th, ready to welcome over 1,200 delegates to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.[gallery link="none" columns="4" size="large" ids="40031,40032,40033,40034" orderby="rand"]This free-to-attend, one-day event is for those involved at an operational or management level in the operation of road transport fleets.Marian Kitson, director of ...
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ArticleEuropa Worldwide Group snaps up Menzies Response assets to strengthen warehousing division
Europa Worldwide Group has purchased some of the trade and assets of Menzies Response for an undisclosed sum.Menzies Response is a fulfilment and warehouse management service and will be integrated into Europa’s warehouse division.The deal includes Menzies’ warehouse in Rushden, Northamptonshire and a contact centre in Ashford, Kent.Europa’s warehouse division ...
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Management buyout at Currie Solutions, as business starts new chapter
Stephen Turner, the MD of Currie European Transport, has led a successful MBO at the Dumfries-headquartered firm.Turner, now the majority shareholder, has been with the business most of his working life and leading it as MD since 2010.Currie European rebranded as Currie Solutions in 2017 to better reflect the diversity ...
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Hermes unveils enhanced union endorsed deal for self-employed couriers
The boss of Hermes UK has said he is both proud and excited about a ground-breaking deal with the GMB union, which will give self-employed couriers access to holiday pay as well as guaranteed earnings.Martin de Lange, CEO of Hermes UK, told MT that it was personally important to him ...
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Prolog creditors set to be stung for millions after firm's pre-pack sale
Trade creditors of Prolog may only receive a tiny fraction of the estimated £10m owed to them after the company entered administration and was then sold off in parts.In a report to creditors, Mazars said the warehouse and distribution firm - registered at Companies House as Promotional Logistics but which ...
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Birmingham creates new website to help fleet operators with clean air zone compliance
Birmingham City Council has developed a new website to help operators understand pending clean air zone requirements and provide fleet upgrade advice.Business Breathes features information on low-emission vehicles, grants and incentives that will be available if businesses need to upgrade their vehicles to avoid charges.It also provides online tools such ...
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DfT under fire over Brexit ferry deals as FTA prepares for the worse and Manston contingency is extended
MPs have accused the government of failing to respond to allegations that it illegally awarded ferry contracts to three operators as part of Brexit ‘no deal’ contingency plans.As the FTA announced it was continuing to advise members about managing UK-EU trade flows in the event of the country crashing out ...
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ArticleHermes Europe CEO Carole Walker to retire in the summer
Carole Walker will step down from her role as CEO of Hermes Europe and take early retirement this summer.It is a decision Walker said she made a long time ago, but felt the timing was now right to announce.From 1 March, Kay Schiebur, Otto Group executive board member services, will ...
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ArticleMore employers needed to promote logistics careers to students
Think Logistics is looking for logistics firms to offer over 90 internships or work placements for students around the UK between February and August this year. Employers taking part in the programme last year were so impressed with their interns that 75% said they would have been happy to offer ...
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ArticleVeolia fined £1m after employee run over by HGV and killed
Veolia ES (UK) has been fined £1m after one of its employees was run over and killed by a reversing lorry.John Head suffered fatal injuries when he was run over by the refuse vehicle whilst he was walking across the yard at the waste and recycling arm’s Ross Depot Waste ...
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ArticleKidds Transport adds warehousing space as its business outlook brightens
Kidds Transport in Lancaster has put the devastating effects of 2015’s Storm Desmond behind it, investing £1.6m in additional warehousing following “tremendous growth”.The new warehousing space - located at a separate site to the haulier's Canton Road headquarters - provides an extra 130,000sq ft of storage and two acres of ...
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Knights of Old selected as long distance partner for CAE Delivers
Irish parcel carrier CAE Delivers has selected Knights of Old as its long-distance haulage partner.Under the terms of the deal the Kettering-based haulier will collect and consolidate consignments in south-east England for delivery to CAE’s Dublin depot.CAE Delivers’ MD Jamie Knapper said: “Over the last year or so, we have ...
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ArticleUPN to move to new central hub next year
United Pallet Network (UPN) is to move to a new home next year as it makes provision for continuing growth.The pallet network is to relocate to a new facility on Fradley Distribution Park, where its current central hub is.A new long-term lease commences from January 2020 and UPN will be ...
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Hargreaves Services counts the cost of Wolf Minerals collapse
The insolvency of a major mining customer cost Hargreaves Services more than £8m last year, the group revealed today.In its interim results, Hargreaves Services, whose distribution and services division includes Hargreaves Logistics and Hargreaves Waste Services, detailed the impact of Wolf Minerals' insolvency.The resulting loss of the contract at the ...
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ArticleDriving training to the next level at UPS Integrad
Burton upon Trent was once a global brewing superpower and although that heyday is behind it, the town has successfully reinvented itself, retaining its international flavour and attracting the likes of UPS.The global operator opened its UK Integrad training facility in the Staffordshire town in May 2017, in a move ...