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Benchmark your people power
Market analysts Analytiqa has teamed up with FireDog Research - set up by former SfL chief executive Ross Moloney (pictured) - to launch a benchmarking service enabling logistics operators to find out how their company compares with their peers in a range of HR and customer related KPIs.The new service ...
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Gregory Distribution and Horsepower host HGV driving taster day
HGV training provider Horsepower teamed up with Gregory Distribution last month to host an HGV driving taster day at the Westpoint Arena in Exeter. The company, which works to attract female drivers into the road transport industry, welcomed 100 people to the event, with 39 trying their hand at driving ...
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ArticleTransport Committee to investigate hard-shoulder-running on motorways
The Transport Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the effectiveness of all-lane running on England’s motorways.Several all-lane running motorway schemes in sections of the M1, M4, M5, M6, M42 and M62 are in operation either as part of a managed motorway, or with the hard shoulder used as a ...
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ArticleSociety of Operations Engineers appoints Ian Chisholm as MD
Ian Chisholm has been appointed as MD of the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) after 14 years with the society. Chisholm joined SOE in 2001 as an engineering executive, and has been awarded the new role to mark what the society describes as its "next phase in growth".He said that ...
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Cenex develops performance calculator for gas-powered HGVs
Cenex has developed a performance simulation tool for fleets looking to operate dual-fuel (gas/diesel) HGVs.It will enable fleet operators to calculate the cost and carbon emission savings from dual-fuel trucks and compare with their diesel counterparts.The new software will be incorporated into the existing Cenex Fleet Carbon Reduction Tool.It follows ...
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Better Capital expects £22m City Link payout
Former City Link parent Better Capital has revised up the amount it expects to receive from its investment in the collapsed parcel carrier.In its report for the six months to 30 September, the business turnaround specialist said it expects to collect a £22m dividend from the sale of City Link’s ...
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Pressure mounts for DVSA as second union threatens to escalate strikes
Pressure is mounting on the DVSA management to return to the negotiating table with a second union pledging to escalate strike action across DVSA centres this week.The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has announced plans for a rolling programme of regional strikes, following a two day strike last week.The ...
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CCC optimistic on cutting carbon emissions
Can HGVs ever be weaned off their addiction to diesel? Alternatives such as recycled chip fat, natural gas, electric pantographs or even shire horses (see Commercial Motor 26 November for a trip down memory lane) still seem a long way from the mainstream.The Committee on Climate Change’s new report, Sectoral ...
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Menzies buys Oban Express to increase Scottish reach
Menzies Distribution has bought Scottish parcels carrier Oban Express to boost its service offering in remote locations. Oban Express operates depots in Oban and Glasgow, and runs 45 vehicles compared with Menzies' 240-strong fleet.Menzies Distribution MD Forsyth Black said the acquisition would make it easier “for customers in Western Scotland ...
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Fuel duty holiday is over
As ever with things such as the Autumn Statement and Spending Review, the devil is in the detail - in the latter's case about 160-plus pages of detail.While the admission of fuel duty from George Osborne's statement this week was, on the face of it, welcomed his admission has proved ...
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ArticleBeware the ApprenticeSHOP levy!
Well, it seems that it’s going to happen. I’m not trying to make any political points when I say that I was sceptical when it was first announced. Measures which hit employers in the pocket – which this surely will - have a tendency of entering that wonderful Westminster black ...
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Tesco DC staff contemplate strike in run-up to Christmas
Around 2,000 drivers and warehouse staff across three Tesco DCs could be taking strike action in the run-up to Christmas, after union Unite began balloting them following what it described as a “pitiful” pay offer by the retailer. Some 700 staff at Tesco’s Belfast and Doncaster DCs will be balloted ...
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Most ATFs 'unaffected' by strike, claims DVSA
Most authorised testing facilities (ATFs) were unaffected by the strike carried out by Prospect vehicle testing and enforcement staff working for the DVSA earlier this month, the government agency has said. In a written statement, a DVSA spokesman told Motortransport.co.uk “over 85%” of ATFs were unaffected by the union’s three-hour ...
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ArticleChancellor's failure to back HGV driver training will hurt the UK economy
The RHA and FTA have expressed their frustration at the government’s failure to back calls for an HGV driver training fund in the Autumn Statement, and criticised the absence of a dedicated driving apprenticeship. RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said that ignoring the trade association’s call for a £150m driver ...
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ArticleNew device monitors drivers' blood sugar levels in real time
Employers can ensure they comply with medical requirements surrounding diabetes and driving with the launch of a device that monitors blood sugar levels in real time.The GSM-enabled monitoring device also receives information that helps HGV drivers manage their condition and according to hauliers’ organisation The Logistics Guild, could prevent future ...
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Operators face a return to fuel duty increases from 2016
Fuel duty is set to be increased next year and will climb each year after that in line with inflation.Although chancellor George Osborne did not mention fuel duty in his Autumn Statement yesterday (25 November), effectively maintaining the status quo that has meant no duty rises in five years, this ...
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Fuel duty held for now but chancellor ignores calls for a cut
The chancellor has held fuel duty in today’s Autumn Statement meaning no rise for a fifth year running but could have gone further, according to FairFuelUK (FFUK).FFUK, which released new CEBR research ahead of the Autumn Statement and Spending Review, said while no increase was welcome the chancellor “could have ...
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DfT hit hardest by government budget cuts
The DfT was hit with the biggest government departmental cut in the Spending Review today. Released alongside George Osborne's Autumn Statement, the review sets out a 37% cut in the DfT's day-to-day operations budget, which will see it fall from £2.6bn this year to £1.8bn in 2019/20.This is despite an ...
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Motor Transport Podcast: FairFuelUK, Autumn Statement
The latest Motor Transport Podcast is now available to download from iTunes.In this week's edition the Motor Transport news team discuss what operators should expect from the chancellor’s Autumn Statement today. It also includes some highlights from the FairFuelUK-commissioned report, Assessing the Impact of Lower Prices on the UK ...
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UK Mail chief executive steps down after hub debacle
UK Mail chief executive Guy Buswell (pictured) has stepped down with immediate effect, after the installation of incompatible parcel sorting technology at its purpose built new hub.His departure comes just a week after UK Mail’s interim results showed even greater losses than had been anticipated.It has begun a search for ...