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Brit European closes Belgian sister-company and pulls plug on carpet distribution business
Brit European Transport has pulled out of the UK carpet distribution business following the voluntary liquidation of its Belgium-based sister company, which specialises in the warehousing and distribution of carpets to the UK. The company insisted that the demise of Zeebrugge-based Brit European Transport NV would not have any long ...
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Councils place air-quality restrictions on commercial vehicle operators
Several local authorties are looking to introduce air quality measures that will restrict commercial vehicle operations, with Slough looking to introduce the first Low Emission Zone (LEZ) outside of London.Slough Borough Council has secured funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to develop a low emission ...
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O'Donovan opts for Volvos with low-level nearside windows
O’Donovan Waste Disposal has taken delivery of two 18-tonne, Volvo FL-250 rigids with low-level nearside windows and rear-facing cameras for enhanced visibility.The firm's MD Jacqui O’Donovan said the firm had worked closely over the years with the Volvo Truck and Bus Centre London in Enfield, which supplied the trucks.She added: ...
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Strike action set to escalate at DVSA
Serious disruption of vehicle testing operations at authorised testing facilities (ATFs) is on the cards with DVSA workers planning to escalate their industrial action from this week with a series of one day strikes.The industrial action centres around a long running dispute at DVSA over pay and conditions linked to ...
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ArticlePalletways in clover with Rochford Garden Machinery deal
Palletways has struck a major logistics support deal with Rochford Garden Machinery. The pallet network will deliver goods on behalf of the garden machinery distributor to garden centres and retailers across the country. Under the contract Lichfield-based Palletways will handle all pallets for the garden machinery firm, including garden tractors ...
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Bibby wins Roberts Bakery deal after 12 month trial
Bibby Distribution has won a contract with bread maker Frank Roberts and Sons, which trades as Roberts Bakery, after a 12 month trial of the operation. The contract will see Bibby’s Scunthorpe warehouse receive bread from Roberts Bakery sites in Northwich, Cheshire and Ilkeston, Derbyshire, where it will pick and ...
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Mercedes-Benz trialling Jimmy Beam Down Light system for factory-fit potential
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has said it may start offering the Jimmy Beam Down Light (JBDL) safety system as an option on new lorries if a trial of it delivers “calculable benefits and advantages and our customers can see these”.The amber LED lights, each 1W, illuminate the ground immediately next to a ...
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Local authorities encouraged to be confident and 'ambitious' in adopting low-emission vehicle technology
Local authorities have been urged to take the lead and be "ambitious" to help stimulate the uptake of low-emission vehicles and refuelling infrastructure in the UK.The second Low-Emission Cities Workshop took place in Sheffield this week, organised by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LCVP).It saw speakers tackling the topic of ...
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FairFuelUK: Lower fuel duty will boost the economy longterm
FairFuelUK (FFUK) has published new research "that blows the current thinking around fuel duty out of the water", according to the head of the campaign.The CEBR report, Assessing the Impact of Lower Prices on the UK Economy, has revealed that the lower petrol and diesel prices of 2015 have raised ...
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Finance director disqualified for fraud
Former Euromix Concrete finance director David Marsh has been disqualified for eight years from any involvement in the promotion, formation or management of a company.It came after he provided the Insolvency Service with a disqualification undertaking, having admitted to fraudulent abuse of an invoice discounting facility. Marsh’s abuse involved him ...
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Wincanton sweet on new British Sugar contract
Wincanton has signed a ‘sweet’ new contract with British Sugar, the company responsible for around half of the UK’s sugar. Under the new three-year deal, Wincanton will transport 275,000 tonnes of sugar every year, predominantly from British Sugar’s Wissington base to locations across the UK.Wincanton will also work with British ...
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University of Huddersfield developing city-scale traffic flow management system that 'thinks for itself'
The University of Huddersfield is investigating a 'gridlock-busting' system that uses Artificial Intelligence to keep traffic flowing in large cities.According to the university, there are some intelligent systems already on the market that monitor flow and respond by automatically controlling traffic signals, but they can only cover a restricted area.A ...
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Fowler Welch doubles profit in first half of financial year
Food distribution specialist Fowler Welch more than doubled its operating profit in the first half of the current financial year, its interim report shows. Released today, the results for the six month period ending 30 September 2015 show a 118% increase in the firm’s operating profit to £3.5m (2014: £1.6m).However ...
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Vehicle test disruption likely as DVSA staff go on strike
Vehicle testing operations at authorised testing facilities (ATFs) could be disrupted tomorrow (20 November), after union Prospect confirmed many of its 580 members within the DVSA will be out on strike.The three-hour strike, set to begin at 8am, comprises both vehicle testing and roadside enforcement staff.Prospect negotiations officer Helen Stevens ...
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Robinsons Brewery puts UK's first Volvo FL Urban artics onto drinks distribution operation
Stockport-based Robinsons Brewery has taken delivery of the UK’s first new-series Volvo FL Urban artics, chosen for their “crucial” manoeuvrability capability on dray operations.The purchase of the 24-tonne GCW, 4x2 tractor units forms part of an investment programme by the brewery, which includes £5m spent on a new brewhouse and ...
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Transport Exchange Group Load Gauge shows SE driving volumes
The monthly update on freight traffic flows around the UK from Transport Exchange Group shows that in October 2015 movements from Scotland to London/SE of England were up 18% compared with October 2014, while flow from London/SE to the Midlands were up 13%. "export" from the SW to the Midlands ...
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ArticleBlakemore Logistics buys first Mercedes tractor units
Blakemore Logistics, a subsidiary of AF Blakemore Group, has welcomed a series of Mercedes-Benz trucks to its fleet for the first time, following a successful 12 month trial with an Actros tractor unit.The operator, which serves more than 1,000 Spar stores across England and Wales, has already put five 4x2 ...
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DHL Supply Chain strikes averted after last-minute pay offer
Warehouse workers at DHL Supply Chain’s Cherwell Campus site in Banbury, Oxfordshire, have called off a series of one-day strikes over a long-running pay dispute after accepting a revised deal from the logistics services provider. Following a ballot earlier this month in which the GMB union secured firm backing for ...
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Belfast City Link staff receive pay out as case against former directors dismissed
The former directors of collapsed parcel carrier City Link have been cleared of failing to inform the government of impending staff redundancies before it went into administration last year.The case against David Smith, Robert Peto and Thomas Wright was dismissed by Coventry Magistrates’ Court last week (13 November), a spokeswoman ...
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FREVUE wants to work with large electric HGV manufacturers for urban delivery project
A European project exploring the viability of electric vehicles for urban freight deliveries is calling on the manufacturers of electric HGVs of 7.5-tonnes and over to take part in the scheme.The Freight Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe (FREVUE) project wants to make sure its research is representative of a wide ...