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Latest news – Page 607
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Fors value questioned after some public sector bodies admit they don't require it
Further questions about the usefulness of Fors membership have surfaced, after it emerged some public sector bodies in London do not require truck operators they subcontract to be involved in the newly privatised accreditation scheme. Essex vehicle recovery firm Boleyn Recovery and Fleet Services told MT it had evidence of ...
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ArticleThree MANs for Tyneside Express Transport
Tyneside Express Transport has put three MAN TGX 440hp 6x2 tractors on the road, all with XXL sleeper cabs.They have been purchased outright from MAN Truck & Bus Gateshead to replace three older vehicles and put into operation in the general haulage business to pull both curtainsided and flatbed trailers.Darren ...
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City Link devised turnaround plan before its administration
City Link’s management had laid out plans to pull out of the B2C market and refocus the courier’s efforts on attracting higher-margin business shortly before its collapse, it has emerged.A report published by administrator Ernst & Young (EY) also revealed that the troubled parcels carrier saw a net loss after ...
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Magnet sticks to Wincanton for kitchen deliveries
Wincanton has won a home delivery and distribution contract renewal with kitchen firm Magnet.The deal sees the continuation of Wincanton's two-man home delivery service from Magnet's North East manufacturing plant in Darlington to the manufacturer’s UK customer base. The logistics firm makes around 40,000 deliveries per year of kitchen furniture, ...
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Former Excel Logistics boss Allan named as Tesco chairman
Supermarket chain Tesco has appointed former Exel Logistics chief John Allan as its new chairman.Allan will replace Richard Broadbent following his decision to step down from the post on 1 March.Allan was CEO of Ocean Group in the 1990s and then of Exel when Ocean merged with NFC in 2000.He ...
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ArticleWhistl sees £8.1m loss in 2013
Whistl UK posted a loss in the year it begin a nationwide roll-out of its own final mile delivery network.Its annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013 show that the company recorded a £8.1m pre-tax loss, compared to a pre-tax profit of £5.7m the previous year.Whistl declined to ...
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ArticleCar transporter up in arms over new Dartford Crossing charge
Several car transporter operators have been in contact with The Hub this week to express their concerns with what appears to be a recent change in policy at the Dartford Crossing. Operators claimed that car transporters are being treated as vehicles that exceed the size restrictions for the northbound tunnels ...
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ArticleHow will 2015 look for the parcel sector?
Over the last decade the parcel delivery sector has had to evolve to meet the needs of a changing B2C sector, bought on by sharper Christmas peaks, promises of “free” delivery by retailers and, most recently, Black Friday sales.But what do those in the sector think will be the biggest ...
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FTA and RHA to press Treasury for driver training funding
The FTA and RHA are set to meet with the Treasury today to make the case for government funding for the training of HGV drivers.Both trade associations have been pressing for a meeting with the Treasury to explore new ways to encourage people to enter the driver labour force. They ...
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Student loans proposal for learner HGV drivers is not dead
The chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freight Transport (APPG) has said a push to extend student loans to cover would-be HGV drivers is not dead, despite the government seemingly killing-off the proposal.Speaking to Motortransport.co.uk at an event at Westminster last week, Rob Flello MP said that despite ...
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Whistl heads into contract logistics with Jiffy win
Whistl has branched out into contract logistics and has signed a three-year deal with the Jiffy Packaging Company.Whistl, formerly TNT Post, will manage the onsite transport activities at Jiffy’s Winsford, Cheshire manufacturing site through its logistics division.It will also deliver items such as bubble film, bubble lined mailers, padded bags ...
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ArticleDX puts Fiat Ducato Maxi conversions into operation
DX Group has ordered four specially designed 5-tonne GVW vehicles with chassis conversions and lightweight bodies.The cab is a Fiat Ducato Maxi with a 3 litre engine. The chassis was supplied and fitted by Al-Ko Kober in Warwickshire and the body supplied by Leicester-based Doyles Commercial Vehicle Bodybuilding. Each have ...
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Operators should monitor cycle superhighway 2 route during construction works
TfL is urging the use of alternative routes during peak times while construction work to upgrade cycle superhighway 2 (CS2) takes place in the capital.The upgrade will create a fully and semi-segregated route between Aldgate and Bow roundabout, including 11 cycle-priority junctions installed, including at Aldgate, Mile End and Whitechapel.A ...
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Operators split over Fors fees
Operators joining newly privatised Fors later this month will pay from £485 up to an eye-watering £11,250 in annual fees to be part of the benchmarking and safety initiative.The new pricing, which sees operators charged on the basis of fleet size and number of operating centres for the previously free ...
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ArticleOperators urged to monitor routes during cycle superhighway 2 upgrade works
TfL is urging the use of alternative routes during peak times while construction work to upgrade cycle superhighway 2 (CS2) takes place.The upgrade will create a fully and semi-segregated route between Aldgate and Bow roundabout, including 11 cycle-priority junctions installed, including at Aldgate, Mile End and Whitechapel.The vast majority of ...
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TNT Express misses turnover and profit expectations
TNT Express said it does not expect to see the full benefit of its profit improvement strategy until 2018-19, as it admits it did not acheive the turnover and profitability it expected in 2014.It anticipates that adverse trading conditions in Western Europe will continue and believes that 2015 will be ...
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Skills for Logistics liquidation process gets underway
Skills for Logistics (SfL) has officially entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation.Following a creditors’ meeting on 9 February, Peter O’Hara and Simon Weir of West Yorkshire firm O’Hara & Co were appointed to handle the liquidation.Speaking to MotorTransport.co.uk, Weir said the liquidation process would take several months to complete, while standard investigations ...
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Contract review hits DX Group turnover
DX Group saw turnover slip during the first half of its financial year as it continued with its strategy of ending commercially unattractive contracts that were inherited with its acquisition of the former Nightfreight business.Its half-year results covering the period to 31 December 2014 revealed a drop in turnover to ...
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InPost locker network continues to grow, while ByBox leaves B2C market
In looks like InPost UK is making headway with its plans for 2,000 parcel lockers across the UK, but rival ByBox has decided to pull out of the B2C locker market altogether.Jonathan Smith, chairman of InPost UK, said volumes are continuing to grow and is signing up more retailers to ...
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ICO spills the beans on dumped post enquiry
At last, The Hub has achieved some closure to the long-running saga of the Information Commissioner’s enquiry into the bag of post found dumped in a river in North London early last year.The case, which involved the discovery in April 2014 in Colindale, north London, of a full bag of ...