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Goodwill takes on roads role at DfT, as focus on rail grows

2013-10-10T11:18:00Z

Department for Transport: all change, pleaseRoads minister Stephen Hammond has been replaced by Robert Goodwill at the DfT, as part of a series of changes that appear to increase ministers’ focus on rail services.Goodwill, previously a Conservative party whip is MP for Scarborough and Whitby, and was a farmer before ...

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MT Tracker - 10 October

2013-10-10T09:35:00Z

The big event for the MT basket of transport shares - the MT Tracker - is that Royal Mail will be joining this watching brief from tomorrow. The BBC is already reporting this morning that shares will trade at the top of the price range (around 330p) giving it a ...

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Prohire grows with RH Rentals deal

2013-10-09T16:17:00Z

Contract hire and fleet management specialist Prohire has acquired Nottingham-based RH Rentals for an undisclosed sum.David Barlow, Prohire chairman and CEO, said RH Rentals fleet, which includes rigid vehicles, tractor units and vans, was "a perfect complement to Prohire’s".Prohire will further increase its fleet size by placing a ...

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Road transport making tracks?

2013-10-09T15:51:00Z

There’s a growing buzz noticeable within road transport, according to the boss of the Pallet-Track network, with the UK economy showing signs of rousing itself from its long hibernation.Speaking to The Hub, Nigel Parkes said Pallet-Track was around 15% ahead of where it was at this point last year in ...

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Potter Logistics in Wagg deal

2013-10-09T11:50:00Z

Potter Logistics has won a storage contract with pet food supplier Wagg Foods.The deal will see Potter Logistics dealing with 450 pallets a week of supermarket branded pet food, delivered from Wagg’s factory in Dalton to its DC in Ripon ahead of onwards delivery to Tesco.The operator’s Ripon DC has ...

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South West Delivery Services owed more than a £1m to creditors

2013-10-09T11:23:00Z

South West Delivery Services owed almost £1.3m to creditors when it was placed into liquidation in June.Following liquidation, the operator’s business was acquired by Kay Transport, part of the Gregory Distribution group of companies, in a move that saved the majority of the workforce’s jobs.Significant creditors to the liquidated business ...

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RHA helps raise awareness of cycle safety on Isle of Wight

2013-10-09T10:15:00Z

The RHA and local member Steve Porter Transport took a truck to Newport for the start of the Isle of Wight cylcing festival on 14 September to get cyclists in the cab and demonstrate the blind spots faced by LGV drivers.Part of the RHA's cycle safety campaign, the initiative is ...

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The good, the bad and the ugly - Tony Pain's 45 year in truck marketing

2013-10-09T08:24:00Z

One of the best known figures in the UK transport industry, Daf Trucks marketing director Tony Pain retired on 4 October at the age of 63,45 years to the day since he started work at Leyland.Pain got into the job because he always wanted to design trucks, but says he ...

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DPD and Hermes launch returns service for DPD customers

2013-10-08T15:03:00Z

DPD has launched a customer returns service in conjunction with Hermes, extending the parcel carriers’ seven-year relationship.The recently-launched service will utilise Hermes’ myHermes ParcelShops network by offering DPD customers the opportunity to return unwanted goods by dropping their parcel off at convenience stores. Hermes will then collect parcels from the ...

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Menzies Distribution launches high street deliveries business

2013-10-08T13:17:00Z

Newspaper and magazine transport firm Menzies Distribution has revealed that it is currently in talks with high street retailers about delivering other types of freight.It has launched Menzies Logistics Solutions to utilise its 1,600-strong fleet after deliveries of print products have been made, usually between 4am and 8am every day.Menzies ...

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Norbert Dentressangle signs four-year deal with Toolbank

2013-10-07T16:16:00Z

Norbert Dentressangle has won a four-year contract with hand and power tool supplier Toolbank, covering distribution to stores and Christmas peak warehousing.The contract covers the collection of products from Toolbank’s two NDCs in the Midlands and night time distribution to 11 Toolbank stores using six dedicated vehicles. It will also ...

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CitySprint acquires Brighton-based Bullit Couriers

2013-10-07T16:15:00Z

CitySprint has acquired Brighton-based same-day firm, Bullit Couriers, improving its access to the area.The company and its staff transferred over to CitySprint, which has so far acquired four other same-day couriers in 2013, on 30 September. A spokeswoman was unable to confirm the size of Bullit’s business.CitySprint chief executive Patrick ...

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Europa Worldwide expands into North Africa

2013-10-07T12:44:00Z

Europa Worldwide has launched its first regular service to and from Morocco, the first route in an expansion of its services over the next 15 months.As part of the twice-a-week service Europa will work with Moroccan haulier GR Valade.Joint MD Gren Turner said the new route provided Europa with the ...

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City Link invests £500,000 in Southampton depot

2013-10-07T12:31:00Z

City Link has opened a new depot in Southampton to handle increased demand for parcel collection and delivery in the area.The parcel carrier has invested £500,000 in the new 64,000ft² site on the Fareham Industrial Park, which is 30% larger than its previous depot.The increased capacity has allowed it to ...

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TfL launches Out-of-Hours Consortium

2013-10-04T16:12:00Z

TfL has today (4 October) revealed its Out-of-Hours Consortium, as well as officially announcing new out-of-hours delivery trials will be up and running in London within months. The trials, which were mooted this summer in TfL’s response to the Roads Task Force’s report on the future for the capital’s ...

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Amazon Logistics plans four more regional depots

2013-10-04T11:47:00Z

Amazon plans to open four more depots under its ‘Amazon Logistics’ business in 2014 to give it more flexibility and capacity.The online retailer hopes to open four more regional sites at undisclosed locations in the North West, South W est, the Midlands and Yorkshire, in addition to sites already operational ...

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Do all roads lead to ruin? The funding conundrum

2013-10-04T11:29:00Z

This week the head of the bank of England, Mark Carney, told ITV News Anglia the UK had "an infrastructure deficit in transport and beyond".That assessment will surprise very few - the truth of the statement confronts us everyday as we sit in traffic jams, crash down pot-holes and spend ...

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Analysts suggest DHL Express same-day sale will create CitySprint competitor

2013-10-03T15:28:00Z

Analysts have said the planned sale of DHL Express’s same-day domestic business will create another major player in the market to compete with CitySprint, and is unlikely to affect DHL's profitability.Frank Proud, director at Apex Insight said the deal will see Rico Logistics, the company set to buy the ...

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Norbert Dentressangle storage demand hints at possible economic upturn

2013-10-03T15:25:00Z

Norbert Dentressangle has reported higher-than-usual demand for storage space within its shared user network in recent months, suggesting it could be indicative of an upturn in the economy. Although demand for storage always increases in the run-up to Christmas, the company has already seen a 30% reduction in the amount ...

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Cold store costs impact on Reed Boardall pre-tax profit

2013-10-03T15:15:00Z

Costs associated with the opening of a new cold store last October at Boroughbridge, Yorkshire-based food logistics specialist Reed Boardall Group had a significant effect on the firm’s pre-tax profit for the year, it has emerged. The group’s latest accounts reveal a 5.7% increase in turnover for the year ...