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Stobart wins 15 year Welsh biomass contract

2013-09-30T10:03:00Z

Stobart Group’s Biomass division has won a 15-year contract with Western Bioenergy to supply 150,000 tonnes of biomass a year to its plant in Port Talbot, Wales.Furthermore Stobart has invested an £800,000 equity and debt stake in the project, alongside Greensphere Capital, which owns Western Bioenergy.Stobart Biomass will supply approximately ...

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Allport to provide Continental transport for ASOS

2013-09-30T08:52:00Z

Online fashion retailer ASOS has extended its relationship with Allport Cargo Services.The operator has managed ASOS’s international supply chain operations across air and sea since April 2012.Under the terms of the expanded contract, it will now also arrange road transport services for key ASOS suppliers via its own vehicle fleet ...

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Stand and deliver: customer's e-commerce expectations

2013-09-27T14:02:00Z

We're becoming an ever more demanding bunch when shopping online, according to a new European-focused analysis of the global 2013 UPS Pulse of the Online Online Shopper report.With the likes of smartphones and tablets making ordering something online about as easy as it's likely to get - at least until ...

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Harlequin Logistics on track for £10m turnover in 2013

2013-09-27T11:18:00Z

Haulage consortium Harlequin Logistics has signed five new contracts so far this year, and expects to close 2013 with turnover in excess of £10m.The consortium was launched in 2011 and comprises of Currie European Transport, Jack Richards & Son; John Raymond Transport, R Swain and Sons and Prestons of Potto ...

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WH Malcolm enjoys increase in activity levels

2013-09-26T16:01:00Z

WH Malcolm saw both turnover and pre-tax profit rise in the 12 months ending 31 January 2013 as it “enjoyed an increase in activity levels”.Turnover was up 2.8% to £177.4m, from £172.5m in the previous financial year, at the logistics arm of the Malcolm Group. Pre-tax profit in the division ...

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John Lewis launches CollectPlus collection trial

2013-09-26T15:22:00Z

Collect_PlusRetailer John Lewis has launched a trial allowing customers to collect goods from CollectPlus outlets.Customers will be able to pick up items purchased online via John Lewis at 1,500 local convenience stores, supermarkets and petrol stations within the CollectPlus network, initially in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the South West ...

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KNDL restructuring plan remains intact

2013-09-26T12:20:00Z

Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) has said its plan to restructure its drinks distribution network remains in place, despite industrial action by Unite members last week.Members of the union carried out a 24-hour strike earlier this month and were engaged in an indefinite ban on overtime and a ...

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Boughey Distribution network restructure making progress as planned

2013-09-26T11:54:00Z

Boughey Distribution, the food division at NWF Group, is making “progress as planned” as it looks to consolidate work for several customers customers at its Wardle, Greater Manchester, site.In August NWF announced that Boughey would restructure its network, after reporting a 14.2% year-on-year drop in turnover to £36.4m, which would ...

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Decision on who will run Southampton's Sustainable Distribution Centre due in October

2013-09-26T11:01:00Z

Southampton City Council has drawn up a short-list of operators to tender to run its Sustainable Distribution Centre (SDC), after inviting expressions of interest in the summer.The council has been awarded £225,000 from a central government local sustainable transport fund to fund the SDC, which will serve Southampton, Winchester, Eastleigh, ...

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Lionvest Trading signs up Meachers for another three years

2013-09-26T08:11:00Z

Meachers has been rewarded with a contract extension by Lionvest TradingWood flooring importer Lionvest Trading (UK) has extended its warehousing and distribution contract with Southampton-based Meachers Global Logistics.Meachers and Lionvest have worked together for the past eight years, and the three-year contract extension is the third such deal during this ...

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Remember, remember Driver CPC in September

2013-09-25T15:36:00Z

Having established that if there is a driver shortage next year due to the Driver CPC UK operators will not be able to recruit drivers from abroad that don’t hold the certificate – regardless of whether they are from one of the eight countries in Europe that have an extension ...

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Skills for Logistics chief replaced by deputy

2013-09-25T13:26:00Z

Skills for Logistics (SfL) has announced the sudden departure of its chief executive, Mick Jackson. Jackson (pictured), who had been in the post for five years, has been replaced with immediate effect by his former deputy, Ross Moloney, while the board seeks a new chief executive.In a written statement from ...

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Highways Agency extends roadworks contract with Norbert Dentressangle

2013-09-25T13:24:00Z

The Highways Agency has renewed a contract with Norbert Dentressangle to manage the storage and distribution of goods in support of road repairs and maintenance throughout the country. The contract, which ND originally won in 2009 and has now been extended to 2015, is serviced from a 100,000ft² area at ...

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Unite suspends industrial action at KNDL after fresh talks

2013-09-25T13:22:00Z

Industrial action by Unite members at Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) has been halted, following meetings between union representatives and company managers last week, KNDL has confirmed.The industrial action, which began with a 24 hour strike by drivers, draymen and warehouse staff on 11 September and included an indefinite ...

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MT Tracker - 25 September

2013-09-25T12:47:00Z

Well you win some and you lose some. Trading in shares at UK Mail Group continues to be a profitable experience, but - despite a good performance in its transport division Hargreaves shares continue to splutter.Yesterday Hargreaves Logistics said its turnover had increased by £5.4m from £77.3m to £82.7m for ...

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B2C parcels continues to drive growth at UK Mail

2013-09-25T09:28:00Z

Turnover at UK Mail Group is ahead of expectations as its parcels business continues to post double-digit growth in the B2C sector.In a pre-close trading update issued today (25 September) UK Mail said that reported turnover for the first half of the year would show a 7% year-on-year improvement – ...

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MAN pushes operator choice

2013-09-25T08:27:00Z

MAN will continue with a two-pronged approach to truck sales in the UK for the foreseeable future, offering operators a choice of new Euro-6 or used Euro-5 vehicles well into 2014.Speaking at the launch of MAN’s complete Euro-6 line up – other than engines over 500hp, which will be revealed ...

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Wincanton extends Valero fuel contract

2013-09-24T14:53:00Z

Wincanton has signed a five-year contract extension with petroleum refiner Valero in a deal that will see it move more than two billion litres of fuel a year.The contract, which extended the already 20 year-old partnership between the two firms, also sees the operator take over the scheduling and planning ...

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Knights of Old wins Community Foods distribution deal

2013-09-24T14:09:00Z

Community Foods has signed a three-year contract with Knights of Old for the distribution of its organic food range across the UK.The contract will see Knights of Old collect orders daily from three Community Foods sites for overnight delivery to retailers via its shared user network.Ian Beattie, MD of Knights ...

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Royal Mail, ND and Tesco triumph at Women in Logistics 2013 Awards

2013-09-24T11:45:00Z

Royal Mail scooped the Company of the Year accolade at the Women in Logistics (WIL) UK awards last Friday (20 September) in Solihull.Selected by public vote, the post and parcels giant received 85% of the vote, fighting off finalists Premier Farnell and Unipart Logistics.SME of the Year Award went to ...