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Clipper Logistics wins Claire's online fulfilment contract
Clipper Logistics has won a contract with accessories and beauty products retailer Claire’s. The contract will cover the management and transport for Claire’s’ first online operation for consumers across the UK and Europe.It will be run out of Clipper’s 310,000 ft² DC in Selby, North Yorkshire, and will also ...
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TNT Post to challenge Royal Mail tax exemption
TNT Post is to go to court next month to challenge rival Royal Mail’s tax exemption status as the universal service provider, just as the state-owed post and parcel carrier prepares for its floatation.TNT Post believes that Royal Mail should not have a 20% advantage over other parcel carriers if ...
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ArticlePent up demand for longer semi-trailers
So the longer semi-trailer trial is back (did it ever go away?).And given the intelligent revisions that have been made, the DfT will be holding its collective breath, awaiting a surge in interest. It may have just that to look forward too, according to research by the FTA. A poll of ...
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ArticleWincanton makes first London Gateway collections
Wincanton has become the first haulier to move containers off the quay at London Gateway, despite the port not officially being open for business.The 10,000 TEU ship ZIM Rotterdam docked at Britain’s newest container port last week, even though it is not scheduled to be fully operational until November. The ...
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ArticleGovernment's emissions strategy contains very little for the road transport industy, say associations
Trade associations are urging the government to provide more focus and funding to the road transport sector to help it play its part in reducing UK carbon emissions.The government scheme – ‘Driving the Future Today – A Strategy for Ultra Low Emission Vehicles’ - was launched by the Office ...
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Abbey Logistics seeks backload partners
Abbey Logistics is seeking backload partners for its rapidly expanding general palletised freight division.“We’ve got a lot of volume going out in the north-west now across the whole of the UK, and where we’ve struggled is trying to get quality backloads from areas like London, the south-west and Scotland,” Abbey ...
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ArticleUltraframe extends Bibby Distribution contract
Bibby Distribution has renewed its contract with conservatory roofing manufacturer Ultraframe in a deal that will take the pair through to 2018.Both Bibby and Ultraframe have worked together for the past seven years, with Bibby making between 70 and 80 deliveries a day of prefabricated roofs to installers, as well ...
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DSV acquires freight forwarder SBS Worldwide
DSV has acquired Dartford-based freight forwarder SBS Worldwide Holdings for an undisclosed sum.The company has taken on SBS’s seven offices, four of which are in the United States, which DSV hopes will extend its presence in the US market.DSV Air and Sea managing director Michael Hansen said: “We already have ...
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Longer semi-trailer trial - the sequel
And so its go,go,go for the longer semi-trailer trial Mark-2, and for once it's fair play to the DfT for listening to feedback and incorporating it into this new and improved, trial (accept no substitutes).The Hub will dodge the issue that hasn't been put to bed just yet - namely ...
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Industry to get more 15.6m trailers in revamped trial
The DfT has relaunched its longer semi-trailer trial, following a consultation this summer, and in a significant concession, has said the market will be left to decide the mix of longer trailer variants within the scheme.Under the re-booted scheme, which is live now, the DfT has opened up longer semi-trailer ...
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ArticleRoad tolls are not a solution to road funding
Maritime Transport is against road tollingIt seems that tolling part of the congested A14 is fast becoming a wider, national issue for road transport and the business community.Although the government's commitment to improve the road though Cambridgeshire at face value is welcome, it's the proposal that a toll road be ...
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ArticleBusiness confidence amongst operators on the rise
Confidence among logistics operators in future business prospects has increased significantly in the past six months, according to the latest Logistics Confidence Index compiled for Barclays and Grant Thornton UK.The six-monthly survey of 100 senior managers of UK logistics firms conducted by Analytiqa, found the industry in the first half ...
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Could German and Spanish drivers plug the Driver CPC gap?
Earlier this week the first milestone in Driver CPC was reached. 10 September 2013 was the date that bus and coach drivers had to have completed 35-hours of training to retain their right to continue driving professionally. But where does this leave our European friends?Back in the UK, the passing ...
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ArticleFirst MAN Euro-6 trucks in UK will go to Dawsonrentals
MAN has unveiled its Euro-6 line up and the first UK order for 100 vehicles from Dawsonrentals.The truck and trailer rental firm will take an initial 100 MAN TGX 26.440 6x2 and TGX 18.440 4x2 Euro-6 tractors with XLX cabs for its rental fleet. MAN also expects to have Euro-6 ...
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ArticleProperty revaluation wrecks otherwise 'best ever' year at Expect
A property revaluation was responsible for scuppering the bottom line at Bradford-based Expect Distribution in the year to the end of November 2012.It was enough to turn the previous year’s profit before tax of £432,500 into a loss of more than £943,700, despite a 14% rise in turnover from £15.8m ...
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Unite calls for urgent talks with M&S
Union Unite has written to Marks & Spencer to demand urgent talks with the retailer over its ongoing distribution network restructuring. The union says almost 300 workers are “concerned about their future” at three sites in Belfast, Glasgow and Enfield. This is as a result of the recent opening of ...
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KNDL and Unite still at odds over drinks distribution
Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics has said no further meetings are scheduled with Unite despite the 24-hour strike carried out by the union’s members at a number of KNDL sites this week. The strike, which began at 10am on Wednesday 11 September and affected 29 depots, followed a ...
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MT Tracker 12 September
A lot has happened in the two weeks since the last MT Tracker, and today the government has revealed that it will begin selling shares in post and parcel operator Royal Mail within the next few weeks, adding another transport name to the companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.While ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail sale to begin in the next few weeks
The government has confirmed it will sell shares in Royal Mail on the London Stock Exchange in the next few weeks.The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) said it intends to sell the majority of its share in the post and parcel operator, but the size of the stake ...
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ArticleNews Extra: operators give Petroleum Drivers’ Passport their stamp of approval
Fuel hauliers have welcomed the launch of a national training safety-standard for tanker drivers, and are gearing up to put their staff through the Petroleum Drivers’ Passport (PDP) scheme.The PDP scheme aims to ensure a national standard is followed by all UK fuel tanker drivers, ensuring they have a common ...