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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle awarded Glen Dimplex contract extention
Norbert Dentressangle has had its contract with Glen Dimplex Home Appliances (GDHA) renewed for three years.The operator will use a core fleet of 16 vehicles and 64 trailers, including some 15.6m longer semi-trailers, to move finished products between GDHA’s manufacturing plant in Preston to its national DC in Stoke-on-Trent. It ...
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Morrisons closes Swan Valley transport operation
Morrisons has confirmed plans to close the transport operation at its Swan Valley DC in Northampton, bringing in third parties to handle deliveries from the site.The supermarket held an O-licence to run 90 vehicles and 165 trailers out of the site on the Swan Valley industrial estate.A spokesman for the ...
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ArticleYellow line proposal raises red flag for truck operators
Commercial vehicles looking to load or unload on yellow lines may soon find themselves fighting for space after plans put forward by secretary of state for communities and local government, Eric Pickles, to let general motorists park for limited periods on yellow lines.Pickles has proposed allowing motorists to park free ...
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Fuel rebate scheme extension may not yield equal benefit
It has emerged that the Treasury’s plan to extend the existing island fuel rebate scheme to parts of mainland UK may not result in the same 5p/litre rebate enjoyed by those already in the scheme. Treasury officials have made clear to Motortransport.co.uk that the ‘extension’ to the scheme – which ...
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Norbert Dentressangle confident of strong trading in H2
Norbert Dentressangle’s logistics business saw a 4% increase in turnover during the first half of this year, with growth in the division likely to continue in the second half.The firm’s first half results, which were published today (1 August), revealed that turnover in the division grew to €897m (£781m) in ...
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CWU votes in favour of Royal Mail strike
Royal Mail expressed its disappointment today after members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) unanimously voted in favour of holding a national strike ballot this year.In a CWU forum meeting this morning (1 August), around 500 reps voted to hold a strike ballot no later than September, unless the union ...
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Further rural areas to be considered for fuel rebate
Plans to extend the island fuel rebate scheme have been announced by chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.The move could see the fuel rebate of 5p/litre currently enjoyed by retailers of road fuel within the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, the Islands of the Clyde and the ...
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Unite warns DHL its members could vote to strike over pensions
Unite the union has threatened to put a vote for industrial action to its members employed by DHL Supply Chain, unless guarantees are made over their pension schemes.Both parties are currently in talks over changes to its different pension schemes: its final salary pension – which Unite alleges DHL wishes ...
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ArticleAbbey wins lime supplier Lhoist UK contract
Lime supplier Lhoist UK has awarded a new long-term distribution contract to Abbey Logistics Group.The operator will deliver lime products to Lhoist’s customers in the construction, waste water, drinking water, food, agriculture, flue gas treatment, chemistry and soil stabilisation industries.The contract will cover deliveries from Lhoist’s quarries in Hindow, Derbyshire ...
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ArticleKeyPL proves 4PL model can deliver cost and service benefits
While TDG may not have invented the term 4PL, it was certainly one of the leaders in making the concept work for its customer Corus Steel back in 2006. Since then TDG has been acquired by Norbert Dentressangle (ND) and Corus taken over by Tata Steel, and 4PL has been ...
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ArticleKeep young and beautiful if you want to be hired
Fast-growing trailer rental firm Hireco is investing in new tracking technology as well as new trailers as director James Smith tells Steve HobsonWith a fleet of 5,000 trailers, all under five years old, Berkshire-based Hireco ranked fifth in MT’s first CV Informer league table of trailer rental firms. Director James ...
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ArticleWaitrose to open Leyland RDC in September
Waitrose will officially open its £32m Leyland RDC in September, following a phased roll-out from late July.The RDC, which includes a 360,000ft² warehouse, a vehicle maintenance unit and 50,000ft² of office space, will initially service 42 stores across the north of England and Scotland.This number is expected to increase to ...
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MT Tracker 31 July
After revealing its positive outlook for the rest of the current financial year last week, Wincanton’s continually increasing share price has hit its highest point since the MT Tracker began in January.The company updated investors that it had performed well in the first quarter of its current financial year, despite ...
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ArticleLiverpool looks to regain status as northern logistics hub
Next summer an expected 250,000 international business people will converge on Liverpool for the International Festival for Business, a two-month showcase for UK plc.As part of the Festival, Mersey Maritime is holding a Maritime, Logistics & Energy Week, which will highlight the growing importance of Liverpool as a northern logistics ...
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Michelin rolls out fuel saving programme for LGV fleets
Michelin is introducing a fuel-saving programme for truck operators, offering a money-back guarantee if those savings do not materialise.Called Effifuel, it comes from a new Michelin subsidiary called Michelin Solutions. Franck Estoquié, marketing director at Michelin Solutions said the subsidiary was nothing to do with selling tyres.“We are dedicated to ...
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ArticleHeatwave leads to volume boom at DHL
The recent heatwave has seen massive spikes in retail volumes for chilled and frozen goods, according to DHL Supply Chain.The UK’s largest logistics firm said the hot weather in July had seen demand for bottled water rise by 45% and soft drink volume increase by 35%.During the heatwave, which is ...
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ArticlePallet-Track achieves 10 millionth pallet milestone
Pallet-Track forklift trucksPallet-Track has processed its 10 millionth pallet through its Wolverhampton hub , achieving the milestone in less than ten years of operation and without a single loss.The company, which will celebrate a decade in business next year, operates from a 267,000ft² DC in Millfield Road.The network also ...
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UK Mail to move into new Slough depot in August
UK Mail will move into its 45,000 ft² extended Slough depot at the beginning of August, almost doubling the space it has in the area.The newly-refurbished site on Buckingham Avenue will nearly double the company’s presence on the Slough Trading Estate, which also includes a 24,000 ft² site on nearby ...
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Premier Logistics to move home this autumn
Leicester-based Premier Logistics is to move to a new home this autumn, which will allow it to significantly grow its warehousing business as well as offer new services.The company will leave its Meridian Business Park home to move to a new DC at a 200,000ft² former factory site, which also ...
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TNT UK makes managers redundant after group profit dips
TNT UK is restructuring its operations and sales divisions in a management shake-up that will see up to 15 redundancies.The company said it is reviewing management roles and introducing new positions that are more suitable to the way it currently operates.A spokeswoman said there will be no change in the ...