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Stobart Group wins £75m 15-year Biomass contract

2013-07-30T09:48:00Z

Stobart Group's Biomass division has won a new, long-term contract to supply fuel to the Evermore Renewable Energy Plant, which will generate revenues of £75m over the 15-year lifespan of the contract.The recycled wood fuelled combined heat and power station in Northern Ireland will open in summer 2015, with Stobart ...

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Ministry of Defence contract extension secures jobs at Wincanton

2013-07-29T16:05:00Z

Wincanton has welcomed the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) decision to award a 12-month contract extension to its customer General Dynamics, as the move will secure 25 jobs at the operator.For the past six years Wincanton’s Bicester facility has been home to logistics support for General Dynamics, including inventory management and ...

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Union to decide on Royal Mail strike ballot this week

2013-07-29T13:36:00Z

Royal Mail has called the threat of strike action by members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) “harmful”, ahead of the union’s meeting this week to decide whether a ballot should be held.The union, which last month rejected the operator’s offer of an 8.6% increase in pay over three-years, will ...

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London Gateway will change container haulage says Pentalver boss

2013-07-29T12:24:00Z

The MD of one of the largest container hauliers in the UK has warned that the pattern of business in the sector will “change dramatically” over the next 12 months when the London Gateway opens at the end of the year.Speaking as the haulier unveiled a 6.5% year-on-year increase in ...

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Wincanton positive about this financial year, despite container volume fall

2013-07-26T16:36:00Z

Wincanton’s commercial vehicle maintenance division, Pullman Fleet Services, has performed well in the first quarter of the current financial year, its parent has said.In its interim management statement, published on Friday (26 July), Wincanton said it has a “good pipeline” of opportunities for Pullman.It added that there has been no ...

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CV Informer 2014 - detailed analysis of the UK rental and leasing sector

2013-07-26T14:44:00Z

This year's CV Informer, produced in association with the BVRLA, features the Top 100 rental, leasing and contract hire companies that took part in the 2014 research. They are ranked in order of their total vehicle assets, and this year's Top 100 have a combined vehicle parc of 471,339.The publication ...

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TNT Express wins JML contract

2013-07-26T13:47:00Z

TNT Express has revealed details of its parcel delivery contract with retailer JML, that it picked up three months ago.The operator won the contract after developing a parcel tracking system for JML, to allow the customer and its outsourcing partner to monitor the process of its orders.Parcels are also electronically ...

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Potter and Clipper Logistics fight back over Olympia Park threat

2013-07-26T07:45:00Z

A planning decision could be made before the end of this year over a contentious new residential development in Yorkshire involving construction of a primary school and numerous homes next to the operating sites of two big logistics firms. The planning application for the Olympia Park development in Selby, which ...

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Out of hours is great... if your clients are on board

2013-07-26T07:33:00Z

Could out of hours deliveries become part of the capital's nightlife?The boss of London-based ELB Partners got in touch with The Hub to give his reaction to the recent Roads Task Force report and DHL's call for more delivery flexibility.Here's Peter Eason's thoughts on out of hours deliveries:I read with ...

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Morrisons lays claim to 350th authorised testing facility milestone

2013-07-26T07:00:00Z

Supermarket chain Morrisons has opened the UK's 350th authorised testing facility (ATF) at its regional DC in Bridgwater, Somerset. Morrisons engineering manager Robert Ward said it would “enable DHL/Morrisons to reduce dead mileage, fuel usage and unproductive workshop hours” as well as providing “the opportunity to facilitate external third party ...

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Big shed take-up denotes signs of modest recovery

2013-07-25T15:02:00Z

A sharp increase in demand for storage space has been highlighted by a new report on the UK ‘big box’ warehousing market. The report, from Jones Lang LaSalle, shows take-up of warehouses of 100,000ft² or more during the first half of 2013 jumped 23% compared to the second half of ...

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MT Tracker 25 July

2013-07-25T14:51:00Z

Last week, Dart Group revealed a near to 13% pre-tax profit rise for its transport operation, Fowler Welch.Off the back of this, which saw profit climb from £3.9m to £4.4m for the year ended 31 March 2013 at Fowler Welch, its group share price has continued to move northwards, today ...

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Deborah Services adds more Isuzu trucks to fleet

2013-07-25T10:36:00Z

Wakefield-based Deborah Services (DSL) has taken delivery of 13 new 7.5 tonne trucks from Isuzu Truck. DSL, which provides of a range of services including scaffolding and access, insulation, protective coatings, passive fire protection and temporary roofing systems, will use the replacement trucks in its hire and sales, and contract ...

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Calor Gas orders 88 trailers from Cartwright

2013-07-25T10:28:00Z

Calor Gas has ordered 88 Cartwright trailers and eight rigid-body vehicles as part of its fleet replacement programme.The order will take Calor’s fleet of Cartwright-built trailers to 437, and its Cartwright cylinder rigids, which range between 5-tonnes and 18-tonnes GVW, to 234.The majority of the order, 56, consists of 35-tonne ...

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Owens wins two year contract with Kimberly Clark

2013-07-25T10:17:00Z

Owens Road Services has won a two year contract with Kimberly Clark for transport out of its sites in Chorley and Northfleet.Owens, which also won a two year contract with Amazon in March, started moving goods for Kimberly Clark in May along with other hauliers.It was successful in winning business ...

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TC Kevin Rooney: Driver CPC is not going to go away

2013-07-24T15:34:00Z

Kevin Rooney TCThe RHA National Training Conference last month in Warwick featured an interview with traffic commissioner for the North East Kevin Rooney about Driver CPC.In the interview, which was conducted ahead of the conference by RHA head of training Arnold Monk, Rooney revealed the current thinking around Driver CPC ...

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Hermes invests in network and couriers as it gears up for Christmas

2013-07-24T13:06:00Z

Hermes will shortly be opening a temporary parcel sortation hub in Bradford to accommodate a forecast 15% rise in parcels volume this year.The Bradford hub, a temporary addition to the network, will be used to handle an expected surge in volume during and leading up to this year’s Christmas peak.At ...

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Bibby Distribution reduces its fleet's diesel consumption

2013-07-24T11:23:00Z

Bibby Distribution has, due to significant investment in its fleet and driver training in 2012, reduced its total diesel consumption by 2%.This reduction follows an 18-month period of initiatives including the introduction of 20 new Don-Bur Teardrop trailers and advanced training in Safe and Fuel Efficient Driving (SAFED) for more ...

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Driver CPC - hours, provision and then some...

2013-07-23T14:21:00Z

Owl's don't have to get their Driver CPC unlike LGV driversThere was a lot to absorb at last month’s RHA National Training Conference, including an update into the number of issues at Driver CPC training centres deemed serious enough for the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) to take a personal interest.In ...

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Hargreaves Logistics performed in line with expectations last year

2013-07-23T12:54:00Z

Hargreaves Logistics had a "solid" year in 2012-13, performing in line with expectations, parent company Hargreaves Services said today.Both its dry bulk fleet and tanker fleet performed well, its pre-close trading statement for the year ended 31 May 2013 revealed.It added that the group remained in a “strong” ...