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Latest news – Page 704
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Leightons Opticians signs up to TNT Post optometry delivery service
TNT Post has won a contract with Leightons Opticians to coincide with the launch of its optometry delivery service, TNT Optical Solutions.The service will see the firm deliver optical lenses and frames, business documentation and medical specimens to opticians across the country. It will also offer specialist advice to the ...
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Hargreaves raises more than £40m in share placing
Current Tip-ex Haulier of the Year Hargreaves Services has raised £42.3m via a share placing as it looks to expand its portfolio of UK surface mining assets, to the benefit of its transport division.The shares have been placed in two tranches with a mixture of existing and new institutional investors. ...
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National Grid renews and extends DHL contract
National Grid has extended and renewed its contract with DHL for four years.The new element of the contract will see DHL manage warehouses in Birmingham and Didcot, Oxfordshire, which store equipment needed to maintain and construct National Grid’s gas and electricity network.DHL will also make supplier collections and deliveries on ...
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United Pallet Network enters European pallet race
The United Pallet Network (UPN) has upgraded its IT to provide real-time, instant pricing, quotes and online ordering for Europe, as it looks to facilitate more cross border trade within its membership.The new service, which includes auto postcode look-up, is designed to make it as easy as possible for its ...
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ArticleCampbell Automotive acquired by Road Transport Media
The owner of Motor Transport, Commercial Motor, Truck & Driver, TruckNet UK and Tip-ex, Road Transport Media, has added data marketing to its portfolio with the acquisition of the brands and assets of Campbell Automotive, a business focused on the provision of data services for the truck and van sector.The ...
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MT Tracker - 17 April
The tale of Stobart's ever falling share price. Two weeks ago, in the wake of Avril Palmer-Baunack's unceremonious demotion, this column wrote about the woes of backing the Stobart horse. Even the gloss of a three-year deal with Tesco couldn't reverse it's fortunes (and given Tesco's current performance there can't ...
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Tilda chooses Wincanton for warehousing and distribution
Wincanton has won a six year warehousing and distribution contract with Basmati rice producer Tilda.The contract covers collection from Tilda’s two production sites in Rainham, Essex and storage at Wincanton’s shared-user site in nearby West Thurrock.The firm will also pick and distribute products by the case and pallet to Tilda’s ...
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Hermes invests £25m in new north-west hub
Hermes is investing £25m in a new Warrington hub, almost tripling capacity in the area to support volume growth.The hub is due to open in April 2014 and will be capable of processing 560,000 parcels a day, which the firm said will allow room to accommodate growth in online shopping ...
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ArticleCV Show 2013 attendance up on last year
Last week’s CV Show was a success for both exhibitors and organisers, with attendance figures up 11.6% on 2012’s show.The show organisers said the event was a strong indication of the health of the industry, with over 18,000 attendees and more than 430 exhibitors.Daf, which unveiled the new CF and ...
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UK Pallets back on track
UK Mail has conceded that its pallet business suffered a tough year in the twelve months to 31 March 2013.In its pre-close trading statement last week, UK Mail said UK Pallets had “faced a difficult year”, and confirmed “revenues in our pallets business declined”.This comes despite the latest data from ...
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ArticleThe curious incident of the road transport industry today
Piggy BankConsultancy Plimsoll Publishing has said an unusual alignment of factors (rather than stars), set against the backdrop of continuing economic weakness, means a wave of consolidation is about to break across the bow of the road transport industry."The road haulage industry should brace itself for takeovers as a series ...
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ArticleHoward Tenens wins two year Costa Express contract
Howard Tenens has revealed details of the two year contract it won with self service coffee firm Costa Express in January.The contract covers collection of products from the supplier into Howard Tenens’ Andover hub in Hampshire, as well as delivery of palletised loads to six satellite depots in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in ...
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ArticlePentalver expands at Port of Tilbury
Container specialist Pentalver has relocated to a new, larger site at the Port of Tilbury as it expands its empty container storage service. The 8.5 acre depot, titled ’45 Berth’, is the sole provider of empty container storage on the perimeter road side of the Essex port. It has increased capacity ...
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Yusen Logistics wins Mitsubishi Electric Europe contract renewal
The UK branch of Mitsubishi Electric Europe has renewed its warehousing contract with Yusen Logistics by five years.The contract sees the operator receive, store and despatch products such as display screens, air conditioners and heating systems from Yusen’s 300,000 ft² Milton Keynes Tilbrook site.Yusen handles inbound movements of sea containers ...
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K+N road logistics EBITDA hit by poor weather conditions
Adverse weather conditions hit volumes in Kuehne + Nagel’s road and rail logistics division, which saw an 85% drop in first quarter EBITDA.The firm’s Q1 results revealed that invoiced turnover for the division dipped slightly to CHF 737m (£517m) from CHF 744m in Q1 2012, as volumes were hit ...
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ArticleCeva Logistics in the UK: doing very well thank you...
... but hold your judgement until it files its 2012 figures.Last week we reported Ceva Logistics chief executive Marvin Schlanger as saying the 2012 profit performance at the firm “simply isn’t good enough”. MT.co.uk also spoke to Ceva’s chief financial officer Rubin McDougal as its profit performance in 2012, alongside a ...
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Jigsaw wins less-than-truck-load Kellogg's contract
Eleven strong haulier consortium Jigsaw has won a contract with food manufacturer Kellogg’s to handle less-than-truck-load volumes.The deal will see it consolidate smaller consignments and partial loads into full loads at Kellogg’s distribution centres in Manchester for delivery to retail warehouses across the UK.“This is another example of how we ...
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Sameday shares small buisnesses' concerns with chancellor
Lancashire courier Sameday was given the opportunity to share concerns about road repairs and business finance with chancellor George Osborne last week.The meeting, which took place with other North West businesses and representatives from the Forum of Private Business last Friday (5 April), covered subjects such as finance for small ...
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MT Tracker 10 April
It is amazing what an up-beat trading statement can do. Transport related shares have been stuck in the doldrums for a while, but all it took was for UK Mail to say it saw its highest ever daily volumes across its parcels and mail divisions in March, and it is ...
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ArticleIt's all about market forces - a seven year truck lifecycle?
With Mercedes giving its latest Atego its first public airing in Birmingham this week and Daf Trucks choosing the NEC for the world debut of its new LF and CF ranges, the CV Show packs more clout than usual this year.Sure, it’s a long way from the sprawling behemoth that ...