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ArticleNews Extra: A golden future for skills?
Between now until 2017 the logistics sector will need to find half a million recruits, simply to replace those forecast to leave the sector due to retirement. Put another way, this equates to replacing a fifth of the logistics sector’s current workforce, a considerable challenge by any measure.Last month’s launch ...
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ArticleDrinks distributor Waverley TBS to be wound-up
Wholesale drinks distributor Waverley TBS is being wound-up by its administrators after they failed to find a buyer for the business.The company, which has two large DCs at Punchbowl Park in Hemel Hempstead and Felling, near Gateshead, as well as smaller deports across the UK, was licensed to run more ...
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ArticleUK Mail Group reveals "satisfactory" first half figures
UK Mail Group is expecting a 13% increase in turnover for the first half of this year, as it moves into a “challenging” 2013.Excluding Royal Mail price hikes that came into force on 2 April, the group is expecting a 10% increase in turnover on last year’s figures, as ...
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ArticleFresh supermarket win for Wincanton
Wincanton has won a multi-million pound, five-year contract to set up and run a new DC in London for supermarket giant Morrisons.The deal will see Wincanton handle transport and warehousing for Morrisons from a 100,000sq-ft cross-dock facility to open in Feltham, west London early next year.The Feltham DC will be ...
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ArticleNo easy answer to price pressures, say operators
The industry needs to re-examine its relationship with its customers if it is to end the rate squeeze, according to Bullet Express MD David McCutcheon.Responding to news last week that despite growth in the pallet sector, rates remained under acute pressure, McCutcheon said: “As a haulier of more than 22 ...
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ArticleTNT Express appoints interim CFO
TNT Express has appointed Jeroen Seyger as interim chief financial officer (CFO) and interim member of the executive board.Seyger will take on the responsibilities of previous CFO Bernard Bot, who became interim chief executive following the departure of Marie-Christine Lombard last month.“Jeroen’s financial and business experience inside and outside ...
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ArticleConstruction of Co-operative's Avonmouth RDC complete
Construction work on the Co-operative Group’s new £20m RDC in Avonmouth has been completed.Developers Gallan Group and Stoford have handed over the keys to the site at Cabot Park on Poplar Way to the supermarket chain.Deliveries into the RDC will begin this month, building up to full operation in May ...
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ArticleGist remains positive despite 23% profit drop
Gist blamed one-off pension costs and retailers’ squeezing of supply chain providers for a 23% fall in pre-tax profit last year, but it still saw turnover rise by 7.2%.For the year ended 31 December 2011 pre-tax profit fell to just under £18.8m, from £24.5m the previous year. However, turnover rose ...
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ArticlePalletways member Condor Logistics to close
Condor Logistics has partially blamed the government’s decision to scrap the Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR) from goods imported from the Channel Islands for the failure of the company, which will close down later this year.The firm was part of Condor Group, which also provides a sea freight service that ...
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ArticleLogistics Guild launched by SfL
Skills for Logistics (SfL) has started the roll-out of its Logistics Guild and revealed it will be free to join.The modern day guild, which MT revealed had secured funding last month (17 September), is described as “a member network run by members”.It is intended to meet the development needs of ...
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ArticleEddie Stobart Doncaster drivers to strike next week
More than 180 drivers at Eddie Stobart’s Tesco DC in Doncaster are set to strike for 48 hours next week following last month's vote in favour of industrial action.The strike will run from early Tuesday morning (9 October) and will disrupt supplies to Tesco stores in the Yorkshire and Humber ...
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ArticleWincanton wins Worlds Apart contract
Wincanton has won a five year storage and distribution contract with children’s toy and furniture manufacturer Worlds Apart.Annually, the contract will see the firm deliver 20,000 orders to around 1,350 locations, including homes and retailers. Wincanton will also oversee the storage of the firms goods, storing approximately ...
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ArticleTVS Supply Chain Solutions acquires Rico Group
TVS Supply Chain Solutions has acquired same day courier and technology company Rico Logistics for an undisclosed sum.TVS, which specialises in supplying spare parts to the automotive industry - including Isuzu Truck, MG Motor and Dennis Eagle - has an annual global turnover of six billion dollars and has acquired ...
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ArticleCulina goes nuts over new shared-user contract
Liverpool-based nut processor and packer Trigon Snacks has awarded a new contract for warehousing and distribution of its brands, including Planters and BigD, to Culina.Under the deal, Trigon products will be stored at Culina’s Middleton depot, near Manchester, and delivered using a shared user-model to wholesalers and retailers throughout the ...
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ArticleMarshalls of Eversham joins Pallet-Track
Marshalls of Eversham has become pallet network Pallet-Track’s 74th member.It is the first time the 25-year old haulier based at a former airfield in Pershore, Worcestershire, has joined a pallet network.The company, which has been operating within Pallet-Track for the past six weeks, has taken on the top part of ...
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ArticleFFUK repeats calls for duty rethink as fuel sales plummet
Campaign group FairFuelUK (FFUK) has made a fresh call for the Chancellor to scrap January’s planned 3ppl rise in fuel duty, after figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) showed a sharp fall in fuel consumption.Sales of transport fuels fell 6.3% in the second quarter compared to ...
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ArticleUPS and TNT merger approval depends on challenge to DHL and FedEx
Regulatory approval for the multi-billion euro UPS and TNT Express merger is dependent on whether the new company would be challenged enough by its competitors, the European Commission has said.If the deal is approved, the number of major parcel delivery companies in Europe will be reduced from four to three, ...
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ArticleDownton gets former Bibby man
Former Bibby Distribution head of business development, David Hutchings, has been appointed to the newly created role of head of business development at Gloucestershire-based CM Downton.Downton, which won the Motor Transport Haulier of the Year Award in June and has doubled its turnover in the last three years, says Hutchings ...
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ArticleKuehne + Nagel and DHL get involved with labelling initiative
Kuehne + Nagel and DHL Tradeteam are working with Costa owner and customer Whitbread on an initiative to standardise product information, removing cost and complexity from the supply chain.The project is running in parallel with the Premier Inn-owner’s involvement with the Food Service Directors' Group (FSDG’s), which also includes Brakes, ...
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ArticleC Butt joins Pall-Ex
The Pall-Ex pallet network has signed up MT Top 100 company C Butt as a member.The Northamptonshire based company will start operations for Pall-Ex on 8 October. It will serve the CV postcodes, before expanding into the NN postcode region next year.Adrian Russell, chief executive of Pall-Ex, said: “C Butt ...