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ArticlePre-tax profit up 60% at Saints Transport
Airfreight specialist Saints Transport has reported a 60% increase in pre-tax profit for the year ending 31 December 2011.The firm, whose revenues rose 4.7% to just under £23.2m last year, revealed a profit before tax of £1.48m, compared to just over £922,000 the previous year.Saints vice chairman Piers Carroll says ...
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DHL Consumer Bawtry awards Milestone £8m recruitment contract
DHL Consumer Bawtry has awarded a contract for the management of both its temporary and permanent staffing requirements to recruitment specialist Milestone.The contract, worth approximately £8m a year, will see Milestone manage LGV drivers, fork lift truck drivers, warehouse operatives and administrative staff at Bawtry, Europe’s single largest multi-user warehousing ...
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ArticleEC to launch competition inquiry over UPS/TNT merger
The European Commission (EC) is to probe potential competition concerns in the small parcels sector, particularly international express services, if UPS’s takeover of TNT Express goes ahead.Dutch-owned TNT Express and US parcel giant UPS are two out of the four ‘integrators’ operating within Europe (integrators are companies that control an ...
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ArticleNorbert takes yellow jersey with Tour de France renewal
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has extended its contract with Tour de France organiser Amaury Sport Organisation to remain the event’s official transport provider until 2018.The logistics firm has handled the transportation of equipment needed for the race for the past 30 years, including materials for the ‘Start’ and ‘Finish’ villages such ...
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ArticleUPS opens Olympic Park parcels facilities
UPS has opened two facilities within the Olympic Park allowing athletes, team officials and the international media the ability to send and receive packages throughout the Games.The first 'relay room' will be located within the Olympic Village providing team officials with an outbound service offering packaging, customs advice, security clearance, ...
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ArticleNFT urges food firms to ‘be prepared’ for Olympics
NFT is urging food manufacturers and retailers to bring forward availability and adopt strict dispatch time policies during the Olympics, or face a failure to sell their goods in the event of delays.The chilled distribution specialist says real-time monitoring and communication of sales will be key to the success of ...
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ArticleContainer hauliers will struggle, warns Pentalver boss
Pentalver has warned there could be casualties in the container haulage market in the second half of the year as the sector struggles with low volumes.The warning comes as the firm reported turnover and pre-tax profit growth in 2011: Pentalver Transport saw turnover grow to £57.4m in the year, from ...
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ArticleNorbert gets a lotta bottle with £3m Nestle deal
Norbert Dentressangle has won a £3m two-year contract with Nestlé Waters UK to provide an intermodal operation for importing bottled water from mainland Europe.The logistics giant will make around 900 scheduled collections and deliveries a year, moving full trailer and container loads at fixed times.This will involve collecting Vittel ...
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ArticleFord joins FTA Van Excellence scheme
Ford has become the latest CV manufacturer to sign up the FTA's Van Excellence scheme.Launched in 2010, the voluntary scheme offers accreditation to those operators who can demonstrate high quality fleet management and systems compliance.Other CV manufacturers already signed up to Van Excellence, include Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Nissan, Fiat and Isuzu.“We’re ...
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ArticleWm Armstrong - keeping it in the family
Haulier Wm Armstrong, based just on the English side of the Scottish border in Longtown near Carlisle, celebrates its 85th anniversary this year, and the third generation of the family running the business today are working hard to ensure the business is handed on to future generations.The famous green livery ...
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ArticleFairFuelUK push for fuel investigation passes 15,000 mark
FairFuelUK (FFUK) has received more than 15,000 signatures of support in the past day backing its call for an investigation into the UK fuel market.FFUK wants the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to take the issue on, after a report commissioned for G20 finance ministers warned oil traders may have ...
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ArticleElddis Transport to introduce urban artics into fleet
Elddis Transport has won the Haulier of the Year AwardElddis Transport has decided to introduce a number of 'urban artics' to its fleet after a successful trial of a 10m trailer last month.The Consett-based company has been looking for a viable alternative to the 18-tonne rigids it normally operates within ...
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ArticleNews Extra: Driver CPC, conference report
The RHA held a National Training Conference at Birmingham’s National Motorcycle Museum last month. Describing 2012 as the year Driver CPC ‘comes of age’ the day was dominated by discussion of this most emotive of subjects. Seen by some as the way forward to improve the sector’s image, others view ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail logistics students identify £400k of savings
Royal Mail is introducing a fuel surchargeRoyal Mail celebrated the first wave of graduates to achieve its Foundation Degree in Logistics from Aston University last week, with more than £400,000 in operational cost savings posting an extra boost to the occasion.Designed for experienced managers who may not have studied since ...
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ArticleNightline pumps €5m into Parcel Motel infrastructure
Nightline is to invest €5m into the roll-out of its self-service parcel terminals across the UK, creating 50 jobs in the process.The Irish carrier says the funding will be used to set up the infrastructure for 400 Parcel Motel locker boxes that will all be operation by the end of ...
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ArticleFairFuelUK calls for OFT investigation into UK fuel market
FairFuelUK (FFUK) is calling for an investigation into the UK fuel market.FFUK wants the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to take the issue on, after a report commissioned for G20 Finance Ministers warned oil traders may have been artificially inflating wholesale prices.It also wants the financial regulators to look at ...
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ArticleLombard looking to fund truck purchases
Lombard, the asset finance division of the RBS Group, is actively seeking funding opportunities in road transport, bucking the trend which has seen several lenders leave the market since 2008.Lombard’s head of commercial transport, Derek Pridmore, says it is not the case that operators looking to fund new vehicles have ...
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Welcome to the Motor Transport Cost Tables. This vital tool will help you calculate your fleet's running costs, and allow you to factor in the dynamic shrinking or expansion of the size of your fleet.[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level0)][/s2If][s2If current_user_cannot(access_s2member_level0)]You CANNOT access Cost Tables. Please login if you already have our membership or ...
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ArticleUPS to wrap-up TNT Express takeover in Q4
UPS says its takeover of TNT Express is likely to be completed in the fourth quarter.The US firm says it wants to carry out a what it describes as a 'Phase II review', as there are "certain areas that require more time to analyse”.This extended review could take up ...
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ArticleKuehne + Nagel sees UK performance as satisfactory
Kuehne + Nagel says it is back on track after a weak start to the first six months of trading this financial year.Citing muted consumption and increased market volatility throughout the world, the Swiss logistics giant saw turnover increase just 2.8% to CHF10bn (£6.5bn) for the six months ending ...