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ArticleCollectPlus launches Meadowhall Parcel Point site
CollectPlus is opening a Parcel Point operation at the Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield, enabling customers to drop-off packages and collect online purchases while shopping.More than 25 million shoppers use Meadowhall each year, and CollectPlus says the new service will help extend and enhance its network of sites located at ...
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ArticleDVLA cutbacks could cause delays, warns FTA
Government plans to centralise DVLA operations could lead to delays in taxing vehicles and the issuing of drivers' cards, as well as creating additional administrative costs for operators, warns the FTA.Transport minister Mike Penning announced last week that 39 regional DVLA offices would close by the end of 2013, with ...
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ArticleViridor pays £7.6m for recycling business JWT Holdings
Viridor Waste Management has acquired JWT Holdings, a waste collection and recycling business based in Atherton, Greater Manchester, from John William Thomasson for £7.6m.JWT Holdings employs 45 staff and handles around 70,000 tonnes of material a year.Its materials recycling facility and fleet of 29 vehicles will be integrated into Viridor's ...
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ArticleWhat have you done to prepare for the Olympics?
Transport for London (TfL) is keen to find out about logistics operators’ awareness and preparation levels in advance of both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.It is conducting an online survey focusing on the preparations you and your organisation have undertaken ahead of London 2012.TfL hopes the feedback will enable it ...
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ArticleKnights of Old goes longer with Palletforce liveried trailers
Northamptonshire-based Knights of Old has taken delivery of two new Palletforce-branded longer semi-trailers. Both are already in action - one based at its Kettering headquarters and the other at its Hitchin site.The 15.65m long double-deck trailers are part of an order for nine longer semi-trailers in total, all being supplied ...
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ArticleCitySprint acquires same-day operations of Scarlet Couriers
CitySprint has purchased the same-day operations of Thames Valley-based Scarlet Couriers.The deal sees CitySprint acquire Scarlet Courier's same-day, overnight and international operations in Bracknell, as well as the company’s same-day courier operation in Slough.Patrick Gallagher, chief executive, CitySprint, says: “This deal is another significant milestone in CitySprint’s on-going growth strategy. ...
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ArticleNews Extra: Transport chiefs remain optimistic despite economic gloom
Bosses of Britain’s transport operators are optimistic about the prospects for their own companies over the coming year, despite being gloomy about the future of the economy.In the first Logistics Industry Confidence Index compiled by Analytiqa for Barclays Bank and professional services firm Grant Thornton, 88% of senior managers viewed ...
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ArticleWincanton wins Kiddicare contract
Wincanton has won a contract with Kiddicare to handle the fulfilment of the retailer’s new superstores, including its new flagship Peterborough store.Kiddicare, owned by supermarket giant Morrisons, currently generates 85% of business through online orders, but following the acquisition of a number of former Best Buy sites in January, it ...
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ArticleDPD warns retailers to be Olympics savvy
DPD is urging retailers to talk to their delivery companies about the potential disruption threatened by the Olympics later this month.The parcels giant is concerned that many retailers are still underestimating the extent of the upheaval the Games could create during peak times.Dwain McDonald, DPD chief executive, says: "We are ...
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ArticleEmployers to face action if drivers don't complete Driver CPC
Employers, not just their employees, will find themselves before Britain’s traffic commissioners (TCs) if drivers have not completed their periodic training by September 2014.Speaking at the RHA National Training Conference last week in Birmingham, senior TC Beverley Bellmade clear her support for continuous professional development, stating “driver training is essentially ...
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Motor Transport Top 100 Archive
The Motor Transport Top 100 has moved to a brand new section - access them now at:www.motortransport.co.uk/top100
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ArticleMixed fortunes for Eddie Stobart in past four months
Stobart Group says its transport and distribution division Eddie Stobart has experienced “mixed fortunes” since March.In the past four months Eddie Stobart says its ambient transport and warehousing operations have been performing well and is “witnessing more new business opportunities than in previous years”.However, it warns that the restructure ...
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ArticleBullet Express improves driver performance with telematics
Bullet Express has invested in Smart Telematics from Navman Wireless to help promote efficient and safe driver behaviour across its fleet of 36 vehicles after a trial of various systems.David McCutcheon, managing director of Bullet Express, says: “We saw great improvements in the driver’s performance over the two week trial; ...
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ArticleInstitute of Highway Engineers calls for Sunday lorry ban
A suggestion by new president of the Institute of Highway Engineers for the government to consider banning trucks from UK motorways on Sundays has been described as "out of touch" and "the last thing" the industry would want to see in the UK.Richard Hayes, who will became president of the ...
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ArticleThinking about changing your company's engine oil supplier? Read this first
Is super-high performance oil better than ultra-high performance or vice-versa? Is long drain better than extended drain, or is it the other way round?The plethora of things to consider when choosing the right engine oils for your haulage business can make it very time consuming. Then there is all the ...
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ArticleOcado distribution centre investments boost first half
Ocado says investments in its network and fleet led to revenue growth in the first six months of its financial year.The online grocery giant and own-account operatorsinvested £9m into capacity improvements at its existing Hatfield customer fulfilment centre (CFC1), as well as pumping £49.7m into the first phase of building ...
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Cost Tables Landing Page
Welcome to the Interactive Cost Tables, produced in association with DAF Trucks. This system enables you to quickly and simply see how much your fleet - or just one vehicle - costs to run and how much you need to charge.You can immediately see the impact of changes in fuel ...
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ArticleAcumen's Stocker joins Gefco
Gefco has appointed former Acumen Logistics Group commercial director John Stocker as its sales and marketing director.Stocker is now responsible for all sales, marketing and communications in the UK and the PSA Peugeot Citroën division as it looks to expand its customer base.Tristan Balayn, MD at Gefco UK, says: “I ...
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ArticleNews Extra: Weighing up the Euro-6 options
Amid fears of higher costs and inferior mpg, MT test drives the new Euro-6 Scania G4409 LA 4x2 MNA.Fears of worse fuel consumption, extra weight and higher costs are expected to prompt operators to accelerate fleet renewal programmes to get the last Euro-5 trucks before 2014. MT’s first Euro-6 test ...
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ArticleFuel duty frozen until January 2013
Chancellor George Osborne has postponed the 3ppl fuel duty rise planned for 1 August until January 2013.Following lobbying by FairFuelUK (FFUK), culminating in a threat from the Labour Party to force a vote on an amendment to the Budget legislation earlier today, Osborne announced the freeze.However FFUK founder Peter Carroll ...