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ArticleAdvanced Supply Chain wins three-year Matalan contract
Advanced Supply Chain (ASC) has won a three-year contract with Matalan to handle the fashion chain’s pre-retail distribution. The deal will see ASC deliver approximately 10 million garments a year to Matalan’s DCs.The Bradford firm says it won the contract after its audit of Matalan’s supply chain, which identified the ...
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ArticleWiddowson Group picked for Waitrose Midlands logistics
The Widdowson Group has been appointed as the Midlands logistics partner for Waitrose, the first time a third party has been selected by the supermarket to cover this region of the country.Waitrose has previously only nominated carriers to assist with distribution work in the North and South of the UK.The ...
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ArticleUK Mail hit with a £2m restructure cost
UK Mail Group’s depot closure programme will cost it approximately £2m as it looks to continue to cut costs.In a pre-close trading update for the year ended 31 March, UK Mail says the closure of four depots in the past 12 months will leave it with a low-cost and integrated ...
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ArticleCode of Practice key to realising night-time delivery legacy
Transport firms must follow Transport for London's (TfL) Code of Practice if the industry is to enjoy greater flexibility when making night time deliveries after the Olympics.The document is the culmination of several months of out-of-hours trials at various London locations, run in partnership with councils by the Freight Transport ...
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Logistics poised for mergers and acquisitions activity
The transport and logistics sector is set for a flurry of mergers and acquisitions this year, according to advisory firm KPMG, following a year of subdued activity in 2011.Steffen Wagner, European head of transport transactions at KPMG, says: "This year certainly took off to a promising start. Many companies, particularly ...
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ArticleFinalists revealed for 2012 Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards
The UK’s brightest female talent within road transport have been whittled down to a select few ahead of next month’s fifth MAN Everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards.“Yet again, we are bowled over by the quality of our finalists and hope they show others what fantastic opportunities there are for ...
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ArticleFuel-tanker driver talks reach fourth day
Fuel distributors and the Unite union are poised for a fourth day of negotiations over tanker drivers’ training, safety and employment terms.Conciliation service Acas is heading up the talks, which first kicked off last Wednesday (4 April) and reconvened yesterday morning (10 April) at 10am following the Easter weekend.The negotiations ...
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ArticleName change for Transport for London's FORS
Transport for London (TfL) has changed the name of its operator recognition scheme to encourage greater take up amongst smaller firms.The Freight Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS), which was launched in April 2008, has now been rebranded as the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme in a bid to broaden its appeal.A TfL ...
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ArticleHermes wins five-year New Look deal
Hermes has been awarded a five-year contract with fashion chain New Look to handle the home delivery of the retailer’s e-commerce orders.Delivering more than three million parcels per year to UK households, the goods will first be collected from New Look’s fulfilment hub in Lichfield, Staffs, before being transported to ...
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ArticleAcas fuel tanker driver talks reconvene
Haulage bosses from six fuel distribution firms are due to resume talks with the Unite union this morning (10 April) following the Easter weekend.Conciliation service Acas is leading the discussions, which kicked off last Wednesday (4 April) and continued for two days, over tanker drivers’ training, safety and employment conditions.Acas ...
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ArticlePall-Ex fires up young Dragons
Pall-Ex has been playing its part in raising the profile of the logistics industry with a Dragons’ Den style workshop for local school children at its central hub in Ellistown.Year Six students from 10 local primary schools were split into groups and tasked with creating a new business product or ...
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ArticleAbbey Logistics reveals two-for-one trailer
Abbey Logistics Group has taken delivery of a revolutionary new combined road tank and curtainsider trailer designed to slash empty running.The twin cargo trailer, developed by Clayton Commercials, has a tanker at the bottom with two separate compartments that can take a total of 21,000 litres, while on top is ...
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ArticleNFT wins Adams Foods primary distribution deal
NFT has beaten rivals to a primary logistics contract with Adams Foods, that will run for a minimum of three years.Operated from NFT’s flagship Daventry DC, the deal will include the handling of more than 3,500 pallets per week of cheese and butter products, including Kerrygold and Pilgrims’ Choice brands. ...
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Miniclipper bids farewell to Pall-Ex
Miniclipper Logistics is leaving Pall-Ex after more than 15 years with the network to join rival Palletline.The Leighton Buzzard-based firm was one of the founding members of Pall-Ex went it launched in 1996. Jayne Masters, sales director at Miniclipper, tells MT.co.uk that it wasn’t an easy decision to make.“Periodically, every ...
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ArticleGefco revenue up ahead of "decisive year"
Gefco, the logistics arm of PSA Group, saw its global revenue rise 12.9% in 2011 as it prepares to embark on what it describes as a “decisive year” for the company.For 2011 Gefco reported global revenue of €3.8bn, compared to €3.4bn a year ago, and an operating income of €223m ...
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ArticleCome dine with us
Last year's 25th anniversary Motor Transport Awards were a sell-out, so to make sure you get a seat at the biggest night in the road transport calendar book now!With more than 1,500 of the top movers and shakers in road transport expected to pack the Great Room at London's Grosvenor ...
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ArticlePeter Larner acts to improve image of logistics
Following on from Alastair Campbell's thought-provoking presentation on how the transport industry can get its message across to the public at the last MT Directors' Club, Suckling Transport MD Pater Larner is taking action.A new Suckling Transport tank trailer, which is being exhibited by Lakeland Tankers at the Federation of ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle opens £1m NDC
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) says it has invested more than £1m in a new shared-user site at Rugby, to serve as an NDC for Continental Tyre Group.The new 212,000ft² facility, located in Prologis Central Park just off J1 of the M6, will also store products from fellow ND customer Bridgestone ...
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ArticleSensible acquisition will add £6m a year to Autologic
Autologic says its acquisition of the assets of Sensible Transport will add £6m a year to its revenue, but warns that automotive customers remain “focused strongly on price”.For the year ending 31 December 2011, Autologic saw its UK revenue rise 4% to £114.5m (2010: £110.6m) but operating profit in its ...
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ArticleWincanton hit by decline in volumes
Wincanton has warned that a decline in customers’ volumes and a reduced demand for warehousing will “adversely affect” the business in the next 12 months.In a trading update issued today (Tuesday 3 April), the group says that while it has successfully retained and won new contracts across all sectors, market ...