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ArticleK+N sell off Renault Trucks dealership
Logistic company Kuehne + Nagel has sold its Renault Trucks dealership RH Commercial Vehicles for an undisclosed sum, a year after it bought its parent company The RH Group for £66.9m.The new owners of the East Midlands dealership, that employs 55 people, include its current MD Nigel Baxter and general ...
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ArticleYodel well prepared for Olympic challenge
Yodel has announced its plans for ensuring deliveries are handled effectively throughout the busy Olympic Games period this summer.The parcel firm's contingency plans include informing customers of those postcodes most likely to experience delays; the creation of a dedicated 'Olympics Village HQ' at Yodel's Vauxhall depot in central London; as ...
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ArticleNews Extra: The long and short of it
When the government launched its longer semi-trailer trial in December last year the question posed by many of the 180 hauliers involved was: 14.6m or 15.65m?As part of its 10-year pilot scheme, the DfT has handed out 1,811 permits, approximately 900 of each size.However, the RHA tells MT that its ...
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ArticleAcumen Distribution wins recycling contract extention
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has extended its contract with Acumen Distribution for kerbside collection of household recyclable waste until 2016.As part of the extension Acumen will now conduct two weekly collections from public bring sites.Acumen has assigned two additional compactor trucks for the new weekly collections, which will join seven other ...
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ArticleDHL to close Coventry depot serving Sainsbury's
DHL is to close its Coventry depot, which it runs on behalf of retailer J Sainsbury, in a move that places 550 jobs at risk.The logistics giant plans to transfer the garment operations currently undertaken at Coventry for the retailer to another of its sites in Bedford.A DHL spokeswoman ...
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ArticleRoad transport operators prepare for fuel shortage
Truck fleet operators are drawing up contingency plans in the event of a national strike by fuel tanker drivers.Unite union leaders representing more than 2,000 tanker drivers working for Wincanton, DHL, BP, Hoyer, J W Suckling, Norbert Dentressangle and Turners (Soham) are locked in talks with employers over a dispute ...
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ArticleRoad transport sector not cool enough
The transport and logistics industry is simply not 'hip' enough to attract new talent and needs a complete makeover if it is to compete successfully with other sectors for new recruits in coming years, professional services firm PwC has warned.In a new report, Winning the Talent Race, PwC suggests the ...
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ArticleDBC Foodservice in administration
Own-account operator DBC Foodservice has been put into administration, after attempts to sell the business failed.By Chris DruceThe £300m turnover company supplies some of the best known cafes, restaurants and bars on the high Street including Café Nero, Prezzo, Loch Fyne and vodka bar chain Revolution.Other customers include hotels, local ...
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ArticleMcDowell's reveals rapid expansion
Fast-growing Keighley, West Yorkshire haulier McDowell Haulage and Distribution says work will begin shortly on a new 25,000ft2 warehouse in order to keep up with demand.The company, which has contracts to transport school furniture and cosmetics and is also a member of The Pallet Network, opened a new depot in ...
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ArticleOlympics a huge opportunity on night-time deliveries
The Olympics are a significant opportunity for operators to overcome opposition to routine night-time deliveries, according to London's transport commissioner.Speaking at Road Transport Media's Summer Freight Planning Conference last week, Transport for London (TfL) commissioner Peter Hendy told delegates that while the Games will bring huge challenges there are also ...
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TNT Post reveals second end-to-end postal trial
TNT Post is to conduct a second end-to-end delivery trial from mid-April in west London, following the successful conclusion of a final-mile trial in Liverpool.The private postal operator has held long-term ambitions to roll-out a complete end-to-end service rivalling Royal Mail, but says it has been unable to achieve this ...
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ArticleRyder on track with Hill Hire integration
Ryder Europe vice-president and MD David Hunt’s claim that “Ryder is full of the joys of spring”, is not what MT expects to hear as we meet to discuss the integration of Hill Hire. But like the company he works for, Hunt can pull the occasional surprise.Ryder’s big surprise ...
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ArticleBP disappointed over strike action
BP says it is "disappointed" that the Unite union's tanker driver members have voted in favour of industrial action over safety, training and terms and conditions.The company says that it, along with other fuel distribution companies, has been working with Unite since 2010 to discuss the union’s proposal to form ...
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Bandvulc add QR codes to tyre labels
Independent tyre retreader Bandvulc has come up with an intelligent solution to future tyre labelling worries by incorporating a QR code onto all of its new labels.From November 2012, European legislation will require all new tyres to carry labels to better inform customers of the efficiency, grip and noise of ...
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Profile: Brian Weatherley
Thirty years ago, a fresh-faced lad joined Commercial Motor as a junior photographer. After four years travelling the length and breadth of this great country, snapping operators, manufacturers and a whole bunch of other interesting (and not-so-interesting) things, in 1984 I switched to become CM's technical writer, increasing the magazine's ...
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Profile: Hayley Tayler
Hayley Pink, ReporterI am the events and projects editor across the Road Transport Media (RTM) portfolio, working on a range of live industry shows and research projects. These include our Clean Air Roadshows, the Road Transport Expo and Hot Topic Reports.I have been writing for RTM since September 2011 in ...
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Profile: James Clark
James Clark, Digital Development ManagerAs digital development manager at Road Transport Media, I am part of the company's recently created product development team. We have some exciting products in the digital pipeline including new publications, websites and data services.I also have responsibility for online audience development, including social media, and ...
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Profile: Colin Barnett
Please allow me to introduce myself – I’m Colin Barnett, Commercial Motor associate editor, responsible for the magazine’s features and technical content. My contributions to Commercialmotor.com are mostly related to trucks and vans and the driving thereof. Read on to find out where I came from!I was born in Radnorshire ...
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ArticleEvery little helps for TNT Post in Tesco deal
TNT Post says it has secured a “great coup” after revealing details of a contract it began work on in February to deliver mail for Tesco.As a result TNT Post, which demerged from parent TNT NV in May 2011, will deliver all of Tesco’s communications with its customers – ...
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ArticleCulina Logistics wins cheese distribution deal
Culina Logistics has won a contract with cheese specialists Dairy Partners to store, pick and distribute its retail product range using its shared user model.The contract is managed from Culina’s Stafford depot and relies on its 10 depots across the UK and Ireland in order to maximise vehicle fill and ...