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    Pro Freight Solutions sale followed collapse of major customer

    2020-02-05T13:13:00Z

    A pre-packaged sale of Staffordshire haulier Pro Freight Solutions took place following the high-profile collapse into administration of its customer, The Book People.In a report to creditors, FRP Advisory said Pro Freight Solutions, which held a licence authorising a total of 30 HGVs out of two operating centres, first experienced ...

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    NHL drivers cancel strike action after agreeing new pay deal with Unipart

    2020-02-05T11:17:00Z

    NHS logistics (NHL) lorry drivers have called off a dispute with their employer Unipart after it offered an improved pay deal.The dispute involved 130 HGV and 7.5-tonne drivers, delivering NHS equipment and supplies, who were unhappy with being paid “an industry low” of £10.24 an hour, according to union Unite.It ...

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    Fraikin appoints new MD in wake of chief executive Ed Cowell’s departure

    2020-02-04T14:29:00Z

    Fleet management, contract hire and rental specialist Fraikin has appointed Darren Hall (pictured) as MD.Hall’s appointment comes just weeks after the departure of Fraikin chief executive Ed Cowell who left to “pursue other interests”, according to the company.Hall joins Fraikin after five years as chief executive at Fraikin’s Middle East ...

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    NFT Distribution Operations sale excludes Tilbury DC

    2020-02-04T13:57:00Z

    The sale of NFT Distribution Operations to EV Cargo Logistics does not include the firm’s Tilbury refrigerated distribution centre, it has emerged.MT understands that the Tilbury DC and its operations will be taken over by two customers of NFT Distribution Operations that are on the Tilbury site.It is not clear ...

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    Maritime drivers given road safety bonus

    2020-02-04T13:37:00Z

    Maritime Transport has reported a major reduction in total incidents since 2018 as it continues to invest in and improve its safety performance.The business employs over 2,000 drivers covering 130,000,000 miles per annum and insists road safety remains an utmost priority.The company rewarded drivers in December with annual bonuses in ...

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    AO lands furniture delivery deal with The Cotswold Company

    2020-02-04T12:35:00Z

    Dave Ashwell, MD of AO Logistics (left), and Kevin Johnson, chief executive of The Cotswold Company (right)Online electrical retailer AO has boosted its drive into the logistics sector after landing a contract with The Cotswold Company.The 12-month rolling contract will see AO’s logistics division deliver The Cotswold Company furniture across ...

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    Hermes to build £60m mega-distribution centre in Barnsley

    2020-02-04T11:57:00Z

    Hermes is set to build a £60m automated parcel distribution centre in Barnsley as its parcel volumes continue to rise.The move comes as the delivery specialist reported a 25% rise in the number of parcels it handled in December last year, compared to the same period in 2018.Due for completion ...

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    EV Cargo Logistics buys 'specific assets and operations' of NFT Distribution

    2020-02-04T11:47:00Z

    EV Cargo Logistics has acquired 'specific assets and operations' of NFT Distribution.Those core operations include primary and secondary chilled logistics services from depots at Alfreton, Amesbury, Anglesey, Bristol, Crick, Daventry, Evesham, Penrith, Rochdale and St Albans – with almost 2,000 employees moving across from NFT to EV Cargo Logistics.The successful ...

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    Boughey expansion to create up to 100 new jobs

    2020-02-04T11:35:00Z

    Boughey Distribution directors Danny Earp (left) and Neil Trotter (right) pictured in the new warehouseCheshire-based Boughey Distribution is to open a new 237,734 sq ft warehouse at Crewe Commercial Park which will create around 100 new jobs for the local area.Boughey, part of the NWF Group, provides storage and distribution ...

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    Synetiq future-proofs its fleet with the addition of ten DVS compliant transporters

    2020-02-03T12:39:00Z

    Salvage and vehicle recycling firm Synetiq has added ten new transporters to its fleet as it continues its expansion into the recovery market.The move is part of a wider strategy to invest in the logistics arm of the Doncaster-based company, which has also seen the recent appointment of James Brown ...

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    TPN recruitment drive sees Toogood International added to line up

    2020-02-03T12:30:00Z

    The Pallet Network (TPN) has announced the addition of Bristol-based Toogood International Transport to its line-up. This latest addition closely follows the recruitment of Coventry haulier Hambridge Transport and Big G Logistics of Stevenage in December last year.Toogood International said the move is aimed at expanding its domestic freight services.The ...

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    Wincanton invests in camera and telematics technology

    2020-01-31T17:40:00Z

    Wincanton has invested in 360-degree cameras and telematics technology across its home delivery fleet.As part of its commitment to improving safety and efficiency, all core vehicles used for deliveries of furniture and soft furnishings are now equipped with the hardware, supplied by MiX Telematics.The cameras record footage in all directions ...

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    Carters Haulage ceases trading

    2020-01-31T07:10:00Z

    Carters Haulage in Hertfordshire has entered administration and ceased trading.The company appointed insolvency practitioners at SFP Restructuring to handle its affairs on 21 January.Established in 2016, its Hoddesdon base is just 10 miles from central London and close to the M25.It held a standard national licence for 50 HGVs and ...

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    Clugston Distribution Services sold to AJWG but remainder of group in administration

    2020-01-30T16:54:00Z

    Administrators handling the affairs of Clugston Group said they had successfully agreed a sale of the share capital of its haulage arm, Clugston Distribution Services (CDS).CDS was not part of the insolvency process and continued to trade as normal following Clugston Group’s fall into administration last month.It has now been ...

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    Nightline founder Dave Field partners with BWG Foods to launch 'drop2shop' e-commerce business

    2020-01-30T12:12:00Z

    A new e-commerce logistics business set up by the co-founder of Ireland’s Nightline has teamed up with BWG Foods to provide a pick-up and return service for online purchases.Dave Field, who helped set up Ireland’s largest independent supply chain business before it was sold to UPS in 2017, said Coll-8’s ...

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    Yodel rejects claims it may be seeking buyer

    2020-01-30T10:05:00Z

    Yodel has denied it may be up for sale, following reports that its owners the Barclay family were reviewing their entire stable of UK businesses.Press reports in October 2019 suggested that the owners of Shop Direct, The Telegraph, the Ritz hotel, as well as parcel delivery business Yodel, were considering ...

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    STVA UK profits hit by sluggish car sales and Brexit uncertainty

    2020-01-29T17:06:00Z

    A reduction in car registrations and uncertainty over Brexit led to a pre-tax loss of £480,000 at bimodal car transporter STVA UK in 2018.The most recent set of available accounts for the company showed that in the year ending 31 December 2018, turnover also reduced by almost 20% to £21.7m.The ...

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    Europa announces ambitious growth plans

    2020-01-29T16:37:00Z

    Europa Worldwide Group has revealed it aims to hit a turnover of £1bn by 2027.Speaking at the company's first all-staff conference at the QEII Centre in Westminster, MD Andrew Baxter said: “Since taking over the company six years ago, my strategy was to put every piece of profit back into ...

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    Major contract win and acquisition spree help boost NWF Group profits

    2020-01-28T14:00:00Z

    NWF Group saw its half-year pre-tax profit leap by 26% after landing a major new food distribution contract and buying another three fuel distribution operators.Reporting its first half-year results to 30 November 2019 the fuel, food and feed distributor, which owns Palletline member Boughey Distribution, unveiled a 5.6% rise in ...

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    Owner of failed Nicholson's Transport receives suspended jail sentence for VAT fraud

    2020-01-28T08:40:00Z

    David Nicholson, former owner of Nicholson’s Transport, which went under in June last year, has been found guilty of fraudulently evading payment of over £130,000 of VAT and given a 22-month suspended prison sentence.Durham Crown Court heard that a routine HMRC investigation in October 2018 found that company accountant James ...