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    CSG stalwart retires after 62 years of loyal service

    2022-10-20T15:07:00Z

    Vic Clements with CSG transport coodinator Jayne LoaderCSG is waving farewell to its longest serving staff member, Vic Clements, who has hung up his boots after an incredible 62 years with the waste management firm.Coronation Street first aired, The Beatles played their first gig in Hamburg and the maximum permitted ...

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    Green Recyling hails Wheely-Safe for cutting operating costs

    2022-10-20T13:38:00Z

    One of the first operators to adopt a wheel loss detection system from Wheely-Safe has reported fleet safety improvements and a reduction in operating costs.Green Recycling said four-and-a-half years after it installed the sensors across its fleet of 15 dustcart, skiploader and hooklift trucks, it has found the savings and ...

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    GXO hits back at Unite as escalating pay row threatens World Cup beer deliveries

    2022-10-20T12:11:00Z

    GXO has described comments by the Unite union regarding a pay offer for 1,000 of its draymen making beer deliveries across the UK as “inaccurate and misleading” and that they risk causing unnecessary disruption.As things stand, the HGV drivers at 22 GXO sites are due to go out on strike ...

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    Edwin C Farrall shrugs off driver shortage to report 2021 profit surge

    2022-10-20T11:35:00Z

    Edwin C Farrall said it endured one of the worst driver shortages the UK supply chain had experienced last year and it struggled to compete with the high rates implemented by supermarkets.The Deeside haulier, which is involved in contract distribution, general haulage and pallet network operations, said Covid-19, the introduction ...

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    Brakes invests in bespoke Iveco reefers from Solomon Commercials

    2022-10-20T11:07:00Z

    Foodservice provider Brakes has teamed up with Solomon Commercials to take delivery of bespoke refrigerated vehicles, including 10 temperature controlled 7.2-tonne Iveco Dailys.The partnership also sees the two companies collaborating with Thermoking and Iveco to design, develop and produce more than 70 reefers specifically for Brake’s operations.The 7.2-tonners have been ...

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    EM Rogers reports buoyant 2021 trading

    2022-10-19T16:10:00Z

    EM Rogers (Transport) “worked through” the twin challenges of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021 to report significant increases in revenue and profits and bring it broadly into line with its performance a couple of years ago.Latest figures for the year ending 31 January 2022 showed that the Northampton ...

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    Moody Logistics in £1m fleet expansion as forward planning pays off

    2022-10-19T15:30:00Z

    (From left) Moody Logistics MD Caroline Moody, operations director Richard Moody and chairman Alan Moody with one of the new Iveco S-Ways which bear the 75th anniversary logoMoody Logistics is spending £1m to grow its fleet in response to growing demand for its services.It has already taken delivery of two ...

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    Great Bear Distribution reports 2021 surge in revenues and profit

    2022-10-19T14:55:00Z

    Great Bear Distribution increased revenues by 21.5% last year to report a turnover of £342.7m.Pre-tax profit also rose, to £17.7m in the year ending 31 December 2021; an increase of more than 35% on 2020’s £13.1m.The business, which operates more than 400 commercial vehicles and manages more than 6m sq ...

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    Palletways in tree planting pledge

    2022-10-19T09:57:00Z

    Palletways is boosting its environmental credentials by pledging to plant a tree for every online order or verified Trustpilot review it receives.The network has teamed up with climate action enterprise Ecologi to support projects that are in line with the UN’s sustainable development goals.It said that so far it has ...

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    Stobart wins international award for sustainability

    2022-10-17T14:47:00Z

    Stobart has won a Transporeon award for being the most sustainable carrier after demonstrating that it offered outstanding customer commitment and the lowest carbon footprint.Peter Daglish, Stobart IT applications manager, said: “We have a well-established team of key people who, with their expertise, skills and knowledge, have driven our various ...

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    GXO Logistics reports surge in revenues as growth drive continues

    2022-10-17T14:38:00Z

    GXO Logistics UK said strong organic growth and new business wins helped it to increase revenues by more than a quarter last year.Turnover in the year ending 31 December was £1.5bn, compared to £1.2bn in 2020.Pre-tax profit increased by 40.1% to £65.5m.The company said that despite the challenges brought about ...

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    ArrowXL defends pay offer after drivers and warehouse workers agree series of walkouts

    2022-10-17T10:23:00Z

    ArrowXL said it was “extremely disappointed” to be in dispute over pay with 350 of its drivers and warehouse workers after it increased salaries by an average of 8.25% and enhanced their benefits.The two-person home delivery specialist said it was aware of a threat of strike action later this month ...

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    Evri launches Parcel Vision software to enhance customer service

    2022-10-17T10:07:00Z

    Evri has developed software that lets couriers know if their ‘safe place photos’ have failed to show the parcel and where it has been left and requests they take a second shot.Parcel Vision was created in order to eliminate mistakes where a parcel may not be clearly visible, be too ...

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    Ridgway Rentals adds two Renault 70-tonners to fleet

    2022-10-14T16:06:00Z

    Two new 70-tonne Renault trucks have been delivered to plant hire firm Ridgway Rentals for heavy duty work shifting excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks.The T520 6x2 tag axle tractors with sleeper cabs were added as replacements to Ridgway’s 10-strong, predominantly Renault fleet.“With an increased demand for our services, we are ...

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    Palletforce profits slide but business model remains robust

    2022-10-14T14:05:00Z

    Revenues at Palletforce increased by £10m last year thanks to growth in UK pallet volumes, online commerce and working with its stablemates in the EV Cargo group.Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2021 showed that the UK and European distribution network reported a turnover of £147.1m, up 7.7% from ...

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    Profits plunge at Associated Cold Stores despite rise in revenues

    2022-10-14T13:16:00Z

    Associated Cold Stores & Transport (ACS&T) saw revenues grow last year, but the driver shortage and its subsequent reliance on agency labour significantly hit its profits.The temperature controlled storage and distribution firm reported a 4% increase in turnover for the year ending 1 January 2022, to almost £22m.However, pre-tax profit ...

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    Royal Mail set to make 6,000 staff redundant as losses deepen

    2022-10-14T12:14:00Z

    Royal Mail said it now expected operating losses to plunge to £350m and blamed the impact of ongoing strike action in part for up to 6,000 predicted redundancies.In a trading update the company said around £70m of losses during H1 2022/23 alone were as a result of three days of ...

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    Box Logistics joins Palletforce

    2022-10-13T15:46:00Z

    Palletforce has signed up family-run Box Logistics to its network.The company will cover BR postcodes around Orpington and some Tonbridge postcodes including Sevenoaks.Through its road freight division, Box Logistics specialises in UK and overseas worldwide freight services and express trailer shipments.Palletforce said the firm has experience in pallet networks but ...

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    DPD posts record profits and predicts further growth

    2022-10-13T15:26:00Z

    DPD enjoyed its most successful operational period ever last year, with the parcel group delivering record revenues, volumes and profits thanks partly to the internet shopping boom.This year's three-time MT award winner said turnover had jumped by 5.7% to £1.6bn in the year ending 2 January 2022.Pre-tax profit increased by ...

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    Europa Road hails success of 1Hub groupage depot

    2022-10-13T15:17:00Z

    Europa Road is celebrating seven years of operating out of its central transit facility in Kent, having delivered over three million consignments since 2015.Known as the 1Hub, the groupage depot close to the Dartford Crossing is the largest of its kind in the UK and Europa said it had experienced ...