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MT ArticleTiger Trailers promotes Ed Booth to MD
Tiger Trailers’ finance director Ed Booth (pictured) has been promoted to MD of the wider group, with immediate effect.Booth’s promotion sees Tiger Trailers’ founders, John and Steven Cartwright, move from their positions as joint MDs to sit as executive directors on the board alongside fellow founder David Williams.The Winsford-based company, ...
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MT ArticleSainsbury's lorry drivers given pay rise in bid to attract top talent
Lorry drivers working for Sainsbury’s are to get pay increases of up to £11.50 an hour in recognition of their “extraordinary work”.Simon Roberts, Sainsbury’s chief executive, said it would increase its basic hourly rate for all staff, including those working for Argo, to £10 an hour.Groceries Online drivers will receive ...
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MT ArticleWhistl restructures senior leadership team
E-fulfilment specialist Whistl has appointed a new executive chairman and chief executive as part of the restructure of its senior leadership team.Nick Wells becomes executive chairman and Alistair Cochrane (pictured) has been appointed chief executive.The logistics firm added that Nigel Polglass continues in his role as chief operating officer and ...
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MT ArticleRevealed: the industry jobs with the most vacancies and best salaries
New research has found there were 7,200 UK vacancies for HGV drivers and 4,831 openings for supply chain managers at the end of September 2021.Packaging retailer RAJA UK analysed the distribution and logistics roles that are most in demand, highlighting average salary, number of vacancies and job requirements.It found an ...
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MT ArticleTPN recruits new commercial director from Palletways
The Pallet Network (TPN) has appointed Sue Nicholson (pictured) as commercial director in the latest of a string of key appointments aimed at driving further growth.Nicholson has over 30 years of experience in global supply chains and pallet network logistics. She began her career in the container shipping arena, where ...
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MT ArticleShears Bros opens transport hub and welcomes new general manager
Logistics company Shears Bros. (Transport) Ltd has opened a new transport facility and recruited a new general manager.The new transport hub is located on Bournemouth Airport’s Aviation Business Park, just a few hundred metres from the Shears’ existing premises.The 21,500sq ft warehouse, which has recently been fully refurbished, will become ...
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MT ArticleSouth Essex College buys Renault HGVs to train students
A college in Essex has purchased two Renault HGVs to highlight a career in logistics to students and also provide them with driver training.The branded lorries supplied by RH Commercial Vehicles (RHCV) to South Essex College will now be used by students on HGV apprenticeship programmes, as well as the ...
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MT ArticleHaulier promises future driving career to nine-year-old schoolboy who posted CV
A Scottish transport firm has offered a driving job to a primary school pupil after he sent them his CV and said he would keep his truck clean.HGV mad Dylan Macleod, a nine-year-old pupil at Stornoway primary school, wrote to MacRitchie Highland Distribution and told the firm he helped his ...
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MT ArticleAsset Alliance Group appoints Anthony Jones to lead new vendor finance team
Asset Alliance Group has appointed Anthony Jones (pictured) to head up a new vendor finance team which will focus on providing competitive contract hire and leasing funding rates to partners, manufacturers, franchise dealers and independent dealers to support their customers.Jones joins the business as head of vendor finance and key ...
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MT ArticleLynn Brown joins XPO Logistics as vice president of human resources UK and Ireland
XPO Logistics has appointed Lynn Brown to lead the company's human resources team in the UK and Ireland.In her new role as vice president of human resources, UK and Ireland, Brown will report to Valerie Chaut, head of human resources in Europe and UK and Ireland managing director Dan Myers.Prior ...
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MT ArticleDHL Supply Chain UK & Ireland appoints Saul Resnick new chief executive
Saul Resnick (pictured), chief executive officer of DHL Supply Chain Australia & New Zealand is to replace José Nava as chief executive of DHL Supply Chain, UK & Ireland.In his former role, Resnick was responsible for what the company described as “impressive growth” of both revenue and profitability for the ...
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MT ArticleEnterprise appoints Ryan Johnson as UK and Ireland MD
Enterprise Holdings has appointed Ryan Johnson (pictured) as MD UK & Ireland as the company ramps up its drive into the logistics sector.Johnson will take over the role from Khaled Shahbo who was recently appointed senior vice president of European operations.Johnson joined the business in 1998 as a management trainee ...
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MT ArticleStefan Paul to take the helm at Kuehne+Nagel International next year
A major management restructuring at Kuehne+Nagel will see Stefan Paul (pictured), head of the company’s road logistics and sales, promoted to chief executive from August next year.The current chief executive, Dr Detlef Trefzger, will step down for “private reasons” on 1 August next year and be appointed to the board, ...
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MT ArticleMoD boosts HGV driver training places for veterans to help tackle driver shortage crisis
The MOD has more than tripled the number of training places for veterans wanting to become HGV drivers from 100 to 350 placements over the next 12 months.Under its Career Transition Partnership (CTP) which helps transition the military into civilian life, the current provision of 100 training places will increase ...
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MT ArticleMAN Truck & Bus names new head of van
MAN Truck & Bus UK has announced the appointment of Tracey Perry as its new head of van.She succeeds Daniel Holbein who is leaving the company to take up a new position in MAN’s headquarters in Munich.Perry comes with a wealth of experience, having led teams in retail sales, SME ...
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MT ArticlePML names new business development manager for Europe
Logistics provider Perishable Movements (PML) has appointed Alessandra Tagliabue to the newly created role of business development manager for Europe.Fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and English and with direct experience of working with customers across Europe, PML said Tagliabue was well placed to help drive the growth and expansion of ...
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MT ArticleUnipart Logistics appoints Ian Truesdale as MD
Ian Truesdale (pictured) has been appointed MD of Unipart Logistics with a brief to help clients “reimagine” their supply chains using smart technology and automation.Truesdale will succeed Frank Burns, who has been named executive vice president of Unipart Group, which is the parent company of Unipart Logistics.Truesdale, who joined Unipart ...
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MT ArticleCullimore gets involved with National Lorry Week
Primary school kids were taught about safety around HGVs and job opportunities in haulage when the official vehicle for National Lorry Week rolled into Gloucestershire last week.After visiting local haulier The Cullimore Group, the truck’s next drop was nearby Whitminster Endowed Church of England Primary School, where the pupils were ...
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MT ArticleSuttons Tankers appoints Chrisi Lloyd-Roberts as operations director
Suttons Tankers has promoted Chrisi Lloyd-Roberts to the role of operations director, leading a team of 700 drivers and 100 staff. She takes over the role from Steve Hassall, who was promoted to fleet director last month.Both promotions are part of a wider strategy to strengthen the company’s fleet ...
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MT ArticleFraikin names new operations director
Fraikin has employed an operations director, Andy Towns (pictured), to lead its engineering and operations functions as it works towards bringing its maintenance back in-house.Towns joins after four years as aftersales director at Farid Hillend Engineering and he will report directly to MD Darren Hall.He has 35 years of experience ...