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All Motor Transport articles in 2013 – Page 5
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Over 2,000 FPNs issued in London road safety initiative
The Metropolitan Police issued over 2,000 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) to cyclists, LGV and car drivers during the first three days of its road safety crackdown in London this weekA combined total of 1,392 FPNs were issued to car and LGV drivers for offences such as skipping red lights, crossing ...
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FedEx prepares for 11% increase in Cyber Monday volumes
Parcel giant FedEx Express is preparing for its busiest ‘Cyber Monday’ yet, expecting an 11% year-on-year increase in worldwide parcel volumes.It estimates it will move around 22 million parcels on Monday 2 December, which Amazon has warned will be the busiest day for online retail orders. Last year, the operator ...
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Clipper Logistics expands in Germany with Geist acquisition
Clipper Logistics has announced the acquisition of German logistics firm R Geist Spedition. Based in Kempen, north west of Dűsseldorf, Geist was founded in 1938 and employs 65 staff. It runs a fleet of 30 trucks and has some 25,000m² (around 270,000ft²) of warehousing.Clipper said the move would help UK ...
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Government ports policy branded 'confused and flawed'
Government policy on who should pay for transport infrastructure relating to ports is “confused in practice and conceptually flawed,” the Commons Transport Committee has warned.In a new report on access to UK ports, the committee said there should be a presumption that significant improvements to access to ports would be ...
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Goodwill calls for more flexibility on Driver CPC training
Transport minister Robert Goodwill has called on the European Commission to consider introducing greater flexibility in the rules about Driver CPC (DCPC) training when it comes to the minimum seven-hour training periods currently required. In its official response to an EC call for evidence about the effectiveness of the DCPC, ...
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ArticleFairFuel looks beyond Autumn Statement as duty fight continues
The head of FairFuel UK (FFUK) Howard Cox has said the campaign remains very much alive and kicking, after the departure of co-founder Peter Carroll.The FTA, RHA, Association of Pallet Networks and the RAC have all pledged their continuing support as the major backers of the campaign, with journalist Quentin ...
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ArticleBBC's One Show does cycle safety and lorry bans
The Hub isn’t a follower of BBC’s The One Show, finding its middle-of-the-road, magazine format randomness unappealing. However last night’s topic of HGVs and cycle safety caught the attention.Indeed, for exactly the reason above it was fascinating to see just how mainstream the cycle safety debate has become by dint ...
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ArticleVosa and DSA to become Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has been unveiled as the new name for the combined Vosa and Driving Standards Agency (DSA) today (28 November).Robert Goodwill, parliamentary under secretary of state for transport, said he had considered “a range of options” for the name of the new agency.“I have ...
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ArticleScottish independence would see Royal Mail renationalised
Proposals for an independent Scotland include a promise to renationalise the Royal Mail, examine a fuel duty regulator and streamline government services including Vosa.In the White Paper ‘Scotland’s Future’, the pro-independence lobby said that the Scottish government were opposed to the October privatisation of Royal Mail – as it was ...
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Panorama report highlights warehouse night-working practices
Working practices in the supply chain have been thrust into the limelight by the BBC’s investigative series Panorama.Earlier this week the programme aired an edition highlighting long shifts and tough picking targets at a DC run by internet retailer Amazon.The programme, aired on 25 November and based on secret filming ...
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TNT Express to cut 237 jobs
TNT Express is to restructure its finance and admin functions in a move that will see it cut 237 data entry, administrative, supervisory and clerical roles.The operator said it had already commenced consultations with trade unions and was “working closely with staff, and their representatives, to support those employees most ...
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Royal Mail strike threat drives customers to rival carriers
The ongoing threat of strike action at Royal Mail has encouraged many of its customers to switch to rival carriers, while growth in new contracts has slowed, the firm admitted in its half year results.As a result, the recently privatised carrier expects that parcel volumes for the nine months to ...
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Menzies wins £1.5m final mile contract with WHSmith
Menzies Logistics Solutions has won a three year contract with WHSmith, worth £1.5m.The recently launched division of Menzies Distribution, which is branching out into high street logistics from its background in newspaper and magazines, will deliver goods to stores in the north of England.The deal will cover the transport of ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle has Forbo Flooring contract extended
Norbert Dentressangle has renewed and extended its contract with commercial floor coverings manufacturer Forbo Flooring UK for three years.The new part of the contract will see ND collect products from Forbo’s factories in Cortonwood Retail Park near Barnsley, Ripley in Derbyshire and Telford, before consolidation into the operator’s shared-user ...
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ArticleCastledene Transport leaves Pallet-Track for Palletline
Kent operator Castledene Transport has left Pallet-Track after nine years to join rival network Palletline.Castledene, which runs 40 vehicles and has sites in Aylesford, Maidstone and Sheerness, will cover the ME postcode for Palletline, an area it formerly covered for Pallet-Track.Castledene Transport’s owner and MD, John Amey, said it chose ...
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ArticleDeath of a National Skills Academy
Nothing lasts forever but in the case of the National Skills Academy for Logistics (NSAL), few things have taken so long to get off the ground only to succumb so soon.First things first. Following recent media reports, a spokeswoman for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed ...
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Arrow XL launches next-day two-man delivery
Two-man delivery business Arrow XL has launched a next-day delivery service.It will allow Arrow XL's retail clients to offer their customers next-day delivery of large goods to 98% of addresses nationwide, Monday to Saturday.Shop Direct, which owns brands such as Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com, is the first retailer to sign up ...
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Vosa still refusing to provide detail about ATF claim
Vosa is still refusing to tell The Hub why an authorised testing facility (ATF) operator brought a claim of contractual breach against it in respect of provision of testing staff. Earlier this month, it turned down a request we submitted under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act asking the agency ...
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ArticleBoardman backs down over LGV ban
Former Olympic gold medal cyclist Chris Boardman has toned down his call for a ban on LGVs in rush hour in London similar to Paris and Dublin.Talking about the recent spate of cyclist deaths in the capital on BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning, Boardman said: "When we have ...
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ArticleCategories for Motor Transport Awards 2014 confirmed
The 2014 Motor Transport Awards will be open for entries in January 2014 and the categories have now been confirmed. Among the exciting new categories for 2014 are Operational and Compliance Excellence, Technical Excellence and Business Excellence - each designed to reflect the three most significant aspects of running a ...