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Forest Green Rovers welcomes DPD’s sponsorship for second season
As the football season kicks off, DPD’s logo and branding is once again appearing on the back of Forest Green Rover’s player’s shirts and on the stadium and pitch perimeter, as part of DPD’s two year sponsorship deal with the club.
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Davies Turner wins three year extension to long term contract with Owen Mumford
Multi-modal transport specialist Davies Turner has extended its long-standing logistics partnership with medical devices manufacturer Owen Mumford, for another three years.
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Government urged to act quickly to deliver net-zero transport
The new council for net-zero transport has launched a strategic advisory group, which will enable organisations to provide evidence and make representations to inform the roadmap to net zero.
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Maritime Transport acquired by Swiss logistics giant MEDLOG
Maritime Transport has been bought by Swiss giant MEDLOG for an undisclosed sum, becoming the latest British transport operator to be acquired by an overseas corporation.
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McCarron Coates board game highlights hauliers’ hierarchy risks
Fleet transport and commercial insurance broker McCarron Coates has created a board game to help truck and van fleet operators understand the implications of the Highway Code’s Hierarchy of Road Users, which requires HGV drivers to bear the greatest responsibility for collisions and accidents that occur on the country’s network.
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Chris Hayter Transport delivers profit and turnover rise in 2023
Family haulier Chris Hayter Transport continued to drive up profit and turnover last year in a performance described as “satisfactory” by the company’s directors.
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New Era Energy to boost fleet and staff numbers in £40m expansion drive
An Essex-based fuels, oils and lubricants provider is investing £40m in its fleet and boosting its team as part of its ambition to become one of the UK’s leading alternative fuel brokers.
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Don't miss CPC training deadline, Driver Hire Training warns HGV drivers
As the five year deadline for Driver CPC training approaches on 9 September, Driver Hire Training is urging drivers to make sure they do not miss the deadline.
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Maritime Transport opens new Port of Liverpool container storage terminal
Road and rail freight provider Maritime Transport has opened a major new container storage terminal at the Port of Liverpool today (2 September).
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A New Era for renewable fuel supplies dawns in Essex
The use of renewable fuels such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to cut carbon emissions from diesel trucks now rather than waiting for battery electric vehicles to develop into a more practical solution is becoming increasingly popular.
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Government must clarify position on 2030 diesel van ban, says FleetCheck
The new government needs to urgently clarify if diesel van production will be banned by 2030 to prevent leaving fleets in an “impossible” situation, software and fleet management specialist FleetCheck warned this week.
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Panattoni tackles M23 warehousing shortage with two new developments at Brighton and Burgess Hill
Real estate developer Panattoni is tackling the under-supply of warehousing along the M23 corridor with the completion of two last-mile logistics parks at Brighton and Burgess Hill.
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XPO adds Leicester DC to growing list of carbon neutral sites
Logistics giant XPO has added its shared user distribution centre in Leicester, East Midlands to its list of certified carbon neutral sites, as part of the company’s commitment to sustainability and to meeting its carbon neutral goals.
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Landmark ruling could drive robots into warehouses
An employment tribunal ruling that Next store staff should not be paid less than warehouse workers will accelerate the introduction of robotic solutions, according to an automation specialist.
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AI enhances fleet safety at drainage firm
Drain services firm Lanes Group said the safety of its fleet operations had been “vastly improved” after it implemented Samsara’s suite of AI solutions.
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How haulage firms can combat rising costs
The number of businesses in the road transport sector entering administration has more than trebled over the past three years, with 68 companies going under in the first half of 2024 alone, compared with 20 in the first six months of 2022. One of the most recent ...
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Shift moves away from direct-to-consumer model to focus on carriers
Shift, the on-demand delivery service, said it was pivoting away from offering services directly to consumers and was now focusing on logistics carriers, giving them access to thousands of drivers.
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Hauliers doing it for themselves with eHGV charging self-help group
A new self-help group ‘eHGV - a sustainable future’ has been created on LinkedIn by Swain Group MD Matthew Deer with the aim of fostering a community dedicated to discussing and advancing the future of eHGV charging infrastructure. “The purpose of this community is ...
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Malcolm Group trainer returns from Zambia secondment
A training manager at The Malcolm Group has returned from his fourth secondment for Transaid, spending two weeks helping HGV driver trainers in Zambia.
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Packfleet promotion sees Collings become CFO
Carbon neutral courier Packfleet has promoted its head of finance Robert Collings to the position of chief financial officer.