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ArticleMontgomery Distribution adds to Preston team
Montgomery Distribution’s Preston branch has bolstered its team.Richard Preston has joined the operator, which is a Palletways member, as commercial manager. He was transport manager at H Parkinson Haulage.Robert Booth has joined the business also as a sales executive.Montgomery Distribution’s general manager, Steven McBride, said: “We are very happy to ...
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Howard Tenens promotes from within after chairman of logistics' retirement
Howard Tenens has made a series of changes to its leadership team following the retirement of Keith Charlton.The company, which won Livery of the Year Award at last year’s Motor Transport Awards, has promoted former joint MD Jamie Hartles to the position of CEO.Hartles has been with the company for ...
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ArticleDawson family member earns her spurs and joins the board
Dawsongroup has appointed the daughter of chairman Peter Dawson to the group's main board, after eight years managing the firm's property portfolio.Freya Dawson has become group property director and said the appointment was certainly not because of her family connections.She said: "When your surname is Dawson, people understandably expect you ...
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ArticleIndustry urged to respond to driver apprentice survey
RTITBFleet operators are being urged to show their support for a move to include the Cat C+E licence in the Large Goods Vehicle driver apprenticeship.The 12 month apprenticeship, which was launched in 2016, currently only includes the Cat C licence, which is limited to rigids.The FTA said this week that ...
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ArticleReed Boardall appoints business development manager to help drive growth
North Yorkshire-based temperature controlled storage and distribution business Reed Boardall has promoted Stevland Town (pictured centre, with joint managing directors Andrew Baldwin, left, and Graeme Richardson, right) to business development manager.In his new role, Town will work with the cold storage and transport divisions’ directors to extend services to existing ...
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ArticleJack Richards & Son using Horsepower to develop drivers
Jack Richards & Son is tackling the driver shortage head on and offering category C drivers in Cheshire the opportunity to gain their C+E licence at weekends.The haulage company has teamed up with training provider Horsepower Training to create more qualified drivers using ‘assisted funding’ for candidates not eligible for ...
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New chief financial officer for Eddie Stobart Logistics
Anoop Kang is to become the new chief financial officer (CFO) at Eddie Stobart Logistics (ESL) from 1 April, the operator announced today (15 February).He will replace Damien Harte who is to retire on 31 March due to family health reasons.Kang is currently CFO at Cambian Group, a provider of ...
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ArticleKB Event makes trio of promotions
KB Event has made three promotions with Howard Dearsley, Amy Woods and Laura Meredith taking on new roles. Dearsley, who joined KB Event in January 2007 as a trainee manager, is now head of operations. This is a newly created position that will see him oversee an expanded operations team.Woods, ...
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ArticleMark Thompson Transport uses Apprenticeship Levy money to fund three rising stars
From left: Daniel Robb, Caitlin Roberts and Jack TinsleyThe transport and logistics industry has paid an estimated £130m in Apprentice Levy taxation since its introduction in April 2017 but has reclaimed only a fraction of this sum to fund training new or existing staff.With Brexit expected to lead to a ...
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ArticleIan Lister returns to Wilson James to head up construction logistics strategy
Ian Lister (pictured) has re-joined Wilson James as director of logistics concepts and strategy.The new role has been created as part of Wilson James' wider strategy to expand its logistics services.This is Lister’s third stint at Wilson James, which specialises in construction logistics, security and aviation industry services.In his previous ...
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ArticleMore employers needed to promote logistics careers to students
Think Logistics is looking for logistics firms to offer over 90 internships or work placements for students around the UK between February and August this year. Employers taking part in the programme last year were so impressed with their interns that 75% said they would have been happy to offer ...
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ArticleDriving training to the next level at UPS Integrad
Burton upon Trent was once a global brewing superpower and although that heyday is behind it, the town has successfully reinvented itself, retaining its international flavour and attracting the likes of UPS.The global operator opened its UK Integrad training facility in the Staffordshire town in May 2017, in a move ...
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Supply chain apprenticeship degree makes debut
The Supply Chain Academy has launched a work-based degree-level apprenticeship in supply chain management in partnership with Leeds Trinity University.The apprenticeship aims to help supply chain sector firms tackle the skills shortage, develop in-house talent and cut recruitment costs.The four year course, which was approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships ...
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ArticleBob Richards joins Oakland International
Multi-temperature supply chain operator Oakland International has appointed Bob Richards as general manager at its Redditch facility.Richards was head of hygiene operations at PHS, and has also worked for Bidvest Logistics, Christian Salvesen, TDG, Palletways and David Hathaway Transport in his transport career.Richards said: “I’m really excited about joining Oakland ...
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ArticleKB Event bolsters team with three new hires
KB Event, a transport provider to the entertainment, conference and exhibition industries, has made three appointments.Tia Ganatra, Rebecca Smith and John Conway have joined the KB Event team at their head office in Nottingham.Ganatra is a finance apprentice, Smith an operator and Conway warehouse and yard operative.On the new appointments, ...
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ArticlePall-Ex looks to deliver more with new IT and business development manager in place
Pall-Ex has officially announced Sacha Wilks as its business development manager.Wilks began his role last November and joined the network, which won the Motor Transport Customer Care Award last year, from rival Palletline where he was general manager commercial development.He has also worked for the Palletways pallet network in his ...
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ArticleRoss Eggleton leaves chief executive role at NFT; joint MDs appointed
Ross Eggleton has left his role as chief executive of NFT to become a senior advisor at its parent company EV Cargo.Eggleton was promoted to chief executive, effective from January 2018, at NFT in 2017 having joined the chilled food operator the same year as chief operating officer from supermarket ...
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Duncan Eyre in as MD of CM Downton as brothers step aside at family firm
The Downton brothers have stepped down from the day to day running of CM Downton, with the former MD of Bibby Distribution Duncan Eyre taking the reins.The succession follows CM Downton’s purchase by EmergeVest last year and subsequent role within the recently formed EV Cargo.Andy, Richard and John Downton have ...
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Former Canute director David Emslie joins Swain Group in newly created role
The Swain Group has announced the appointment of David Emslie as its strategic development director. Emslie was most recently sales director at Canute Group, having served eleven years at the firm that was placed into administration ahead of this Christmas.His employer said that in his newly established role Emslie will ...
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Roger Alm starts reign as president of Volvo Trucks
Roger Alm has succeeded Claes Nilsson as president of Volvo Trucks and as a member of Volvo Group’s executive board. Alm began his career at Volvo Trucks in 1989 and has worked in areas from product development to service, parts, sales and general management.Since 2016, Alm has been senior vice-president ...