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ArticleKinaxia creates three senior finance roles
Cheshire-based Kinaxia Logistics has created three senior roles in its finance team.Sharon Deakin (pictured) has joined as group financial controller. She previously held senior financial and commercial leadership roles at several logistics and warehousing companies, including senior vice-president finance at Ceva Logistics.She assumes responsibility for financial reporting across all business ...
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ArticleSIXT appoints former Lidl chief executive as part of van and truck expansion plans
Rental firm SIXT is bolstering its drive for international growth in the van and truck sector with the appointment of former Lidl Germany chief executive Daniel Marasch (pictured).Marasch will head up SIXT’s new van and truck management division. His brief is to help make SIXT a market leading player in ...
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ArticlePall-Ex recruits new business manager in drive to boost Fortec volumes
Pall-Ex Group has taken on a new business development manager as part of a drive to grow Fortec’s corporate client base.Helen Day, whose former role was sales manager at Countrywide Freight Group, has a brief to develop the portfolio of corporate clients for Pall-Ex subsidiary Fortec.She will be responsible for ...
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ArticleEuropa appoints recruitment head amid further expansion plans
Europa Worldwide Group has employed a new head of recruitment as part of its continuing focus on growth and expansion.Vanita Dass-Puri joined the business in 2017 as internal recruitment and acquisition manager and during the first lockdown she was at the forefront of recruiting a new team of 120 to ...
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ArticleMalcolm Wilson to head up XPO spin-off logistics company
XPO Logistics’ plan to split its company into two separate entities moved one step closer this week with the unveiling of the executive board of the contracts logistics business.XPO is set to create two separate companies – a global contract logistics firm and a company providing less-than-truckload (LTL) and truck ...
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ArticlePall-Ex Group hires new finance director
Pall-Ex Group has strengthened its board with the appointment of a new UK finance director.Paul Robins joins from UK Mail, part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group, bringing more than 20 years’ experience in the parcel sector to the role.Robins’ previous role was as head of business accounting at UK ...
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ArticleSmartWitness appoints new EMEA MD as co-founder steps down
In-vehicle cameras manufacturer and supplier SmartWitness has appointed Fearghal MacGowan as MD of EMEA to drive “rapid expansion”.He is replacing director and co-founder Paul Singh who left the company in December to pursue ventures “adjacent to the industry”, the company revealed.In his new role, MacGowan is tasked with developing the ...
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ArticleFormer Test and Trace app chief Simon Thompson to lead Royal Mail
Former Ocado executive Simon Thompson, who until recently ran the NHS Test and Trace app, has been named as Royal Mail's new UK chief executive.Thompson replaces former chief executive Rico Back who left the Royal Mail in May, amid criticism of his pay and his decision to run the business ...
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ArticleNew Yodel legal director given retail remit after record Black Friday
Yodel has appointed a new legal director specialising in retail and logistics.Lyndsey Taylor (pictured) has been working for The Very Group’s legal team for the last 10 years and before that at outsourcing specialists Ventura, where she qualified as a solicitor.Mike Hancox, Yodel chief executive, commented: “It’s a pleasure to ...
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ArticleYodel worker targets fleet manager role after completing CPC course
A Yodel employee who started his career as a warehouse operative has risen through the ranks and has now completed his certificate of professional competence (CPC) licence.Martin Heathcote, transport team manager in Oldham, can now progress further after attaining the licence and aims to achieve his north east operators’ licence ...
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ArticleAsset Alliance Group recruits high flyer as national account manager
Simon Bird has been appointed national account manager for Asset Alliance Group as the business expands its team and reinforces its commitment to nationwide fleets.Bird brings more than 30 years’ experience to the business, having worked at Ryder for 15 years, most recently as account director, as well as in ...
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ArticleSchmitz Cargobull recruits used trailer sales manager
Schmitz Cargobull has appointed Glenn Bagnall as its new used trailer sales manager for the UK and Ireland.Bagnall, who has more than 15 years’ experience in truck and trailer sales, will be the contact for operators looking to expand or renew their trailer fleets.He said: “The used trailer market is ...
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ArticleMarshall Fleet Solutions recruits tail lift director
Marshall Fleet Solutions (MFS) has appointed its first ever tail lift director as it aims to become the UK’s premier tail lift business.Sarah-Jane Whitmore will report directly into MD Mark Howell and brings with her industry expertise gained in senior positions at Stone Hardy and Alfa Tail Lifts.MFS’s tail lift ...
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ArticleFTS Group appoints Peter Samuel as group MD
FTS Group has strengthened its senior management team with two senior appointments.The group’s former commercial manager Peter Samuel has been promoted to the new role of group MD while former general manager Andrew Bull takes on the role of group operations director.The company said the appointments follow a period of ...
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Pall-Ex appoints new MD in Poland
Pall-Ex Group has taken on an MD to oversee its Polish operations as it ramps up its drive into Europe.Sebastian Plesiński brings 20 years of logistics and international business experience to the role, including his previous job as sales and marketing director at DSV where he boosted company revenue by ...
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ArticleSussex logistics firm strengthens management team
Lancing-based logistics company South Link has recruited Marc Ansell (pictured) to the role of business development manager (BDM).He joins the team with a wealth of experience in logistics and a vast amount of local knowledge, the company said, having covered the Sussex area for a number of years.Ansell began his ...
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ArticleWhistl names Natalie Sehnal business development director
Delivery specialist Whistl has promoted Natalie Sehnal to the role of business development director for its fulfilment and contact services division.She has been with the business for 18 years, joining Spark Response which Whistl acquired in 2018.The company said Sehnal will play a key role in delivering its ambitious growth ...
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ArticleMoody Logistics apprentice driver gains clean sweep of distinctions
Moody Logistics and Storage has praised the dedication of employee Alex Skelton (pictured) after he gained a clean sweep of distinctions as part of the company's Large Goods Vehicle Driver Level 2 apprenticeships.The 23-year-old, who passed his LGV licence earlier this year to qualify him to drive a truck or ...
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ArticleCBI brands apprenticeship levy a "failed experiment" and calls for urgent government review
Business leaders have called time on the apprenticeship levy, demanding the government ends the “failed experiment”.The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said there was an urgent skills challenge in the UK jobs market and the country faced a stark choice: more investment in lifetime learning or do nothing and risk ...
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ArticleMarshall Fleet Solutions launches 2020 apprenticeship programme
Marshall Fleet Solutions (MFS) has expanded its 2020 apprenticeship programme.Ten new people are set to join the scheme, working at their local MFS regional depots around the UK, as part of a three-year development programme.The Cambridgeshire-based firm will now have 15 engineering apprentices employed on a full-time basis within the ...
