Leading supply chain, transport and logistics company, Eddie Stobart has been awarded a five-year contract by Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. The contract, effective from December 2018, will see Eddie Stobart help Tarmac’s Cement and Lime business restructure from a national to a regional… Read more »
Kinaxia Logistics acquire Fresh Freight Group
Kinaxia Logistics have announced their eleventh acquisition just months following their purchase of Manchester based AKW Global. The Gateshead company, Fresh Freight Group (“FFG”), marks the first North East based purchase, strengthening the Kinaxia Group’s geographical footprint alongside its: North West, Midlands, South, South East and East Anglian counterparts. … Read more »
Portsmouth International Port to Lovedean Substation
August saw our Teams complete the second of our National Grid Super Grid Transformer projects in a three week period. This time our Team, fresh from delivering Cellarhead Substation, hotfooted it to Portsmouth. As part of a substation upgrade programme to supply homes, hospitals, schools and businesses in the area,… Read more »
How to slash your business energy costs
In the UK, the average business spends approximately £4,000 each year on energy. That means that there’s never been a more ideal time for companies to look into their gas and electric usage in a bid to discover quick and easy ways to slash their bills. Haulage industries in particular… Read more »
ECMT Permit Applications open this week: International Hauliers must apply – or miss out
Applications for international road haulage permits opened this week and the Freight Transport Association (FTA), the business organisation representing the logistics industry, is advising commercial vehicle operators wanting to transport goods into EU-27 countries post-Brexit to apply sooner rather than later. Despite the recent progress in Brexit negotiations, a No… Read more »
EmergeVest Creates EV Cargo, the Largest Privately-Owned Logistics Business in the UK
Private equity investor EmergeVest has announced the creation of EV Cargo, consolidating ownership of six of the UK’s leading logistics companies. With £850 million of revenue, EV Cargo is the largest privately-owned logistics business in the UK, providing mission-critical supply chain services to a portfolio of great customers and leading brands. EV Cargo is one of… Read more »
Bibby Distribution’s food expertise eats up the competition to secure new contract with AAK
Bibby Distribution’s experience in food traceability and its extensive safety credentials have won the company a three-year contract with edible oils and fats manufacturer AAK. The 3PL can track the journey of every pallet it carries in real-time, giving AAK a full traceability record of products going into high street… Read more »
Hovis awards Abbey Logistics bulk flour distribution contract
Baking company Hovis, has awarded Abbey Logistics a UK contract to provide bulk flour distribution to its bakeries in the Midlands and the South. Hovis, one of the country’s most recognised brands, selected Abbey Logistics following a competitive tender process, where Abbey demonstrated the added value it could provide… Read more »
Tenth takeover in two years for serial entrepreneur
Serial entrepreneur Andy Scott, who has just achieved his tenth corporate takeover in two years with the acquisition of national haulage firm Bison Transport Group, announced last week that he has funding in place to purchase six more companies and actively seeks further investments. Bison, which owns and operates… Read more »
Clugston Distribution hits fuel distribution landmark
Clugston Distribution Services, part of the privately owned Clugston Group and one of the UK’s leading independent logistics companies, has recently hit the landmark figure of distributing over two billion litres of fuel. In 2018 alone, Clugston Distribution is on target to deliver another record result of over 407 million… Read more »
