The Road Haulage Association is accusing Leeds City Council’s clean air plans of lacking credibility. RHA chief executive, Richard Burnett is dismayed that the council has used inaccurate and out-of-date information in their Air Quality Consultation. He says they’ve over-estimated the number of Euro VI trucks that will be used… Read more »
Profit grows by 83% for Manchester logistics firm
Select Transport, the specialist in road collections and deliveries for the air cargo industry’s freight forwarding community, has announced significant increases in both turnover and profit. In their latest trading figures just announced, year on year profit grew by 35% and an impressive 83% from 2016 to 2018. Turnover also… Read more »
Migrants continue to cause misery for UK-bound truckers
The Road Haulage Association is extremely concerned that migrants at Calais are still causing misery for UK-bound hauliers. “The latest reports of migrants attacking the French police make us even more afraid for the lives of truckers who just want to do their job,” said RHA chief exec Richard Burnett…. Read more »
Tarmac moves to regional transport model for cement hauliers
Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business, is to restructure the distribution model for its Cement and Lime division to deliver an enhanced service for its customers. A comprehensive strategic review has informed the decision to move to a more flexible regional model for both bulk… Read more »
Eddie Stobart wins PepsiCo contract
Eddie Stobart, leading supply chain, transport and logistics company, today announces a new contract with PepsiCo, one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies. Under this new contract, Eddie Stobart will manage the business’s ambient transport operations across England and Wales from PepsiCo’s existing distribution centres in Birchwood, near… Read more »
A14 Integrated Delivery Team hits huge milestone
Throughout the 21-mile stretch of Highways England’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme there is evidence of the substantial progress being made by the A14 Integrated Delivery Team (IDT), a joint venture between Costain, Skanska, Balfour Beatty, Atkins/Ch2M and their supply chain partners, at every juncture. One company that plays… Read more »
Group Business Analyst appointment to drive growth at Walkers Transport
Logistics provider Walkers Transport, a member of Palletways, Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network, has demonstrated its commitment to its growth strategy with the appointment of a group business analyst. Nick Atkinson (36) has spent the last 12 years working in supply chain and logistics planning… Read more »
Kersey Freight invests over £1m to open northern depot in East Yorkshire
Suffolk-based haulier has invested more than £1m in creating a northern depot in East Yorkshire. Kersey Freight, which is headquartered at Hadleigh just outside of Ipswich, established the depot on Ozone Business Park in Howden after purchasing land from property developer the Horncastle Group PLC. The company chose Ozone Business… Read more »
Delivering Leicester Square Hotel
With fabricated steel props and trusses, Northallerton based structural fabrication specialists Allerton Steel appointed Collett to undertake the intricate delivery of thirteen cargoes destined for the Leicester Square Hotel construction site in the heart of the capital. The seven 11 Tonne steel props measuring 19m (L) x 0.5m (W) x… Read more »
Introducing Best Food Logistics
Bidvest Logistics is delighted to announce that from today, 25th June 2018, it will be trading under the new name of Best Food Logistics. Paul Whyte of Best Food Logistics explained that the name change reflects their singular mission to be the best food service contract logistics provider in… Read more »
