SAICA Paper, one of Europe’s largest recycled paper producers, has commended high standards of service and strong focus on continuous improvement at Menzies Distribution Solutions (formerly Bibby Distribution) after extending its contract with the company for a further three years. The new agreement will see Menzies continue to oversee the… Read more »
Inter-haul signs lucrative £15 million contract
Maintaining fresh air circulation in all residential, commercial and industrial properties has never been so important, which is why international ventilation giant Nuaire has extended its collaborative, multi-million pound logistics relationship with inter-haul Pallet Services. A founding member of the award-winning Pallet-Track network, Pontypridd-based Inter-haul, which has provided high-quality distribution… Read more »
Network helps charity deliver memorial horse sculpture to UK’s largest deep shaft mine
It was a fairytale ending for Prince, the commemorative pit pony sculpture who needed to make his 200-mile journey ‘home’ to Britain’s deepest seam mine at Chatterley Whitfield, an industrial time capsule near Stoke-on-Trent. Award-winning logistics business Pallet-Track answered the pleas of the Friends of Chatterley Whitfield charity to use… Read more »
Border control as Pallet-Track signs up Hicks Logistics
Award-winning Pallet-Track has continued its strategic membership expansion by starting 2021 with the addition of Hicks Logistics, one of Wales’ largest haulage companies. Based at Caldicot, near Chepstow, and employing almost 80 staff, Hicks, which is also one of the UK’s leading low-loader specialists, will take over the Welsh border… Read more »
HTA engage The Transafe Network to look at Safer Abnormal Load Escorting
The Heavy Transport Association has initiated the first in a new programme of projects that will look at various aspects of the movement of abnormal indivisible loads, analysing good practice from the UK and elsewhere in the world to ensure that movement of these loads is performed as safely and… Read more »
Collett & Sons deliver a 68Te transformer from Slovenia to Tilbury Substation
Collett & Sons have delivered a 68 Tonne electrical transformer from the manufacturing facility in Ljubljana, Slovenia to a substation in Tilbury, Essex. Undertaking the delivery of a 6.98m L x 2.4m W x 3.82m H transformer, the Collett Team, appointed by Kolektor have fulfilled all transport and logistic solutions… Read more »
Response from David Wells, Chief Executive of Logistics UK RE DVSA comments
In response to remarks made by Gareth Llewellyn, outgoing head of the DVSA in front of the Commons Transport Select Committee (25 November 2020), David Wells, Chief Executive of Logistics UK, said: “To say the Traffic Commissioner service is ‘anachronistic’ and the haulage industry does not need its support totally… Read more »
Delsol flexes to meet Covid-19 challenges
A leading logistics company has seen huge growth in its business to consumer deliveries during the pandemic. North Wales-based Delivery Solutions (Delsol) says its new business has been driven by companies either increasing existing online sales or launching eCommerce offerings. New customers have included food producers, DIY and garden companies… Read more »
Fox Brothers acquire Clive Hurt Plant Hire in ground-breaking deal
Fox Brothers, the Blackpool-based haulier of aggregates, recycled materials and earthworks contractor, has acquired Clive Hurt Plant Hire Limited in a multi-million-pound deal. The acquisition brings together two of the North West’s premier operators and will create a combined business with an annual turnover of close to £50m. Collectively it… Read more »
Burnley haulage firm grows business during lockdown
Within nine months of joining Palletways, Europe’s largest and fastest growing palletised freight network, and part of the Imperial group, Burnley-based EFS Global have grown their business to accommodate additional postcodes in the Stockport area. EFS Global, which was founded in 1996, boasts a 200-strong fleet and employs over 325… Read more »
