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Collapse of British Steel and Wolf Minerals cost Hargreaves Services £16.1m
The collapse of British Steel and Wolf Minerals left Hargreaves Services £16.1m out of pocket for the year ended 31 May, the company said today.
Month: July 2019
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Unipart Logistics keeps cool with refrigerated trailers for NHS work
Unipart Logistics is putting a new fleet of temperature managed trailers into service on its NHS Supply Chain logistics contract, which it was awarded earlier this year.
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Mark Attwell takes helm at Matthew Kibble Transport as group enters next stage of growth
A management restructuring at Matthew Kibble Transport has seen operations director Mark Attwell promoted to the role of MD with former incumbent Matthew Kibble now chairman.
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Wren Kitchens to open sixth depot with plans for three more
Kitchen retailer and Motor Transport Awards winner Wren Kitchens is on the hunt for drivers and warehouse staff as it prepares to open a new depot on the outskirts of Manchester.
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Boughey Distribution sees Brexit bounce
Customers stockpiling for the UK’s original departure date from the EU drove Boughey Distribution to record a leap in turnover and operating profit in the year to 31 May 2019.
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Europa Worldwide extends apprenticeship programme
Europa Worldwide Group is to run its apprenticeship driver programme for the second year after its first two candidates passed with flying colours.
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LTS Global Solutions takes on Jeff Broom to lead events logistics division
Birmingham-based logistics firm LTS Global Solutions has taken on Jeff Broom, former exhibition services manager at Europa Worldwide Logistics, to head up its newly launched event logistics division.
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Grants to help hauliers upgrade fleets ahead of Leeds Clean Air Zone delayed by mix-up
Leeds City Council is to launch a second funding round after a mistake left hauliers ineligible for grants to help them update their fleets before the city’s clean air zone (CAZ) launches next year.
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Don’t dismiss the value of driver medicals after Doctors on Wheels incident, says Dr Grant Charlesworth-Jones
Following the Doctors on Wheels incident that has seen DVSA refuse to accept driver medicals conducted by the firm, Dr Grant Charlesworth-Jones, medical director of D4Drivers, sets out why operators shouldn’t dismiss the value of a check-up conducted correctly.
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Direct Vision Standard is not the best approach to reducing road deaths, warn transport associations
Both the RHA and FTA have reiterated their opposition to TfL’s Direct Vision Standard (DVS) arguing there are more effective ways to reduce vulnerable road user casualties on the capital’s roads.