May 2014 Archives

Hermes opens £14m Warrington hub

May 27, 2014 Ashleigh Wight

Hermes opened its 160,000ft² Warrington hub last week, which is capable of handing 550,000 parcels per day.

ADC (East Anglia) a winner with Isuzu

May 27, 2014 Hayley Pink

Isuzu Trucks has revealed the lucky winner of its CV Show 2014 competition to win a trip for two to Verona, Italy, as Steve Paige, director of drainage company ADC (East Anglia).

Bibby Distribution is back in the black with £4.6m profit

May 27, 2014 Peter Steele

As promised last year (MT 21 October), Bibby Distribution has returned a profit for the financial year ended 31 December 2013 after it suffered a loss in its subsidiary System Training in 2012.

Asos in DC charges row

May 25, 2014 Robin Meczes

Fashion retailer Asos has been dragged into the row over the high penalty charges applied by some retailers to suppliers whose vehicles deliver outside agreed times or present goods in what is deemed to be a non-compliant fashion.

Compliance improving in Northern Ireland

May 23, 2014 Robin Meczes

Compliance levels in Northern Ireland have continued to improve, the latest figures from the Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) show.

Cobley Transport to start building new home this summer

May 23, 2014

Leicestershire-based Cobley Transport will start work on a £4m purpose-built home in Broughton Astley this summer, in what should be a transformational move for the business.

FTA low carbon scheme delivering the goods

May 22, 2014 Steve Hobson

Members of the FTA’s Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS) are on track to meet their target of an 8% reduction in the carbon intensity of their operations between 2011 and 2015, an FTA conference, Cutting Carbon, Cutting Costs, heard last week (21 May).

UK Pallets stuck in reverse gear

May 22, 2014

It might be all smiles at UK Mail Group but UK Pallets appears to still be stuck in reverse gear.

Bibby Distribution moves to dual-fuel for Unipart Rail

May 22, 2014 Robin Meczes

Bibby Distribution has had five MAN TGS LS tractive units converted into dual-fuel trucks using LPG for its work with Unipart Rail, in a move it suggested would save up to £200,000 of fuel and reduce CO2 emissions by 10% over the next five years.

A year on, the EC publishes reasons for UPS and TNT decision

May 22, 2014 Ashleigh Wight

It has been over a year since the European Commission (EC) blocked the merger of UPS and TNT Express from taking place. However, the EC has only recently published the summary of its decision on the merger, which was met with strong opposition from UPS.