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Pulford focuses on Pallet-Track special projects
Pallet-Track has appointed Mark Pulford, who has 14 years’ experience in the pallet network market, to head up a number of special projects.
Month: June 2013
Industry News
Industry gives cautious welcome to cabotage change
The industry has broadly welcomed the European Commission’s (EC) decision to drop plans to lift cabotage restrictions, but said it wants the current rules to be more rigorously enforced.
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Beverley Bell’s explosive evidence
On Friday 31 May Motortransport.co.uk drew attention to senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell’s concerns about the way in which Vosa was conducting its enforcement activities – and that the “serially and seriously non-compliant” were slipping through the net. It was quite the accusation. Bell’s evidence before the Transport Select Committee was explosive, so The Hub […]
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Come together, right now
A visit earlier this year to see the team at Pall-Ex covered a lot of topics, including rates and the inescapable industry topic of ever present rate pressure.
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Royal Mail misses first class delivery target
Royal Mail missed its first class mail delivery target last year, after it experienced final mile delivery difficulties during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as the wintery weather throughout January, February and March.
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Lenham Storage posts growth despite rates squeeze
Lenham Storage walked away from nonviable business last year rather than compromise its service standards, but the operator’s MD has warned that there has been no let-up in rate pressure since.
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APC Overnight's new hub to be fully operational within weeks
APC Overnight expects to have its new £15m Cannock facility up to full operational effectiveness within the month. Cannock will replace the company’s existing facility in Essington, Staffordshire, and at present about 35% of the network’s business volumes have been shifted across to the new facility.
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Hicks Logistics expands into warehousing
Hicks Logistics has moved into warehousing after the acquisition of a 20,000ft² industrial unit next to its Caldicot base on the Severn Bridge Industrial Estate. The company hopes the diversification will boost its annual turnover from £7.5m to around the £10m mark, and has taken on ten more staff taking its team to 80.