September 2022

The wheels kept on rolling for international transport business Brian Yeardley Continental in 2021, aided by a return to the stage for bands and artists keen to get back on the road and perform. Its latest set of accounts showed that the company increased turnover by 3.4% to £10.9m in the year ending 31 December 2021. Pre-tax profit increased by 17.6% during the period to £809,000. Brian Yeardley Continental is split into two divisions; a UK and European general haulage […]

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Palletways Bristol has been chosen as spice manufacturer Bart Ingredients’ freight partner of choice following a competitive tender. The haulier will ensure the company’s products reach distribution centres across the UK on Thyme as it handles around 5,000 pallets a year as part of the contract deal. Bart Ingredients said home cooking surged during the pandemic and its product sales almost doubled and it needed a freight firm that would help it meet and exceed its delivery promises. Read more […]

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GeoPost/DPDgroup has signed a partnership with open innovation platform Plug and Play. The year-long deal will see Plug and Play introduce GeoPost/DPDgroup to best-in-class worldwide start-ups that will work on key innovation challenges to provide the best consumer experience. The Silicon Valley-based company brings together a network of 50,000 startups, more than 500 major corporations, and hundreds of venture capital firms, universities and government agencies across multiple industries. Christian Kunz, Plug and Play director of brand and retail in France, […]

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Turners (Soham) is continuing on its acquisition drive, despite a “dramatic” slowdown in the economy, MD Paul Day said this week. Commenting on the company’s latest annual results report for 2021, which revealed a modest rise in revenue and pre-tax profit, Day said: “We are very pleased with the results. “This year started off encouragingly but there is no question there is a dramatic slowing down in the economy and it is very difficult to predict what will happen and […]

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Palletways has launched a direct injection hub drop service aimed at reducing transit miles and delivery times. The launch of Palletways’ Hubdrop follows a successful pilot carried out earlier this year by the network, with the service now being rolled out across the UK and Palletways’ networks in the Benelux, Iberia, Italy, Germany and Hungary. Currently all international deliveries in the UK go via Palletways’ Fradley hub in the Midlands, before being transported to Dublin, shipped onto Nijmegen in the […]

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The global express and small parcels market grew by 12.2% year on year in 2021, with the B2C segment accounting for over half of the market’s value, according to the latest research from transport consultancy Ti. However, growth is set to slow in the global express and small parcels market as strong domestic and cross-border e-commerce sales decline and post-Covid lockdowns in China and political and economic headwinds intensify, Ti analysts are warning. In its report Global Express and Small […]

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Elddis Transport is rolling out new mobile working technology as part of a programme to digitise the workshop. Workshop fitters are being equipped with rugged tablets to replace paperwork, as part of a fleet maintenance system from Freeway Fleet Systems. Freeway also receives drivers’ daily vehicle inspection data from mobile, which along with the workshop digital data, gives Elddis a complete and real-time insight into the status of the fleet. Family firm Elddis specialises in the storage, supply and delivery […]

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Logistics real estate investor and developer Firethorn Trust has appointed UK construction company Glencar to deliver a 340,000 sq ft logistics unit at Gateway 36 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Located just two minutes from junction 36 of the M1, the 24-acre development, known as Barnsley 340, will comprise of 320,000 sq ft of Grade A logistics accommodation together with 20,000 as ft of office space. It will also feature a best-in-class future proofed specification, targeting the BREEAM “Excellent” rating, and […]

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Commercial vehicle specialist Asset Alliance Group has recruited finance specialist Matthew Board (pictured) to head up a newly launched team which will offer funding support for capital investments. The company said its newly launched general asset finance division will be led by Board and will provide competitive and flexible finance packages for investment outside of vehicles to customers of all sizes. Board comes to his new role after spending the previoust six years in business development at Amicus Asset Finance, […]

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Europa Road has appointed regional managers Mat Jobson and Stuart McKie to lead its newly launched dedicated customer service teams based within local branches. The two new recruits will oversee 11 dedicated customer service teams, made up of 120 staff, who are based in local sales branches. Their brief is to focus on customer relations activities across the branch network. They will report directly to Adrian Redmile, Europa branch and sales director, who oversees the strategic growth and performance of the […]

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