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  • Michelin tyre strategy pays off for Scottish Fire and Rescue service

    on Dec 3, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Michelin tyre strategy pays off for Scottish Fire and Rescue service

    Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is benefiting from improved tyre life, durability and traction for its frontline appliances after adopting the latest generation truck tyres

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  • Town and Country chooses routeMASTER telematics

    on Dec 2, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Town and Country chooses routeMASTER telematics

    Town and Country Haulage, the transport arm of Town and Country Aggregates has reduced fuel bills and cut maintenance costs since installing routeMASTER telematics fleet control from

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  • Walker Logistics announces senior appointment

    on Dec 1, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Walker Logistics announces senior appointment

    Berkshire-based fulfilment specialist, Walker Logistics, appointed Colin Blackall to the position of Senior Operations Manager. Colin began his career in logistics in 1996 with Sainsburys and has held senior operations management roles with Entertainment UK, Ann Summers and

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  • Renault Trucks presents two major zero-emission innovations

    on Dec 1, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Renault Trucks presents two major zero-emission innovations

    Renault Trucks is attending the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP), where it is presenting two major innovations for the transport sector – an all-electric 4.5-tonne Maxity Electric vehicle operating with a hydrogen fuel cell and a 16-tonne Range D all-electric truck currently being tested under actual operating conditions on behalf of Guerlain in Paris

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  • FTA says roadwork ban will speed Christmas deliveries

    on Nov 30, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on FTA says roadwork ban will speed Christmas deliveries

    The Freight Transport Association says a ban on roadworks on major routes in Northern Ireland over Christmas and the New Year will be of huge benefit to transport operators at their busiest time of year

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  • Bernard Matthews chooses Schmitz Cargobull

    on Nov 30, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Bernard Matthews chooses Schmitz Cargobull

    Norfolk-based poultry producer Bernard Matthews has taken delivery of six new Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailers just in time for Christmas. The new reefers will replace older trailers as the company prepares for its busiest season

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  • Logistics needs Government support – says FTA

    on Nov 26, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Logistics needs Government support – says FTA

    The logistics industry needs the full support of the government in order to achieve decarbonisation, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said, following publication today of a Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report on the fifth carbon budget (2028-2032). 

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  • Westlake teams up with Leicester Tigers with Match Ball Sponsorship

    on Nov 26, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Westlake teams up with Leicester Tigers with Match Ball Sponsorship

    Leicester Tigers have teamed up with Westlake after the tyre company became their official match ball sponsor

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  • FTA welcomes Operation Stack funding

    on Nov 25, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on FTA welcomes Operation Stack funding

    The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says the Chancellor’s announcement of a quarter of a billion pounds of funding for new facilities in Kent to solve problems caused by Operation Stack is good news for the logistics industry

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  • Central government to release hold on local road transport powers

    on Nov 25, 15 • in UK • with Comments Off on Central government to release hold on local road transport powers

    The Department for Transport will honour the transport pledges made by the government in the summer 2015 budget, according to DrivingDefences.com

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