Archbold Logistics has won a £500,000 distribution contract with a pound store supplier. The Palletforce member has begun working with OTL, a supplier to pound stores and supermarket chains across the UK. OTL and will be working mainly with Archbold’s Manchester depot via the pallet network. Xavier Archbold, chief executive of Archbold Logistics, says: “This […]
There are hundreds of vacancies for lorry drivers in Staffordshire and elsewhere in the Midlands, figures show today. Stafford and Sandwell have among the highest number of vacant positions in the country. In Stafford there are currently 443 vacancies compared with 272 at the same time last year. Meanwhile, vacancies in Sandwell have more than […]
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CollectPlus, a joint venture between parcels giant Yodel and retail payment provider Paypoint, has reported a doubling of parcels volumes in the last six months to more than four million packages a year. Mark Lewis, CEO of CollectPlus, says: “The last six months have been impressively strong for CollectPlus. “As we move into 2012, our […]
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Royal Mail has seen a surge in the amount of packets and parcels it delivers as e-commerce has taken off, according to its boss. Speaking at the Marketforce/IEA Future of UK Postal Services conference this week, Royal Mail chief executive Moya Greene, said: “The white envelopes are going down, [but] thankfully e-retailing has taken off, so […]
A LAW enforcement boss has praised the work of a unit that monitors lorries. Cheshire Police Authority chairwoman Margaret Ollerenshaw was speaking after a visit to the force’s two-man commercial vehicle unit (CVU). PCs Adam Morall and Dave Clegg pull in lorries and check how many hours drivers have travelled since taking a break. They […]
Farralls Transport, founder member of Palletforce, has signed a deal potentially worth £10million to be the sole UK pallet network provider for Dandy’s Rock Salt.co.uk. The two-year deal between the Chester-based firm, a founder member of Palletforce – the UK’s leading palletised distribution network, and Dandy’s has been reached with a view to extending the […]
The Freight Transport Association has welcomed changes in the law, which will now enable people with insulin-treated diabetes to apply for vocational licences to drive buses or lorries. Under new rules which came into force on 15 November drivers who would normally be prevented from obtaining or driving a vocational licensed vehicle will now have […]
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