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City Link in Major Expansion Programme

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

City Link has announced the opening of a number of new depots as well as the extension of several existing sites as part of a programme to expand the company’s nationwide depot network.

The company will open four new depots by the autumn and extend a further two depots.

New depots will open at Worcester, Norwich, Coventry and Stoke all by October in an aggressive build programme which will also see Cwmbran depot refurbished and the Oxford depot extended.

Stuart Godman, City Link’s Sales & Marketing Director, said: “These new depots will increase our capacity and will help us further improve our levels of customer service, which is at the very core of our operation. “The investment marks our commitment to continue to grow the business and provide our customers with exceptional service.”

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HDNL awarded second OnLine Green Award by IMRG

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

Home Delivery Network Limited (HDNL) has picked-up its second Large Supplier of the Year award in IMRG’s Online Green Awards. Following its success in 2007, the UK’s largest dedicated home delivery and collection service has continued to build upon its achievements in reducing its carbon footprint and increasing efforts to deliver 300,000 parcels to every postcode, every day in the most environmentally friendly way possible.

Company focus this year was to be greener at the grass root level of the business, with an emphasis on cultural change throughout their structure. This grass roots approach engages all 6,500 members of staff across 72 locations and has proved extremely successful, allowing the company to reduce its utilities carbon usage by 490 tonnes for the 07/08 financial period, with other savings being made across the company.

The change has included small scale initiatives such as staff reducing energy expenditure by turning off lights, closing down computers and machinery when not in use. The introduction of more hand held terminals, allowing signatures to be recorded electronically and increasing online parcel tracking has reduced paper waste.

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Cummins picks Ceva for German contract

Posted by | Aug 20, 2008 | |

Cummins Generation Technologies, a supplier to the distributed electrical generation markets, has chosen Ceva to handle its inbound logistics in Germany.

The service covers the supply of individual parts to the manufacturing plant, from the receiving goods department, rationing of the various storage and buffer surfaces, through to the commissioning and sequencing of material, and the supply of individual production stages with shuttle transport to the plant.

With it, Cummins Generator Technologies uses Ceva Logistics’ entire product range, consisting of sea and air freight and contract logistics. A new Ceva Logistics branch office has been opened in Königsmoos, in the southern region of Germany.
Two warehouses were made available for Cummins, with 1200 and 1600 sq m of storage space respectively, for warehousing all parts. Eight Ceva Logistics employees, as well as a group from Cummins responsible for quality control, will handle the operations.

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Scottish business is booming after APC Overnight takes a local view

Posted by | Aug 19, 2008 | |

APC Overnight’s bold move to boost business in Scotland has paid off with a big increase in business north of the border. APC Overnight has taken an innovative approach by retaining all consignments for Scottish destinations within Scotland, allowing their Scottish depots to offer much earlier deliveries than rivals.

The expansion of its Bellshill hub operation also led to crucial fuel savings, faster response times and reduction in environmental impact. The service is proving particularly popular with the luxury food sector, with fresh produce businesses such as meat, pie and bacon suppliers finding APC Overnight’s early deliveries the best choice for their perishable items.

At Bellshill a third of all parcels received are sorted and distributed in Scotland without ever crossing the border. This enables the Scottish depots to offer much earlier deliveries. Not only does this improve efficiency it also helps APC Overnight to reduce the carbon footprint of its business and manage the drivers’ Working Time better. In addition, by keeping these consignments within Scotland the Essington hub in the Midlands is able it to optimize its services for the rest of the UK.

With a depot in each of Scotland’s major cities and further depots in Kilmarnock, Dumfries, Arrochar, APC Overnight’s fleet of around 170 delivery vehicles is well positioned to serve the entire country. In addition the network is expanding and this reflects the steady year-on-year growth in business.

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TNT triumphs at the transport Awards

Posted by | Aug 19, 2008 | |

TNT Express Services, based at Petersfield Road, Kingstown, Carlisle, picked up the honours in the Environment and Training categories at the Motor Transport Awards – the ‘Oscars’ of the UK transport sector.

The company has won 26 awards in 22 years.

The coveted Environment award was handed over with the judges praising TNT’s “comprehensive approach where being green is a company-wide objective, led from the top”

They also commended on TNT’s ground-breaking initiatives including the launch of the world’s largest fleet of zero emission electric vehicles, its programme to reduce vehicle mileage and fuel consumption for long-distance lorries, along with a scheme which encourages company car drivers to buy greener cars.

The judging panel was also impressed at a scheme to reduce TNT’s carbon footprint worldwide and in reducing absence rates – down by 17.9 per cent year-on-year.

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