BMW CONTRACT FOR ACUMEN AUTOMOTIVE LOGISTICS
Acumen Automotive Logistics has won a three-year contract with BMW Group UK for the movement and delivery of MINIs from the Oxford MINI Plant to an area stretching from the Wash in the East to North Wales in the West. The contract was won following an open and competitive tender process. It follows the announcement of the opening of the company’s new Coventry distribution centre, the purchase of specialist enclosed car delivery operator Enable and the renewal of its contract with Toyota. As part of its ongoing expansion Acumen will be investing in its truck
the company’s expertise in the finished vehicle market. “We won this contract through our
competitive pricing and quality service,” says Raybould. “We are confident that implementation of our new technologies and innovative solutions will ensure BMW Group UK receives the highest levels of service.” Acumen Automotive Logistics
fleet in order to meet the demands of its new customer. Director Peter Raybould is
delighted that Acumen Automotive Logistics is associated with this brand and believes it is an endorsement of
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FORKLIFT TYRE-SAVING TECHNOLOGY PAYS OFF It is estimated that forklift users
Yale reports that customers are already noticing savings on forklift operating costs since its decision to fit Trelleborg Pit Stop Line tyres as standard on counterbalance trucks. A highly visible orange band appears on the surface of the tyre when it needs to be replaced. After this point it has about 100 hours of life remaining which gives time for replacements to be ordered and fitting to be arranged.
without the benefit of this feature discard tyres while 25% on average of their safe usable life remains. With the Trelleborg innovation
extra mileage is gained without compromising the effectiveness of the tyre. As well as enjoying fewer bills for new tyres, customers save on downtime and servicing as replacement of tyres can be planned to fit in with other service
activities while ensuring truck availability at critical times. Yale is now fitting Pit Stop Line superelastic and non-marking tyres to all new counterbalance trucks with capacities from 1.25 to 5.5 tonnes as standard and 6 to 16 tonnes as options. The same tyres can be supplied to owners of existing trucks as part of Yale’s aftersales support.
www.yale.com
CML IN SOLAR PANEL PROJECT W
ith the skills gap in warehousing and logistics
an ongoing issue, the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has warmly welcomed the government announcement that 59 new apprenticeship standards have been approved.
UKWA is actively encouraging
members and non-members to contact them with views on the standards for apprentices required in the industry. The ‘industry standards’ will
outline the skills apprentices in various roles are expected to possess in order to meet the needs of employers.
Susan Deane Editor
Core Management Logistics (CML) has taken part in an environmental project which has seen over 450,000 solar panels shipped to the UK to be used at solar farm sites across England and South Wales. Once completed all the farms will be connected to the National Grid to provide electricity which will directly benefit local communities. Providing ocean freight forwarding services since 2008 to Asia, Europe and the Americas CML has recently expanded its import and export markets into South America and the Middle East. Teaming up with a manufacturer
in China CML delivered 574 containers of solar panels to the UK, working in partnership with one of its agents in Spain CEMASA alongside GRUPOTEC, the company responsible for installing the panels on behalf of Lightsource Renewable Energy. “We are thrilled to have worked
with numerous organisations to be involved in such a worthwhile project which will have a positive lasting
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impact on local communities across England and South Wales,” comments managing director Graham Copley. “CML believes strongly in the importance of promoting and increasing sustainable energy sources and we are currently doing our bit by reducing our carbon footprint. We have implemented various waste management and recycling schemes at our headquarters in Lutterworth which has resulted in zero waste being sent to landfill and installed energy conservation measures including automatic opening and closing bay doors to cut down on energy loss. “We’ve sponsored the planting of
hazel trees at Park Wood in West Malvern and Hawthorn trees at Nene Valley Park near Peterborough to offset our CO2 emissions.” Centrally based at Magna Park in
Lutterworth, CML specialises in retail warehousing and distribution along with global freight forwarding services for retail giants.
www.cmlplc.com
delivers a range of high quality, automotive services to car manufacturers and importers including inbound automotive parts and distribution as well as finished vehicle transportation.
www.acumenlogistics.com
NEW HMRC ALCOHOL CONTROLS DUE
The logistics sector should be aware of new HMRC controls for alcohol wholesalers and retailers, says Alan Powell, UKWA’s excise duty expert. HMRC’s measures to counter alcohol duty fraud thus far have had limited success. Of the measures under consideration in 2012 the only one being taken up is a scheme to register and control wholesalers of duty paid alcohol under the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS). The new law will start to kick in very soon with a ‘two stage’ effect. The majority of business-to- business vendors of duty-paid alcohol will have to be approved by HMRC as wholesalers of alcohol in order to trade any quantity. Many businesses affected would not even consider their business to be ‘wholesale’. HMRC will start to register existing wholesalers from 1 October–31 December 2015. Businesses trading in alcohol should review all their activities to check whether they need to be approved as wholesalers and make application on time if an approval is necessary. ‘Trade buyers’ will have to check that their suppliers are approved by HMRC. It will be an offence for retailers not to carry out such checks when the scheme takes full effect from 1 April 2017. Failure to comply with the new
laws will lead to severe sanctions as HMRC gets tougher in the fight against alcohol duty fraud. During initial consultations with HMRC industry had expressed concern that such a scheme will require a huge amount of resources or it will fail and lack all credibility which HMRC has acknowledged.
www.ukwa.org.uk
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