The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has launched a website, www.44tonnes.com, to provide information on the 44-tonne weight limit for trucks on UK roads which starts this month.
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has launched a website, www.44tonnes.com, to provide information on the 44-tonne weight limit for trucks on UK roads which starts this month.
Contractors are to be included in league tables for the first time in a bid to bring greater transparency to the construction industry. Warwick Manufacturing Group will compile the tables from clients’ and suppliers’ feedback. Rankings will be dependent on supply chain management, health and safety and continuous improvement.
UK retailer Tesco is fighting for changes to the European trademark law at the European Court of justice as part of its battle to legally sell Levi Strauss clothes. Tesco wants the right to buy discounted Levis bought outside the European Union from suppliers in Canada, the US and Mexico. It wants to reverse a ruling disallowing the trade in so-called parallel imports.
International co-operation on defence equipment procurement has been given a cautious seal of approval by the National Audit Office in its report, Maximising the Benefits of Defence Equipment Co-operation. In 1998-99, the Ministry of Defence spent 13 per cent, or £1.3 billion, of its equipment budget on 64 co-operative equipment programmes involving 19 countries.
China could have 12 business-to-business marketplaces by the end of the year, according to ChinaEB, an e-commerce company set up by the State Council Development Research Centre last May.
Delphi, the world’s largest automotive components group, is reconsidering the future of its Luton chassis plant after its main customer, Vauxhall, decided to halt car assembly at its own plant in the town. Industry figures show a 20 per cent drop in UK car production in February. Delphi has become the first large parts group to warn of a knock-on effect from Vauxhall’s Luton closure.
China’s three leading steelmakers have forged a procurement pact. Shanghai’s Baosteel Group, Beijing-based Shougana and Wuhan Iron & Steel have agreed to co-operate in buying raw materials, improving technology and marketing. Officials admitted that the deal may be the precursor to a merger between the three firms.
Southampton shipyard Vosper Thornycroft has won a £60 million contract to build three offshore patrol ships for the Royal Navy. The fishery protection vessels will be leased to the navy and Vosper will support them for five years from the Portsmouth naval base. The first ship is due in service in September 2002.
Business software group Deltek Systems has launched Deltek eProcurement, an online supply chain management tool for project-based and professional services organisations. Users can incorporate their existing purchasing processes into the system. www.deltek.com