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Latest news – Page 695
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DPD invests £3.7m in four new depots
Parcel carrier DPD has revealed plans to invest £3.7m in four new depots in Smethwick; Sheffield; Snetterton, Norfolk and Billingham, Teesside as part of its £175m strategy to handle increased volumes.The four sites will create 125 new jobs – 45 in Smethwick, five in Sheffield, 45 in Norfolk and 30 ...
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ArticleFailed to make any money
In recent months we've had Gregory Distribution and Lenham Storage both warning that the situation in regards rates, and the pressure bearing down on them, is as acute as it's ever been.Talking to another operator recently, The Hub was interested to hear that another way rate pressure was manifesting itself ...
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ArticleBatemans Brewery refleets with Ryder
Batemans Brewery has taken on six custom built Daf LFs at 21, 18 and 12-tonnes GVW, as it looks to refresh its fleet and boost carrying capacity.The vehicles, supplied on contract hire from Ryder, have custom-built Bevan curtainsiders bodies with a low deck height and low profile tyres and wheels.MD ...
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MT Tracker 12 June
Tomorrow I will be speaking with Wincanton chief executive Eric Born as Britain's second largest road transport operation (or is it?) reveals its latest annual accounts. The most important part is - can the company turn a profit and for much of the past 12 months it has promised "good ...
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South West Delivery Services bought by Kay Transport
Palletways member Kay Transport has acquired the business of Truro-based South West Delivery Services, which was headed by MD Mark Adams. Simon Lowes of Ashtons JWD was appointed liquidator of the firm, which is also a Palletways member, last week (7 June) at a meeting of creditors.“The majority of the ...
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Profit trebles at Associated Cold Stores
Associated Cold Stores & Transport (ACS&T) felt the benefit of an upturn in trade due to the Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee last year, with both turnover and profit up year-on-year.For the 12 months ending 29 December 2012, turnover rose to £20.4m, from £18.7m a year ago. Pre-tax profit stood ...
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CitySprint turnover hits £100m after acquisition spree
CitySprint's series of acquisitions over the past 18 months has seen its turnover top £100m for the first time, but the same-day courier is now targeting organic growth for 2013.Pre-tax profit rose 33.6% to £10.64m (2011: £7.9m) in the year to December 31 2012 as turnover increased 36.1% to £101.1m ...
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Shop Direct's Basnett joins Yodel
Keith Basnett has joined UK parcel distributor Yodel as chief operating officer after eight years in the same role with 'digital department store' the Shop Direct Group.Shop Direct Group owns brands including Very.co.uk, Littlewoods and Isme.At Yodel, Basnett will oversee the 150 million parcel deliveries Yodel makes for leading UK ...
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Marks and Spencer to build third DC at London Gateway
Marks & Spencer (M&S) will complete the UK supply chain transformation it began in 2009 by building a major new DC at the London Gateway container port and logistics park.The 900,000ft² DC at the deep-sea port's logistics park on the Thames in Essex, 25 miles from central London, will be ...
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Hoyer insists UK remains important despite steady decline of volumes
Hoyer Petrolog has insisted that the UK remains an important market to the German multi-national transport giant, despite forecasting flat turnover in a bulk transport market that remains in "steady decline".However pre-tax profit in its UK business rose 29% to £4.2m for the 12 months ending 31 December 2013, from ...
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UK Mail launches cross-border parcel delivery for SMEs
UK Mail has launched an international parcel delivery service via its SME-targeted ‘ipostparcels’ brand.The company will offer delivery to 160 countries worldwide via road and air, with collections and movements throughout the UK made by UK Mail’s network.The service, which is aimed at online retailers and eBay and Amazon sellers, ...
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Allport sells Specialist Services division
Allport Cargo Services has sold its Specialist Services division to Bishopsgate Specialist Installations, Motortransport.co.uk can reveal.Specialist Services undertakes the delivery, positioning and installation of technical, sensitive and outsize consignments, such as ATM machines, gourmet coffee stations, computers and VT equipment.Last year it added its first ever Renualt Trucks to its ...
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ArticleRecord breaking start to the year for pallet networks
A record-breaking amount of pallets were shifted by Association of Pallet Networks (APN) members during the first quarter of this year.APN members moved 3.5 million pallets through their hubs during the first few months of the year, representing the highest amount since benchmarking began in 2007, and a 4% increase ...
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DSV wins Stannah Stairlifts distribution contract
DSV’s road division has won a with Stannah Stairlifts in a deal that will see it become the sole logistics provider for its road distribution.The operator won the contract, which covers deliveries from Stannah’s UK manufacturing plant to customers across Europe, after it delivered a number of loads for Stannah ...
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MT Tracker 5 June
There is one share in transport that is having a little run at the moment. One that doesn't do it very often. After slipping to a low of 45p on 27 March, Wincanton keeps on growing. As of this morning it hit 82.35p - that's an 83% return on your ...
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ArticleC2C parcels a key growth area, says market analyst
With a privatised Royal Mail around the corner, parcel carriers will no doubt be wondering how they can compete with the carrier that services the majority of the C2C parcels market. But a new report by market analyst Apex Insight has highlighted one area that carriers should be working ...
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Groupe Samat UK goes back to black
Leeds-based Groupe Samat UK pulled itself out of the red last year, company results for the year to 31 December 2012 have revealed.Pre-tax profit at the chemical transport group amounted to £191,442, compared with a loss of £543,273 in 2011.Turnover fell 4.7% to £9.04m (2011: £9.48m).The directors’ report noted the ...
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ArticlePulford focuses on Pallet-Track special projects
Pallet Track hub, WolverhamptonPallet-Track has appointed Mark Pulford, who has 14 years’ experience in the pallet network market, to head up a number of special projects.Pulford, who left his role as operations director at rival Palletline in February, was previously director of operations at Pall-Ex.He joins Pallet-Track Services, a ...
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Industry gives cautious welcome to cabotage change
The industry has broadly welcomed the European Commission’s (EC) decision to drop plans to lift cabotage restrictions, but said it wants the current rules to be more rigorously enforced.Brian Yeardley Continental MD Kevin Hopper said more needs to be done in the UK to ensure foreign operators’ work is being ...
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ArticleBeverley Bell's explosive evidence
Senior traffic commissioner Beverley BellOn Friday 31 May Motortransport.co.uk drew attention to senior traffic commissioner Beverley Bell’s concerns about the way in which Vosa was conducting its enforcement activities – and that the “serially and seriously non-compliant” were slipping through the net. It was quite the accusation.Bell’s evidence before the ...