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Latest news – Page 700
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Coca-Cola Enterprises axes store delivery operation
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has axed its direct-to-store delivery operation, as itlooks for a more efficient way to distribute its products.Announced last month, the own-account operator proposes to partner with wholesalers for its remaining direct-delivery customers, as it expects they will continue to choose “alternative” delivery arrangements.The changes will affect CCE’s ...
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Hargreaves completes fund raising exercise
Bulk logistics and solid fuels supplier Hargreaves Services has confirmed the issue of a second tranche of a new shares worth £21.15m, following shareholder approval at a meeting on 7 May.The 2.73m new shares, due to be released onto the market immediately, bring to fruition its plan to raise over ...
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TNT Post to extend end-to-end delivery operation in London
TNT Post has begun extending its end-to-end service in London and is seeking investors to fund the roll-out of the offer across the UK.Parent company PostNL revealed that the operator is in the process of expanding its ‘final mile’ service into south west London, following successful pilot in west London.The ...
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City Link must improve account management to return to profit
City Link will need to improve account management and customer service if it is to become profitable again, analysts said, following its sale to private equity investor Better Capital.Experts said the carrier has a better chance of completing its turnaround programme without pressure from former parent Rentokil Initial after suffering ...
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ArticleWarehousing: Rent rises as units snapped up
Whether they have been forced to consider second-hand space because of a lack of new buildings or prefer it for cost reasons, occupiers have become used to a wide choice of warehouses. Now, however, they are facing a reduced supply.Overall, the amount of second-hand space available in units above 100,000ft² ...
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Loss of contract affects Howard Tenens profit and turnover
Howard Tenens Storage & Distribution saw a 20% drop in pre-tax profit last year after it lost customers at two of its depots.The Gloucester-based operator's financial results for the year ended 30 September 2012 revealed that it had lost business at its depots in Andover, Hampshire and Boston, Lincolnshire.However, the ...
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Wincanton wins three-year Cemex bagged cement contract
Wincanton has won a three-year contract with Cemex, covering nationwide deliveries of bagged cement.Wincanton has distributed bagged aggregates and building products for the company since 2007. The new part of its contract with Cemex will see the operator deliver around 15,000 loads per year to construction sites, retailers and wholesalers ...
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ArticleMail and parcels firms say TV report was "not representative"
Two post and parcel carriers at the centre of a recent investigation by Channel 4 programme Dispatches have said they do not believe its findings to be representative of service levels across their operations. In a report broadcast on 29 April, Dispatches showed staff secretly filmed at UK Mail’s Bournemouth ...
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Yearsley faces fresh objections to new Peterborough site
Yearsley Group is facing fresh objections after submitting a planning application for its new 385,000ft² cold store in Peterborough.The site, which it wants to establish in the Great Haddon Employment Zone, will include a 35m high automated storage facility and will eventually employ some 300 staff, around 220 of whom ...
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ArticleFuel trial spurs Malcolm Group to buy 40 new tractive units
Linwood, Renfrewshire logistics firm the Malcolm Group has taken delivery of 40 Volvo FM11 tractive units, following a fuel trial in which it achieved over 9mpg.The Euro-5 Globetrotter-cabbed tractor units, all 6x2s with the 450hp D11C engine and Volvo’s I-Shift automated gearbox, were supplied by Volvo Truck & Bus Centre ...
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Hermes wins Cotton Traders customer returns contract
Hermes has won a contract with clothing and footwear company Cotton Traders.The contract will cover returns of unwanted customer purchases using courier collection or customer drop-off in a Hermes ParcelShop.Consumers will be able to choose a specific day for a Hermes courier to pick up their parcel from home, a ...
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ArticleKnights of Old buys A.E. Parker
Knights of Old has acquired Chichester-based A.E. Parker Warehousing and Distribution in a deal that creates a haulier with 500 staff, 200 trucks, 225 trailers and 300,000ft² of warehousing.Pall-Ex and fellow Partnerlink member A.E Parker, which will continue to trade under its own name, is a family-owned haulage and storage ...
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ArticleOnline auction site for used trailers launched
Trailer hire specialist Hireco has launched a novel way of selling its ex-rental trailers – an eBay-style auction website. Buyers will be able to log in, browse the trailers for sale and make bids, receiving email notifications if they have been outbid before the auction ends.Hireco has a rental fleet ...
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ArticleARR Craib looks to rental to ride out peaks and troughs
Aberdeen transport and logistics provider ARR Craib has taken delivery of 15 new Iveco Stralis 6x2s and 45 SDC triaxle curtainsided and platform skeletal trailers in a long-term rental deal with Ryder. ARR Craib MD Eddie Anderson said the use of long-term rental enabled the company, which operates more than ...
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ArticleYearsley trials urban semi-trailers
Heywood, Lancashire based logistics service provider Yearsley Group has taken delivery of two urban semi-trailers for controlled temperature operations that it says will help ease deliveries into urban environments and reduce its carbon footprint. The new trailers – one of which is from Gray & Adams and the other from ...
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ArticleSkills for Logistics to tackle waste and pharmaceutical sectors
Skills for Logistics (SfL) is looking to launch new Occupational Craft Skills Groups, this time focusing on specific markets, such as waste operations and pharmaceutical.The move comes after the sector skills council created nine groups last year covering general areas such as driving, warehousing and fleet management, all headed by ...
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Vosa test fee hike is of limited benefit to ATFs
Proposals to raise the costs of vehicle testing at Vosa test stations this year will generate an extra £4.2m for the agency from its customers, but just £1.7m of this will be channelled into lowering the charges it applies for vehicle tests at authorised testing facilities (ATFs), it has emerged. ...
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ArticlePremier Logistics looks to double in size
Leicester-based Premier Logistics has opened its own repair and maintenance facility, as part of its growth strategy.The £60,000 facility has been constructed at the Pall-Ex member's headquarters on the Meridian Business Park. It opened late last month and provides MOTs, pre-test inspections and servicing. It will handle both ...
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Wine supplier Awin Barratt Siegel chooses London City Bond for UK distribution
Drinks distributor London City Bond has won a nationwide distribution contract with wine importer Awin Barratt Siegel (ABS).ABS chose the firm after reviewing its supply chain and the new contract will be operated out of LCB’s 272,000 ft² site in Barking, east London.It will use its own fleet of vehicles ...
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DSV Road Q1 turnover and EBITDA affected by fierce competition
DSV has blamed a first quarter dip in turnover and EBITDA in its road division on “fierce competition” and a reduction in average consignment size.Although the operator said costs declined as a result of “capacity adjustments” in 2012, EBITDA fell 8.9% to DKK 234m (£26.6m), compared to DKK 257m (£29.2m) ...