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Latest Operator news – Page 64
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ArticlePalletways profits slip but turnover edges higher
Turnover at Palletways has increased by 4.1% to £230m, but the largest UK pallet network also saw a reduction in profit to £21.7m, new figures showed.During the year ending 30 June 2022, the network said volumes had fallen slightly as it experienced a full financial year of no significant Covid-19 ...
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ArticleAztek Logistics hits FORS gold standard for sixth year running
Aztec Logistics has secured a gold standard FORS award for safety and environmental best practice in the supply chain for the sixth year running.The Letchworth transport firm said the gold award was seen as increasingly significant in many sectors, including the construction industry where it works with customers involved in ...
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ArticleSCH signs lease deal to extend Port of Liverpool storage and transporter park
Logistics firm SCH has agreed a multi-year lease with Peel Ports Group as part of an expansion of a car storage and transporter park at the Port of Liverpool.The facility will increase in size from eight to 10 acres to deal with growing demand for the processing of vehicles at ...
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ArticleArrowXL in delivery deal with Premium Christmas Trees
ArrowXL is working with Premium Christmas Trees (PCT) to help deliver over 1,000 trees per week for the festive period.Utilising ArrowXL’s 48-hour delivery service, customers can select a nominated delivery day and will receive the standard room of choice service.Christmas trees are an unusual product type and ArrowXL said its ...
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ArticleLloyd Fraser Holdings reports slump in profits despite healthy turnover
3PL Lloyd Fraser Holdings saw turnover rise to £44m in the year ending 28 February 2022, a 20.6% increase on the previous year.The company said it had performed well in a challenging market and attributed the increase to its fashion logistics seeing a positive recovery as the country exited pandemic-related ...
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ArticlePort of Felixstowe workers accept 8.5% pay rise but wider dispute continues
Port workers at Felixstowe have voted to accept a new pay deal from the container port, bringing to an end a dispute that began in the summer.The port said over 90% of workers agreed a pay increase of 8.5%, plus £1,000 to be paid in January.Robert Ashton, COO at the ...
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ArticleMNS Developments adds two Fruehauf tippers to fleet
Huntingdon-based haulage firm MNS Developments has added two new sloper smoothsider tippers to its fleet after landing a new contract transporting sugar beet.The family-run firm is also using the trailers, together with two similar 2013 models, to transport wheat, beans and grain from farms to processing plants.As part of ...
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ArticleDX Group opens new parcels depot in Plymouth
Parcel, fright and logistics firm DX has opened a new depot in Plymouth - the fourth of eight planned over the next six months.The new depot, due to be opened by the summer of 2023, will be predominantly dedicated to the group’s parcels activity, supporting the growth of the DX ...
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Kinaxia choses Nulogy to help future-proof contract packing business
Kinaxia Logistics is working with cloud-based supply chain software solutions provider Nulogy to future- proof its contract packing business Kinaxia Logistics & Fulfilment.Nulogy's brief is to provide contract packing software which enhances the efficiency and scalability of Kinaxia's co-packing business, which was formerly known as AKW Global Warehousing.Kinaxia Loghistics expanded ...
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Latvian haulier Kreiss targets UK with acquisition of C Neil Dowson
Latvian transport and logistics giant Kreiss has acquired Humber haulier C Neil Dowson as part of wider plans to expand into the UK market.C Neil Dowson, which was founded in 1990 by Neil and Julie Dowson, provides haulage services throughout the UK from its headquarters near Immingham Docks.The family firm ...
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ArticleArrowXL workers stage protest at Logistics UK showpiece awards
Employees of ArrowXL protested outside Logistics UK’s annual awards ceremony in London last night in an ongoing row over pay.The members of the Unite union held up a banner saying: ‘ArrowXL Time to Deliver Fair Pay’ outside the Park Plaza Hotel on Westminster Bridge Road.Around 350 members of the union ...
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ArticleReed Boardall promotes head of transport to director
Reed Boardall has promoted its head of transport operations, Norman Hartley, to transport operations director.Hartley joined the business in 2006 and progressed through various positions including operations shift manager and planning manager.As transport operations director, he will be responsible for reviewing and developing processes to drive efficiency and achieve organisational ...
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ArticleWincanton's Cygnia wins Huda ecommerce fulfilment contract
Wincanton has won a contract with Huda Beauty to provide its ecommerce direct-to-consumer service.The three-year contract with the beauty brand will see Wincanton’s specialist efulfilment business Cygnia Logistics bring Huda’s eCommerce delivery operation to the UK for the first time.The supply chain will be based out of Cygnia’s 211,000sq ft ...
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ArticlePegasus flies in to strengthen Fortec in Scotland
Pall-Ex member Pegasus Express has now joined sister network Fortec in a move it hoped would maximise vehicle deliveries from the Midlands to Scotland.The Scottish transport firm has been a member of Pall-Ex since 2011 and it said joining a second network meant it could expand its northern UK haulage ...
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Rising costs partly due to IR35 led to Corporate Solutions collapse
Collapsed haulage firm Corporate Solutions (Logistics) was running at an almost £700,000 pre-tax loss six months before it entered administration, according to insolvency experts.The Solihull-based firm closed in October after suffering increasing fuel and driver costs, with the implementation of IR35 rules compounding its problems according to administrators FRP.In a ...
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ArticleLincolnshire haulier celebrates 135th anniversary with 400th truck
J Bradshaw and Sons in Lincolnshire is celebrating 135 years in business by taking delivery of its 400th vehicle: a New Generation DAF XF.The delivery by Ford & Slater took place at a special event at the transport firm's Sturton by Stow depot attended by local MP Sir Edward Leigh.Bradshaw ...
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ArticleCo-op food delivery robots roll into Leeds
Co-op’s bid to provide sustainable methods of delivery using autonomous robots has reached Leeds, with 20,000 residents able to make use of the novel service.Following a roll-out in Bedford earlier this year, the food store group has once again teamed up with Starship Technologies, as well as Leeds City Council, ...
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HGV driver steals thousands of pounds of red diesel from Turners (Soham) to heat family home
An agency lorry driver who stole thousands of pounds in red diesel to heat his family home while working for haulage firm Turners (Soham) has been sentenced to a 26-week suspended prison term.Carlisle Magistrates’ Court heard that Jason Randall, a 47-year-old lorry driver from New Zealand, had regularly siphoned off ...
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ArticleShortage of vehicle engineers and technicians the new recruitment challenge, warns F&W
Rising competition for vehicle engineers and technicians is the new recruitment challenge for the haulage industry, Fagan & Whalley (F&W) warned this week.Speaking to MT following the publication of its latest annual results, Sam Fagan, the family firm’s business and strategy director, said a shortage of skilled vehicle engineers and ...
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Ital Logistics sees management buy out
Manchester-based freight forwarder and ADR transport specialist Ital Logistics has undergone a management buyout.The deal sees the management team buy a 75% shareholding in the business for an undisclosed sum.The sale to Ital Holdings Management sees the transfer of a 75% stake in Ital Holdings (UK), which consists of both ...