Operator news – Page 229
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Aggregate Industries switch from Eddie Stobart to Wincanton latest: date, locations and details
Wincanton has written to Eddie Stobart Logistics’ (ESL) employees on the Aggregate Industries’ Concrete Products Division contract ahead of the switch in contractor, Motortransport.co.uk can exclusively reveal.The letter, seen by Motortransport.co.uk, confirms the “recent decision by Aggregate Industries to award Wincanton the logistics contract for their concrete products division”.It adds ...
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MT ArticleCarexp Logistics makes pallet network debut with Fortec Distribution Network
Birmingham-based Carexp Logistics has joined the Fortec Distribution Network.The company is covering part of the B postcode area in Birmingham.A spokeswoman for the pallet network said the haulier had been brought on board to meet the demands of the region.“As part of this process Fortec reconfigured the postcode area within ...
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Menzies Distribution secures £25m credit line to fuel its development
Menzies Distribution has described its new £25m credit facility with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as a milestone in its aim to become the UK’s leading national logistics partner. The new revolving credit facility runs for five years and is the first that the company has struck under the ownership ...
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MT ArticleExpect Distribution triggers major warehouse expansion to meet “unprecedented” growth levels
Expect Distribution is set to open its fourth warehouse next month and is on the hunt for a fifth after forecasting “unprecedented growth” this year.The Bradford-based family firm has opened a 193,000sq ft warehouse on a 10 acre site, less than one mile from the firm’s head office, as part ...
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Currie Solutions snaps up PS Ridgway of Dundee
Currie Solutions has bought PS Ridgway of Dundee for an undisclosed sum.In a statement the acquirer said that “the business will be merged with the Currie group and brings several key benefits to both businesses.“Increased revenues, enhanced geographical footprint, traffic synergies and wider pallet network opportunities which in return will ...
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MT ArticleConnect Group secures multi-million pound contract extension with Daily Mirror publisher
Connect Group has secured an extension to its major distribution contract with Daily Mirror publisher Reach.Connect-owned Smiths News has agreed a new deal that will run from October 2019 to September 2024, securing annual revenue of circa £220m, the group said in a statement to investors.Reach's newspaper portfolio also includes ...
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MT ArticleDick Denby still hopeful for road trial of Eco-Link after 17 years
Dick Denby, chairman of Lincolnshire haulier Denby Transport, is having another go at persuading the DfT to allow a road trial of his Eco-Link double-trailer combination.Denby, together with his son and MD Peter Denby, will speak at the RHA Spring Conference on 4 April , where they will seek to ...
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MT ArticleTuffnells completes semi-trailer refresh
Tuffnells has completed the roll out of more than 35 rebranded semi-trailers, as part of a revitalisation of the loss-making irregular dimension and weight specialist.The company has taken delivery of 14 Don-Bur box van trailers, which are in addition to 12 box van trailers received from the manufacturer in the ...
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MT ArticleWork on M20 Brexit emergency fallback to commence this weekend
Overnight work on the M20 in Kent to install a temporary steel barrier that keeps traffic flowing in the event of disruption after Brexit starts this weekend.Highways England said it had learned lessons from Operation Stack and that its new package of measures, collectively called Operation Brock, were “a significant ...
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MT ArticleAggregate Industries and Eddie Stobart Logistics partnership brought to abrupt halt; Wincanton to take over the work
Eddie Stobart Logistics (ESL) is to be replaced by Wincanton as logistics partner for Aggregate Industries’ Concrete Products division just over two years into a five-year contract, Motortransport.co.uk has learnt.The contract went live in October 2016, having been publicised in June of that year.ESL replaced XPO Logistics, which had been ...
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MT ArticlePalletline purchases long-term network member Fast Forward Distribution
Palletline has purchased long-term member Fast Forward Distribution.Based in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Fast Forward was set up in 1988 and has been a member of Palletline since the network was founded in 1992.The deal, completed on December 14, facilitates the retirement of Fast Forward’s owners Mark and Anne Henness.Graham Leitch, MD ...
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MT ArticleEDG Group snaps up fellow TPN member Enterprise Freight and Transport Services
Basildon-based EDG Group has taken over fellow TPN member Enterprise Freight and Transport Services.The group, which joined TPN in September 2017, has bought Enterprise’s assets, customer base and goodwill, but not the Enterprise name.The deal also sees all 31 Enterprise employees transfer to EDG Group as well as a fleet ...
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Administrators pursue director of D&A Media Bristol for unpaid sum
The administrators of a Cardiff-based haulage firm are pursuing legal action against one of the company’s former directors for an unpaid debt.In a report to creditors of D&A Media Bristol, joint administrator Huw Powell at Begbies Traynor said the sum of £51,374 is due from Richard Grimes, who resigned as ...
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MT ArticleMalcolm Logistics puts new generation of award-winning extendable trailer into service
Malcolm Logistics has introduced a new generation of its award-winning extendable skeletal trailer.The original 15.6m extended skeletal trailer, which is used with 50ft containers, was a double winner at the Motor Transport Awards in 2015, taking the Low Carbon and Innovation trophies.Malcolm Logistics has now introduced eight of the latest ...
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Ocado hit by capacity shortfall after major blaze at Andover hub
Online grocer Ocado has warned of capacity constraints and a drag on sales growth following a major fire at its Andover Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC).The blaze, which started yesterday morning (5 February) in a corner of the ambient zone, was not contained as first believed and spread overnight.Whilst now under ...
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C Butt fulfils promise to return to profit
C Butt Logistics has delivered on last year’s promise to return to the black for the first time since 2014.Reporting its latest annual results for the year to 28 April 2018, the Northampton–based haulier revealed a rise in profit to £27,651 (2017: loss of £461,654).However, turnover fell in the period ...
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MT ArticleKnowles Transport turned loss making after problems at Wisbech warehouse
Cambridgeshire-based Knowles Transport slipped into the red after operational issues at its - at that point - newly opened Wisbech DC resulted in “significant costs”.The firm’s newly published annual results covering the year to 31 December 2017, reveal that that while turnover at the company rose to £30.4m (2016: £23.2m) ...
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Management buyout at Currie Solutions, as business starts new chapter
Stephen Turner, the MD of Currie European Transport, has led a successful MBO at the Dumfries-headquartered firm.Turner, now the majority shareholder, has been with the business most of his working life and leading it as MD since 2010.Currie European rebranded as Currie Solutions in 2017 to better reflect the diversity ...
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Hermes unveils enhanced union endorsed deal for self-employed couriers
The boss of Hermes UK has said he is both proud and excited about a ground-breaking deal with the GMB union, which will give self-employed couriers access to holiday pay as well as guaranteed earnings.Martin de Lange, CEO of Hermes UK, told MT that it was personally important to him ...
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Prolog creditors set to be stung for millions after firm's pre-pack sale
Trade creditors of Prolog may only receive a tiny fraction of the estimated £10m owed to them after the company entered administration and was then sold off in parts.In a report to creditors, Mazars said the warehouse and distribution firm - registered at Companies House as Promotional Logistics but which ...