Operator news – Page 255
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Hargreaves Services to tighten spending in its logistics arm
Hargreaves Services is to "ration" expenditure in its logistics division after it suffered a 91% fall in operating profit last year due to competitive pressure.Operating profit plunged from £1.2m to £100,000 in the year to 31 May 2017, as turnover dropped 11% to £48m (2016: £54.4m). It said this reflected ...
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MT ArticleAKW Global Logistics invests £250,000 in its Trafford Park warehouses
AKW Global Logistics has spent £250,000 upgrading its Trafford Park warehouses.Additional racking and a fleet of 16 Mitsubishi gas-powered forklift trucks featuring warning and impact sensors have been added following an original spend of £2m to add capacity for the group in 2010.“The market is constantly changing for users of ...
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Argos facing strike action over redundancy payment dispute
Three weeks of strike action among Argos staff is on the cards in an ongoing dispute over redundancy payments.The Unite union said the retailer had failed to negotiate a national agreement covering redundancy and severance packages and had failed to guarantee workers’ future terms and conditions after 500 staff transferred ...
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Tuffnells Parcels Express MD departs amid Connect Group integration
Tuffnells Parcels Express MD Chris Ward is leaving the business following its integration within parent company Connect Group.Connect Group, which also owns Smiths News, bought Tuffnells in November 2014.A spokeswoman for Connect Group said Ward, who joined the business in May 2015, will be leaving the business as it moves ...
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Ross Eggleton joins NFT Distribution as chief operating officer
Chilled food specialist NFT Distribution has appointed Ross Eggleton to the newly created role of chief operating officer with immediate effect.He takes on responsibility for ensuring operational excellence across NFT’s transport and warehouse operations.Eggleton joins NFT from WM Morrison Supermarkets where he was logistics and supply chain director.Before that his ...
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MT ArticleBoughey Distribution sees solid year of growth; Palletline operation takes wing
Boughey Distribution enjoyed a solid year of growth despite cut-throat competition amongst the supermarkets, with its Palletline operation growing faster than expected.Boughey, which is part of the NWF Group, saw turnover in the year to 31 May 2017 increase 3.7% to £39m (2016: £37.6m).Storage overall was at an average of ...
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MT ArticleAldi Stores to pay £1m fine after powered pallet truck incident
Aldi Stores has been fined £1m after a driver needed two toes amputated following an incident with a powered pallet truck.A driver sustained severe foot injuries, including fractures to all toes on his left foot, while using the forklift truck at the supermarket’s Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Derbyshire store in November ...
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MT ArticleClipper Logistics' turnover and pre-tax profit up as retail strategy pays off
Clipper Logistics has delivered another strong performance, and predicted it will continue as its evolving model of serving retailers’ growing e-fulfilment and product return needs bears fruit.Announcing full-year results to 30 April, its third year listed on the London Stock Exchange, group turnover was 17.2% higher year on year at ...
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MT ArticleEuropa Road chooses Renault Trucks for UK fleet after long-term trial
Europa Road, a division of Europa Worldwide Group, has spent £2m on 23 Renault Trucks after a successful two-year trial with RH Commercial Vehicles.The Range T artics and Range D rigids are the first Renaults in the fleet, which also has 238 trailers.Europa currently runs Volvo and Mercedes-Benz trucks, but ...
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TNT Express still processing manually a month after cyber attack
TNT Express is still processing parcels manually nearly a month after it was hit by a worldwide cyber attack, and has predicted it may not be able to recover the data lost in the incident. The FedEx-owned operator was hit with the NotPetya encryption virus on 28 June.In a trading ...
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MT ArticleTesco to offer same day grocery delivery service across the UK from next month
Tesco will offer customers a same-day online grocery delivery service across the UK by the end of August.The supermarket group launched same-day grocery delivery in London and the South East in 2014.It is now extending the service to more than 300 stores across the UK, covering more than 99% of ...
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Montgomery Transport and Montracon owner Ballyvesey Holdings sees profit boost
Ballyvesey Holdings, which confirmed the demise of its Birds Transport and Logistics business in May, saw both turnover and profit growth in the year to 30 September 2016.Newly published accounts for the group, which owns Montgomery Transport, Montracon trailers, and a number of truck and heavy plant dealerships, saw turnover ...
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MT ArticleSearon Logistics closes its doors
Felixstowe container haulier Searon Logistics, which employs more than 100 staff, has closed down.The operator told MT it had shut its doors and staff were “in the process” of being made redundant.The company held O-licences in the East, North East and West of England regions, with its Felixstowe depot authorised ...
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MT ArticleSellafield given warning by TC after failing to disclose convictions
Nuclear waste management firm Sellafield has escaped action at a public inquiry (PI) after it failed to disclose fines totalling £700,000 to the traffic commissioner (TC).North West TC Simon Evans issued the company with a warning after it failed to notify the Office of the Traffic Commissioner (OTC) of the ...
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MT ArticleDNA Express Couriers and NGC Logistics join Palletforce
Palletforce has added DNA Express Couriers and NGC Logistics to its network.DNA Express Couriers, based near Crawley, Sussex, covers the KT postcode area and has been working with Palletforce for the past 18 months.MD Tony Bunn said: “Working with Palletforce has given us an opportunity to see the benefits of ...
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Kinaxia Logistics buys Mark Thompson Transport
Kinaxia Logistics has bought Mark Thompson Transport, its eighth operator acquisition in just over five years. The deal is Kinaxia’s third this year; it bought Panic Transport in February and Maiden’s of Telford in May.The business also owns Bay Freight; William Kirk; NC Cammack & Sons; Foulger Transport; and Lambert ...
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MT ArticleCM Downton wins £15m Isover contract from Bibby Distribution
CM Downton has won a £15m contract from Bibby Distribution, transporting goods for insulation manufacturer Isover UK.The five-year deal with the Saint Gobain-owned company will see Downton store and transport goods from Isover's Runcorn factroy, just 400m away from Downton's own site.Management, transport and warehouse staff from Bibby, six in ...
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Overseas division GLS continues to drive Royal Mail growth
Royal Mail’s overseas division was still driving business growth in Q1 of its financial year, as letter volumes continued to plummet. For the three months ended 25 June, the first quarter of Royal Mail’s financial year, the group saw turnover growth of 1%.Its UK letters and parcels division, UKPIL, suffered ...
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MT ArticleJohn Hackling (Transport) profit up 41%
John Hackling (Transport) saw pre-tax profits rise 41% last year, boosted by its newly opened depot in Swindon and Palletline’s decision to base a new regional hub at the depot during the period.Reporting its latest annual results for the year to 30 September 2016 the company revealed a rise in ...
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MT ArticleMatalan drivers reject pay offer after last minute deal change
Matalan drivers have rejected a pay offer after the deal was changed at the eleventh hour, according to the GMB unionMatalan had originally offered a pay deal to its drivers at its Knowsley DC which was acceptable to members, but a GMB spokesman told MT: “this offer was removed at ...