Operator news – Page 268
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Simon Gibson Transport had excellent year ahead of purchase by GCA Europe
Simon Gibson Transport enjoyed what it described as an “excellent trading year” in 2015, shortly before it was sold to GCA Europe SA.Accounts filed at Companies House showed that turnover at the East Yorkshire bulk powder haulier rose to £13.3m in the year ending 31 December 2015, up from £13.1m ...
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Pre-tax profit grows at Bartrums despite fall in turnover
Bartrums has posted a combined turnover of £26.7m for its road services and haulage and storage arms, down on the previous year’s results, but pre-tax profit showed an improvement.For the year ending 31 December 2015, the Eye, Suffolk, business made a total pre-tax profit of £1.8m, up 8.5% on 2014.Despite ...
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Former Fortec boss Adrian Bradley joins Pall-Ex as network bolsters management team
Fortec’s former general manager of operations Adrian Bradley has joined Pall-Ex as director of operations. Bradley worked at the top of Fortec with David Spong (pictured), who remains at the network in the role of network director.The two stepped up to run the network after the departure of Marcus Fischer ...
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MT ArticleTuffnells' growth fuels Connect Group
Chris Ward joined Tuffnells in 2014A growing customer base and increased network capacity drove growth at Tuffnells in the year to 31 August 2016 results, underpinning a successful performance for owner Connect Group. The parcel firm, which specialises in irregular dimensions and weights, saw turnover increase 7.3% year-on-year, from £162.6m ...
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Biffa sees opportunity to act as consolidator in fragmented waste market
Waste collection company Biffa is set to return to the London Stock Exchange on Thursday (20 October) for the first time in eight years.The waste management company is looking to raise £262m via a listing to fuel its acquisition drive in the sector, which it sees as ripe for consolidation.Biffa’s ...
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Whistl CEO predicts full recovery after final mile hit
Whistl saw its pre-tax profit crash by more than 400% last year after ending its foray into the final mile delivery market, but predicts it will have recovered by the end of 2016.The company abandoned the final mile trials it was running in Manchester, Liverpool and London in June 2015 ...
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MT ArticleProfit up 8% at Suckling Transport
Suckling Transport delivered an 8% rise in pre-tax profit in the year to 31 December 2015, according to its latest annual results.Pre-tax profit was £1.3m (2014: £1.2m) with turnover up 2.5% to £19.9m (2014: £19.4m).Suckling Transport said growth had been driven by maintaining its long-term customer base whilst adding short-term ...
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TNT UK annual loss up by a third ahead of FedEx purchase
TNT UK’s pre-tax loss ballooned to £22.1m last year ahead of its acquisition by FedEx Corporation in May 2016.New accounts published at Companies House show the business’s year-on-year loss increased 32.3% compared with a loss of £16.7m a year earlier.Turnover in the year ended 31 December 2015 fell 1% to ...
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GMB to ballot members at Bidvest Logistics in pay dispute
Union GMB is to ballot members at Bidvest Logistics after the company reconsidered the amount it was to increase employees’ pay by.The union said Bidvest had originally offered employees a 1% increase in basic pay, but this was cut to 0.8% to allow it to meet its national living wage ...
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MT ArticleGordon Leslie completes rebranding of its warehousing business, Benchmark Packaging
Gordon Leslie Group has completed the rebranding of its Glasgow-based warehousing and bonded storage business Benchmark Packaging, which it purchased in December 2014.This includes putting newly liveried trailer (pictured) on the road.The operator said Benchmark Packaging, which offers specialist bonded storage and contract packing services mainly for the whisky ...
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David Batty joins Abbey Logistics Group
Abbey Logistics Group has appointed Motor Transport Hall of Fame resident David Batty to lead its engineering department. Former chief operations engineer of supermarket Somerfield, Batty joins the company with more than 40 years of industry experience.He was awarded the Motor Transport Award for Service to Industry in 2007, and ...
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MT ArticleAmazon announces third new fulfilment centre for 2017
03.09.12-New Amazon Fulfillment Centre, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7LFAmazon is to open a fulfilment centre in Daventry, Northamptonshire next year. It is the third new site the company has announced plans for in recent months. As well as the Daventry site, which will create 300 jobs in the local ...
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MT ArticleBoots UK takes delivery of the first of 60 Transdek/Cartwright trailers
Boots UK has received the first of 60 double decker trailers from Transdek and The Cartwright Group, which are intended to reduce its trunking mileage. The double-deck wedge trailers can accommodate 128 roll cages. This will improve the company’s individual trailer capacity, which is currently 104 cages per load.Boots said ...
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Menzies wards off strike action with improved pay offer
Menzies Distribution has seen off the threat of strike action after making an improved pay offer to its 300 drivers and warehouse staff.The workforce voted to approve the pay offer by “a significant majority”, according to union Unite, preventing widespread strike action which would have included two 24-hour strikes on ...
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MT ArticleTurners (Soham) adds 600th Daf FTP to fleet
Turners (Soham) has added its 600th specialised Daf FTP to its fleet. The 440hp XF tractor with a lightweight mid-lift axle joins Turners’ 1,750-strong fleet.Turners is believed to be the largest operator of Daf FTP trucks worldwide.The Daf, purchased via dealership Chassis Cab, will cover more than 100,000km a year.Tim ...
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MT ArticleWolseley UK plans to close Worcester DC
Plumbing and heating supplier Wolseley UK plans to close its Worcester DC to make £30m of savings.The reorganisation of its logistics and supply chain network, as well as the closure of 80 UK branches, will result in 800 redundancies.MD Patrick Headon said: “The trends in our profit have been disappointing ...
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MT ArticleCulina Group unveils Great new livery
Culina Great BearCulina Group has given itself a makeover to incorporate its newest brand as part of its corporate image.The group bought Great Bear Distribution back in March for an undisclosed sum.It has stayed true to its promise of retaining the company’s name, while designing a new look that clearly ...
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Deutsche Post DHL to buy UK Mail for £243m
Deutsche Post DHL has reached an agreement to buy UK Mail, in a deal that values the delivery company at £242.7m.DHL said the cash offer is part of an ongoing expansion of its European parcel network, designed to meet demand for more cross-border deliveries from its customers.The acquisition comes after ...
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MT ArticleAnglia Freight opens new cross dock facility
Suffolk-based Anglia Freight has opened a new cross-dock facility at its site at the Mid Suffolk Business Park. Representatives from Palletline and Hazchem, of which Anglia Freight has been a member since 1995 and 1997 respectively, officially opened the new £500,000 facility.The site boasts 17,000ft² of covered loading and unloading ...
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Drivers at Arla Foods' closed Hatfield Peverel site opted for redundancy
Twenty four Arla Foods drivers took redundancy after the firm’s decision to close its Hatfield Peverel dairy processing plant in July rather than transfer to a new employer, Motortransport.co.uk has learnt.The 24 drivers, along with seven logistics staff, were set to be transferred to PCL 24/7. The firm is owned ...