Operator news – Page 272
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MT ArticleSwain Group snaps up Jeffrey's Haulage
The Swain Group has purchased Derby-based Jeffrey’s Haulage for an undisclosed sum.The Kent-based group, which includes R Swain & Sons and the recently purchased Gatwick Plant, acquired the asset, vehicles, workshops and business of Jeffrey’s Haulage in a deal that completed on Friday (15 July).Jeffrey’s operates from a 16.5 acre ...
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AM Widdowson & Son placed into administration
Leicester freight transport business AM Widdowson & Son has gone into administration.Insolvency practitioners at Leonard Curtis were appointed to the company on 6 July, shortly after it had undergone a change of name to Loglecdissol.The company had been subject to a CVA since July last year that meant it had ...
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MT ArticleJersey Post buys Fraser Freight in one of "most challenging years" to date
Jersey Post has bought Portsmouth haulier Fraser Freight, after what the carrier described as one of its “most financially challenging years” to date. The postal operator said that the acquisition was a move to open new revenue streams, off the back of the declining letters market.Since 2007, Jersey Post’s letter ...
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Profit up 18% at DHL Supply Chain
DHL Supply Chain continued to improve its profitability in the UK, with pre-tax profit up 18% year-on-year in the most recent set of results filed at Companies House, despite a turnover drop resulting from the renewal of its NHS Supply Chain contract.For the year ended 31 December 2015 turnover at ...
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DPD pick your own delivery slot service begins
DPD has started offering its new service Precise, which allows customers to select their own hour delivery slot. The service, which DPD spoke to Motortransport.co.uk about at the beginning of the year, has been launched in conjunction with online fashion retailer Asos, whose customers are the only ones the new ...
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Lee Nichols takes the reins at Bedfords Group
Leeds-based Bedfords Group has appointed Lee Nichols as its new MD.Nichols replaces Steff Pfadenhauer following a restructure focused on “succession planning to deliver future aspirations and continued development of both organic and acquisitive business growth”.Pfadenhauer remains as CEO and a member of the board of directors. He will take an ...
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MT ArticlePrinciple Pallet Network to debut this year
Two former Fortec directors are making their industry comeback with the launch of the first new UK pallet network in more than a decade.Neil Hodgson and Marcus Fischer plan to launch the Principle Pallet Network later this year, with a view to trading by early 2017.Hodgson was MD of Fortec ...
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Brexit: operators want single market access and ability to hire non-UK workers
Tariff-free access to the single market and the ability to hire non-UK drivers are the key issues for hauliers as the industry faces Brexit, according to a survey by the FTA.The association, which had 250 responses from hauliers that pay for its premium ‘international’ membership, found these were the two ...
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MT ArticleBCA Marketplace opens Doncaster site
BCA Marketplace has opened a new de-fleet operation in Doncaster, specialising in pre-delivery inspection, in-life fleet management and end-of-life refurbishment.The 12-acre centre enhances the company’s national network of refurbishment and auction centres and creates more capacity as volumes continue to rise in the used car market.It will handle around 9,000 ...
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Gefco promotes Hungary division boss to UK managing director role
Gefco UK has appointed Zsolt Vecsera as its new MD, in a move the company said will help “continue and steer its direction of growth”. Vecsera (pictured below) has been MD at Gefco Hungary since 2011, where he oversaw the doublingof the company’s profit over five years.Previous to that role ...
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Hargreaves Services suffers Brexit shock after major project is delayed
Hargreaves Services’ logistics division has felt the impact of Brexit, after a UK port delayed a £7m earthworks project in light of the EU referendum result.In a trading update the company warned that its transport and earthworks divisions are at risk due to their exposure to the construction sector and ...
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MT ArticleCanute Group transports replica Viking ship to festival celebrating King Canute
The Canute Group has paid tribute to its namesake by transporting a £30,000 replica Viking ship to a festival celebrating King Canute.The Canute Group, which is based in Purfleet in Essex, collected the Viking ship, dubbed Bear, from a boatyard in Herne Bay, Kent, making its way along the ...
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Netto closure too soon to comment on, says Bibby Distribution
Bibby Distribution has said it is too soon to comment on what impact the closure of discount supermarket Netto will have on its business.Sainsbury’s and Danish retailer Dansk Supermarked Group, which relaunched Netto as a joint venture in 2014, said they plan to close the 16 stores in August.The decision ...
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DX Group faces UK Competition and Markets Authority review
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is reviewing DX Group’s May acquisition of the trade and assets of Legal Post (Scotland) and First Post from First Scottish Group for £3.25m.DX Group said it was now engaging in a consultation with CMA and would “make a further announcement in due ...
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MT ArticleBullet Express welcomes Macfarlane Packaging as latest client for new hub
Bullet Express has filled over three-quarters of its new distribution hub in Baillieston, Glasgow, just two months after opening it.The latest client to take space at the hub is protective packaging products distributor Macfarlane Packaging.The packaging company is taking 28,000ft² of the facility’s 190,000ft² of storage and distribution space.As part ...
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Security Escorts Transport joins Pallet-Track
North London haulier Security Escorts Transport has joined forces with pallet network Pallet-Track.The Willesden-based haulage firm, which has a fleet of nine vehicles and four trailers, will take on the HA and “some of the NW” postcode areas, after the areas were “relinquished by another member”, according to a Pallet-Track ...
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DHL Supply Chain winding down My Local operation
DHL Supply Chain is downsizing its My Local operation after the convenience store chain was placed into administration this week.The operator took over transport and distribution for the former Morrisons convenience store estate last September from Wincanton.The 140 M Local stores were sold at a £30m loss to entrepreneur Mike ...
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MT ArticleAmazon rolls out grocery delivery service to fresh postcodes
Amazon has almost doubled the number of London postcodes its Amazon Fresh service is available in, less than a month after it began offering fresh grocery delivery in the city.The internet retailer launched the service, which allows Amazon Prime members to shop for ambient, chilled and frozen goods, to ...
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MT ArticlePharmadex adds Montracon refrigerated trailers as it looks to exploit niche
Pharmadex is looking to grow its pharmaceutical transport operations having added two Montracon refrigerated trailers to its fleet.Both Montracon trailers can transport goods at controlled ambient temperatures of between 8°C to 25°C, and at cold chain temperatures of between 2°C and 8°C.The 13.6m tri-axle trailers also come with a Datacold ...
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MT ArticleCarlsberg UK to outsource secondary logistics to DHL Tradeteam
Carlsberg UK is planning to outsource its entire secondary logistics operation to DHL Tradeteam as part of plans to refocus its efforts on brewing.The own-account operator, which as an O-licence authorising up to 438 vehicles and 317 trailers, plans to end its secondary logistics operation in 2017-18.It will also stop ...