Operator news – Page 287
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UK Mail remains confident despite teething issues with new technology
UK Mail remains confident about its long-term prospects, and has now got a handle on problems at its new sortation hub that are set to have a significant impact on its full year earnings. In a trading statement released today, the group said its overall group performance was “in ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics now a "stand-alone business"
Eddie Stobart Logistics has successfully completed its transformation into a stand-alone business after the acquisition of a 51% stake in the operator by private equity firm DouglasBay Capital on 10 April 2014, according to its parent company.Greenwhitestar UK (which ultimately is owned by DouglasBay Capital Fund) made the statement in ...
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Hargreaves adopts franchise programme for subcontractors
Hargreaves Logistics is to adopt a franchise programme to boost subcontractor retention and create a more flexible fleet.The operator is targeting its base of 200 dedicated subcontractors, with plans to take on an additional 100 franchise partners over the next three to five years.The first five subcontractors have signed up ...
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Eddie Stobart to open London Gateway base
Eddie Stobart is to open a container transport site at DP World London Gateway, which it hopes will support growth plans in the South.The base will serve customers and destinations across the UK and will reduce current delivery times into London.The operator hopes the site will help reduce mileage and ...
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Threat of strike action at Indesit receeds after talks breakthrough
The threat of further industrial action by drivers and warehouse staff at white goods manufacturer Indesit has receded after conciliation talks held at Acas last week led to a revised pay offer. Union Unite told MT it was content with the proposal, which was thrashed out after eight hours of ...
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MT ArticleMore Tiger Trailers for Dee Set Logistics
Stoke-On-Trent firm Dee Set Logistics has just taken delivery of the last of 11 new tri-axle box van trailers from Tiger Trailers. All the units are fitted with the 'Tiger Tails’ aerodynamic option, which includes a front air splitter and rear sloping roof. The trailers also feature Tiger’s paint-free galvanised ...
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Bibby Supply Chain Services records £3.6m loss
Bibby Supply Chain Services (previous Bibby Distibution Services) slipped back into the red before it sold its training arm System Group at the turn of the year.For the year to 31 December 2014, Bibby posted a pre-tax loss of £3.6m – including a £728,000 operating loss in continuing operations and ...
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Royal Mail to take on 19,000 workers for Christmas peak
Royal Mail will take on an additional 19,000 employees for the Christmas peak season, 2,600 of whom are intended for its Parcelforce operation.The bulk of the 19,000 temporary workers will be employed to sort Christmas cards and small parcels to help the service handle the additional peak-time volume between mid-November ...
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MT ArticleUPN welcomes Kevin Nightingale as regional director for the central region
Kevin Nightingale has become regional director for the central division at United Pallet Network (UPN), completing a senior restructure at the pallet network.Nightingale has previous management experience at the likes of Wincanton, P&O and Hargreaves.He is the latest recruit to the team following David Brown's step up from commercial director ...
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MT ArticleUPS opens new contract logistics centre to meet growing demand
UPS has opened a new contract logistics centre in North Warwickshire to meet growing demand from its retail and technology customers. The new hub centre provides an extra 13,000m2 of warehousing space to UPS’s contract logistics operation.With close proximity to the firm’s parcel sortation hub at Birch Coppice Business Park ...
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MT ArticleBartrums Road Services joins Hazchem Network
Suffolk-based Bartrums Road Services has joined the Hazchem Network, taking on territory previously held in part by Anglia Freight and HW Coates.Both operators released coverage territory to Bartrums in order for it to become depot 010 and manage delivery and collections for pallets and parcels of dangerous goods in postcode ...
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TNT Express UK shakes-up international sales division
TNT Express has restructured its UK and Ireland international division sales force as part of a wider strategy to boost turnover and improve customer service.The move follows a management cull last month at the Dutch-owned delivery company that saw a number of top executives made redundant, including general manager ...
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Wincanton group finance director assumes role
Wincanton's new group finance director, Tim Lawlor, has assumed his new role as of today, after it was announced that he'd secured the job in early July.He replaces Adrian Colman, who was appointed as chief executive when Eric Born said he would be leaving the business.Lawlor was formerly the director ...
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MT ArticleNelson Distribution gets £1m makeover after two years of rapid growth
Nelson Distribution has spent more than £1m upgrading its Belper, Derbyshire head quarters after outgrowing the site.The haulier said it was struggling for space at its depot on Goods Road following a steady stream of contract wins, and had now doubled its office space there.The £1m figure also includes the ...
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MT ArticlePalletways goes live with former UK Pallets site as part of major expansion
Palletways has significantly increased its capacity at its central hub in Lichfield, Staffordshire, after taking on the former UK Pallets site on Fradley Distribution Park.The pallet network has been conducting a pilot at the site, located 500m from its central hub, and has now gone fully operational with immediate effect. ...
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MT ArticlePall-Ex Benelux from 2016
Pall-Ex Benelux will launch at the start of 2016, the pallet network has said.The latest addition to the Pall-Ex Group will cover the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium from a hub located in the latter.It is expected to start operation with a membership of ten hauliers.“The Pall-Ex Benelux hub will be ...
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MT ArticleNeill & Brown invests in new facility as pallet business grows
Neill & Brown Global Logistics has spent £90,000 on a new transit warehouse.The warehouse at its headquarters in Hessle, near Hull, has been designed to accomodate double-decker trailers and will be used for loading and unloading pallets bound for both the UK and Ireland.The warehouse will handle anything from shipments ...
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Fortec to limit tail-lift deliveries to 750kg
Fortec has followed Palletline and become the second pallet network to back a tail-lift weight restriction of 750kg across its network.The new weight restriction will kick in from next month and follows Palletline’s announcement in March that it would launch a weight restriction of 750kg on all standard tail-lift deliveries ...
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DX meets with residents protesting new super hub build
DX has met with residents of a village who are protesting the proposed build of the parcel courier’s new super hub in Essington, Staffordshire. Earlier this week around 80 residents gathered at the site on Hobnock Road to protest the new hub, which will cost an estimated £63m to build, ...
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MT ArticleMD 'confident' despite widening losses at Hoyer UK
Hoyer, Mailand, Vado Ligure, Hafen Scenen, Deep See, Container Terminal, Hupac, Fahraufnahmen Sattelzug, Container Chemie, FoodHoyer UK MD Mark Binns has said he is “confident” this year will be better than last after the firm reported widening losses for the 12 months to the end of December. Turnover at the ...