Operator news – Page 293
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MT ArticleCulina upgrades chilled fleet with Carrier Transicold
Temperature controlled operator Culina has bought 83 refrigeration units from Carrier Transicold as part of an ongoing fleet expansion.The Vector 1550 trailer units will be mounted onto Montracon and Gray and Adams trailers and used to carry products from food manufacturers to distribution outlets, regional distribution centres and retailers.The majority ...
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AM Widdowson & Son creditors meeting to hear CVA proposal
A meeting of creditors of Leicester haulier A M Widdowson & Son will take place on 3 July ahead of a proposed CVA.According to a nominees’ report, seen by Motortransport.co.uk, Widdowson has appointed insolvency practitioners Leonard Curtis, which has recommended that for there to be a viable business going forward ...
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Norbert Dentressangle pays worker £8,000 for unfair dismissal
It has emerged that Norbert Dentressangle, taken over last month by US firm XPO Logistics, was ordered in March to pay a former employee more than £8,000 for unfair dismissal, after sacking him last year for what his employer deemed was a sexually suggestive picture posted on his Facebook page. ...
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Final-mile service cost Whistl £10m before investor's exit
The cost of rolling-out and running Whistl’s end-to-end final mile delivery service had exceeded £10m by the end of 2014, newly published accounts reveal.The service, which Whistl officially killed off earlier this month, saw costs associated with the network, in what was ultimately a failed bid to take on Royal ...
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MT ArticleReed Boardall buys 50 Volvo tractor units
Temperature-controlled operator Reed Boardall has bought 50 new Volvo FH tractor units, bringing its fleet to 230 vehicles all under three years old. The tractors, provided by Crossroads Truck and Bus, will pull some of Reed Boardall’s fleet of 300 refrigerated trailers.They come equipped with a series of safety features, ...
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MT Article2MV Logistics joins HazChem Network
Farlington, Portsmouth-based haulier 2MV Logistics has joined the HazChem Network, covering the PO1-22 areas. It made its first radial deliveries in the region last week.HazChem said that it wanted to thank Andover, Hampshire-based Switch International – sister company to TWT Logistics – for “kindly releasing the area to allow 2MV ...
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Whistl's exit prompts Royal Mail regulations review
Ofcom has announced a “fundamental review” into the regulation of Royal Mail, after the withdrawal of Whistl’s final mile delivery service left it without a major competitor in the postal market. In 2012, new regulations gave Royal Mail more freedom to set its own prices, to protect it from rivals ...
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MT ArticleFors-disqualified operator loses O-licence revocation appeal
Cowan Plant, the operator disqualified from Fors last year, has lost an appeal against the decision to revoke its O-licence.The Hayes, Middlesex-based company had its Fors membership taken away by TfL in December following a public inquiry (PI) that resulted in the loss of its O-licence and the disqualification of ...
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MT ArticleIt's a wrap for Knights of Old's Scanias
Knights of Old has acquired 10 new Scanias at short notice for a contract renewal – and had them decked out in a new livery. Paul Abbott, group director, said the R450 tractor units were needed to facilitate the unnamed contract and so the company relied on ‘stock’ vehicles already ...
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Ryder adds 750 trucks and trailers to rental fleet
Vehicle rental firm Ryder has ordered 400 new tractor units to refresh its current fleet, along with 350 new trailers. The 6x2 tractor units are a combination of Daf, MAN, Mercedes-Benz and Iveco models. They are joined by 200 curtain-sider trailers, 100 temperature controlled trailers and 50 box trailers.The ...
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MT ArticlePollock sees turnover boost after Gilbraith acquisition
Pollock (Scotrans) saw turnover climb in its first financial results since its acquisition of fellow Palletways member Gilbraith (TS) last February.At the time of purchase, Pollock said it was expecting to see its turnover rise to more than £25m in the future. The company’s latest results, for the year ending ...
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MT ArticleUnion holds protest against Dixons Carphone DC closure
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has held a protest today over the proposed closure of consumer technology retailer Dixons Carphone’s Wednesbury repair and distribution centre. The planned closure is expected to take effect in early 2016, at the cost of around 500 jobs - although affected workers have been offered ...
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"Very healthy growth" at Eddie Stobart Logistics
Eddie Stobart Logistics has said that its revenue and profits are growing, and it is ahead of its targets, in its first year of trading under the majority ownership of private investors.It was revealed to investors that in the period since its partial disposal on 10 April 2014 to the ...
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Government begins sale of its remaining Royal Mail stake
Having fired the starting gun on the sale of its remaining stake in Royal Mail last week, the government is out of the blocks and has sold 15% of its shareholding to institutional investors.A statement from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) this evening (10 June) said it ...
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Whistl confirms its dream of rivalling Royal Mail's postal service is over
Whistl has confirmed that it will be ending its final mile delivery service, which it suspended last month.Whistl, previously known as TNT Post, said in May that it had made the “difficult decision” to suspend the service in London, Manchester and Liverpool, after potential investment partner LDC, a branch of ...
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Jigsaw welcomes three new puzzle pieces
Jigsaw has added a trio of pieces to its puzzle in the form of three new partner hauliers. PC Howard, Nolan Transport and Montgomery Transport have joined the consortium’s 10 other members, which include CM Downton (Jigsaw’s parent company), Elddis Transport and the Widdowson Group. Jigsaw said the new partners, ...
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MT ArticleMenzies Distribution buys AJG Parcels
Menzies Distribution has snapped up Inverness-based AJG Parcels in a £7.5m deal that allows it to enter the e-commerce parcel market.The logistics firm said the purchase would also help it appeal to companies seeking cost-efficient deliveries to the North and rural West of Scotland.According to Menzies, AJG Parcels began 20 ...
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MT ArticleXPO Logistics closes Norbert Dentressangle deal
Norbert Dentressangle has been officially purchased by XPO Logistics. The deal to acquire 67% of the business from the Norbert family has gone through less than six weeks after an unsolicited €3.24bn (£2.3bn) bid was made by the US firm for the business.XPO will now launch a tender to acquire ...
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Bidvest Logistics prolongs Prologis lease at Avonmouth
Bidvest Logistics has signed a lease with Prologis on a 116,000ft² space in Prologis Cabot Park in Avonmouth, Bristol. The company already occupies the space with the new lease securing the continuity of its supply chain and protecting employees’ jobs.Bidvest Logistics UK MD Shaun Foley said: “Prologis Cabot Park is ...
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Government to sell stake in Royal Mail this year
The government is to sell its remaining stake in Royal Mail, completing the company’s journey from public-to-private road transport heavyweight.In a statement released today, the chancellor said the sale of the government’s £1.5bn stake in the UK’s largest commercial vehicle operator would start this year, completing the privatisation begun with ...