Operator news – Page 297
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MT ArticleGregory Distribution welcomes apprentice drivers
Gregory Distribution has taken on four apprentice drivers at its Cullompton depot as part of a drive to attract younger people into the industry.Sean Pearson, Mitchell Brooks, Callum Clinton and Jack Miles, all aged 19, are undertaking driver training at a local training facility as part of their apprenticeship, while ...
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Deben Transport applied to change its O-licence weeks before its collapse
In the weeks leading up to its collapse, Deben Transport attempted to make changes to its depot network as it battled to stay afloat.A list of newly published applications and decisions via The Office of the Traffic Commissioner, shows that in the weeks leading up to its demise, Deben had ...
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MT ArticleDPD's Predict wins Queen's Award for Enterprise
DPD’s Predict delivery service has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category.The award was given to Predict because of its role in what was described as DPD’s recent transformation and “dramatic” growth over the last five years, as well as the quality of the service itself.Predict gives ...
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MT ArticleAbbey Logistics picks Pallet-Track network to boost growth plans
Abbey Logistics Group has become a shareholder member of the Pallet-Track network, which it said will complement the growth of its general haulage division.The MT Haulier of the Year 2014 will cover the WA postcode region for Wolverhampton-headquarterd Pallet-Track pallet network.Steve Granite, MD at Bootle, Merseyside-based Abbey, said: “Our general ...
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MT ArticleEastern boost for Norbert's two-man delivery operations
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) is expanding its two-man delivery Specialist Services arm by investing in new infrastructure at its Bury St Edmunds DC to accomodate the operation.This latest investment follows the opening of a similar centre at its Wakefield, West Yorkshire site in March to “meet growing demand” for the operation, ...
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CM Downton feels benefit of C&H (Hauliers) buy
CM Downton’s acquisition of C&H (Hauliers) in 2013 helped boost turnover by 15% year-on-year, according to its most recent filings at Companies House.For the year-ending 30 June 2014 turnover stood at £108.5m (2013: £94.2m) but pre-tax profit fell to £4.7m, from £5.3m in the previous year. The directors’ report described ...
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MT ArticleRecovery plan and cost-cutting couldn't save Deben Transport
Deben Transport was unable to save itself despite taking cost-cutting measures leaving it with no choice but to cease trading, as revealed by Motortransport.co.uk on Monday, its administrator has said.In a statement, Mark Upton and David Scrivener of Ensors, which were appointed as administrators of the firm earlier this week ...
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Operators hope to forge new business relationships at Multimodal
Many of the UK’s major multi-modal operators will be heading to the Multimodal exhibition at the Birmingham NEC later this month.Potter Logistics will be redesigning its stand (237) to highlight some of its major milestones as it celebrates 50 years in business.“Meeting up with new clients and customers is never ...
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Deben Transport ceases trading
MT Top 100 company Deben Transport has ceased trading, with an administrator expected to be appointed later today.The Felixstowe-based operator, which rescued Elite Transport Services from administration in 2013, blamed a “sustained period of losses” for the decision to cease trading, in a termination of employment letter seen by Motortransport.co.uk.The ...
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Wincanton boss Eric Born to quit role in summer
Wincanton chief executive Eric Born is to step down in July.He is to be replaced by the company's group finance director Adrian Colman on 1 August, when Born will leave the business to become chief executive of a global, as yet, unnamed company.Born (pictured) joined Wincanton in April 2009 as ...
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Pallet-Track starts new European service ahead of schedule
Wolverhampton-based pallet network Pallet-Track has said its new international service in partnership with Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK will begin operating next Monday (13 April). The partnership, which the two firms announced a year ago, will deliver to 56 countries via a combination of road, sea and air.Pallet-Track founder and MD ...
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UK Mail surpasses parcel operational capacity
The volume of parcels being handled by UK Mail has surpassed its current operational capacity.In its pre-close trading update for the financial year ended 31 March 2015, UK Mail said the final quarter saw a 12% increase in parcel volume on the same period of the previous year.The spike, it ...
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MT ArticleFramptons Transport Services acquired by Gregory Distribution
Gregory Distribution has bought fellow South-West haulier Framptons Transport Services.The acquisition is Gregory’s fifth in just over two years and further expands its footprint in the West Country, adding 245 employees, a fleet of 60 vehicles and 220,000ft² of warehousing to its 22 sites throughout the UK, home to 550 ...
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MT ArticleRase Distribution puts Lincoln Cathedral-themed trailers on the road
Rase Distribution has taken delivery of two curtainsided trailers in Lincoln Cathedral livery to promote the opening of the city’s Magna Carta visitor centre.Lincoln is one of only a handful of places in the world where you can find an original copy of the legal charter signed by King John ...
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Yodel fails to turn a profit for fifth year in a row
Yodel has missed its self-set target of delivering a first ever profit in its most recently completed financial year, according to newly published accounts.The company made its fifth loss in a row, recording a pre-tax loss for the year ended 30 June 2014 of £73m – equivalent to losing £1.4m ...
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FedEx to acquire TNT Express
FedEx has made an offer to acquire TNT Express, valuing the business at €4.4bn (£3.2bn), in a deal that both parties describe as having a high level of certainty.The offer already has the backing of PostNL (parent company of Whistl, formerly TNT Post) – which is tendering its 14.7% shareholding ...
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MT ArticleMerc trucks prove 'quay' for DJB
Shown here are two of five new 6x2 Actros 2545 tractive units with BigSpace cabs supplied recently by Mercedes-Benz dealer City West Commercials to ADMP Group company, DJB Haulage. The trucks, delivered during March, join a 40-strong fleet and will work out of DJB Haulage’s new two-acre depot on Southampton’s ...
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Should the pallet sector follow Palletline's lead on maximum delivery weight?
Pallet networks have so far failed to heed a call by Palletline to join it in reducing maximum pallet weights on tail-lift deliveries – though a number of them say they are considering the issue. Palletline said last month that it would be introducing a new pallet weight restriction of ...
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MT ArticleYearsley says new 'superhub' will be finished next year
Building work at Yearsley Logistics’ new Peterborough cold store looks set to start within six months with the new ‘superhub’ up and running in around 18 months, a spokeswoman for the Lancashire-based firm has said.Work on the site, which will complement two other Yearsley superhubs – one at its Heywood ...
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TNT appoints City Link's Robert Peto
TNT UK has appointed ex-City Link finance director Robert Peto to its board. He replaces John Downing, the company’s financial director.Peto had been with City Link since 2011 until its demise last year.Before that he was financial director at Parcelforce and has also served in a financial role at DPD ...