Operator news – Page 306
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Potter Logistics enjoys an excellent year
The MD of Potter Logistics has described the 2013/14 financial year as another excellent one for the Selby-based business, with a near 50% increase in pre-tax profit.The business posted a £1.7m pre-tax profit in the year to 30 April 2014 in its latest set of accounts published at Companies House ...
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MT ArticleMuller Wiseman's Dairy Crest bid to include logistics operation
Müller Wiseman UK & Ireland has agreed to acquire the dairy operation of Dairy Crest Group, including the division's distribution activities.If approved by competition authorities, the move will see around 70 Dairy Crest depots, including production facilities at Severnside, Chadwell Heath, Foston and Hanworth, taken over by the German-owned dairy ...
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MT ArticlePre-tax profit and turnover up at Stan Robinson
Stan Robinson Group saw its pre-tax profit leap last year despite a marginal increase in turnover.Pre-tax profit at the Staffordshire haulier grew to £387,802 from £4,004 in 2012/13, its financial statements for the year to 31 May 2014 have shown. Turnover increased by 1% to £23.4m, up from £23.1m the ...
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City Link invests in peak delivery-drivers and warehouse staff
City Link has invested in additional drivers, delivery vehicles and warehouse staff ahead of the bumper parcel volumes expected this Christmas.It is adding an additional 1,168 delivery and collection drivers to its workforce, including 100 trunking drivers, 433 agency drivers and 735 subcontractors. It will also boost warehouse staff numbers ...
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MT ArticleStephen Sanderson Transport sees turnover and profit boost
Stephen Sanderson Transport revealed increased customer confidence and a tight rein on costs created a significant boost in turnover and profit last year.The Market Harborough haulier increased its turnover by 17.6% to £9.9m (2012:£8.4m) for the year ended 31 December 2013, while pre-tax profit increased to £497,000 (2012: £307,000).Ed Sanderson, ...
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MT ArticleFamily firm shares its profits with staff
Family-owned transport firm Moody Logistics of Cramlington in Northumberland has launched a profit share scheme for its 30 workers to reward employees as the company grows.Business development director Caroline Moody said: “Our staff have played a major part in the history of the company since 1947. We place a very ...
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MT ArticleEddie Stobart boss gives thumbs-up to collaborative transportation programme
The boss of Eddie Stobart Logistics has endorsed Chep’s collaborative transportation programme, which, according to the pallet manufacturer, saved participants more than 900,000 road miles last year. Typically, a Chep customer delivers products to a retailer on Chep pallets, then returns with an empty truck. However, under the collaborative ...
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MT ArticleCM Downton delivers poppies for Tower of London display
CM Downton delivered the 888,246 ceramic poppies on display at the Tower of London, each representing a British or Commonwealth soldier who died in the Great War.Since 1 August, CM Downton has been delivering poppies to the Tower of London on behalf of manufacturer Johnson Tiles. It has been collecting ...
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Yodel expands as it prepares for 15% uplift in volumes
Yodel has added 13 sites to its network for this Christmas as it prepares to handle 15% more parcels than last year.The temporary sites include five standalone service centres, seven satellite depots and a returns centre in the Midlands. They are located at: Newbridge, East Kilbride, Preston, Selby, Sheffield, Cambridge, ...
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Contract wins help turnover and pre-tax profit at Wincanton grow
A combination of winning and retaining business and improving efficiency helped turnover and pre-tax profit at Wincanton grow in the first half of this year.The operator’s results for the six months to 30 September 2014 revealed that pre-tax profit grew by nearly a third to £12.7m, compared to £9.7m in ...
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Norbert unveils Specialist Services national hub
Norbert Dentressangle has opened a national hub for its Specialist Services two-man delivery arm in Brownhills, near Walsall.The site features 20,000ft² of high bay storage space, a 23,000ft² cross-docking area with 22 loading bays and a 100,000ft² office area.The site will help ND meet current storage and distribution requirements, as ...
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Royal Mail to open 10 temporary sites
Royal Mail is to open 10 temporary parcel sorting sites between now and Christmas to sort a significant amount of its peak volumes.The sites will be opened on a phased basis from today (3 November) and will be located in: West Lothian, Leeds, Middleton in Greater Manchester, Wolverhampton, Llantrisant in ...
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MT ArticleFraikin meats trade butcher Fairfax Meadow's demand for 43 new vehicles
Fraikin has secured a seven-figure-deal with meat supplier Fairfax Meadow to supply 43 new vehicles on a four-year full-service contract hire basis.The order will comprise 37 Iveco Daily Agiles [an automatic version of the van], one MAN Euro VI tractor unit and five 26-tonners, which will be added to the ...
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MT ArticleAlliance Boots acquires healthcare logistics firm UDG
Pharmaceutical giant Alliance Boots has taken full ownership of Derbyshire-based healthcare logistics firm UniDrug Distribution Group (UDG).Alliance Boots, which owned half of the contract logistics firm, acquired the remaining shares from UDG Healthcare for £66m in August.The operator, which runs 56 vehicles and employs 750 people, is to be rebranded ...
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MT ArticleEx-Christian Salvesen chief executive joins Wincanton
Former FTA president and ex-Christian Salvesen chief executive Stewart Oades has been appointed as a non-executive director at Wincanton.Oades, currently a non-executive director at wholesaler Palmer & Harvey and seafood firm MW brands, served as president of the FTA between 2009 and 2013. He will join the Wincanton board on ...
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MT ArticleHoward Tenens to put its first Euro-6 dual-fuel truck into operation
Howard Tenens is to put its first Euro-6 dual-fuel vehicle on the road next month, running on a blend of compressed natural gas (CNG) and diesel.The Mercedes-Benz Actros 2445 450hp unit has been converted by Prins Autogas UK and has a 93kg capacity CNG fuel tank. Howard Tenens plans to ...
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Jack Richards & Son turnover grows following new business wins
Two major business wins helped turnover at Norfolk haulier Jack Richards & Son increase by 13% last year.MD Peter Brown told Motortransport.co.uk that an increase in business and an improved economic outlook helped turnover at the company rise from £29.7m to £33.8m in the year to 31 May 2014.Documents filed ...
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MT ArticleRico Logistics appoints head of HR following strong growth
Rico Logistics has appointed a new head of HR, Tracy Jump (pictured), following a period of significant expansion at the business.The Slough-based operator, which acquired the DHL Express same-day operation last October, said it has also been experiencing strong organic growth and the new role will be pivotal to Rico’s ...
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TNT Express invests in European road network
TNT Express is to spend €185m (£145m) improving its European road network during the next four years as part of its strategy to move more by road.The parcel carrier, which last month warned that it is not likely to hit its 2015 profit target, plans to refresh its trailer fleet, ...
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MT ArticleYearsley Logistics boosts refrigerated trailer fleet
Yearsley Logistics has put 35 additional Schmitz Cargobull refrigerated trailers into operation.The S.KO Cool tri-axle refrigerated trailers join its 400-strong trailer fleet and will be used to distribute frozen goods across the UK.They have been fitted with Thermo King and Carrier refrigeration units, and have split internal cushion doors to ...