Operator news – Page 316
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Abbey Logistics buys majority of Seafield Logistics' bulk powder operation
Abbey Logistics Group has acquired the majority of the assets and customer base relating to the bulk powder transport business of Seafield Logistics.Seafield Logistics is a major player in the UK bulk powder transport market, with significant contracts in food and non-food markets. It ranked 55 in Motor Transport’s Top ...
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Morrisons extends reach of home delivery service
Morrisons has extended its home delivery service into Hull and Manchester as it continues with plans to offer grocery deliveries to 50% of UK addresses by the end of the year.Deliveries in the two areas began on Monday 2 June and follow the introduction of similar operations in Yorkshire, London ...
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Inglis promoted to chief development officer in DHL reorganisation
DHL Supply Chain Europe CEO Graham Inglis has been promoted to chief development officer as part of a management shake-up.Inglis (pictured right) will be responsible for global sales and marketing and DHL's sector and product teams. He will also take on responsibility for its global Service Parts Logistics and Life ...
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MT ArticleACS&T "best in the business" strategy boosts profit to £1.1m
Temperature-controlled operator ACS&T has said that making its operation and facilities some of the “best in the business” led to improvement in profit last year.Pre-tax profit was £1.1m in 2013, from £651,000 in 2012. Turnover for the year ended December 2013 was £20.5m, flat on 2012’s £20.47m.MD Malcolm Johnstone ...
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MT ArticleFortec Connects in bid to leapfrog rivals
FortecFortec will complete its most significant IT project in a decade by the end of the year, in a move it claims will put it ahead of its pallet network rivals and on par with the best the parcels sector can offer.Andrew Knowles, Fortec operations director, told MT: “If you ...
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Trouble at TNT UK as it makes a loss
TNT UK saw its finances tumble into the red last year following the loss of a major contract, posting a £6.4m loss just a year after it quadrupled its pre-tax profit.In a year that saw it cut staff numbers and make managers in a number of departments redundant, TNT’s financial ...
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MT ArticleCris Stephenson is the new Pall-Ex UK managing director
Cris Stephenson, UK MD, Pall-ExCris Stephenson has taken on the role of UK MD at Pall-Ex, succeeding Adrian Russell who becomes group MD, and assumes exclusive responsibility for the pallet network’s European operations.Stephenson, who joined Pall-Ex in 2011 and was assistant MD, said his first role would be to reorganise ...
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NFT reveals more details of its plan to head south
NFT has revealed more details in regards its plan to venture south and open a substantial new facility, in its bid to take a larger slice of the UK’s £38bn imported food market.The operator, which revealed its plan to Motortransport.co.uk last month, hopes a new warehouse in the region will ...
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UPS appoints David Abney as CEO
UPS has appointed David Abney as CEO. He replaces Scott Davis, who will retire later this year.Currently chief operating officer, Abney will take up his new position on 1 September. He started his career at UPS in 1974 as a part-time package loader and has since held numerous positions with ...
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Wincanton now "leaner" as pre-tax profit booms
Wincanton is now a “very different organisation” to what it was a few years ago, as the company increased turnover, more-than doubled pre-tax and continued to reduce its net debt in financial year 2013.The boom in construction activity in the UK also helped push turnover at Wincanton up to £1.098bn ...
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Clipper share price rises on first day of IPO
Clipper Logistics Group saw its share price rise steadily over its first day of trading fully on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) yesterday.At the end of trading on Wednesday 5 June, the firm’s share price had risen to 121p from 100p at admission. 100m ordinary shares were offered on ...
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Arrow XL makes two million deliveries since rebrand
Two-man delivery firm Arrow XL has revealed it made over two million deliveries in its first year of trading under its new identity.The Yodel sister company previously traded as Yodel XL, but launched its new branding in March 2013. Since then it has made two million deliveries, including next-day and ...
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MT ArticleChange in customer behaviour prompts Muller Wiseman consultation
Muller Wiseman Dairies is conducting a 30-day consultation over the future of its Pensilva distribution depot in Cornwall, citing a shift away from individual store deliveries and into RDCs.MD Carl Ravenhall said the company ran a strong network across the UK but that it needed to adapt to the changing ...
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MT ArticleDachser opens new Northampton DC and head office
Dachser has opened its €26m (£21.1m) distribution centre and head office in Northampton, following a period of growth European exports from the UK.The DC sits on a 7.4 hectare site on the Brackmills industrial site and includes a 64,024ft² cross-docking facility, a 113,666ft² contract logistics warehouse and a 21,032ft² office ...
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Pre-tax profit and turnover up at John Raymond Transport
Bridgend, South Wales-based John Raymond Transport saw an increase in both turnover and pre-tax profit last year.Its annual accounts for the year ended 30 September 2013, published to Companies House, showed a 35% increase in pre-tax profit to £56,000, up from £41,752 in 2012.Turnover at the company, which is part ...
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MT ArticleIndustrial action at Wincanton called off after settlement is reached
Industrial action at Wincanton’s operations for customer HJ Heinz in Wigan has been averted after URTU members accepted a fresh proposal over pay.Members of the union had voted for industrial action this week (2 to 5 June) in relation to a pay dispute that goes back to last year. It ...
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MT ArticleEveready adds rigids with Ryder
Plant and tool hire specialist Eveready Hire is expanding its fleet, after taking delivery of three Euro-5 rigids on contract hire from Ryder.Two 18-tonne Daf LF55s and one 26-tonne MAN TGF join the fleet at the ten-year old own-account operator and will run out of its depots in Watford, Leatherhead ...
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Clipper sets date for IPO
Clipper Logistics Group is to begin trading fully on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday 4 June. The placing price has been set at 100p per share and will comprise of 100m ordinary shares.Conditional trading began today (30 May) at 8am under the CLG ticker with 49m shares on offer. ...
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Wincanton braces itself for industrial action by URTU members
URTU members employed by Wincanton working at the HJ Heinz factory near Wigan have voted in favour of industrial action following a pay dispute.Should industrial action take place between Monday 2 June and Friday 5 June Wincanton has said that comprehensive contingency plans are in place to “ensure that the ...
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Bibby Distribution to change its name
Bibby Distribution Services is to change its name to Bibby Supply Chain Services following its return to profitability in 2013.As exclusively revealed by Motortransport.co.uk yesterday, the operator, part of Bibby Line Group, returned a profit for the financial year ended 31 December 2013 after it suffered a loss in ...