All Operator news articles – Page 133
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MT ArticleBowring Transport rebounds to post 88.8% surge in profits
Bowring Transport bounced back from the initial effects of the pandemic to see revenues grow by more than 6% last year and pre-tax profit increase significantly.The Mansfield-based family firm reported a £48.6m turnover for the year ending 31 May 2021, up from £45.6m the year before.Pre-tax profit soared by 88.8% ...
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MT ArticleUnipart Logistics adds two years to Sky contract
Unipart has extended its contract with Sky for two years, supporting the media firm’s engineers and customers through logistics, recycling, call centre services and fleet management.The partnership began in 2004 as a set top box fulfilment operation and since then it has evolved in line with Sky’s growth, including the ...
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MT ArticlePML opens new Portsmouth depot
Perishable goods transport specialist PML has opened a satellite depot in Portsmouth, with five lorries and trailers hived off its fleet to service the port town and Southampton.Following closely behind the opening of its £6m transport hub in Hythe, Kent, the company said the latest move strengthened its offering with ...
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MT ArticleBoughey Distribution hubs awarded top grades
Danny Earp and Sarah Hall of Boughey pictured with the company’s BRCGS certificatesBoughey Distribution has been awarded A+ and AA grades in the storage and distribution standard for its two facilities in Wardle and Crewe.The industry accreditation benchmarks logistics companies and their customers and recognises best practice, ensuring the safety ...
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MT ArticleAztek Logistics opens sixth warehouse as growth drive continues
Aztec Logistics has invested in its sixth warehouse, bringing its total storage capacity to 150,000sq ft and increasing overall shed space by more than 13%.The 20,00sq ft warehouse in Arlesey, next to its already-established 30,000sq ft storage facility, is situated close to its main site in Letchworth Garden City.Stuart Charter, ...
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MT ArticleCaledonian Logistics adds 35 new Actros to fleet
Caledonian Logistics in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, with two of their new Mercedes trucks.Aberdeenshire-based Caledonian Logistics has ordered 35 new Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks in both rigid and tractor unit forms.Supplied by local dealer BLS Truck & Van on contract hire, the vehicles are replacing trucks by two other manufacturers that have reached ...
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MT ArticlePall-Ex opens Polish hub
Pall-Ex Poland has opened a new central hub in the city of Lodz, which it said would increase the network’s efficiency and supports its ambition to ramp up pallet volumes.Around 140km from the country’s capital Warsaw, Pall-Ex said Lodz, which is seen as the traditional centre of the Polish textile ...
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MT ArticleMore hauliers join Earned Recognition scheme
Two haulage firms have become the latest to join the DVSA’s earned recognition (ER) scheme after upgrading their systems to keep track of maintenance and compliance information.ABE Ledbury and Somerset builders’ merchant CRS Building Supplies received the endorsement after demonstrating that their drivers and vehicles met the elevated standards of ...
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MT ArticleSpeed Welshpool invests £10,000 in new driver training scheme
Palletways member Speed Welshpool has launched an academy to help address the continued lack of professional HGV drivers.The transport company, based at Buttington Quarry, has invested more than £10,000 into the launch of a training programme it claimed was the only one of its kind in mid-Wales.It said trainees have ...
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MT ArticleC&D South West backs RHA with academy recruitment drive
Somerset haulier C&D South West has added its support to the RHA’s campaign to attract new recruits into the industry and get more drivers behind the wheel.The company said it had already started encouraging applications from men and women to take up places at its driver academy and it was ...
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MT ArticleHaulier defends new warehouse plan amid fears of major traffic disruption
A Norfolk haulage firm’s plans to modernise its warehousing requirements and create more jobs has drawn criticism from nearby residents, who have objected to HGV movements on local roads.However, Roger Warnes Transport in Great Dunham said the replacement of its existing shed will have no impact on the number of ...
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Hauliers call for one year delay to “punishing” red diesel ban
The RHA is calling on Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to delay the red diesel ban by one year, warning that failure to do so will result in a £1.4bn hit to small hauliers and businesses.The association is arguing for a 12 month delay from 1 April this year ...
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Threat to flights as HGV drivers vote to strike at Heathrow airline catering company
Around 100 HGV drivers based at Heathrow aviation catering firm DO & CO have voted to strike in March in protest at pay and employment conditions, according to union Unite.The union is warning that the action will cause major disruption to long haul BA flights, as food has to be ...
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DPD UK adopts what3words for pinpoint parcel deliveries
Parcel delivery company DPD has sealed a deal with address technology company what3words which aims to improve deliveries by providing drivers with precise locations.From Friday this week (25 February), parcel customers can add their what3words address in the delivery preferences section of the DPD app which the company said will ...
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Asda faces delivery disruption as HGV drivers vote for strike action after rejecting pay offer
Asda is facing serious delays to deliveries after thousands of the supermarket’s lorry drivers joined warehouse staff and clerical workers in voting to reject the retailer’s latest pay offer.Almost 70% of the 8,000 GMB members polled turned down the below inflation pay offer. In addition, nearly 80% of the HGV ...
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MT ArticleYoungs back on acquisition trail as focus turns to containers market
Purfleet-based Youngs Transportation and Logistics has acquired the transport division of Southampton-based container business Eldapoint.Youngs move into the full container load (FCL) market will increase its presence in Southampton and London Gateway by a further 40% and comes amid increasing demand, the company said.It follows the acquisition of Warrington-based groupage ...
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MT ArticleWincanton opens new distribution centre for client Screwfix
Wincanton has launched a new distribution centre at Daresbury in Cheshire for its client Screwfix.The 370,000sq ft site, which is Screwfix’s fifth distribution centre, will create an additional 400 jobs in the north-west of England, the company said this week.The distribution centre will be fully operational by May 2022 and ...
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MT ArticleEuropa Flow generates £1.8m a month in duty deferred to buck Brexit trading downturn
Europa Worldwide Group said its customs product, Europa Flow, was helping customers buck the downward trend on trading levels created by Brexit and highlighted by MPs in a scathing report.The logistics operator was responding to the recent findings by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which concluded that the only detectable ...
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MT ArticleFowler Welch takes a slice of Panattoni Park Aylesford
Fowler Welch has signed a 15-year lease for an environmentally sustainable 97,891sq ft facility at Kent’s Panattoni Park Aylesford.Joining logistics giant DHL at the site, the temperature controlled logistics operator signed the pre-lease agreement for the facility, which includes several zero-carbon technologies and enhanced sustainability features, as well as 20 ...
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MT Article'Renault tippers won't give us breakdown problems,' plant hire firm insists
Ipswich-based JT Few Plant Hire has put four new Renault tippers into service to keep pace with increasing demand.The C430 8x4s, fitted with Marshall’s Hardox Lightweight Tipping Bodies, were put into service in December with an additional two joining in January.The firm said another four C430 eight wheelers are planned ...