All Operator news articles – Page 176
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MT ArticleRoyal Mail admits "legacy in letters" has hampered transition to parcels
Royal MailRoyal Mail has admitted it expects to make a loss in this financial year and won’t return to profit unless the business is overhauled to reflect a decline in letter volumes and a boom in parcel deliveries.In its latest trading update covering the five months ending 30 August, it ...
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MT ArticleOnline shopping trend sees Amazon revenues surge
Amazon UK saw revenues rise by more than 26% to £13.73bn last year as increasing numbers of people shopped online.The firm, which recently said it would be boosting its UK workforce by a third to 40,000 in order to meet growing demand due to lockdown restrictions, also said it paid ...
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MT ArticleHunt's Foodservice takes delivery of 31 Carrier Transicold refrigeration vehicles
Hunt’s Foodservice has continued its relationship with Carrier Transicold by investing in 31 new vans and trucks all fitted with refrigeration equipment.They include 20 3.5-tonne MAN vans and three 7.5-tonne, two 12-tonne and six 18-tonne MAN rigids, fitted with Transicold’s Pulsor 400 MT multi-temperature units and Supra 550, 850 and ...
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MT ArticleWhistl joins list of parcel carriers enjoying e-commerce boom
Whistl said new customer wins amid an e-commerce boom were driving growth in its UK and international parcels business.They include Monster Books, Goldstone Books and secondhand book e-tailer Alex the Fat Dawg.Whistl added that long-term customers including Cotton Traders and Yorkshire Building Society have also renewed contracts for its downstream ...
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MT ArticleA dazzling range of bargain used trucks on display at the CM Show 2020
A dazzling range of used trucks will be on display in the virtual show halls of the Commercial Motor Show this month with top dealers lining up with some amazing deals.Unlike a traditional motor show where halls are filled with new metal, the Commercial Motor Show will enable you to ...
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MT ArticlePallet-Track celebrates 30 million milestone
Pallet-Track has passed its second major milestone in as many months by recording the delivery of more than 30 million pallets in just 16 years of operation.The Wolverhampton-based business, which moved 852 pallets on its first night of business in February 2004, achieved 30,003,048 pallets through its 90-plus member network ...
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MT ArticleWincanton profits from surge in e-fulfilment business
Wincanton has reported continued profitability in July and August with particularly strong performance in digital and e-fulfilment.In a summary of its performance since its AGM trading update on 22 July 2020, the group said it was benefiting from an increase in demand for online retail, with revenue significantly ahead of ...
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MT Article340 jobs saved at Mercedes truck dealerships after administrators agree sale
Parts of the business and assets of Mercedes truck and van dealership Roanza have been sold to Estar Truck and Van, saving around 340 jobs.Sarah O’Toole and Jason Bell of Grant Thornton UK LLP in Manchester were appointed joint administrators to Roanza Limited and its subsidiary Premier Vehicle Rental Limited ...
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MT ArticleReason Transport pleads guilty to charges connected to death of HGV driver Petru Pop
Reason Transport has pleaded guilty to charges in connection to the death of HGV driver Petru Pop in November 2016.The Coventry-based haulier appeared at High Wycombe Magistrates Court on 28 August to face charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act.Petru Pop died while making a delivery to a ...
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MT ArticleGoodyear Total Mobility seals five-year partnership deal with Bretts Transport
Goodyear has inked a five-year partnership deal with warehousing, logistics and distribution firm Bretts Transport.As part of the agreement, the North Cambridgeshire-based operator will be supplied with premium tyres from the Fuelmax Gen-2 range and be supported by TruckForce, under the Goodyear Total Mobility offering.Bretts' fleet of 246 vehicles, which ...
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MT ArticleMoody Logistics helps Wave Direct navigate soaring hot tub demand
(Left-to-right): Moody Logistics planner Mark Fisher; Wave Direct chief executive Dan Luper and Moody Logistics MD Caroline MoodyMoody Logistics is bathing in the benefits of a hot tub craze which took off during the Covid-19 lockdown.The Northumberland-based family firm has helped online firm Wave Direct cut days off its delivery ...
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MT ArticleXPO Logistics wins UK distribution deal with Beko Appliances
XPO Logistics has landed a contract with home appliance group Beko to serve as transport partner in the UK.Under the deal, XPO will be responsible for delivering the full range of Beko refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, cookers, dishwashers and freezers which are marketed under its home appliance brands Beko, Grundig, ...
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MT ArticleEuropa Road launches EuropaFlow to minimise Brexit border delays
Europa Worldwide sales and branch network director Dionne RedpathDartford-based Europa Road has launched a new customs product designed to minimise post-Brexit transit time delays.The new product, dubbed EuropaFlow, is designed to circumvent any delays that could be created by the need to contact importers prior to delivery, to agree terms, ...
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MT ArticleAztek Logistics acquires fifth warehouse as demand soars and no-deal Brexit looms
Aztek Logistics has opened a fifth warehouse in Letchworth Garden City after seeing a surge in demand including a double-digit increase in service enquiries over the past three months.The warehouse acquisition is also in preparation for the repercussions of a no-deal Brexit, if the UK crashes out of the EU ...
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MT ArticleHaulier has licence revoked after further offences follow fatal collision
A haulage company whose vehicle was involved in a fatal collision with a cyclist because the driver’s vision was obscured by a table top on the dashboard has now had its licence revoked.Traffic commissioner Nick Denton said S&J Transport had known for many months before the crash in Birmingham that ...
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MT ArticleAmazon to create 7,000 new jobs
Amazon intends to boost its UK workforce by a third to 40,000 by the end of the year as its three new state-of-the-art fulfilment centres start operations.The online retail giant said it had already recruited 3,000 permanent roles this year and a further 7,000 would follow by the end of ...
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MT ArticleHargreaves Services hit by delays to HS2 project
Revenues within Hargreaves Services’ distribution and services business have fallen by more than a quarter due to delays in the HS2 project.In its annual report for the year ending 31 May 2020, the group said Covid-19 had not caused any material impact to the company, other than some transaction delays ...
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MT ArticleSigmaRoc swoops for remainder of GDH
The remaining equity interest in Welsh quarrying and haulage company GD Harries (GDH) will be snapped up by buy-and-build construction materials group SigmaRoc later this month.The group acquired 40% of the South Wales business in April 2019 and entered into an option agreement to buy the remaining 60%, which it ...
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MT ArticleLes Smith Haulage joins Palletways
Swindon’s Les Smith Haulage has joined Palletways and will provide services across Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire for the network.Nick Smith, director at the family-run haulier said it signed up to Palletways due to its “mature domestic and pan-European networks”.He said: “Palletways is ahead of the curve in terms of innovation ...
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MT ArticleWhisky haulier hails new transport management system
Specialist whisky haulier B. Mundell is raising a glass to Mandata’s transport management system (TMS) after it helped cut down on paperwork and speed up tachograph analysis.The family-owned bulk spirits and general haulage operator installed the TMS in August 2019 and said it had been “a great investment”, providing high ...