All Operator news articles – Page 182
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MT ArticleRyder in mobile maintenance recruitment drive
Ryder is creating local employment opportunities within its mobile maintenance services business with a recruitment drive for technical staff in Lichfield, Staffordshire.The nine new roles include maintenance controllers: office-based staff who either support and oversee the deployment of Ryder’s mobile maintenance technicians, or work with its vendor and dealer network.It ...
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MT ArticleStudents help Pall-Ex with campaign to ease sector skills shortage
The Pall-Ex marketing team with DMU students at the start of the projectPall-Ex turned to students at De Montfort University to help tackle the industry’s skills shortage and devise a marketing campaign to promote a career in logistics.The students worked in teams to develop ideas that could be used ...
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MT ArticleWincanton extends Asda contract
Wincanton has extended its contract with Asda to manage its transport and warehouse operations for a further two years.The partnership, which has been in place for 15 years, includes the management of warehousing and national transport operations across four key Asda sites in Doncaster, Larne, Rochdale and Wigan, covering the ...
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MT ArticleDHL Supply Chain job cull threat is "massive, bitter blow", says Unite
Nearly 40% of the entire workforce on DHL Supply Chain’s Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) contract are at risk of losing their jobs, the Unite union has warned.It said 2,200 staff are being told they could lose their jobs, in what it described as “a massive, bitter blow”.Unite said the cuts ...
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MT ArticleSpeedy Freight Glasgow restructures business to help deliver essential lockdown goods
The Speedy Freight Glasgow franchise has played a key role in delivering over a million consignments of both medical and consumer goods since the pandemic lockdown began in March.Consignments for the franchise business ranged from supermarket signage and protective screens to aid social distancing to vital medical supplies such as ...
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MT ArticleCartwright Rentals drives expansion plans with new facility in Leeds
Cartwright Rentals regional sales manager Jonathan Willacy will manage the new site near LeedsCartwright Group subsidiary Cartwright Rentals has opened a new site near Leeds as part of plans to increase its national network.The new site, situated on the Bypass Park Estate near Leeds, covers the Yorkshire region and will ...
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MT ArticleCovid-19 lockdown fails to floor Menzies Distribution partnership deal
A partnership between Menzies Distribution and UK Flooring Direct, launched a week into the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, has proven its ability to adapt to challenging circumstances.Under the partnership, which had been negotiated over 18 months, Menzies had agreed to offer customers a new in-home delivery service, with one-to-one communication between ...
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MT ArticleARR Craib acquisition helps Gregory Distribution boost profits despite loss of major customer
The acquisition of ARR Craib helped boost Gregory Distribution Holdings profits last year and offset the impact of a bad debt acquired after a major customer went bust.The company, which is one of the largest privately owned hauliers in the UK, is a member of both Palletline and Palletways and ...
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MT ArticlePre-pack deal saves 160 jobs at West Midlands logistics firm
Land, sea and air freight and logistics firm Amco Services (International) has been sold in a pre-pack deal which has saved 160 jobs.The company called in the administrators in April after the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted a turnaround plan launched earlier in the year in response to mounting ...
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MT ArticleMidlands haulier faces closure if relocation is refused
A Midlands temperature controlled haulier is waiting to hear if it has been granted planning permission to open a haulage yard for 15 HGVs and create 26 jobs.D&K Chilled Transport told Walsall Council it was in danger of losing its O-licence if the application was not given the green light ...
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MT ArticleMaxi Haulage blames profits slump on pre-Brexit stockpiling
A prediction last year by Maxi Haulage that pre-Brexit stockpiling would hit its bottom line has proven correct after its latest financial results showed a reduction in the Irvine headquartered company’s turnover and profits.However, it also said profitable trading had been restored - until the Covid-19 crisis hit and it ...
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MT ArticleWillmotts Transport takes delivery of Tiger Trailers order
Willmotts Transport in Shepton Mallet has added 30 Tiger Trailer curtainsiders to its fleet, as well as a smaller quantity of single-temperature reefers.The curtainsided vehicles include galvanised chassis and end frames, as well as non-slip plywood floors that comply with ISO1496 standards to meet regulations covering its paper-carrying operations.The South-West ...
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MT ArticleTelford haulier in liquidation after licence is revoked
A Telford-based haulage firm has entered liquidation three months after it had its operator licence revoked at a public inquiry.THR Parcels & Pallets entered liquidation on 24 June and insolvency practitioners from Birmingham-based Butcher Woods are now handling its affairs.The licence holder appeared before traffic commissioner Nick Denton in January ...
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MT Article"Thanks a million!" - Pallet-Track celebrates major milestone
Pallet-Track’s Mark Pulford and Wigan Council’s David Molyneux at the opening of the Northern Hub in August 2017Pallet-Track’s one millionth pallet has passed through its northern hub in Wigan – carrying a consignment of household cleaning products to help fight the Covid-19 virus.The pallet was delivered into the hub by ...
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MT ArticlePalletforce reports record demand as Covid strategy pays off
A range of support measures introduced by Palletforce in order to protect members and maintain volumes during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped the network achieve “record” demand.The company said it had set new weekly and daily records for network volumes and this came off the back of action taken by ...
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MT ArticleProfits slip at Chris Hayter Transport
Witney, Oxfordshire-based Chris Hayter Transport saw profits drop by 22% last year, which it said was expected in the current economic conditions.The company, which operates in markets such as industrial flooring, food, retail services and home delivery, reported a turnover of £20.6m for the year ending 31 December 2019.This was ...
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MT ArticleKnowles Transport expands e-commerce operation to meet peak demand
Knowles Transport is transitioning into the e-commerce market and building on the experience of supporting its customers with their online sales throughout the pandemic.The company said that in addition to handling an initial 30% spike in volumes, it had picked, packed and distributed over 20,000 food parcels for emergency services ...
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MT ArticleWincanton hails benefits of blockchain technology
The development of blockchain technology will help springboard the transport and logistics sector into decentralised, data-driven operations, Wincanton has predicted.Experts have described blockchain as 'change-maker' technology for the logistics sector that will ultimately become an affordable and more efficient way to share information and data between open and private business ...
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MT ArticleTrade creditors of collapsed tanker business will now get dividend
Trade creditors owed money following the collapse of Norfolk waste and tankering business Harveyson Haulage are now expected to receive a dividend.The company entered administration in July 2018 and after a period of trading through its administration in order to preserve its goodwill, the haulier’s business and assets were sold ...
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Goldstar Transport faces strike action as it moves to close depot and cut jobs
Goldstar Transport is being threatened with strike action after being accused of using Covid-19 as a “smokescreen” to close its Woolpit depot in Suffolk and change more than 100 drivers’ terms and conditions.However, MD Matthew Ashworth condemned the action this week, insisting it was not supported by the majority of ...