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All Operator news articles – Page 207
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ArticleHermes ups capacity by nearly 50% as Rugby super hub goes live
Hermes has opened its new Rugby super hub, increasing its overall parcel processing capacity by almost 50%.Hermes CEO Carole Woodhead 'breaks ground' on the Rugby super hubThe parcel carrier broke ground on the new £31m facility in January 2016. Creating more than 100 new jobs in the area, the new ...
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ArticleEast Trans wins medical supplies contract after warehousing investment
East Trans has won a contract with a medical supplies company after investing £1.6m in a new 40,000ft² high-bay warehousing facility.The firm said it won the contract after being able to offer the medical supplies company secure high-quality warehousing and reliable distribution across the UK. East Trans would not name ...
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Matalan driver dispute comes to an end after pay offer is accepted
Matalan drivers at the retailer's Knowsley DC have won up to 6% in pay rises after the clothing retailer agreed to improve its original offer.The pay hike follows a dispute last month which saw drivers reject a pay offer from Matalan after the retailer changed the deal at the eleventh ...
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Maritime Transport delivers 'good return' despite Hanjin Shipping collapse
Maritime Transport saw pre-tax profit rise almost 10% year-on-year despite the collapse of "significant customer" Hanjin Shipping last year.According to its most recently filed accounts to Companies House the Felixstowe container haulage giant incurred a bad debt as a result of the South Korean shipping line - formerly the world's ...
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Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics Newark depot relocates to Carlton-on-Trent
Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) has relocated its Newark depot in Nottinghamshire to a site in nearby Carlton-on-Trent.The drinks distribution division is moving into a 70,000ft² site which adjoins the A1 north of Newark.Tim Gilbertson, director at property consultant FHP, said KNDL “needed to relocate from its Newark ...
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Drivers threaten strike action after Co-op dismisses disabled workers
Drivers at the Co-op Food's West Thurrock distribution depot are threatening strike action after two disabled drivers were dismissed.The drivers lost their jobs, with a third still facing dismissal, because they can't deliver to stores and the alternative jobs they carried out previously have been lost to outsourcing and internal ...
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Argos strike over redundancy payments to begin tomorrow
Argos logistics workers are to strike for three weeks from tomorrow (15 August) as the two sides remain at loggerheads over a redundancy payments dispute.Union Unite warned that deliveries to Argos customers will be severely hit by the strikes which will begin tomorrow and end on the morning of Tuesday ...
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John Menzies backs out of DX Group acquisition deal
The deal that would have see DX Group acquire Menzies Distribution has been called off, and a new board of directors is set to be installed at DX under the guidance of its largest shareholder - Gatemore Capital Management.Menzies backed out of its acquisition deal with DX Group after a ...
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ArticlePalletline adds three members to the fold
Palletline has welcomed three new members; IJ McGill, F and G Transport and HE Baldry Haulage.IJ McGill is returning to Palletline after two years at Fortec; F and G transport will be moving from UPN; and HE Baldry Haulage will be making the shift from Palletways.Bristol-based IJ McGill, which will ...
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Searon Logistics calls in administrators after biggest customer relocates
Felixstowe-based Searon Logistics has entered administration after its largest customer moved to Southampton, causing a significant increase in costs.Insolvency firm McTear, Williams & Wood was appointed by the company on 8 August after an attempt to find a buyer or a new investor failed. A spokesman for the insolvency practitioners ...
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ArticleArrow XL hub destroyed by fire to reopen in 2019
ArrowXL's Worcester hub after the fire in AprilArrow XL has said it will be two years before it can reopen the hub that was destroyed by a fire earlier this year.The 200,000ft² Worcester hub, one of Arrow's four key sites, was consumed by the blaze on 20 April.The two-man delivery ...
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ArticlePeter Fuller named as new UK Mail CEO
UK Mail CEO Peter FullerUK Mail has named Peter Fuller as chief executive officer, almost two years after his predecessor stepped down. Guy Buswell left UK Mail in November 2015, during a tumultuous period when the company saw pre-tax profit plummet in the wake of the wrong sortation technology being ...
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ArticleElddis Transport loses turnover to low fuel prices
Lower fuel prices cost Elddis Transport last year, with savings passed onto customers causing a drop in turnover. The County Durham operator recorded turnover of £25.6m for the year ended 31 December 2016; a 1.6% from 2015’s £26.1m.But MD Nigel Cook told MT the drop was entirely down to last ...
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Hargreaves Services to tighten spending in its logistics arm
Hargreaves Services is to "ration" expenditure in its logistics division after it suffered a 91% fall in operating profit last year due to competitive pressure.Operating profit plunged from £1.2m to £100,000 in the year to 31 May 2017, as turnover dropped 11% to £48m (2016: £54.4m). It said this reflected ...
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ArticleAKW Global Logistics invests £250,000 in its Trafford Park warehouses
AKW Global Logistics has spent £250,000 upgrading its Trafford Park warehouses.Additional racking and a fleet of 16 Mitsubishi gas-powered forklift trucks featuring warning and impact sensors have been added following an original spend of £2m to add capacity for the group in 2010.“The market is constantly changing for users of ...
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Argos facing strike action over redundancy payment dispute
Three weeks of strike action among Argos staff is on the cards in an ongoing dispute over redundancy payments.The Unite union said the retailer had failed to negotiate a national agreement covering redundancy and severance packages and had failed to guarantee workers’ future terms and conditions after 500 staff transferred ...
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Tuffnells Parcels Express MD departs amid Connect Group integration
Tuffnells Parcels Express MD Chris Ward is leaving the business following its integration within parent company Connect Group.Connect Group, which also owns Smiths News, bought Tuffnells in November 2014.A spokeswoman for Connect Group said Ward, who joined the business in May 2015, will be leaving the business as it moves ...
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Ross Eggleton joins NFT Distribution as chief operating officer
Chilled food specialist NFT Distribution has appointed Ross Eggleton to the newly created role of chief operating officer with immediate effect.He takes on responsibility for ensuring operational excellence across NFT’s transport and warehouse operations.Eggleton joins NFT from WM Morrison Supermarkets where he was logistics and supply chain director.Before that his ...
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ArticleBoughey Distribution sees solid year of growth; Palletline operation takes wing
Boughey Distribution enjoyed a solid year of growth despite cut-throat competition amongst the supermarkets, with its Palletline operation growing faster than expected.Boughey, which is part of the NWF Group, saw turnover in the year to 31 May 2017 increase 3.7% to £39m (2016: £37.6m).Storage overall was at an average of ...
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ArticleAldi Stores to pay £1m fine after powered pallet truck incident
Aldi Stores has been fined £1m after a driver needed two toes amputated following an incident with a powered pallet truck.A driver sustained severe foot injuries, including fractures to all toes on his left foot, while using the forklift truck at the supermarket’s Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Derbyshire store in November ...