All Operator news articles – Page 209
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MT ArticleInternational Logistics Centre steps back from Palletways after trouble with traffic and "difficult" residential deliveries
Congestion on the A1 combined with the challenges of making B2C deliveries has seen International Logistics Centre stop delivering for Palletways, nine months after joining the network.The Newark-based company, which left Fortec to join Palletways, is continuing to input for the latter but has surrendered postcode areas LN1, LN5 and ...
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Connect Group finds little appetite for £35m sale and leaseback deal amid Tuffnells' struggles
Connect Group has warned its performance since May has been “slightly below” market expectations, as it revealed that its plan to slash group debt through the sale and leaseback of property had hit the buffers.In a trading update today (13 August), the group said that “due to the current market ...
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Dave's Dragons to race and raise funds in memory of David Preston of Prestons of Potto
The British crew of the 1990 World Dragon Boat Championships is reuniting to raise funds for Teesside Hospice in memory of former team mate David Preston of Prestons of Potto, who died in March.The team will come together to compete at the Stockton-on-Tees Dragon Boat Festival on 1 September in ...
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MT ArticleXPO Logistics extends deal with Arco
XPO Logistics has won a multi-year contract renewal with safety equipment, work wear and safety services supplier ArcoXPO Logistics provides Arco with what it describes as an integrated, digitally managed transport service for less-than-truckload (LTL) distribution in the UK.The shared network uses XPO technology to manage direct order entry, track ...
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Ian Aldridge Transport enters administration and ceases trading
Cornish haulier Ian Aldridge Transport has entered administration and ceased trading.However, a call to the company revealed that its haulage operation has apparently transferred to another business.Simon Girling and Christopher Marsden at BDO were appointed to the Launceston firm, which as well as general haulage also undertook refrigerated, waste and ...
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MT ArticleTurners (Soham) snaps up Jack Richards & Son to enter general haulage market
Turners (Soham) has purchased 80% of haulier Jack Richards & Son, in a move that sees it enter the general haulage market for the first time.The deal brings together two privately-owned family businesses creating a combined fleet of more than 2,100 vehicles and 3,500 trailers.Together with Jack Richards & Son, ...
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Mandating assisted pallet-trucks has put us ahead of the curve, says Pallet-Track boss
The boss of Pallet-Track has told Motortransport.co.uk he has absolutely no regrets about mandating power-assisted pallet trucks for all tail-lift deliveries across the network.The move, agreed by members and paid for in part by an increase in the pallet network’s internal delivery rate, came into force from the start of ...
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Aspray Transport to shut its doors next week placing 449 jobs at potential risk of redundancy
Aspray Transport is to close its doors next Friday (16 August) with up to 449 jobs potentially at risk of redundancy after attempts to revive the business proved in vain, Motortransport.co.uk can reveal.The Willenhall-based Aspray Group was acquired by Lee Bushell’s Bushell Investment Group in March.Aspray Transport, the next-day delivery ...
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MT ArticleDHL Supply Chain reveals £90m fleet expansion
DHL Supply Chain has revealed details of a major £90m fleet expansion that it has underway.The operator expects 90% of the 1,000 new vehciles ordered – a mixture of leased units direct from Volvo, Scania, DAF, as well as a quantity of ‘specialist units’ – to be in service by ...
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MT ArticleFly By Nite hits the right note for remote driver and vehicle compliance
Music and exhibition haulage specialist Fly By Nite has combined Volvo Trucks’ Dynafleet telematics system with TruTac’s tachograph analysis software TruAnalysis to improve driver and vehicle compliance.Midlands-based Fly By Nite provides logistics services to the events industry across Europe and beyond with 170 specialist vehicles and drivers who can be ...
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Collapse of British Steel and Wolf Minerals cost Hargreaves Services £16.1m
The collapse of British Steel and Wolf Minerals left Hargreaves Services £16.1m out of pocket for the year ended 31 May, the company said today.Publishing its full year accounts, Hargreaves Services said the cessation of trading at Wolf Minerals last October and the liquidation of British Steel in May turned ...
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MT ArticleUnipart Logistics keeps cool with refrigerated trailers for NHS work
Unipart Logistics is putting a new fleet of temperature managed trailers into service on its NHS Supply Chain logistics contract, which it was awarded earlier this year.In total 25 new Gray & Adams box trailers will be introduced with the final units expected in place next month.Supplied via Close Brothers ...
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Mark Attwell takes helm at Matthew Kibble Transport as group enters next stage of growth
A management restructuring at Matthew Kibble Transport has seen operations director Mark Attwell promoted to the role of MD with former incumbent Matthew Kibble now chairman.The management team has also been boosted with the addition of Chris Flynn, who has joined as group operations director.Flynn's former posts include Sprint Deliver ...
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Wren Kitchens to open sixth depot with plans for three more
Kitchen retailer and Motor Transport Awards winner Wren Kitchens is on the hunt for drivers and warehouse staff as it prepares to open a new depot on the outskirts of Manchester.The four-acre transport hub, which opens this month, joins the retailer’s five others in Howden, Barton, Bristol, Stansted and Larkhall.This ...
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Boughey Distribution sees Brexit bounce
Customers stockpiling for the UK’s original departure date from the EU drove Boughey Distribution to record a leap in turnover and operating profit in the year to 31 May 2019.In results published today (30 July), Boughey Distribution owner NWF said its food distribution business had high storage levels throughout the ...
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MT ArticleLTS Global Solutions takes on Jeff Broom to lead events logistics division
Birmingham-based logistics firm LTS Global Solutions has taken on Jeff Broom, former exhibition services manager at Europa Worldwide Logistics, to head up its newly launched event logistics division.Dubbed Show Freight by LTS, the division offers end to end management of event logistics projects - from customs clearances to the provision ...
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MT ArticleMammoet to buy heavy lift specialist ALE
Mammoet has has signed an agreement to acquire UK-based competitor ALE.Closing of the transaction is subject to approval of the relevant competition authorities, according to Motortransport.co.uk sister title Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International (HLPFI)Paul van Gelder, CEO of Mammoet, said: “We are very happy with this agreement. Mammoet ...
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MT ArticleWilliam Kirk completes journey from Palletline to Palletforce
Kinaxia Logistics-owned William Kirk has officially completed its move to Palletforce, which is part of rival grouping EV Cargo.Last year Palletforce chief executive Michael Conroy confirmed to motortransport.co.uk that the Macclesfield, Cheshire based haulier was joining the pallet network from Palletline.Conroy stated that he had no issue with Kinaxia-owned companies ...
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Laser Transport scrapes a profit as the pound's Brexit devaluation takes a toll
Laser Transport International made a £3,579 pre-tax profit last year as it continued to battle against a weak pound trading 13% lower against the euro than in 2016.The Hythe-based company reported a turnover of £17.3m for the year ending 31 December 2018, compared with the previous year’s £17.4mThe company’s principle ...
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TNT UK revealed as DX Group successor on Home Office passport delivery contract
TNT UK has clinched a major three year deal with the Home Office for the secure delivery of passports and related documents, motortransport.co.uk can reveal.The logistics operator will take over the contract from incumbent DX Group in January, following a competitive tender, which saw DX Group knocked out of the ...