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All Operator news articles – Page 214
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DX Group investor calls for board change after 90% drop in share price
A 90% plummet in DX Group's share price has prompted its largest shareholder to call for the removal of two board members for their "inexcusable" performance. Gatemore Capital Management, which owns 11.3% of DX Group, has requested an EGM to discuss the removal of board chairman Bob Holt and non-executive ...
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Widdowson Logistics made service agreements with people associated with failed business
The Widdowson story has taken another twist with the revelation that, after its latest pre-pack administration, the Leicester-based haulier entered into service agreements with individuals associated with the failed business.Widdowson Logistics was placed into administration on 23 January with Leonard Curtis, which has handled all of the operator’s recent insolvency ...
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ArticleTruswell Haulage leaves Palletforce for Palletline
Truswell HaulageTruswell Haulage has left Palletforce for Palletline in order to centralise pallet operations around its hub.The Barnsley-based business, which was a Palletforce member for six years, said that while there was no bad blood between it and its former network, the move would boost operational efficiency.MD Ian Truswell ...
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FedEx UK tight lipped on four new acquisitions
FedEx UK made four acquisitions totalling £13.8m in the past 10 months – but has declined the opportunity to say why.The acquisitions are noted as events that took place after the closure of the most recent financial year at the UK arm of the international express delivery giant on 31 ...
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Wave of truckstop closures could see drivers exceeding their hours, warns Brian Yeardley Continental
Brian Yeardley Continental has warned that the closure of the Folkestone Harbour and Alconbury truckstops, combined with the shutting down of French truckstops near Calais, could force UK drivers to exceed driving hours.Hauliers have suffered a slew of truckstop closures in recent weeks, in the UK and France.The A1(M) Alconbury ...
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Knights of Old results show strong performance despite fall in profit
Knights of Old delivered a "strong financial performance" in the year ended 31 May 2016 despite challenging market conditions, according to its annual report.Group turnover increased by 2% to £49.4m (2015: £48.4m). The strongest contribution came from warehousing, which saw revenue increase more than 30% compared with a flat performance ...
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ArticlePie Mapping ready to expand after DPD acquisition
DPD's acquisition of Pie Mapping has put the technology company in a strong position to expand, said CEO Stuart Hill.Hill, founder of wnDirect (also recently acquired by DPD), replaces Freddie Talberg, who will remain an advisor to the business.Hill said: "I think Pie Mapping has a real opportunity to be ...
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Business takes off at Wincanton's Flatnet Construction
Wincanton-owned 4PL business Flatnet Construction is looking to recruit more hauliers having completed more than 32,000 loads in its first 21 months of trading.Founded in in June 2015 in Ilkeston, Derbyshire with three members of staff, it has since relocated to bigger premises in a shared office development in Alvaston.Flatnet ...
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CM Downton buys 300 vehicles after contract wins and extensions
Growth from new and existing contracts has seen CM Downton add 300 new vehicles to its fleet. The operator has bought 100 Daf XF 6x2 tractor units fitted with Super Space cabs and AS Tronic automatic transmission.It has also ordered 100 curtainsider trailers from Tiger Trailers and 100 Cartwright curtainsiders, ...
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AM Widdowson & Sons administrator chasing overdue sale payments from successor firm
AM Widdowson & Son's administrator, Leonard Curtis, is pursuing the sale-guarantor for arrears relating to last year’s deal, according to a progress report.AM Widdowson & Son was sold in a pre-pack deal for £2.5m to Widdowson Logistics last year, a business “associated by the common ownership” of HLD Group.A non-cash ...
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ArticleSP Training to run apprenticeship scheme for Stobart Energy
Robin Brown, MD of SP Training (left), takes delivery of two Scania's from Dale Foster, head of vehicle sales and replacements at Stobart Group: CREDIT: Stuart Walker Photography 2017Stobart Group is to use Carlisle-based SP Training to run an apprenticeship scheme and provide drivers for Stobart Energy – ...
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Bullet Express MD urges industry to fight increasing business rates
An operator has urged the industry to fight the increase in business rates after discovering he will face a £28,000 hike.Bothwell, Lanarkshire-based Bullet Express MD David McCutcheon said the increase, effective from 1 April, represented a 26% increase on his previous rates bill.“The haulage industry is sitting on a time ...
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ArticleDHL Express opens new HQ near Heathrow
The Heathrow-based Southern hub for DHL Express opened in March 2017.DHL Express has opened its new 150,000ft2 UK headquarters and southern hub near Heathrow airport, which is home to approximately 750 employees.“Our new southern hub ensures we meet our customers' needs long into the future,” said DHL Express UK chief ...
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Meachers Global Logistics sees turnover and profit drop
Meachers Global Logistics saw a reduction in turnover and profit last year.The Hampshire-based company recorded a 1.9% drop in sales, from £25.5m to £25m for the year ending 31 May 2016.Pre-tax profit slid 8.7% to £1.9m but the company said the “marginal reduction” was in line with expectations.In its business ...
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Eddie Stobart partners with Lomas Distribution
Eddie Stobart Logistics and Lomas Distribution have entered into a partnership whereby the Buxton-based powder and aggregates firm will provide training for the high-profile haulier’s drivers.Lomas MD Richard Lomas said the tie-up was prompted by Stobart’s move into the construction industry and his company’s expertise in this area.“I am good ...
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Simon Gibson Transport avoids penalty from TC
Groupe Charles André-owned Simon Gibson Transport has escaped with a formal warning from deputy traffic commissioner (TC) Tony Secular after drivers at the firm were found to be in breach of drivers’ hours rules.Secular said he was satisfied that steps had been taken at the bulk powder tanker operator to ...
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Driver shortage and Driver CPC slashes profit at Aspray Transport
A shortage of drivers, the introduction of Driver CPC and a drive to improve its services saw Aspray Transport’s pre-tax profit fall in the year ended 30 June 2016, despite turnover growth of more than a third. The operator’s pre-tax profit fell by 22% year-on-year, from £1m to £779,000.However Aspray’s ...
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Hundreds of jobs threatened at XPO Logistics as Sainsbury's moves to new DC
Hundreds of jobs at XPO Logistics’ depot in Stone, Staffordshire are under threat after Sainsbury’s decision to transfer its operations to a new national DC.The supermarket giant plans to move its operations from Stone to its new frozen food DC in Northampton in early 2019.XPO Logistics, which owns and operates ...
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DX Group Essington 'super hub' plans blocked for second time
DX Group has had its revised planning application for a 'super hub' at Essington in the West Midlands rejected by the local council.The rejection follows the group’s profit warning last month, which it attributed to continuing challenges in the courier market and margin pressure in its freight business.DX Group had ...
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Limits on Royal Mail parcels service retained to protect competition
Ofcom has ruled that in order to maintain competition in the parcels sector, the cap on Royal Mail's second-class stamp parcel service must remain.In its Review of the Regulation of Royal Mail, Ofcom said the post and parcel company “retains a strong position in single piece and light-weight bulk ...