All Operator news articles – Page 215
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Pall-Ex delivers growth despite "tough" market conditions
Pall-Ex defied “challenging” market conditions to deliver a 31% leap in pre-tax profits and a 10% rise in member volumes last year.In its latest annual results to 31 July 2018 the pallet network, which has around 95 members, saw turnover increase by 8% to £71m (2017: £65.9m) with pre-tax profit ...
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MT ArticleArrowXL's new Worcester hub rises from the ashes
Delivery firm ArrowXL is set to move into a brand new facility in Worcester next month, more than two years after its original hub was burnt to the ground.The fire took hold in April 2017 at the firm's hub on the Blackpole Trading Estate in Worcester.It saw the two-person home ...
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MT ArticleJobs gone but assets still being sold at Ian Aldridge Transport
Administrators for Ian Aldridge Transport said 30 staff were made redundant prior to its appointment in July.The Cornish haulier ceased trading on 8 July before administrators at BDO LLP were appointed more than two weeks later on the 24th. Calls to the company were being answered, but last week a ...
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MT ArticleGeodis expands Cotswold Fayre relationship
Geodis has been appointed by wholesaler Cotswold Fayre to manage its warehousing and the distribution of its portfolio of food and drinks to retailers across the UK, under a three-year deal.The operator has been delivering all Cotswold Fayre’s shipments to its 1,750 retailers since March, and starting this month is ...
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Administrator continues pursuit of D&A Media Bristol directors over unpaid sums
The administrator of a haulage firm in Cardiff said it was still chasing its directors for more than £364,000 it believes is owed by them – and it hasn’t ruled out pursuing them through the courts.D&A Media Bristol entered administration in June 2018, by which time it had a turnover ...
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Eddie Stobart national distribution centre gets go-ahead but local opposition calls for government veto
Eddie Stobart Logistics' plans to build a £75m national distribution centre on green belt land at Appleton Thorn has won the backing of Warrington Borough Council but local councils opposed to the scheme are calling on the Secretary of State to veto the decision.The haulier's application for the DC, ...
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Steve Porter Transport joins Knights of Old Group
Steve Porter Transport has been added to the Knights of Old portfolio in a move that sees the group strengthen its links in the south of England.The company, which employs around 70 staff, runs a fleet of 40 trucks and 80 trailers and has depots Portsmouth, Southampton, Newport and Cowes, ...
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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 ...