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All Operator news articles – Page 220
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ArticlePalletline sees increase in operators wishing to defect from other networks
The number of operators wishing to defect to Palletline from rival networks has risen markedly in the past 12 months, Palletline's MD Graham Leitch has claimed.Commenting on the addition of former Palletforce member S&J European Haulage (pictured left) and former TPN member ICT Express (right) to Palletline’s network, Leitch said: ...
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Arcese UK slips into the red
Tilbury, Essex-based logistics and freight forwarding firm Arcese UK has slumped into the red, but has vowed to increase both turnover and profit this year.It reported a pre-tax loss of £872,725 in the year to 31 December 2015 compared with a pre-tax profit of £36,928 for the same period in ...
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Rising fruit and vegetable volumes helps Turners (Soham) turnover and profit grow
Turners (Soham) saw pre-tax profit and turnover increase last year due to rising fruit and vegetable volumes.Pre-tax profit rose 11% to £24.8m in the period between 4 January 2015 and 2 January 2016, up from £22.3m the previous year.Turnover increased to £247m from £238m, with the biggest contribution coming from ...
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Sainsbury's to open national frozen food DC
Sainsbury’s is to replace its Elstree DC in Borehamwood with a national frozen food DC in Northampton. The 325,000ft² replacement facility will be built next to Sainsbury’s existing 625,000ft² DC in Prologis Park Pineham. Construction work is expected to begin in the spring and be completed by early 2018.A Sainsbury's ...
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ArticleGiving a lift to driver recruitment
Mobile Mini is a fast-growing provider of temporary site accommodation and secure storage containers across the UK. Founded in the USA in 1983, it set up in the UK in 2005 in Stockton on Tees and now has 16 depots with more than 36,000 portable units.Mobile Mini currently runs around ...
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Pall-Ex revives plans for European expansion
Pall-Ex has reignited its European expansion push and will have almost doubled its existing network on the continent by early next year.With Italy and Iberia up and running, the pallet network outlined ambitious plans to Motortransport.co.uk in summer 2011 to have 15 master franchisee agreements in place across the continent ...
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Boss of Europa Worldwide sees bright Brexit future
Even if customs clearance is reinstated following Brexit, leaving the EU remains the best thing for the UK, according to Europa Worldwide Group MD Andrew Baxter. Dartford-based Europa has a 45/55% split in its European/UK freight volume and plans to increase exports to the continent.“It would be much better if ...
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ArticleWH Bowker buys warehousing and transport operations at five Potter Logistics' sites
WH Bowker has bought the warehousing and transport operations at five sites belonging to Potter Logistics for an undisclosed sum.The operations are located at Droitwich, Knowsley, Ripon (the first three all top-tier COMAH accredited facilities), Selby and York.WH Bowker, which has locations in Preston and Hull, said the acquisition make ...
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Norbert Dentressangle trading strong before XPO Logistics transition
The transition from Norbert Dentressangle to XPO Logistics in 2015 saw the 3PL make strong turnover gains across its three primarily road transport based activities in the UK.XPO acquired ND on 8 June 2015, and renamed its legal entities on 1 December 2015 – according to its most recent filings ...
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DX Group's Legal Post (Scotland) deal given the green light
DX Group’s multi-million pound takeover of Legal Post (Scotland) and First Post has been given the green light, after the UK competition authority closed its investigation into the deal.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced in July that it was reviewing DX’s £3.25m acquisition, which will increase the operator’s presence ...
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Great Bear delivered roaringly good performance ahead of purchase by Culina Group
Great Bear Distribution delivered a stellar performance in the final financial year before Culina Group bought it in March.For the year to 31 December 2015, the Chester-based distribution and storage company reported an 8.2% turnover rise to £152.5m (2014: £141m) with pre-tax profit up 9.9% to £11.1m (2014: £10.1m) in ...
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ArticleJohn Mitchell (Grangemouth) sees profit growth thanks to cost-controls
CM 16.07.15 Vehicle operator John MitchellJohn Mitchell (Grangemouth) has reported a significant rise in profit after cost-control measures and a focus on its warehousing arm.For the year ending 31 March, the haulage and warehousing business recorded a turnover largely static compared with last year, at £13.2m.However, pre-tax profit increased almost ...
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Currie European focuses on boosting margins after turnover fall
Currie European’s MD said it had been focusing on customer and route profitability during 2016, in order to mitigate limited success in increasing its rates.Stephen Turner said “good improvements” had been made but that a lot of work remained on boosting margins.He was commenting following the publication of its latest ...
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Simon Gibson Transport had excellent year ahead of purchase by GCA Europe
Simon Gibson Transport enjoyed what it described as an “excellent trading year” in 2015, shortly before it was sold to GCA Europe SA.Accounts filed at Companies House showed that turnover at the East Yorkshire bulk powder haulier rose to £13.3m in the year ending 31 December 2015, up from £13.1m ...
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Pre-tax profit grows at Bartrums despite fall in turnover
Bartrums has posted a combined turnover of £26.7m for its road services and haulage and storage arms, down on the previous year’s results, but pre-tax profit showed an improvement.For the year ending 31 December 2015, the Eye, Suffolk, business made a total pre-tax profit of £1.8m, up 8.5% on 2014.Despite ...
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Former Fortec boss Adrian Bradley joins Pall-Ex as network bolsters management team
Fortec’s former general manager of operations Adrian Bradley has joined Pall-Ex as director of operations. Bradley worked at the top of Fortec with David Spong (pictured), who remains at the network in the role of network director.The two stepped up to run the network after the departure of Marcus Fischer ...
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ArticleTuffnells' growth fuels Connect Group
Chris Ward joined Tuffnells in 2014A growing customer base and increased network capacity drove growth at Tuffnells in the year to 31 August 2016 results, underpinning a successful performance for owner Connect Group. The parcel firm, which specialises in irregular dimensions and weights, saw turnover increase 7.3% year-on-year, from £162.6m ...
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Biffa sees opportunity to act as consolidator in fragmented waste market
Waste collection company Biffa is set to return to the London Stock Exchange on Thursday (20 October) for the first time in eight years.The waste management company is looking to raise £262m via a listing to fuel its acquisition drive in the sector, which it sees as ripe for consolidation.Biffa’s ...
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Whistl CEO predicts full recovery after final mile hit
Whistl saw its pre-tax profit crash by more than 400% last year after ending its foray into the final mile delivery market, but predicts it will have recovered by the end of 2016.The company abandoned the final mile trials it was running in Manchester, Liverpool and London in June 2015 ...
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ArticleProfit up 8% at Suckling Transport
Suckling Transport delivered an 8% rise in pre-tax profit in the year to 31 December 2015, according to its latest annual results.Pre-tax profit was £1.3m (2014: £1.2m) with turnover up 2.5% to £19.9m (2014: £19.4m).Suckling Transport said growth had been driven by maintaining its long-term customer base whilst adding short-term ...