All Operator news articles – Page 220
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MT ArticleMitchell Storage & Distribution moves to Palletforce
Fortec member Mitchell Storage & Distribution (MSD) has joined Palletforce.Owner and MD William Mitchell founded the company in 1998 as a one-man-one-van operation providing a courier service to local homes and businesses.Today the Leicester-based firm has a staff of 42, including William’s wife Kerry and their daughter Jade.William said: “With ...
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MT ArticleWarburtons to fit Goodyear rubber across its 906-strong fleet
Baker Warburtons has awarded a three year tyre supply contract to Goodyear covering its UK fleet of 906 trucks, trailers and vans.The contract is based on Goodyear’s high mileage, all weather KMAX steer, drive and trailer tyres backed by TruckForce's 24/7 tyre roadside repair service.Warbutons is also trialling Goodyear’s tyre ...
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MT ArticleReed Boardall Group profit soars despite 'fierce competition'
Reed Boardall Group saw pre-tax profit rise almost 60% last year despite “fierce competition” in the transport industry and rising fuel costs.Reporting its latest annual results to 31 March 2018, the temperature controlled logistics firm revealed a 2.3% rise in total turnover to £61.6m (2017: £60.2m) and a profit hike ...
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MT ArticleDyce Carriers opens new Grangemouth depot
Aberdeen-based Dyce Carriers has opened a new depot in Grangemouth as part of plans to expand the business across central Scotland and the UK.The company, which operates a fleet of 80-plus trucks and employs around 100 staff, said the decision to invest in the new 65,000sq ft facility in Grangemouth ...
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Simon Widdowson in administration
Haydock, Merseyside-based Simon Widdowson has entered administration.Gareth Rusling and Claire Dowson are handling the process for insolvency practioner Begbies Traynor, which according to newly published records at Companies House was appointed on the 21 December.The directors of the company are Simon and Derek Widdowson. The business held an O-licence authorising ...
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Hargreaves Logistics sells Halcyon Tankers to group of former directors
The Halcyon Tankers division of Hargreaves Logistics has been sold for an undisclosed sum to a team of former Hargreaves directors.The team includes Andrew Spence-Wolrich, former Hargreaves Logistics MD.The deal sees Halcyon MD Ian Elliott, Spence-Wolrich and Nigel Barraclough, who was MD of Hargreaves Services between 2011 and 2015, become ...
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Profit at James Kemball hits rocky patch after container transport market takes a dive
James Kemball recorded a pre-tax loss of £7.7m last year, as UK container transport endured “the worst conditions ever”.The Felixstowe-based container haulier said its results for the year ending 31 March 2018 reflected major changes taking place within shipping and their knock-on effect on road haulage.Turnover fell £419,000 to £27.8m ...
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Jobs saved at stricken Promotional Logistics after management buyout
More than 330 jobs have been saved after the administrator at Nottinghamshire-based Promotional Logistics sold three of its sites in a management buy-out.Newly created business, Prolog Fulfilment, led by former Promotional Logistics management team Neil Daniells and Nick Hoare, acquired two sites on the Sherwood business park in Annesley, north ...
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Fred Sherwood & Sons (Transport) turnover remains stuck in reverse after tough year
Challenging market conditions led to a £1.3m fall in turnover at Fred Sherwood & Sons (Transport) last year.The Leicestershire family firm reported a £33.4m turnover in the year ending 31 March 2018, down 3.7% compared with 2017’s £34.7m.Pre-tax profit was £2.6m (2017: £671,688) but the haulier said the increase was ...
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Yusen Logistics seals deal after AGA Rangemaster outsources transport
Cooker manufacturer AGA Rangemaster has handed its UK distribution to Yusen Logistics, in order to focus on manufacturing and selling.Rangemaster holds a standard international licence authorising 57 HGVs and 29 trailers out of three depots, plus a restricted licence for 12 HGVs out of a Nottingham base, but it decided ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics delivers leap in growth fuelled by acquisitions and contract wins
Eddie Stobart Logistics has seen its group turnover surge by more than a third thanks to a shopping spree that has seen it buy iForce, half of Speedy Freight and The Pallet Network (TPN). In a trading update issued today for the financial year ended 30 November 2018, Eddie Stobart ...
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MT ArticlePalletforce welcomes Panic Transport to the fold
Panic Transport has been officially unveiled as a member of Palletforce, making it the fifth Kinaxia Logistics-owned haulier within the pallet network.Rugby-based Panic Transport was founded in 1990 by MD Kevin Johnson. It now employs a workforce of 130, with a fleet of 85 vehicles and more than 90 trailers.Panic ...
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MT ArticleJonen Shipping sets sail with TPN
Jonen Shipping has moved from Palletline to Eddie Stobart owned TPN.A Palletline member since 2007, the haulier said it decided to review its options following territory changes at its former network.Jonen Shipping, which has a depot in Essex and office in Leicester, has been running for TPN since December.“There were ...
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MT ArticleBowker Transport celebrates 100 years of business with special livery
Bowker Transport has put two specially liveried Volvo FH trucks on the road to mark its centennial year. The new livery replicates the vintage blue, red and gold colour scheme used historically by the company.The launch heralds a year of activities for the Preston-based haulage firm involving staff, customers and ...
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MT ArticleWilko and Canute's administrator locked in legal tussle over £600,000 deposit
The administrator of Canute Haulage Group is locked in a legal tussle with the haulier’s one time largest customer, Wilko, over a disputed £600,000 contingency relating to a contract termination.The end of the 29-year contract with the retailer in September 2017, which represented 30% or £30m of Canute’s annual turnover ...
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Palletways' Rase Distribution brings in residential delivery ban for pallets of more than 750kg
Palletways member Rase Distribution has hardened its stance on pallet weights and is now refusing to deliver anything over 750kg in weight to residential addresses.In November last year the Lincolnshire haulier informed Palletways and its members it would no longer deliver any pallets over 750kg on tail-lift deliveries to residential ...
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Palletways paid £100,000 for member Systematic Logistics International
Palletways bought member company Systematic Logistics International (SLI) for just £100,000, the firm's administrator has revealed.The company, which had an annual turnover of approximately £10m, was sold via a pre-pack administration in November.The move saved one of the pallet network’s longest serving haulier-members and protected 64 jobs - consisting mainly ...
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EV Cargo reveals operating division heads as conglomerate takes shape
EmergeVest, the private-equity firm that created EV Cargo from some of road transport’s best-known names last autumn, has revealed who will head each of its four divisions.EV Cargo’s operating divisions and the companies that make them up are: Express (Palletforce); Global Forwarding (Allport Cargo Services); Logistics (CM Downton, NfT and ...
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MT ArticleWincanton off to a healthy new year with double Weetabix win
Wincanton has won two new five-year contracts with well-known breakfast brand The Weetabix Food Company to provide transport, warehousing and co-packing.The deal will see Wincanton take on the operation of four Northamptonshire-based warehouses where goods are stored and co-packed for retail promotion: three located in Corby, one in Burton Latimer.In ...
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MT ArticleNFT Distribution opts for new Renault Range T tractors and Schmitz Cargobull reefer trailers
NFT Distribution has added 82 Renault Range T460 6x2 tractor units with sleeper cabs and 40 new Schmitz Cargobull tri-axle reefer trailers to its fleet in a bid to cut fuel use and emissions.The addition of the new trucks - the first in NFT’s striking new livery - follows a ...