All Operator news articles – Page 225
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MT ArticleTuffnells completes semi-trailer refresh
Tuffnells has completed the roll out of more than 35 rebranded semi-trailers, as part of a revitalisation of the loss-making irregular dimension and weight specialist.The company has taken delivery of 14 Don-Bur box van trailers, which are in addition to 12 box van trailers received from the manufacturer in the ...
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MT ArticleWork on M20 Brexit emergency fallback to commence this weekend
Overnight work on the M20 in Kent to install a temporary steel barrier that keeps traffic flowing in the event of disruption after Brexit starts this weekend.Highways England said it had learned lessons from Operation Stack and that its new package of measures, collectively called Operation Brock, were “a significant ...
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MT ArticleAggregate Industries and Eddie Stobart Logistics partnership brought to abrupt halt; Wincanton to take over the work
Eddie Stobart Logistics (ESL) is to be replaced by Wincanton as logistics partner for Aggregate Industries’ Concrete Products division just over two years into a five-year contract, Motortransport.co.uk has learnt.The contract went live in October 2016, having been publicised in June of that year.ESL replaced XPO Logistics, which had been ...
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MT ArticlePalletline purchases long-term network member Fast Forward Distribution
Palletline has purchased long-term member Fast Forward Distribution.Based in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Fast Forward was set up in 1988 and has been a member of Palletline since the network was founded in 1992.The deal, completed on December 14, facilitates the retirement of Fast Forward’s owners Mark and Anne Henness.Graham Leitch, MD ...
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MT ArticleEDG Group snaps up fellow TPN member Enterprise Freight and Transport Services
Basildon-based EDG Group has taken over fellow TPN member Enterprise Freight and Transport Services.The group, which joined TPN in September 2017, has bought Enterprise’s assets, customer base and goodwill, but not the Enterprise name.The deal also sees all 31 Enterprise employees transfer to EDG Group as well as a fleet ...
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Administrators pursue director of D&A Media Bristol for unpaid sum
The administrators of a Cardiff-based haulage firm are pursuing legal action against one of the company’s former directors for an unpaid debt.In a report to creditors of D&A Media Bristol, joint administrator Huw Powell at Begbies Traynor said the sum of £51,374 is due from Richard Grimes, who resigned as ...
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MT ArticleMalcolm Logistics puts new generation of award-winning extendable trailer into service
Malcolm Logistics has introduced a new generation of its award-winning extendable skeletal trailer.The original 15.6m extended skeletal trailer, which is used with 50ft containers, was a double winner at the Motor Transport Awards in 2015, taking the Low Carbon and Innovation trophies.Malcolm Logistics has now introduced eight of the latest ...
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Ocado hit by capacity shortfall after major blaze at Andover hub
Online grocer Ocado has warned of capacity constraints and a drag on sales growth following a major fire at its Andover Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC).The blaze, which started yesterday morning (5 February) in a corner of the ambient zone, was not contained as first believed and spread overnight.Whilst now under ...
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C Butt fulfils promise to return to profit
C Butt Logistics has delivered on last year’s promise to return to the black for the first time since 2014.Reporting its latest annual results for the year to 28 April 2018, the Northampton–based haulier revealed a rise in profit to £27,651 (2017: loss of £461,654).However, turnover fell in the period ...
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MT ArticleKnowles Transport turned loss making after problems at Wisbech warehouse
Cambridgeshire-based Knowles Transport slipped into the red after operational issues at its - at that point - newly opened Wisbech DC resulted in “significant costs”.The firm’s newly published annual results covering the year to 31 December 2017, reveal that that while turnover at the company rose to £30.4m (2016: £23.2m) ...
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Management buyout at Currie Solutions, as business starts new chapter
Stephen Turner, the MD of Currie European Transport, has led a successful MBO at the Dumfries-headquartered firm.Turner, now the majority shareholder, has been with the business most of his working life and leading it as MD since 2010.Currie European rebranded as Currie Solutions in 2017 to better reflect the diversity ...
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Hermes unveils enhanced union endorsed deal for self-employed couriers
The boss of Hermes UK has said he is both proud and excited about a ground-breaking deal with the GMB union, which will give self-employed couriers access to holiday pay as well as guaranteed earnings.Martin de Lange, CEO of Hermes UK, told MT that it was personally important to him ...
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Prolog creditors set to be stung for millions after firm's pre-pack sale
Trade creditors of Prolog may only receive a tiny fraction of the estimated £10m owed to them after the company entered administration and was then sold off in parts.In a report to creditors, Mazars said the warehouse and distribution firm - registered at Companies House as Promotional Logistics but which ...
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MT ArticleHermes Europe CEO Carole Walker to retire in the summer
Carole Walker will step down from her role as CEO of Hermes Europe and take early retirement this summer.It is a decision Walker said she made a long time ago, but felt the timing was now right to announce.From 1 March, Kay Schiebur, Otto Group executive board member services, will ...
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MT ArticleVeolia fined £1m after employee run over by HGV and killed
Veolia ES (UK) has been fined £1m after one of its employees was run over and killed by a reversing lorry.John Head suffered fatal injuries when he was run over by the refuse vehicle whilst he was walking across the yard at the waste and recycling arm’s Ross Depot Waste ...
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MT ArticleKidds Transport adds warehousing space as its business outlook brightens
Kidds Transport in Lancaster has put the devastating effects of 2015’s Storm Desmond behind it, investing £1.6m in additional warehousing following “tremendous growth”.The new warehousing space - located at a separate site to the haulier's Canton Road headquarters - provides an extra 130,000sq ft of storage and two acres of ...
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Knights of Old selected as long distance partner for CAE Delivers
Irish parcel carrier CAE Delivers has selected Knights of Old as its long-distance haulage partner.Under the terms of the deal the Kettering-based haulier will collect and consolidate consignments in south-east England for delivery to CAE’s Dublin depot.CAE Delivers’ MD Jamie Knapper said: “Over the last year or so, we have ...
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Hargreaves Services counts the cost of Wolf Minerals collapse
The insolvency of a major mining customer cost Hargreaves Services more than £8m last year, the group revealed today.In its interim results, Hargreaves Services, whose distribution and services division includes Hargreaves Logistics and Hargreaves Waste Services, detailed the impact of Wolf Minerals' insolvency.The resulting loss of the contract at the ...
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Boughey Distribution experiencing Brexit surge
Grocery distribution and warehousing specialist Boughey Distribution is experiencing a surge in activity as customers make contingency plans in case of a no-deal Brexit.Providing an update today in parent group NWF’s half-year results to 30 November 2018, chairman Philip Acton said Boughey Distribution was experiencing high activity rates.He added this ...
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Royal Mail feels the pressure as letters decline continues at pace
Growth in parcels revenue failed to offset the continuing decline in letter volumes in the first nine months of its financial year, Royal Mail said today.While parcel volumes and revenue were both up 6% in the nine months ended 23 December, with the firm citing a strong performance during the ...