All Operator news articles – Page 229
-
MT Article
Maxi Haulage pre-tax profit hit by shipping cost hike
Maxi Haulage is on course to deliver “acceptable” profit levels this year after driver wage rises and a steep hike in shipping costs to Ireland saw the firm’s pre-tax profit take a 41% hit in 2017.Reporting its annual results to 30 September 2017, the Irvine-based Maxi Caledonian subsidiary revealed that ...
-
MT ArticleDX Group settles with GMB in employment status case
DX Group has reached a settlement with GMB in an employment status case days after the union claimed victory in a tribunal against Hermes this week. GMB had brought the case against DX last April on behalf of six of its drivers who claimed to be being denied their rights ...
-
MT Article
DPD opens two new sites after 40% volume increase
DPD has opened two new facilities after reporting its volumes had surged 40% year-on-year. The carrier has opened a site in Barking for the first time, with a new, purpose built 45,200ft² depot.DPD has also replaced its Nottingham depot with a new 60,000ft² DC in the area. The move improves ...
-
MT ArticleContainerships to merge with shipping giant CMA CGM
Containerships has assured staff and customers that it is business as usual after the announcement it is to merge with French shipping giant CMA CGM.Under the deal, the French carrier will acquire Containership’s shipping, harbour and terminal holdings. It will also merge Containerships’ services with those of its short sea ...
-
MT ArticleBidvest Logistics rebrands as Best Food Logistics
The Bidvest Logistics name is to disappear from the roads after the operator re-branded itself as Best Food Logistics today (25 June).Business unit director Paul Whyte said: “The name Best Food Logistics is a natural evolution from our current brand name. It’s allowed us to be playful with the re-brand ...
-
MT ArticleAbbey Logistics buys 28 new Volvo FH units
Abbey Logistics has bought 28 Volvo FH units after an extended trial of the new model in 2017. The fleet additions will work across the UK and Europe and are fitted with four-way colour camera systems to enhance driver visibility.Mellor Flow Trans and Gardner Denver discharge compressors have been fitted ...
-
MT ArticleHermes likely to fight employment status ruling after tribunal's decision
Hermes is likely to appeal an employment tribunal's decision that 15 of its self-employed couriers should be classed as employees, on the grounds that it goes against evidence and previous decisions. The carrier lost the case brought against it by union GMB, in which the tribunal ruled its couriers are ...
-
MT Article
Gregory Distribution looks to the future with new MD and depot
Gregory Distribution is looking to the future with the appointment of a new MD, the expansion of its apprenticeship training programme and the opening of a new depot.This month Gregory Distribution’s deputy MD Angela Butler became MD, after the retirement of Andy Walker in May.The company, which is a member ...
-
MT ArticlePall-Ex founder member Murray Hogg switches to Palletforce
Pall-Ex founder member Murray Hogg has left the network and joined Palletforce.The Newcastle-based haulier, which has a licence to operate 121 vehicles and 143 trailers, will handle the NE postcode for Palletforce.Murray Hogg director Alyson Summerhill said: “We have enjoyed 90 years of success in the haulage industry, but we ...
-
MT Article
Principle Pallet founders leave venture; former TPN and Nightfreight bosses Leonard and Burns in
The co-founders of the Principle Pallet Network, the fledging network seeking to become the UK’s ninth, have left the business.The shock departure comes after former The Pallet Network (TPN) boss Adam Leonard joined the venture in March, supported by ex-Nightfreight boss Robbie Burns .Former Fortec directors Marcus Fischer (main image, ...
-
MT Article
Heads roll at Connect Group as Tuffnells gets stuck in reverse
Connect Group's CEO and CFO are to leave the business and its Pass my Parcel network will be closed, following a grim trading update that laid bare significant challenges at Tuffnells.The update said that the group's performance in the third quarter had been "extremely disappointing", and Connect had consequentially "materially ...
-
MT ArticlePollock (Scotrans) sees pre-tax profit rocket as recovery continues
Pollock (Scotrans) saw its pre-tax profit rocket more than 300% in its last financial year, as the operator bounced back from a customer collapse that put it in the red two years ago.Pollock suffered a £123,354 pre-tax loss in 2014/15 after long-standing customer Tullis Russell went under.The operator was back ...
-
MT ArticleFormer TNT UK boss joins Whistl as it targets parcel market growth
Whistl has brought in former TNT MD Alistair Cochrane as it ramps up its presence in the parcel delivery sector. Cochrane spent three decades at TNT UK, serving as MD for four of these before leaving in 2014. He more recently spent two years at Parcelforce as its operations director.He ...
-
MT ArticlePoundworld in administration with future of transport operation uncertain
Own account operator Poundworld Retail has appointed administrators after talks with a potential buyer collapsed.The retailer, which has a fleet of 75 vehicles and 140 trailers delivering to 355 stores, has been struggling against the falling value of sterling, weak consumer confidence and rising competition in the discount retail sector.Poundworld ...
-
MT ArticleCM Downton buys 10 Cartwright trailers to support Saica Paper contract
CM Downton has bought 10 new Cartwright trailers to support growth on its long-running Saica Paper contract. The operator has been working with the Spanish paper manufacturer since 2012. The deal is worth an estimated £3m a year.The 10 new trailers have reinforced curtains with a wrap-around design, five of ...
-
MT ArticleSpeedy Freight built momentum in the year Eddie Stobart Logistics snapped up half of the business
Speedy Freight’s performance accelerated in the year that Eddie Stobart Logistics bought 50% of the express courier, new accounts show.Puro Ventures, which trades as Speedy Freight, recorded turnover growth of more than 8% to £18.3m (£2016: £16.9m) in the year to 30 November 2017.The company is structured around a regional ...
-
MT ArticleEddie Stobart in talks to purchase 'complementary' business for £50m
Eddie Stobart Logistics is in talks with an unnamed company to acquire it in a deal valued at around £50mIn a statement to the London Stock Exchange today (7 June), Eddie Stobart said: “The company announces that it is in discussions regarding the potential acquisition of a logistics service provider ...
-
MT ArticleDerry Refrigerated Transport buys Brennan Refrigerated Transport
Northern Ireland logistics firm Derry Refrigerated Transport has acquired Brennan Refrigerated Transport in Waterford, Ireland.The acquisition is part of expansion plans that include a £9m investment in a new 10 acre hub in Portadown in Co Armagh, with the creation of 50 new jobs.Derry Refrigerated Transport, which has 200 employees, ...
-
MT Article
GMB to take legal action against Amazon over self-employed worker status
GMB is to launch legal action against Amazon and three businesses that deliver for it, accusing them of bogus self-employment. The union, which took Hermes to court last month for its treatment of self-employed drivers, claimed that drivers at Prospect Commercials, Box Group and Lloyd Link Logistics were being denied ...
-
MT ArticleKinaxia Logistics secures flagship warehouse at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal
Kinaxia Logistics will move into a flagship warehouse facility at the Prologis-owned Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) later this summer.Kinaxia, which with the rescue of BC Bollington from administration late last year took its collection of regional hauliers to nine since it was formed to purchase Bay Freight in ...