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All Operator news articles – Page 233
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ArticleC Butt endures tough year after loss of three major contracts
C Butt saw both its pre-tax and turnover crash in its most recent financial year, after the loss of three major contracts. Retailer Poundstretcher and kitchen supplier Symphony took their transport operations, run by C Butt, back in house in a bid to save costs.C Butt also saw its contract ...
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CM Downton sees turnover and profit growth
CM Downton saw good levels of growth across the business in its last financial year, with both turnover and pre-tax profit up nearly 9%. For the year ended 30 June 2015, the Gloucester-based operator had turnover of £113.5m, up 7.7% on the previous year.The group's pre-tax profit rose 8.8% to ...
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ArticleSteve Benton Transport signs five-year deal with Goodyear
Birmingham vehicle operator Steve Benton Transport has signed a five-year deal with Goodyear for the provision of its Kmax (high mileage) and TreadMax (retread) tyres. “It was an easy decision to move to a sole provider relationship with Goodyear,” commented MD Steve Benton. “The KMax product is an impressive performer ...
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ArticleRange T yields impressive returns for Owens Group
Llanelli-based family-run Owens Group has taken on 20 new Renault Range T tractive units after achieving fuel returns of up to 9.3mpg in a long-term trial. The T460 6x2 tractors, supplied by Renault Truck Commercials on a three-year contract hire deal through BRS, join a 300-strong fleet and are being ...
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ArticleDrugs found in two-day search at parcels depot
Parcels firm UPS has said it can not comment further on an investigation into the discovery of more than £1.6m worth of cannabis (pictured), amphetamines and ecstasy at a parcels depot in Tamworth in December. Border Force officers discovered the drugs in 18 separate parcels during a search on 21 ...
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ArticleMaritime Transport pledges support to military leavers by signing Corporate Covenant
Maritime Transport has signed the Corporate Covenant, the document businesses use to pledge support to the armed forces. Maritime MD John Williams signed to offer service leavers employment where possible, at its Felixstowe head office. The operator employs military leavers across the UK.Williams said: “As a business we are benefitting ...
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ArticleReed Boardall secures approval for cold store expansion
Boroughbridge, Yorkshire food distribution firm Reed Boardall has been granted planning approval for a 110,000ft² extension to one of its cold stores.A spokeswoman for the company told Motortransport.co.uk the firm had no concrete plan to build the extension, but simply wanted to be ready to expand if necessary.“There are changes ...
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ArticleMenzies Distribution boosts parcels operation with Thistle Couriers acquisition
Menzies Distribution has bought its third company within a year with the acquisition of Aberdeen-based Thistle Couriers for an undisclosed sum. Traditionally an overnight media distributor, Menzies bought AJG Parcels and Oban Express last year in a bid to step-up its offering in the Scottish parcels market.The acquisition of Thistle, ...
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Meachers Global Logistics hires first driver through new scheme
Meachers Global Logistics has hired the first driver to have passed a pilot scheme, which aims to tackle the driver shortage with free vocational training.The scheme was developed by a consortium of Hampshire-based hauliers, including Meachers; Harris Transport; Pentalver Transort; AFS Haulage; Steve Porter Transport and Williams Shipping, along with ...
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ArticleThrowing parcels is "unacceptable" says Yodel boss
Yodel executive chairman Dick Stead has described the footage of Yodel employees throwing parcels about in an undercover TV report as a disgrace after it aired on Channel 4. An episode of Dispatches on 1 February contained footage of hub workers throwing parcels, including some marked as fragile, as well ...
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ArticleAsda cements relationship with Scania with 253 new vehicles
Asda has taken delivery of 253 Scanias for its base, chilled and petroleum fleets – cementing a 23-year-old relationship between the retailer and manufacturer. The bulk of the order comprises Scania G410s, 93 of which are 6x2s with mid-lifts, and 68 4x2s.A further 38 4x2s and 17 6x2s with mid-lift ...
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Advanced Supply Chain appoints former Eddie Stobart operations director as transport MD
Advanced Supply Chain has appointed former Eddie Stobart opertions director Peter Kelly as MD of its transport division.Kelly, who has more than 20 years of experience in the industry, will work across all five of the haulier's UK sites.Advanced Supply Chain chief executive Mike Danby said: “Peter is an important ...
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Panther Warehousing launches hat-trick of new delivery options
Panther Warehousing launched three new services at the Metapack Delivery Conference earlier this week. Although predominantly a two-man delivery firm, its new Solo service will see items too large for mechanical sortation delivered by a single courier to the customer's home.The second and third new offerings, Deliver and Build and ...
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Year of mixed fortunes at Suttons Group
Suttons Group has said that its most recent financial year was one of 'progress and challenges', as it embedded its purchase of Imperial Tankers into its UK business.Turnover in continuing operations for the year-ending 30 April 2015 rose to £176.2m, from £146.5m in the previous year. Pre-tax profit however fell ...
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Boughey Distribution profit down due to capacity crunch
Boughey Distribution’s profit took a hit after it ran out of warehousing space and was forced to outsource some of its storage operation last summer. While the food division of the NWF Group’s turnover increased 2.7% to £19.3m for the half year ended 30 November 2015 (2014: £18.8m), the extra ...
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Fortec debuts Simply European service
Fortec has launched a new European service which will see it make daily and scheduled deliveries through parent company Geodis’s network. ‘Simply European’, which is designed for frequent movement of low-volume pallet loads, will allow Fortec’s customers to send consignments to up to 24 countries across the continent.The service includes ...
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AKW Group Logistics targeting larger customers post merger
Newly created AKW Group Logistics believes its enhanced scale will allow it to hunt further up the food chain.The group created after the merger of "friendly rivals" AK Worthington and Global Logistics (UK) will have an approximate turnover of £26m in its first full year of trading.Integration began last summer ...
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ArticleCo-operative Group writes to its drivers to deny that it plans to outsource its entire transport operation
The Co-operative Group has written to all of its 1,000 drivers this week to reassure them the group has no plans to outsource its remaining transport operations.It comes after the news that it is to transfer 50 Midlands-based drivers to Eddie Stobart in April.This prompted the Unite union to threaten ...
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ArticleCemex opts for 40 Daf CFs for cement operation
Cemex has signed a deal with Daf for the supply of 40 CF tractor units.Some 18 of the 460hp 6x2 tractors (an unliveried example of which pictured) have already been supplied to Cemex’s Rugby-based cement operations, with the rest due before April.They will maintained on a seven-year Daf MultiSupport R&M ...
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NFT Distribution profit up, turnover down, with new owner
NFT Distribution reported profit up but turnover down in its first trading year under the ownership of private equity backer EmergeVest.For the 12 months to 31 March 2015, turnover fell 4% to £162.6m, compared with £169.4m the previous year. Pre-tax profit rose 28.7% to £2.2m.NFT said the dip in turnover ...