All Operator news articles – Page 235
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MT ArticleUnstable pound hits Laser Transport International's pre-tax profit
Falls in the value of sterling in the wake of the EU referendum have continued to hit Laser Transport International, which saw its pre-tax profit plunge by 64% last year.In its latest results for the year to 31 December 2017, the Hythe-based company reported that whilst turnover had risen by ...
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Collapsed NBS Transport's assets to be sold off this month
Oldham-based logistics firm NBS Transport's assets will be auctioned later this month, after it collapsed in June with the loss of 20 jobs.The company provided pallet services, container freight forwarding and warehousing to the retail, manufacturing, construction and events sectors.It held a standard national licence authorising 18 HGVs – ...
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Connect Group secures News UK deal worth £200m a year
Connect Group has renewed its contract with News UK, securing a deal that generates £200m of revenue a year until 2024 and provides some respite after a tough period for the business.Connect Group’s Smith News will continue UK distribution of titles including The Sun, The Times and Sunday Times as ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics nets £100m of new business in six months
Eddie Stobart Logistics has won business with an annual value of £100m in the first six months of its trading year, the operator said in a trading update today (28 June).Recent high profile contract wins have included taking Cemex and Britvic from Wincanton.The news came as it revealed a deal ...
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D&A Media Bristol customers and staff transferred to new company set up by its former owners
D&A Media Bristol has entered administration, with some of its customers and employees transferred to a new company set up by its former owners.The Cardiff Docks-based haulage firm appointed administrators on 5 June. Administrator Begbies Traynor then spent the next two weeks liaising with suppliers before it was able to ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics enters pallet network sector with £53m purchase of TPN
Eddie Stobart Logistics has purchased The Pallet Network (TPN) for £52.8m.The operator confirmed today (28 June) that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the share capital of the pallet network, which comprises 106 regional hauliers (members) on a cash and debt-free basis. It has done this, in part, ...
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Salvatori Group opens dedicated Palletways hub in Sittingbourne
The Salvatori Group has opened a new £3m site in Sittingbourne for its Palletways work .The operator has recruited 45 new drivers and 18 warehouse staff for the new site, which will operate for 24 hours, six days a week.With the new site specifically for Palletways operations, Salvatori will move ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...