All Operator news articles – Page 238
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Strike action threat subsides at Royal Mail after CWU mediation
The threat of strike action at Royal Mail has subsided after the postal operator reported mediation with CWU had been helpful, and suggested an agreement may eventually be reached over the long-running pay and pensions dispute. "Mediation has helped both parties to better understand their respective positions," Royal Mail said.The ...
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MT ArticleKinaxia Logistics adds BC Transport, saving the business from administration
Kinaxia Logistics has added the ninth haulier to its rapidly expanding stable, rescuing Bollington-based BC Transport from administration.The Cheshire haulier is a founder member of the Palletforce pallet network and has an O-licence authorising up to 35 vehicles and 26 trailers, with a staff of 50.It joins a rapidly expanding ...
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MT ArticleEddie Stobart announced as 100th Northern Powerhouse partner
Eddie Stobart has become the 100th partner of the Northern Powerhouse, which will see it work to boost skills, innovation and business in the North of England.The haulier has a special livery to mark its partnership with the Northern Powerhouse, making it the first partner business to carry the campaign's ...
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Petition demanding investigation into Palmer & Harvey collapse attracts 8,600 signatures in two days
A petition demanding an investigation into the demise of own-account wholesale operator Palmer Harvey & McLane (P&H) has raised more than 8,600 signatures in two days.The petition, posted on Change.org, follows the collapse of the company and the immediate loss of 2,500 jobs last week. The company, which had an ...
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CJ Express creditors facing close to £1m shortfall, liquidator reveals
Creditors of Hull-based CJ Express could be left close to £1m out of pocket, according to the collapsed company’s statement of affairs.Liquidator Leonard Curtis has estimated a deficiency in regards unsecured creditors of £978,570.The statement reveals little in the way of assets for the haulier, which was placed into an ...
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MT ArticleBoughey Distribution devours more Tiger Trailers in fleet refresh
Boughey Distribution has updated its fleet with 50 new curtainsiders from Tiger Trailers, replacing older assets and increasing Tiger’s share of the fleet to more than 75%.The delivery comprises 35 4.2m and 15 4.5m tall clearspan tri-axle trailers, with the taller assets being used to support specific contracts requiring double-stacked ...
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MT ArticleArrowXL spends £2m on new DAF LFs
Arrow XL has spent £2m on 40 new 7.5-tonne DAF LFs.The two-man delivery firm chose the vehicles after asking its drivers for feedback on their requirements."If you want to know about driving, ask a driver," Arrow XL CEO Charlie Shiels told MT."The drivers gave us 12 things they wanted and ...
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Charlie Shiels "excited to get stuck in" at ArrowXL as operator's new boss
Former DPD director Charlie Shiels has been appointed as the permanent CEO of ArrowXL, after his predecessor Ian Howell stepped down in September. Shiels was filling the role on an interim basis, but today confirmed to MT he will remain in the post."I never thought I’d be CEO, it was ...
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MT ArticleNorth Sea Express raided by police and trucks seized as part of social dumping investigation
Belgian police seized and sealed 112 tractor trailers at the Zeebrugge premises of international haulier North Sea Express (NSE) as part of an investigation into social dumping.The international haulier, which has offices in Zeebrugge, Tilbury Port in the UK, Slovakia and Portugal is being investigated for its use of Romanian ...
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Own-account giant Palmer Harvey & McLane in administration
One of the UK’s largest own-account operators, Palmer Harvey & McLane, has collapsed into administration and ceased trading with the immediate loss of 2,500 jobs.The wholesaler has more than 600 vehicles specified on its O-licence, which placed it at 23 in MT’s Own-Account top 50. This was published alongside our ...
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MT ArticleHalfords Group renews long-haul fleet with 50 new Volvo FH units
Halfords Group is renewing its entire long-haul fleet with 50 new Volvo FH tractor units. The 500hp trucks with Globetrotter XL cabs were supplied by Volvo dealership The Hartshorne Group, which the retailer has been working with for three years, and will be run by Wincanton on its national distribution ...
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Kingsmill Bakery drivers vote to strike over pay dispute
Kingsmill Bakery’s bread deliveries are under threat after drivers at the firm’s West Bromwich site voted overwhelmingly for strike action this week.More than 100 drivers at the West Bromwich site, which supplies 1.5 million loaves a week to customers including Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, took part in the ballot ...
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MT ArticleClugston Distribution appoints former Rhenus Logistics manager as distribution director
Former Rhenus Logistics general manager Tim Doggett has joined Clugston Distribution as distribution director. Before his time with Rhenus, Doggett worked for Europa Worldwide Logistics Group, and has more than 25 years of experience in the transport and warehousing sector.Robert Vickers, chief executive at Clugston Distribution parent Clugston Group, said: ...
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Keyne Express Deliveries and KED Logistics rescued from administration by Beaches Logistics
Keyne Express Deliveries and KED Logistics have been purchased by Beaches Logistics after both companies entered administration.All employees have transferred to Beaches and they will continue to operate from the Milton Keynes site previous occupied by Keyne Express.According to Helen Jarvis, Keyne Express Deliveries’ director, the administration on 20 November ...
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Ontime Automotive fined after worker crushed by vehicle transporter deck
Automotive logistics and vehicle recovery firm Ontime Automotive is to pay £100,000 in fines and costs after a worker was crushed to death by the upper deck of a vehicle transporter.John Wallace was jet washing a twin-deck recovery vehicle at the company’s site in Hayes, Middlesex in May 2013 ...
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MT ArticleHowdens Joinery fined £1.2m after HGV driver death
Kitchen manufacturer and supplier Howdens Joinery has been fined £1.2m after a visiting HGV driver was crushed whilst delivering into one of its sites in 2014.Agency driver Richard Bowen was crushed to death by a forklift truck that overturned whilst lifting kitchen worktops from a trailer at the firm’s Workington, ...
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MT ArticleJames Dolan Group snaps up haulage firm Dooley Rumble
Cambridge-based James Dolan Group has bought Ipswich haulage firm Dooley Rumble for an undisclosed sum.The deal comes 18 months after it snapped up Green & Skinner (Haulage).Speaking to MT, group MD James Dolan said the deal, which brings the group’s turnover to more than £10m, is part of a strategy ...
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MT ArticleBrakes extends trial of DAF LFs using GTL fuel
Food wholesaler Brakes is extending a trial that will see all 18-tonne DAF LFs based at its West London depot run on Shell Gas to Liquid (GTL) fuel from Certas Energy.Following a successful pilot involving a "handful of LFs" at its Park Royal facility earlier this month, all of its ...
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MT ArticleAggregate Industries mandates FORS for its sub-contractors
Aggregate Industries will expect all its sub-contractors to have at least bronze level FORS accreditation by March 2018.The decision will affect more than 600 sub-contractors, and Aggregate Industries has committed to paying 20% of the annual FORS subscription fee those in the scheme pay.Aggregate Industries added that successful FORS Bronze ...
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MT ArticleAO.com buys 80 Mercedes-Benz rigids with Tiger Trailers bodies
AO.com is predicting a “significant” cut in is fleet’s running costs after refreshing its fleet with 80 new rigid trucks.Built by Tiger Trailers, the rigid bodies, which are mounted to 7.5-tonne Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis, are designed to improve fuel efficiency by reducing airflow resistance. The rigid bodies’ design also ensures ...