All Operator news articles – Page 240
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Eddie Stobart drivers campaign for trade union recognition
Drivers have launched a campaign for trade union recognition at Eddie Stobart’s Carlisle, Lillyhall and Penrith depots in Cumbria.Union Unite has lodged an application with the Central Arbitration Committee, the body responsible for overseeing claims for union recognition, demanding trade union recognition for 140 LGV drivers working for Eddie Stobart ...
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DPD's fifth UK hub to go live in 2020
DPD has been given the go ahead to build its fifth UK hub, which it expects to go live in October 2020.The new £150m site will be built just two miles from DPD’s Hub 4 and International Gateway site in Hinckley.The 276,000ft² hub building will be 503m in length, and ...
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Palletforce and NFT Distribution owner EmergeVest buys CM Downton in £75m deal
Palletforce and NFT Distribution owner EmergeVest has bought CM Downton for £75m. The deal sees EmergeVest acquire the entire shareholding from the Downton family.The Downton family will, however, continue to serve in their respective roles as senior management of the company.EmergeVest has been acquiring companies in the UK logistics sector ...
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MT ArticleSuttons Tankers buys chemical waste and fuel haulier Bullard
Suttons Tankers has acquired the trade of Bullard, a UK transport company specialising in the chemical waste and fuels sector.The deal sees the equipment, drivers and company’s customers, being managed by Suttons with the company’s founder Simon Bullard remaining in a key account management role.The company based in Dinnington near ...
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TPN opens new regional hub in Northampton
The Pallet Network (TPN) has opened a new regional hub in Northampton this week.The new hub, which is located at Brackmills Industrial Estate in Northampton, has the capacity to handle 8,000 pallets a night.It offers 164,000ft² of internal operational space and is secured with CCTV, sprinklers and ANPR access control.The ...
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MT ArticleDelsol doubles warehouse capacity as customer demand grows
TPN member Delsol has doubled its warehousing capacity and is preparing to take on new staff in response to growing demand for its warehousing, fulfilment and pick-and-pack services.Delsol, which has a fleet of 90 trucks and vans, uses the 80,000ft² warehouse in Sandycroft, Flintshire to store and transport raw materials ...
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Culina Group and Warrens Group enter into joint-venture partnership
Culina Group has entered into a partnership with baked goods warehousing and logistics provider Warrens Group.This deal follows Culina's joint venture with refrigerated transport firm Morgan McLernon and its purchase of the remaining shares in logistics specialist CML Fulfillment last year.In February 2016 it purchased Great Bear Distribution.Announcing the ...
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Wincanton thinks it has e-fufilment Sorted with new partnership
Wincanton is set to offer its customers a wider choice of delivery options after forging a partnership with technology provider Sorted.The partnership will see Wincanton integrate its e-fulfillment service with Sorted’s carrier management platform SortedPRO, which brings together warehouse management systems.The Software as a Service (SaaS) product will allow Wincanton ...
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MT ArticleDHL Supply Chain refutes union claim it put drivers at risk
DHL Supply Chain has hit back at union accusations that it sent drivers out last week in conditions that put their safety at risk.The company’s depot in Westfield, Cumbernauld, was accused by Unite Scotland of sending drivers out despite police and Government travel warnings.A spokesperson for DHL said: “The events ...
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West of Scotland Heavy Haulage under police investigation
The administrator for West of Scotland Heavy Haulage has confirmed that the company is currently being investigated by Police Scotland.The Cumbernauld business entered administration in October 2017 after the police withdrew its escort service, preventing the wind turbine transport firm from completing its contracts.It quickly experienced cash flow difficulties and ...
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Tesco merger with Booker wins support of shareholders; combined business to start next week
Tesco’s £3.7bn merger with wholesaler Booker has won approval from shareholders.Following support from the supermarket group’s investors, Tesco confirmed in a statement that Booker’s shareholders had now also backed the deal.The combined business is expected to start operating on 5 March 2018.Dave Lewis, group chief executive at Tesco, said: “I’m ...
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Bedworth Haulage creditors realised the company was in trouble before collapse
Creditors of Bedworth Haulage said they picked up on rumours of trouble at the company in the weeks before it entered administration.The Warwickshire temperature-controlled haulier failed in January due to historic debt and unprofitable contracts.Adrian Boyes, MD at AD Boyes Haulage Logistics in Peterborough, said he was given “the nod” ...
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MT ArticleEddie Stobart rebrand could see iconic name disappear from UK's roads
Eddie Stobart CEO Alex Laffey is mulling a rebrand of the logistics firm’s 2,500 strong fleet, which could even see the iconic name disappear from Britain’s roads.The review has been triggered by Eddie Stobart's need to renew its brand-use agreement with former parent group Stobart Group, which holds a 12.5% ...
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West of Scotland Heavy Haulage was doomed after Police Scotland withdrew escort service
West of Scotland Heavy Haulage (WSHH) failed because Police Scotland withdrew its escort service, effectively stopping the wind turbine transport firm from completing its contracts.The reason for the administration of the Glasgow-based company in October 2017 is contained in a report to creditors, which also estimated that trade and expense ...
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Financial investigation underway after collapse of HGV training company
Cleveland Police is undertaking a “complex financial investigation” at an HGV training company that collapsed into administration earlier this month.Cleveland LGV Training appointed administrators on 14 February, a couple of weeks after it closed down the haulage side of the business.FRP Advisory said it had managed to save nine jobs ...
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MT ArticleDHL Supply Chain rejects GMB claims over KFC hub
DHL Supply Chain has refuted union claims that it failed to notify Rugby council about the cold storage facility at the centre of the KFC contract debacle, which has made headlines around the world this week.The GMB union has been gunning for DHL Supply Chain since the failure of its ...
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MT ArticleFowler Welch refreshes fleet with 56 Schmitz Cargobull reefer trailers
Fowler Welch has bought 56 Schmitz Cargobull reefers for its food delivery operations, replacing older vehicles.The new trailers will be used to move ambient, fresh and frozen products on multi-drop work, seven days a week from nine depots.They include extra buffer protection under the rear doors, multifunctional PIEK floors for ...
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Palletforce adds 4S Distribution to its network
Rothertham-based 4S Distribution has joined the Palletforce network to cover the S postcodes around the Rotherham and Barnsley areas.The haulier, incorporated in December 2017, replaces A Davies Transport. Palletforce said A Davies had moved its operations from Barnsley to Wakefield where the pallet network was unable to offer any coverage.David ...
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DHL Supply Chain apologises for KFC debacle but says it is not solely responsible
DHL Supply chain has apologised for interruptions to its KFC operation and said it is "working diligently to rectify the situation", but insisted it was not solely responsible for the debacle. The statement from the operator's MD retail John Boulter came as KFC began to reopen stores but warned delivery ...
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GMB: KFC switch to DHL Supply Chain was 'penny-pinching' move that's left egg on its face
The GMB union has blamed the ongoing closure of hundreds of KFC outlets across the UK on the fast food chain's "penny-pinching" switch from Bidvest to DHL Supply Chain.It said that while Bidvest previously ran the contract from a number of depots around the country, DHL was attempting to do ...