All Operator news articles – Page 240
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MT ArticleTurners (Soham) sees container haulage soar after acquisitions
Turners (Soham)’s decision to expand its container haulage interests with the purchases of Macintyre Transport and Goldstar Transport last year has seen significant increases in turnover and profit at the acquisitive operator.Now reporting to Com- panies House as Turners (Soham) Group of Companies, pre-tax profit rose to £28.26m (from £24.8m ...
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Abbey Logistics Group switches to Microlise software
Abbey Logistics Group is to roll out Microlise software across its fleet of 350 trucks, replacing the three separate systems it has been using to date.Abbey Logistics CEO Steve Granite said that the shift to Microlise will free up management hours with the removal of manual processes.He said: “The deployment ...
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MT ArticleBishopsgate replaces Manchester depot with bigger Warrington site
Logistics and installation specialist Bishopsgate is replacing its Manchester depot with a new and larger facility in Warrington to meet the company’s expansion plans.The new facility, located at the Eagle Park industrial park, close to the M6/M62 intersection, is the latest addition to the firm’s existing chain of depots in ...
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MT ArticleArrow XL spends £1m on warehouse equipment to maximise peak capacity
Arrow XL has spent more than £1m on warehousing equipment to maximise its use of space and time during the peak season. The two-man delivery operator has bought 53 pieces of equipment from UniCarriers, the majority of which are 13.8m high reach trucks which will be distributed between their five ...
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MT ArticlePremier Logistics-owned CJ Express ceases trading
Hull-based haulier CJ Express has ceased trading and is set to go into liquidation just over two years after it was acquired by Premier Logistics.Business recovery firm Leonard Curtis confirmed this week it has been instructed by Premier Logistics to place the firm into liquidation.A spokeswoman at Leonard Curtis said: ...
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MT ArticleHoward Tenens puts gas-powered Scania rigids on the road
Logistics firm Howard Tenens has put two 26-tonne rigid dedicated gas vehicles on the road, believed to be among the first to operate in the UK.The operator ordered the vehicles in February this year. The two CNG fuelled rigid trucks, delivered this month, will be used by Howard Tenens in ...
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Failed Searon Logistics owed creditors more than £7m
Creditors of Searon Logistics are thought to be owed £7.26m after the Felixstowe company’s fall into administration.A reduction in haulage rates followed by an announcement by shipping lines in March that they were “changing alliances” led to the haulier's collapse in July.In a report to creditors, the administrators at McTear, ...
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DX Group makes loss of £80m as new leadership team faces up to the challenge
DX Group made a pre-tax loss of more than £80m in the year ended 30 June 2017. The group issued a profit warning about the year's results in February, and its CEO Petar Cvetkovic stepped down in June after an "exceptionally difficult year".Though DX Group did see a 1% growth ...
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CitySprint to recruit 1,000 couriers for Christmas period
CitySprint is recruiting 1,000 additional couriers for this year’s Christmas period to support its growing ecommerce and food delivery sectors.The pushbike, motorcycle, car and van courier service has a network of 41 service centres and a fleet of more than 3,500.The drive is in response to the busy Christmas period ...
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Ware Transport assets snapped up after airfreight specialist enters administration
Birmingham-based Ware Transport has been snapped up by Trilogy Freight after entering administration.DVSA records show air freight specialist Ware Transport (Birmingham) was authorised to run more than 20 vehicles at its base near Birmingham airport and also a Manchester site.A sub-contractor for the business, which lists its directors as Sarah ...
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MT ArticleM and J Haulage collapse leaves bitter taste for sugar beet growers
M and J Haulage, a major sugar beet haulage contractor, has been placed into administration prompting concerns among growers that they’ll struggle to find another company to harvest and deliver the crop.Administrators at KPMG were appointed to the Snelland, Lincs-based haulier on 12 October and they are now exploring whether ...
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MT ArticleNC Cammack & Son leaves Fortec for Palletforce
NC Cammack & Son has left Fortec to join rival network Palletforce.The family business, bought by Kinaxia Logistics in 2013, will take over coverage of the Colchester area from fellow member Simarco.Simarco has given up part of its coverage to Cammack because of growing pallet volumes in the area.NC Cammack ...
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MT ArticleAmazon to open third fulfilment centre in the North West
Amazon is to open its third fulfilment centre in the North West, with a new facility set to go live in Bolton next year.The online retailer said it's continuing its UK expansion to meet increasing customer demand, offer a wider product selection and allow SMEs selling on its marketplace to ...
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MT ArticleMurrays Pallet Logistics in administration
Carlisle-based Murrays Pallet Logistics has entered administration.The company was a member of pallet network Palletways, but according to a spokesman the pallet service will continue because a network member has stepped in to handle the postcode.“The Palletways network services previously provided by Murrays will be picked-up by Beaches Logistics. We ...
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CWU: Royal Mail's 'deluded' court action is a 'desperate delaying tactic'
The Communication Workers Union has accused Royal Mail's court action against a planned strike as a "desperate delaying tactic" and claimed industrial action is "inevitable", after the High Court ruled the scheduled walkout to be unlawful yesterday. Industrial action over disputed pension reforms was scheduled for 19 October, having been ...
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MT ArticleRoyal Mail wins court battle against CWU pension strike
Postal workers protest outside the High Court ahead of a bid by the Royal Mail to seek an injunction stopping a planned strike.Strike action at Royal Mail has been put on hold after the postal operator won a court ruling against the Communication Workers Union (CWU).CWU members voted in in ...
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Royal Mail and CWU to appear in court over pension strike row
Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will appear in court this morning after the postal operator applied for a High Court injunction to prevent its employees from striking. CWU members voted in favour of industrial action last month after four weeks of negotiations over the long-running pension dispute ...
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Fleet investment eats into Simon Gibson Transport's pre-tax profit
Simon Gibson Transport saw its pre-tax profit almost halve in 2016 after “heavily” investing in upgrading its fleet during a year of “more difficult” trading conditions.In its latest annual results to 31 December 2016, the East Yorkshire bulk powder haulier showed a 47% drop in pre-tax profit to £770,030 (2015: ...
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MT ArticleHoward Tenens buys largest site to date in South Wales
Howard Tenens has bought a South Wales DC from Tesco, in anticipation that the removal of the Severn Crossing tolls will boost the region's economy. The acquisition of the 282,297ft² site in Chepstow is the Howard Tenens's largest property purchase to date, and its first in Wales. It bought the ...
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MT ArticleIndustry voices disapproval over campaign to ban abnormal and hazardous loads from Dartford Crossing
A campaign to ban oversized and hazardous goods from using the Dartford Crossing has come under fire from others in the road transport sector. Europa Worldwide launched its campaign and a petition earlier this week, complete with a livery (pictured), on the basis that the convoys required to transport oversized ...