All Operator news articles – Page 243
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MT ArticlePalletforce welcomes Tomsetts Distribution to network
Palletforce is boosting its coverage of the south east of England with the addition of former Palletline member Tomsetts Distribution.Tomsetts Distribution is the sixth firm to join Palletforce this year, following in the footsteps of DNA, NGC Logistics, Circle Express, Shakespeare Transport and QTR Transport. This latest addition boosts the ...
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Royal Mail faces strike action over pension reforms
Royal Mail is facing strike action after four weeks of negotiations on pension reforms ended in stalemate.In the same week the company was relegated from the FTSE 100 to the FTSE 250, the CWU said it is yet to decide whether to ballot members on industrial action.A CWU spokesman told ...
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MT ArticleSeafield Logistics business dissolved
Seafield liveried tanker - the firm collapsed in 2014Seafield Logistics, which was one of 2014’s highest profile failures within road transport, has been dissolved bringing an official end to its story.Collapsing in July 2014, Seafield’s bulk powder transport business was sold immediately to Abbey Logistics and its warehousing business based ...
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MT ArticleCurrie European becomes Currie Solutions
Currie SolutionsCurrie European has rebranded as Currie Solutions with immediate effect.The firm, more than 40 years old, said the choice of its new name was influenced by the way its business had developed to meet customers' increasingly diverse requirements over the years when holding and distributing their goods."We are not ...
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MT ArticleMenzies Distribution charges up parcels business with Gnewt Cargo buy
Menzies Distribution has bought fully electric final-mile delivery firm Gnewt Cargo for an undisclosed sum. London-based Gnewt Cargo runs 100 electric vehicles in the city, and Menzies said the acquisition will support its drive to build a neutral, UK-wide parcel consolidation service while boosting its green portfolio.Menzies MD Greg Michael ...
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Eddie Stobart grows but return to stock market puts temporary brake on profit
Eddie Stobart saw turnover and earnings grow in the first six months of its financial year, but the cost of refinancing, its stock market listing and the end of an Irish retail contract resulted in a pre-tax loss.Having completed an initial public offering (IPO) on the Alternative Investment Market in ...
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MT ArticleWelch's Transport sees profit fall due to staffing shortfall
Welch’s Transport saw profit fall in a year with an “uncomfortably high” turnover in operational staff, according to the firm’s latest annual results.The Cambridgeshire haulier’s newly published accounts for the year to 31 December 2016 reveal that whilst turnover rose by 6.3% to £13.4m (2015: £12.6m), pre-tax profit was 4.5% ...
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John Raymond Transport ready to bounce back after restructuring
Bridgend-based John Raymond Transport has endured a tough period but parent company Nolan Transport believes the required changes have now been made to return the haulier to health.Nolan Transport purchased John Raymond Transport in September 2016, with John Raymond stepping down from the board at that time to be replaced ...
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DHL Supply Chain to self-insure during platooning truck trial
DHL Supply Chain will insure itself while running autonomous trucks in the Transport Research Laboratory's (TRL) £8.1m trial of platooning trucks in the UK.TRL will run the trial, which could see platooning HGVs on major UK roads by the end of next year, in conjunction with DHL and DAF Trucks.DHL ...
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MT ArticleGregory Distribution sees challenges and opportunities as clients ramp-up tendering activity
A rise in firms tendering contracts more frequently and the loss of a large and "challenging" customer is presenting Gregory Distribution (Holdings) with both difficulties and opportunities.Reporting its results to 1 October 2016, the company, which has 32 depots across the UK, said the trend was presenting the firm with ...
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MT ArticleWeak pound hurts EM Rogers but operator remains confident about future
A weak pound combined with rising demand for cheap Chinese trucks in Commonwealth markets has hit profit at international haulier and truck sales firm EM Rogers.Reporting its results for the year to 31 January 2017 the Northampton-based firm revealed that while turnover increased from £18.5m to £18.8m in the year ...
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MT ArticleUK Mail to open three new sites to accommodate Deutsche Post DHL volume
UK Mail is to open three new sites this year to accommodate current and future volume growth from its acquisition by Deutsche Post DHL. The German parcel operator bought UK Mail last December to support its own overseas operation, which has seen UK Mail handling 20% more parcels, both domestic ...
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MT ArticleHermes ups capacity by nearly 50% as Rugby super hub goes live
Hermes has opened its new Rugby super hub, increasing its overall parcel processing capacity by almost 50%.Hermes CEO Carole Woodhead 'breaks ground' on the Rugby super hubThe parcel carrier broke ground on the new £31m facility in January 2016. Creating more than 100 new jobs in the area, the new ...
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MT ArticleEast Trans wins medical supplies contract after warehousing investment
East Trans has won a contract with a medical supplies company after investing £1.6m in a new 40,000ft² high-bay warehousing facility.The firm said it won the contract after being able to offer the medical supplies company secure high-quality warehousing and reliable distribution across the UK. East Trans would not name ...
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Matalan driver dispute comes to an end after pay offer is accepted
Matalan drivers at the retailer's Knowsley DC have won up to 6% in pay rises after the clothing retailer agreed to improve its original offer.The pay hike follows a dispute last month which saw drivers reject a pay offer from Matalan after the retailer changed the deal at the eleventh ...
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Maritime Transport delivers 'good return' despite Hanjin Shipping collapse
Maritime Transport saw pre-tax profit rise almost 10% year-on-year despite the collapse of "significant customer" Hanjin Shipping last year.According to its most recently filed accounts to Companies House the Felixstowe container haulage giant incurred a bad debt as a result of the South Korean shipping line - formerly the world's ...
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Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics Newark depot relocates to Carlton-on-Trent
Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) has relocated its Newark depot in Nottinghamshire to a site in nearby Carlton-on-Trent.The drinks distribution division is moving into a 70,000ft² site which adjoins the A1 north of Newark.Tim Gilbertson, director at property consultant FHP, said KNDL “needed to relocate from its Newark ...
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Drivers threaten strike action after Co-op dismisses disabled workers
Drivers at the Co-op Food's West Thurrock distribution depot are threatening strike action after two disabled drivers were dismissed.The drivers lost their jobs, with a third still facing dismissal, because they can't deliver to stores and the alternative jobs they carried out previously have been lost to outsourcing and internal ...
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Argos strike over redundancy payments to begin tomorrow
Argos logistics workers are to strike for three weeks from tomorrow (15 August) as the two sides remain at loggerheads over a redundancy payments dispute.Union Unite warned that deliveries to Argos customers will be severely hit by the strikes which will begin tomorrow and end on the morning of Tuesday ...
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John Menzies backs out of DX Group acquisition deal
The deal that would have see DX Group acquire Menzies Distribution has been called off, and a new board of directors is set to be installed at DX under the guidance of its largest shareholder - Gatemore Capital Management.Menzies backed out of its acquisition deal with DX Group after a ...