All Operator news articles – Page 245
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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 ...
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MT ArticleBrit European rallies to the flag for Guy Martin's First World War Tank
Guy Martin with the tank in Cambrai, Northern FranceBrit European played a starring role in helping motorcycle racer and truck mechanic Guy Martin meet his latest Channel 4 challenge, which saw him reconstruct a World War One British Mark IV tank and operate it in a re-enactment of its first ...
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Dairy Crest transport contract helps Fowler Welch half-year turnover grow
Fowler Welch saw turnover increase during the first half of this year after taking over transport operations at Dairy Crest’s Nuneaton NDC in 2016.According to parent company Dart Group’s interim results, the food distribution business saw turnover rise 4% to £83m in the six months to 30 September 2017 (2016: ...
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DHL Tradeteam drivers balloted over industrial action in Sheffield
DHL Tradeteam employees in Sheffield are to be balloted for industrial action over alleged neglect of health and safety at the site.A ballot of more than 100 Unite drivers and drivers’ mates at Tradeteam’s Shepcote Lane depot, which services clients including Calrsberg, Greene King and Coors, will run from tomorrow ...
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MT ArticleWaters Waste Services and Universal Tanker Solutions merge
Neal Waters (left) and Simon Gunn (right).Middlesbrough-based Waters Waste Services has merged with Universal Tanker Solutions, which operates out of St Helens in Merseyside.The merger has resulted in the creation of the Universal Tanker Group, although the respective brands will live on, and is the first step in its national ...
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Tesco merger with Booker gets provisional green light
Tesco’s £3.7bn merger with Booker has been given the provisional go ahead by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).The authority began investigating the merger of the UK’s largest grocery retailer and the UK’s largest grocery wholesaler in May to examine how it would affect competition.In a statement today, Simon Polito, ...
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MT ArticleAllied Bakeries drivers threaten strike action over 'paltry' pay deal
Allied BakeriesDrivers at Allied Bakeries’ Kingsmill depot at West Bromwich are threatening to strike after being offered a “paltry” pay deal, union Unite has warned.More than 100 drivers at the depot, which supplies 1.5 million loaves a week to customers including Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, are being balloted this ...
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MT ArticleJames Kemball opens new container facility in period of growth
Felixstowe-based haulier James Kemball has made a “multi-million pound” investment in a new loaded container storage depot at the Port of Felixstowe, as part of plans to grow its client base.The move follows rapid growth at the company last year, when it reported a 32% rise in pre-tax profit to ...
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Wincanton benefits from retail, as restructuring of transport division begins
Wincanton has found home is where the heart is as customers in the DIY and home retail sectors drove growth at the operator. At the same time it has begun surgery to return its industrial and transport division to health.Group turnover for the six months to 30 September 2017 grew ...
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MT ArticleUPS sees growth in UK turnover and pre-tax profit
UPS's UK business recorded “modest growth” last year in both turnover and pre-tax profit, with revenue rises largely driven by its European and international businesses.Turnover rose 8.7% to £944.9m in the year to 31 December 2016 (2015: £869.1m), with pre-tax profit up 6.9% to £62.3m (2015: £58.3m).However, whilst the UK ...
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Agencies used by Wincanton and the Co-op face legal action over self-employment practices
Unite has launched legal action against two agencies, used by Wincanton and the Co-op, which the union claims are using “sham and bogus” self-employment practices.The claim was served against ADR Network and PPF by Unite on behalf of HGV driver Gary Sharrock. He drives for the agencies on a Co-op ...
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Hermes CEO says having former UK boss at helm of Europe 'advantageous'
Having the former Hermes UK CEO at the helm of Hermes Europe will be advantageous to the UK division, according to Carole Walker’s replacement.Martijn de Lange stepped into Walker’s shoes yesterday as she began work as the CEO of Hermes Europe, and said he’s confident she will maintain a soft ...
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West of Scotland Heavy Haulage collapses into administration under weight of competition
Wind turbine transport firm West of Scotland Heavy Haulage has entered administration due to “growing competition, rising costs and unsustainable cash flow problems”.FRP Advisory was appointed to the company, as well as at associated trading business West of Scotland Storage, late on 30 October.Founded more than 70 years ago and ...
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New CEO for Hermes UK as Carole Walker promoted to CEO Hermes Europe
Carole Walker has been promoted to CEO of Hermes Europe, with UK MD Martijn de Lange stepping into her shoes as UK CEO.New Hermes Europe CEO Carole Walker begins construction on the UK Rugby super hubThe new appointments take effect from today (2 November).Hermes said that Walker and de Lange ...