All Operator news articles – Page 246
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MT ArticleKinaxia Logistics selects FORS as required group standard
Kinaxia Logistics has set the FORS standard as the requirement across its group of eight operators. The group's health, safety and compliance manager Trevor Dickenson said that FORS had not only covered "everything we need in terms of training, servicing, health and safety", but had helped identify the gaps in ...
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MT ArticleR Swain & Sons delivers turnover hike and profit growth
R Swain & Sons defied “considerable” customer and competitor pressure to deliver a 10% rise in turnover last year, according to the firm’s latest annual results.Publishing its accounts for the 12 months to 31 December 2016, the Kent-based group revealed a rise in turnover to £45.9m (2015: £41.5m) with pre-tax ...
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MWC Logistics unaffected by stablemate CJ Express's collapse
MWC Logistics has survived the collapse of its sister company CJ Express, revealed by MT last week.The Huddersfield-based haulier continues to trade and is unaffected by CJ Express's failure. Parent company Premier Logistics is unaffected also.Premier Logistics purchased the haulage business in 2015, which comprised of CJ Express and CJ ...
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Gist boosts sales despite challenging UK food market
A major investment strategy at Gist helped off-set the negative pull of a “challenging” UK food market last year and boost sales by 9% last year.However pre-tax profit at the food, networking and contracts logistics specialist fell by 2.7%, largely due to losses made on the disposal of fixed assets ...
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MT ArticleSecond DHL Tradeteam depot threatened with industrial action over Carlsberg contract
DHL Tradeteam has been threatened with industrial action by a second union over working conditions on its Carlsberg contract, which went live earlier this year. GMB said that conditions faced by DHL Tradeteam employees at the Leeds depot were "draconian", and said it would be consulting members on possible industrial ...
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Hermes to grow next-day delivery operation
Hermes is poised to expand its next-day delivery service and launch a customer app, as it shifts its priorities.MD Martijn de Lange told MT the parcel carrier had previously focused more on its logistical operations than customer experience, but is now redesigning itself as a customer-centric, technology-driven business.He said: “It’s ...
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MT ArticleDHL Tradeteam faces industrial action over Carlsberg contract conditions
DHL Tradeteam is facing the threat of industrial action less than a month after it began integrating Carlsberg UK’s secondary logistics operation into one of its depots. Unite members at DHL Tradeteam’s Enfield depot claim working conditions for the 70 drivers, dray and warehouse staff have seriously deteriorated since the ...
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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 ...