All Operator news articles – Page 257
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MT ArticleGiving a lift to driver recruitment
Mobile Mini is a fast-growing provider of temporary site accommodation and secure storage containers across the UK. Founded in the USA in 1983, it set up in the UK in 2005 in Stockton on Tees and now has 16 depots with more than 36,000 portable units.Mobile Mini currently runs around ...
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Pall-Ex revives plans for European expansion
Pall-Ex has reignited its European expansion push and will have almost doubled its existing network on the continent by early next year.With Italy and Iberia up and running, the pallet network outlined ambitious plans to Motortransport.co.uk in summer 2011 to have 15 master franchisee agreements in place across the continent ...
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Boss of Europa Worldwide sees bright Brexit future
Even if customs clearance is reinstated following Brexit, leaving the EU remains the best thing for the UK, according to Europa Worldwide Group MD Andrew Baxter. Dartford-based Europa has a 45/55% split in its European/UK freight volume and plans to increase exports to the continent.“It would be much better if ...
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MT ArticleWH Bowker buys warehousing and transport operations at five Potter Logistics' sites
WH Bowker has bought the warehousing and transport operations at five sites belonging to Potter Logistics for an undisclosed sum.The operations are located at Droitwich, Knowsley, Ripon (the first three all top-tier COMAH accredited facilities), Selby and York.WH Bowker, which has locations in Preston and Hull, said the acquisition make ...
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Norbert Dentressangle trading strong before XPO Logistics transition
The transition from Norbert Dentressangle to XPO Logistics in 2015 saw the 3PL make strong turnover gains across its three primarily road transport based activities in the UK.XPO acquired ND on 8 June 2015, and renamed its legal entities on 1 December 2015 – according to its most recent filings ...
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DX Group's Legal Post (Scotland) deal given the green light
DX Group’s multi-million pound takeover of Legal Post (Scotland) and First Post has been given the green light, after the UK competition authority closed its investigation into the deal.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced in July that it was reviewing DX’s £3.25m acquisition, which will increase the operator’s presence ...
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Great Bear delivered roaringly good performance ahead of purchase by Culina Group
Great Bear Distribution delivered a stellar performance in the final financial year before Culina Group bought it in March.For the year to 31 December 2015, the Chester-based distribution and storage company reported an 8.2% turnover rise to £152.5m (2014: £141m) with pre-tax profit up 9.9% to £11.1m (2014: £10.1m) in ...
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MT ArticleJohn Mitchell (Grangemouth) sees profit growth thanks to cost-controls
CM 16.07.15 Vehicle operator John MitchellJohn Mitchell (Grangemouth) has reported a significant rise in profit after cost-control measures and a focus on its warehousing arm.For the year ending 31 March, the haulage and warehousing business recorded a turnover largely static compared with last year, at £13.2m.However, pre-tax profit increased almost ...
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Currie European focuses on boosting margins after turnover fall
Currie European’s MD said it had been focusing on customer and route profitability during 2016, in order to mitigate limited success in increasing its rates.Stephen Turner said “good improvements” had been made but that a lot of work remained on boosting margins.He was commenting following the publication of its latest ...
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Simon Gibson Transport had excellent year ahead of purchase by GCA Europe
Simon Gibson Transport enjoyed what it described as an “excellent trading year” in 2015, shortly before it was sold to GCA Europe SA.Accounts filed at Companies House showed that turnover at the East Yorkshire bulk powder haulier rose to £13.3m in the year ending 31 December 2015, up from £13.1m ...
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Pre-tax profit grows at Bartrums despite fall in turnover
Bartrums has posted a combined turnover of £26.7m for its road services and haulage and storage arms, down on the previous year’s results, but pre-tax profit showed an improvement.For the year ending 31 December 2015, the Eye, Suffolk, business made a total pre-tax profit of £1.8m, up 8.5% on 2014.Despite ...
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Former Fortec boss Adrian Bradley joins Pall-Ex as network bolsters management team
Fortec’s former general manager of operations Adrian Bradley has joined Pall-Ex as director of operations. Bradley worked at the top of Fortec with David Spong (pictured), who remains at the network in the role of network director.The two stepped up to run the network after the departure of Marcus Fischer ...
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MT ArticleTuffnells' growth fuels Connect Group
Chris Ward joined Tuffnells in 2014A growing customer base and increased network capacity drove growth at Tuffnells in the year to 31 August 2016 results, underpinning a successful performance for owner Connect Group. The parcel firm, which specialises in irregular dimensions and weights, saw turnover increase 7.3% year-on-year, from £162.6m ...
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Biffa sees opportunity to act as consolidator in fragmented waste market
Waste collection company Biffa is set to return to the London Stock Exchange on Thursday (20 October) for the first time in eight years.The waste management company is looking to raise £262m via a listing to fuel its acquisition drive in the sector, which it sees as ripe for consolidation.Biffa’s ...
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Whistl CEO predicts full recovery after final mile hit
Whistl saw its pre-tax profit crash by more than 400% last year after ending its foray into the final mile delivery market, but predicts it will have recovered by the end of 2016.The company abandoned the final mile trials it was running in Manchester, Liverpool and London in June 2015 ...
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MT ArticleProfit up 8% at Suckling Transport
Suckling Transport delivered an 8% rise in pre-tax profit in the year to 31 December 2015, according to its latest annual results.Pre-tax profit was £1.3m (2014: £1.2m) with turnover up 2.5% to £19.9m (2014: £19.4m).Suckling Transport said growth had been driven by maintaining its long-term customer base whilst adding short-term ...
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TNT UK annual loss up by a third ahead of FedEx purchase
TNT UK’s pre-tax loss ballooned to £22.1m last year ahead of its acquisition by FedEx Corporation in May 2016.New accounts published at Companies House show the business’s year-on-year loss increased 32.3% compared with a loss of £16.7m a year earlier.Turnover in the year ended 31 December 2015 fell 1% to ...
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GMB to ballot members at Bidvest Logistics in pay dispute
Union GMB is to ballot members at Bidvest Logistics after the company reconsidered the amount it was to increase employees’ pay by.The union said Bidvest had originally offered employees a 1% increase in basic pay, but this was cut to 0.8% to allow it to meet its national living wage ...
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MT ArticleGordon Leslie completes rebranding of its warehousing business, Benchmark Packaging
Gordon Leslie Group has completed the rebranding of its Glasgow-based warehousing and bonded storage business Benchmark Packaging, which it purchased in December 2014.This includes putting newly liveried trailer (pictured) on the road.The operator said Benchmark Packaging, which offers specialist bonded storage and contract packing services mainly for the whisky ...
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David Batty joins Abbey Logistics Group
Abbey Logistics Group has appointed Motor Transport Hall of Fame resident David Batty to lead its engineering department. Former chief operations engineer of supermarket Somerfield, Batty joins the company with more than 40 years of industry experience.He was awarded the Motor Transport Award for Service to Industry in 2007, and ...