All Operator news articles – Page 258
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MT ArticleAmazon announces third new fulfilment centre for 2017
03.09.12-New Amazon Fulfillment Centre, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7LFAmazon is to open a fulfilment centre in Daventry, Northamptonshire next year. It is the third new site the company has announced plans for in recent months. As well as the Daventry site, which will create 300 jobs in the local ...
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MT ArticleBoots UK takes delivery of the first of 60 Transdek/Cartwright trailers
Boots UK has received the first of 60 double decker trailers from Transdek and The Cartwright Group, which are intended to reduce its trunking mileage. The double-deck wedge trailers can accommodate 128 roll cages. This will improve the company’s individual trailer capacity, which is currently 104 cages per load.Boots said ...
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Menzies wards off strike action with improved pay offer
Menzies Distribution has seen off the threat of strike action after making an improved pay offer to its 300 drivers and warehouse staff.The workforce voted to approve the pay offer by “a significant majority”, according to union Unite, preventing widespread strike action which would have included two 24-hour strikes on ...
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MT ArticleTurners (Soham) adds 600th Daf FTP to fleet
Turners (Soham) has added its 600th specialised Daf FTP to its fleet. The 440hp XF tractor with a lightweight mid-lift axle joins Turners’ 1,750-strong fleet.Turners is believed to be the largest operator of Daf FTP trucks worldwide.The Daf, purchased via dealership Chassis Cab, will cover more than 100,000km a year.Tim ...
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MT ArticleWolseley UK plans to close Worcester DC
Plumbing and heating supplier Wolseley UK plans to close its Worcester DC to make £30m of savings.The reorganisation of its logistics and supply chain network, as well as the closure of 80 UK branches, will result in 800 redundancies.MD Patrick Headon said: “The trends in our profit have been disappointing ...
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MT ArticleCulina Group unveils Great new livery
Culina Great BearCulina Group has given itself a makeover to incorporate its newest brand as part of its corporate image.The group bought Great Bear Distribution back in March for an undisclosed sum.It has stayed true to its promise of retaining the company’s name, while designing a new look that clearly ...
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Deutsche Post DHL to buy UK Mail for £243m
Deutsche Post DHL has reached an agreement to buy UK Mail, in a deal that values the delivery company at £242.7m.DHL said the cash offer is part of an ongoing expansion of its European parcel network, designed to meet demand for more cross-border deliveries from its customers.The acquisition comes after ...
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MT ArticleAnglia Freight opens new cross dock facility
Suffolk-based Anglia Freight has opened a new cross-dock facility at its site at the Mid Suffolk Business Park. Representatives from Palletline and Hazchem, of which Anglia Freight has been a member since 1995 and 1997 respectively, officially opened the new £500,000 facility.The site boasts 17,000ft² of covered loading and unloading ...
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Drivers at Arla Foods' closed Hatfield Peverel site opted for redundancy
Twenty four Arla Foods drivers took redundancy after the firm’s decision to close its Hatfield Peverel dairy processing plant in July rather than transfer to a new employer, Motortransport.co.uk has learnt.The 24 drivers, along with seven logistics staff, were set to be transferred to PCL 24/7. The firm is owned ...
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Strike action at Menzies Distribution put on hold
Imminent strike action at Menzies Distribution has been suspended after the company made an improved pay offer, Unite said today.Members of the union were to hold two 24-hour strikes on the 23 and 26 September over what it has described as a “pitiful” pay offer.According to the union the dispute ...
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DX Group experiences second-half comeback in tough trading year
DX Group delivered an improved performance in the second half of its trading year, but this wasn't enough to offset the damage done earlier on, the operator said today.In the company’s preliminary results for the year ended 30 June 2016, DX Group CEO Petar Cvetkovic described a “challenging year”, which ...
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MT ArticleDawsongroup CEO Mike Williams steps down; Steve Miller replaces him
Dawsongroup CEO Mike Williams is leaving the company due to ill health.Williams, who joined the truck, trailer rental business 40 years ago, will be replaced by group MD Steve Miller (pictured). Miller will assume the CEO role.Group chairman, Peter Dawson, paid tribute to Williams’ “energy, commitment and commercial ability,” and ...
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Menzies Distribution stands firm in the face of strike action
Menzies Distribution has put “robust” contingencies in place to ensure service continuity, after the Unite union said its members would strike next week over a pay dispute.Members of Unite will hold two 24-hour strikes on the 23 and 26 September over what the union describes as a “pitiful” pay offer.According ...
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MT ArticleBiffa seeks £270m stock market listing
Waste collection company Biffa is planning a return to the London Stock Exchange next month.The company has published details of an October listing, which would value the company at around £270m.It is looking to raise the additional funds to grow organically but also act as a consolidator in the fragmented ...
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DX Group's Scottish takeover back on track
DX Group’s multi-million pound takeover of Legal Post (Scotland) and First Post appears to be back on track, after the UK competition authority lifted an enforcement order pausing the deal.In a statement today, DX Group said the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had lifted its initial enforcement order.Enforcement orders ...
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Losses widen at Bibby Supply Chain Services
A sting in the tail from the disposal of System Group, coupled with client departures, contract delays and restructuring at its distribution business, saw losses widen at Bibby Supply Chain Services last year.For the year ended 31 December 2015, Bibby Supply Chain Services made a pre-tax loss of £6.2m compared ...
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Brexit is an opportunity for us, says Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
The UK arm of German transport giant Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is poised to take advantage of the opportunities Brexit will bring.Reporting its annual results to the year ended 31 December 2015, the company said its “significant experience in importing and exporting from outside the EU” would stand it in good ...
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Abbey Logistics hires former Suttons Group MD
Abbey Logistics has hired the former MD of Suttons Group ahead of the start of its major new contract with British Sugar.Andrew Palmer was MD of Suttons Group for eight years, before retiring in early 2013. He joins Abbey Logistics as a non-executive director.Abbey Logistics MD Steve Granite said: “Andrew ...
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Hermes facing potential HMRC review into its courier employment model
The chief executive of Hermes UK has admitted the company had not been as compassionate as it expected itself to be with its self-employed couriers, as a government minister called on HMRC to investigate the carrier’s zero-hours contracts. An investigation by the Guardian in July accused Hermes of paying its ...
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Nolan Transport buys John Raymond Transport to strengthen its UK operation
Irish operator Nolan Transport has bought John Raymond Transport, with a view to growing its UK operation.Welsh firm John Raymond Transport, which has sites in Bridgend, Cannock and Swindon and was established in 1953, is a gold Fors member and runs 135 vehicles and 350 trailers.The Harlequin Logistics network founder-member ...