All Operator news articles – Page 269
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MT ArticleFagan & Whalley blames driver shortage for profit drop
Fagan & Whalley has blamed the UK driver shortage for a near two-thirds fall in pre-tax profit.Reporting its annual accounts for the year ended 30 April 2015, the Meadway, Lancashire-based company's results revealed that pre-tax profit fell 58% to £515,153 (2014: £1.2m).MD Stephen Fagan told Motortransport.co.uk that it had been ...
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Eddie Stobart has O-licence cut after drivers' hours offences
The conviction of 15 drivers based at Eddie Stobart's Teesport depot for drivers’ hours and tachograph offences, has seen the company’s North Eastern O-licence cut by 140 vehicles for three-months.The company, and 10 of the 15 convicted drivers (four of which are still employed by Eddie Stobart), appeared before the ...
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MT ArticleSimon Gibson Transport taken over by French firm GCA
DMC_080515_gibsonEast Yorkshire bulk powder haulier Simon Gibson Transport has been acquired by French logistics firm Groupe Charles André (GCA) for an undisclosed sum.Simon Gibson Transport, founded 16 years ago, employs 138 staff and runs a fleet of 94 vehicles.The firm, which managed to double its turnover and profit between 2012 ...
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No plans to outsource transport operation despite Eddie Stobart driver transfer, says Co-op
The Co-operative Food Group has once again reassured its HGV drivers that there are no plans to outsource the remainder of its operation, after the planned transfer of staff in the West Midlands to Eddie Stobart is complete.The retailer was responding to the news that the Unite union, which represents ...
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MT ArticleXPO Logistics to shut Nuneaton depot due to high rent
XPO Logistics is to close its Nuneaton depot in August with the potential loss of 57 jobs, Motortransport.co.uk has learnt.In response to our enquiries, the company said it had been forced to announce the closeure of the site after failing to agree acceptable rental terms when renewing its lease.In a ...
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Unite to ballot members for strike action over Co-operative/Eddie Stobart driver transfer
More than 700 Co-operative Food Group drivers are being balloted for industrial action over a plan to transfer around 50 drivers in the Midlands to haulier Eddie Stobart this April.Unite, which represents the drivers, said the ballot had been prompted by fears the group will outsource other transport jobs across ...
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Stobart Group completes sale and leaseback of Carlisle distribution centre
Stobart Group has completed a sale and leaseback of its DC at Carlisle Airport for £16.9m. The group has owned the airport since 2009, and its in-house engineering team Stobart Rail completed the build on the DC last September.The 96,012m² site was bought by real estate investor Gramercy Europe, which ...
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MT ArticleLombard Shipping comes full circle with new Actros tractor units
Ipswich-based Lombard Shipping has come full circle, replacing the first Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor units it acquired seven years ago with five new units. The tractors are powered by 450hp straight-6 engines and have PowerShift 3 automated transmissions.“We’re regularly seeing returns of more than 10mpg, which is excellent,” said Lombard MD ...
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TNT to build new Dartford hub
TNT is to build a new 600,000ft² hub in Dartford. It announced its plans for the new facility just months after its new Swindon hub became operational last year (pictured).TNT said it had chosen the site just off junction 1a of the M25 because of its links to London, the ...
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Lloyds buys shareholding in CitySprint
Private equity firm Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) has bought an undisclosed stake in CitySprint in a deal which values the same-day courier at £175m.CitySprint’s management team remains the biggest shareholder in the business, and its other investor Dunedin has retained a stake in the business, but a spokesman for CitySprint ...
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MT ArticleB Taylor and Sons Transport adds ninth warehouse to operation
Nottinghamshire operator B Taylor and Sons Transport has acquired its ninth warehouse.Located at Bilborough, Nottingham, the warehouse offers Taylors’ customers secure storage with a capacity of 36,728m², five-dock level loading doors, a covered dispatch area, racking and lighting, eave heights ranging from six to 12 metres, with space for 12,000 ...
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MT ArticleGist chooses Carrier Transicold system for new trailers
Temperature-controlled operator Gist has chosen Carrier Transicold’s Vector 1550 refrigeration system for its renewal of its trailer fleet.Mounted on Gray & Adams trailers, Gist will replace 91 of its older trailers which will be used predominantly to move food products around the UK.Gist said it hopes to run the new ...
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Hargreaves' transport division hurt by perfect storm of adverse trading conditions
Profit at Hargreaves Services’ transport division plummeted by more than£1m in the six months to November 2015, as the company was hammered by adverse conditions in the coal, steel, construction and waste markets and unseasonably warm winter weather.The fall in the transport division’s profits is worse than Hargreaves predicted in ...
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TNT makes progress as FedEx deal set to close
TNT reduced its pre-tax loss and saw its global revenue rise in its final full financial year ahead of its €4.4bn (£3.2bn) purchase by FedEx.In the year-ending 31 December 2015 TNT saw its overall revenue increase to €6.9bn (£5.1bn), from €6.7bn in the previous year, while its loss for the ...
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MT ArticleC Butt endures tough year after loss of three major contracts
C Butt saw both its pre-tax and turnover crash in its most recent financial year, after the loss of three major contracts. Retailer Poundstretcher and kitchen supplier Symphony took their transport operations, run by C Butt, back in house in a bid to save costs.C Butt also saw its contract ...
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CM Downton sees turnover and profit growth
CM Downton saw good levels of growth across the business in its last financial year, with both turnover and pre-tax profit up nearly 9%. For the year ended 30 June 2015, the Gloucester-based operator had turnover of £113.5m, up 7.7% on the previous year.The group's pre-tax profit rose 8.8% to ...
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MT ArticleSteve Benton Transport signs five-year deal with Goodyear
Birmingham vehicle operator Steve Benton Transport has signed a five-year deal with Goodyear for the provision of its Kmax (high mileage) and TreadMax (retread) tyres. “It was an easy decision to move to a sole provider relationship with Goodyear,” commented MD Steve Benton. “The KMax product is an impressive performer ...
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MT ArticleRange T yields impressive returns for Owens Group
Llanelli-based family-run Owens Group has taken on 20 new Renault Range T tractive units after achieving fuel returns of up to 9.3mpg in a long-term trial. The T460 6x2 tractors, supplied by Renault Truck Commercials on a three-year contract hire deal through BRS, join a 300-strong fleet and are being ...
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MT ArticleDrugs found in two-day search at parcels depot
Parcels firm UPS has said it can not comment further on an investigation into the discovery of more than £1.6m worth of cannabis (pictured), amphetamines and ecstasy at a parcels depot in Tamworth in December. Border Force officers discovered the drugs in 18 separate parcels during a search on 21 ...
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MT ArticleMaritime Transport pledges support to military leavers by signing Corporate Covenant
Maritime Transport has signed the Corporate Covenant, the document businesses use to pledge support to the armed forces. Maritime MD John Williams signed to offer service leavers employment where possible, at its Felixstowe head office. The operator employs military leavers across the UK.Williams said: “As a business we are benefitting ...