All Operator news articles – Page 280
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DHL Supply Chain surges as Tradeteam falters
DHL Supply Chain raised pre-tax profit by almost 125% last year, accounts filed at Companies House have shown. In the year to the end of December, the firm grew its turnover by 7.3% to £4.13bn (2013: £3.85bn), with pre-tax profit rising 124% to £91.6m (2013: £40.9m).However, the result left DHL ...
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TNT UK reveals new head of international division after management shake-up
TNT veteran Tony Jakobsen has replaced Stuart Stobie as head of TNT UK and Ireland’s international division, as part of a major management overhaul.Jakobsen’s appointment and Stobie’s departure come as TNT pushes through major change across the business ahead of its purchase by larger US rival FedEx.The acquisition is expected ...
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Clipper Logistics has excellent year; returns dividend to shareholders
Clipper Logistics has enjoyed a successful first year listed on the London Stock Exchange, experiencing a leap in turnover and profit.The company, which has just struck a deal with retailer John Lewis to develop its click and collect service, saw group turnover climb 16.7% to £234.8m in the year to ...
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Royal Mail breached competition act, says provisional Ofcom decision
Ofcom has provisionally found that Royal Mail breached competition law with the price increases competitor Whistl complained to the regulator about last year. The complaint was lodged by Whistl in January 2014, when the then-TNT Post accused Royal Mail’s price changes to its access services of discriminating against its key ...
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MT ArticleYodel chief executive Neil Lloyd steps down from role
Neil Lloyd, chief executive of loss-making delivery firm Yodel, has stepped down. Turnaround specialist Lloyd was brought in two and a half years ago, with the self-stated goal of improving the firm’s customer service and improving its public image.Speaking at the time, Yodel executive chairman Dick Stead said: “I am ...
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Management cull at TNT UK's international division after revenue dip
Major management restructuring in the face of declining revenues at the UK International division of TNT Express has also seen ‘a handful’ of top executives made redundant, Motortransport.co.uk has learnt.The news comes as the Dutch-owned delivery company, which is set to be acquired by larger US rival FedEx for around ...
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Hawksworth departs Birds; replaced by interim MD
John Hawksworth has left his role as MD of Birds Transport and Logistics and has been replaced by interim MD Patrice Schneider.Hawksworth joined Birmingham-based Birds in April 2014, having formerly held the role of commercial director at AM Widdowson & Son. Birds - formerly Birds Groupage Services – was bought ...
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GMB in pay talks for agency staff
The GMB union has started negotiations with agency Tempay about the rates of pay awarded to agency warehouse staff it supplies to DHL’s DC in Swindon run for Marks & Spencer.The move follows the legal claim launched in May by the union against Tempay, fellow agency Twenty Four Seven Recruitment ...
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Profit all but wiped out at John Raymond Transport
South Wales haulier John Raymond Transport suffered a drop in pre-tax profit of over 99.7% in the last financial year, accounts lodged at Companies House have shown. Despite a 4.8% increase in turnover to £21.2m in the year to the end of September 2014 (2013: £20.2m), the company’s pre-tax profit ...
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Royal Mail sees UK turnover fall in Q1
Royal Mail has revealed that its UK operation saw a 2% year-on-year decline in turnover in the first quarter of its financial year, just a day after reports that the company submitted an objection to an ongoing Ofcom investigation into its pricing regulations emerged.While the revenue in UKPIL, Royal Mail’s ...
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Palletways and Fortec strengthen networks with new members
Fortec and Palletways have recruited new members in a bid to strengthen their regional presences in a recovering economy.Redditch logistics firm S Walker Transport is the latest recruit to Palletways, whilst Fortec has signed up Eminence Logistics and Boxley Haulage to its network.S Walker Transport will handle consignments for Palletways ...
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MT ArticleACS&T boosts longer semi-trailer fleet
ACS&T has added 15 15.65m refrigerated longer semi-trailers to its fleet, following a successful trial with customer McCain.The 15 Montracon trailers take the number of trailers the food logistics specialist’s runs under the DfT trial to 18.The trailers will be based at ACS&T’s Scarborough depot and will mainly be used ...
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MT ArticleTranservice adds weight to RHA and Jobcentre Plus scheme
Transervice Express Transport has joined forces with RHA and Jobcentre Plus to help roll out a nationwide work experience scheme aimed at tackling the driver shortage crisis.The West Bromwich-based company will offer a rolling programme of onsite training to job seekers on the work experience programme. It also plans to ...
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Deben owed millions at collapse and creditors are unlikely to be paid, says administrator
Failed container haulier Deben Transport owed unsecured creditors close to £2.4m when it was placed into administration on 13 April, as well as more than £1.4m to HMRC.According to a report on the administration of the business by Ensors the prognosis for creditors is poor with a lack of saleable ...
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MT ArticleXPO and Pallet-Track say goodbye to paper PoDs
XPO Logistics’ UK distribution operation has introduced an electronic signature capture system (pictured) that will be used to provide shippers with immediate online access to delivery confirmation. XPO Logistics, which sprang into operation in Europe after the US firm took over Norbert Dentressangle in a deal announced in April, said ...
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MT ArticlePork and fruit off-set tomato losses at Fowler Welch
Turnover decreased by 1%, while pre-tax profit was static at Fowler Welch as it off-set the full year impact of the closure of its European operating base in the Netherlands with new contract wins and organic growth.In the year-ending 31 March 2015 turnover at the Dart Group subsidiary fell to ...
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MT ArticleBibby Distibution goes long for customer Tayto Group
Bibby Distribution has unveiled two new longer semi-trailers featuring the livery of crisp and snack manufacturer Tayto Group.The trailers feature the Real Crisps and Mr Porky brands.Bibby Distribution said the longer semi-trailers were particularly suited to Tayto’s needs to move a low weight, high volume product and its strategy to ...
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Little money left for City Link creditors
Creditors of collapsed parcel firm City Link are likely to receive just 1p for every pound they are owed, according to the company’s administrator.In its latest progress report, administrator Ernst & Young (EY) revised down the amount that non-preferential creditors should expect to receive.When it published its proposals for the ...
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MT ArticleAbbey Logistics marks next step in development with first warehouse
Abbey Logistics Group has moved to the next stage of its development, opening its first warehouse operation in Bromborough, Cheshire. The company has also taken on UK Warehousing Association chairman Tony Mohan to help grow the company’s warehousing business.The Liverpool based logistics company has also hired two warehousing managers from ...
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NFT breaks ground on Port of Tilbury DC
Construction has begun on NFT’s new 230,000ft² distribution centre for food importers at the Port of Tilbury.The new dockside facility is due to open at the end of the year and will have capacity 25,000 pallets, handling a through put of 2.5 million cases per week.Dale Fiddy, sales and marketing ...