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All Operator news articles – Page 283
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Royal Mail in daily talks with union ahead of strike
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has scheduled talks with Royal Mail every day this week to try to reach an agreement ahead of planned strike action next week (4 November).The talks come in addition to three days of negotiations last week and follow the CWU issuing the operator with a ...
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ArticlePanther Warehousing acquires Hi-Way Express Home Delivery
Panther Warehousing has acquired West Yorkshire-based two-man delivery company Hi-Way Express Home Delivery for an undisclosed sum.The business, which is part of the Crick-based Panther group, has acquired Hi-Way Express and its 200,000ft² warehouse in Castleford from domestic appliance company Pacifica Group.Hi-Way has no vehicles or drivers and subcontracts all ...
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Potter Group feels benefit of House of James acquisition
The acquisition of House of James by Potter Logistics last year has helped contribute to a 52% growth in turnover for the York-based firm.For the year-ending 30 April 2013 it posted a turnover of £22.8m (less contributions from its Chloros Environmental waste management joint venture) and a pre-tax profit of ...
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TNT Express turnover falls after loss of contract
TNT Express has seen a drop in both turnover and operating profit, following the loss of a contract with a major fashion retailer in the UK.The operator’s Q3 2013 results revealed that adjusted operating profit for its Europe Main division (UK and Ireland, Benelux, France, Germany and Italy), fell by ...
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ArticleSafetykleen orders 85 new Ivecos
Safetykleen, the hazardous waste management company, has renewed its fleet with 85 new vehicles.The company has purchased a range of trucks from 61 5.5 tonne Iveco Daily vans through the weight range up to three 44-tonne tractor units.The new vehicles will be rolled out during the next couple of months ...
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ArticleCharles Gee Group administrators still seek buyers for subsidaries
FRP Advisory, the administrators of Charles Gee Group, has confirmed to Motortransport.co.uk that it is still seeking a buyer for some of its road transport interests.Earlier today it emerged that C&H (Hauliers) had been acquired by CM Downton, but that deal primarily applies to Charles Gee's transport interests in the ...
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ArticleDHL Supply Chain takes on 63 dual fuel trucks
DHL Supply Chain’s Consumer division has become the latest – and among the biggest – investor in gas-powered trucks with the replacement of most of its 70-strong fleet based at its multi-user DC at Bawtry near Doncaster, south Yorkshire, with Volvo FM MethaneDiesel dual fuel 6x2 tractor units.The large scale ...
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ArticleC&H (Hauliers) acquired by CM Downton
C&H (Hauliers) has been acquired by CM Downton in a deal that creates a £114m a year turnover haulage group.Charles Gee Group, parent company to C&H, entered administration last week citing "acute cash-flow problems".Downton - MT Haulier of the Year 2012 - had a turnover of £93m in the financial ...
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UPS hopeful Christmas strike action can be avoided
UPS remains hopeful that strike action can be avoided in the run up to Christmas, despite the Unite union’s plan to ballot staff for action at the operator’s London depot in Camden.The union has claimed that the 120 drivers and loaders at the operator’s Camden depot are being forced to ...
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Premier Logistics to launch refused loads service at new HQ
Premier Logistics will shortly begin offering a refused loads service at its new 200,000ft² home in Coalville, Leicestershire.It took possession of the new site last week.“We’re a mile off junction 22 of the M1,” said commercial manager Mark Steel. “We see a lot of scope for helping out operators travelling ...
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ArticleHome Delivery cuts costs with telematics system
Chesterfield-based home delivery specialist Home Delivery Solutions (HDS) has cut its insurance premium by £80,000 and estimates it is saving £10,000 a year on fuel costs after installing a Mandata telematics system 18 months ago.HDS was set up seven years ago and now operates 43 vehicles on home deliveries for ...
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Potter restates concerns over noise at Olympia Park
Potter Logistics' planning agent has written once again to Selby District Council to restate the firm’s objections to a planned residential development at Olympia Park in North Yorkshire, following the release of an updated noise report on the site. The residential development, plans for which were submitted in May last ...
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ArticleCity Link continues b2c drive with launch of ad-hoc delivery service
City Link is continuing its drive towards the b2c market with the launch of an ad-hoc parcel collection and delivery service for consumers and SMEs.The new ‘Click&Send’ service has been launched in conjunction with comparison website Parcel2Go and will allow business customers sending low volumes, as well as consumers, ...
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Stobart transport turnover up but profit flat
Stobart Group saw turnover in its core transport and distribution division climb in the first half of its financial year despite “considerable demand volatility”, although profit was flat.Revenue for the transport and distribution division increased 33% to £297.5m (2012: £222.9m), with the former Autologic business acquired in August of last ...
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TNT Express calls for PCN hotspots review
TNT Express is calling on the government to review the “often substantially inadequate” loading and unloading facilities in many city centres, in particular around Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) ‘hotspots’.In its response to the Transport Select Committee’s research questions on local authority parking enforcement, the courier firm highlights the main issues ...
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ArticleGood revenue growth at Norbert Dentressangle
Norbert Dentressangle chief executive Hervé MontjotinNorbert Dentressangle has reported an "encouraging" increase in revenue for the first nine months of 2013 for its Logistics divison, while its Transport business returned to growth in the third quarter after seeing a fall in income for the previous six months. Group revenues rose ...
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ArticleVote for Phil campaign gathers momentum
Phil Couchman, CEO of DHL Express UK and Ireland, has been shortlisted in the Leader of the Year category of the National Business Awards.The 2013 Leader of the Year will be decided by a combination of online votes from the business community, which must be cast by the deadline of ...
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ArticleEuro-6 put to the test at Fowler Welch
Fowler Welch has revealed to MT that it is running an extensive Euro-6 trial, ahead of its planned fleet replacement purchasing next year.Nick Hay, MD of the chilled, ambient and FMCG operator, said the company will be trialling 24 Euro-6 tractor units, comprising: five each from MAN, Mercedes-Benz and Scania, ...
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Norbert Dentressangle prosecuted over weight breaches
Norbert Dentressangle has been prosecuted by Wiltshire Council after its lorries breached a weight restriction on four occasions.Volunteers in a Lorry Watch scheme reported the company after spotting the vehicles breaking the 18-tonne limit on Bradford-on-Avon’s town bridge.Swindon Magistrates issued a £500 fine for each offence, a £50 victim surcharge ...