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All Operator news articles – Page 284
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ArticleBibby Distribution in the red
Bibby Distribution Services (Holdings) slipped into the red to the tune of almost £4min the year to 31 December 2012, compared with a £4.5m operating profit the previous year.This was the result of a £7.5m loss at its subsidiary System Training. Bibby Distribution chief executive Iain Speak said the distribution ...
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Pallet network membership alone is not enough, warns haulier
Regional hauliers will not survive in the long term if their only income is from pallet network membership, according to Simon Nelson, MD of Nelson Distribution.The Derbyshire business joined Palletforce early this year, along with Lockwood Haulage, after a reorganisation of the network’s East Midlands region saw the departure of ...
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ArticleWaitrose to open second London online DC
Waitrose plans to open its second dedicated online DC in London next year, doubling the number of delivery slots available to customers in the area.The grocer hopes to open a six-acre DC in Coulsdon, south London, in autumn 2014. It will have 80,000 ft² of picking space and will process ...
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ArticleTNT orders 300 Euro-5 trucks for urban deliveries
TNT Express has spent £12m on 300 Euro-5 mid-range trucks as part of its fleet renewal programme.It has placed an outright purchase order for a total of 261 7.5 tonne trucks comprising of Daf LF45s, MAN TGL 7.150s and Iveco 75E 16s alongside a further 39 12 tonne Iveco 120 ...
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C&H (Hauliers) parent Charles Gee in administration
The Charles Gee Group of Companies, parent company to C & H (Hauliers), entered administration today (21 October) following “acute cashflow problems”.The group’s 14 subsidiaries - including C&H (Hauliers) - provided, among other contracts, the transportation of wings for Airbus and the distribution of giant paper reels used at ...
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ArticleReed Bordall takes 50 new Volvo trucks
Reed Bordall Volvo trucksYorkshire-based frozen food logistics firm Reed Boardall Group has taken delivery of 50 new trucks – all Volvo FH 6x2s with the Euro-5 D13C 500hp engine and Globetrotter cabs – as part of its regular fleet renewal programme.The firm said the acquisition, direct from Volvo Trucks, was ...
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Jesus Ciria revealed as new boss of Suckling Transport
Suckling Transport secured a five-year contract renewal and revealed it's new boss will be Jesus Ciria.The firm was bought by Italian fuel transport firm Silvio Bertani Group for an undisclosed sum in May.Ciria, a Spaniard with long experience in tanker operations, will succeed Peter Larner.Larner will retire after 40 years ...
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TNT extends time-specific delivery service
TNT Express has extended its delivery before noon service to more locations across Europe, including the UK.Its ‘12:00 Express’ and ’12:00 Economy Express’ services, which provide guaranteed delivery before noon on the next or earliest possible working day, has been extended to 26 countries in Europe in just three months.TNT ...
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ARR Craib performs strongly in "unpredictable" year
ARR Craib has boosted both turnover and pre-tax profit despite what it describes as “sporadic and unpredictable” trading conditions for the road transport sector during its last financial year.The Aberdeen-based haulier saw turnover up nearly 10% for the year ended 31 March 2013 to £42.8m and pre-tax profit up 3% ...
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ArticleArrow XL appoints Ian Howell as CEO
Two-man delivery company Arrow XL has appointed Ian Howell as CEO.Howell begins his new role with immediate effect and joins from Marks & Spencer, where he held the position of head of multi-channel logistics.Prior to that, he was director of supply chain at Land of Leather and held a number ...
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Sainsbury's plans East London online retail DC
Sainsbury’s has unveiled plans to develop an online fulfilment DC in Bromley, East London, to help meet growing demand from online shoppers in the region.The 185,000ft² facility will give the supermarket the capacity to serve an additional 20,000 customers per week in London and the South East and will be ...
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ArticleUnion members vote for 24-hour strike at Royal Mail
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has said a 24-hour strike at Royal Mail and Parcelforce will take place on Monday 4 November if an agreement is not reached over pay, job security, and terms and conditions.It follows the result of a ballot of Royal Mail workers yesterday (16 October) which ...
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The Canute Group appoints new operations director
The Canute Group has appointed a new operations director, Gary Sharp, with a remit to make the transport and warehousing divisions of the business more efficient.Sharp, who previously worked as divisional director at Bibby Distribution, will initially focus on creating greater financial awareness and ownership of budgets throughout Canute’s 12 ...
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Royal Mail share price continues to climb
Royal Mail's share price has continued to climb since conditional trading began on the London Stock Exchange on Friday (11 October).Share prices began at 330p at 8am on Friday morning, but had soared to 455p by the end of the day. Over 224.5 million shares were traded on the opening ...
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ArticleNews Extra: Cycling - are hauliers doing enough?
A cross-party strategy to Get Britain Cycling aims to see a quarter of all journeys made on a bicycle by 2050. It's lead to to a flurry of pro-cycling announcements from Westminster with little consideration for operators.In recent months operators have been dealt a deluge of safety initiatives and ...
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DSV Road launches instant spot-price quotes system
DSV Road has launched an online Quote & Book system to provide an instant response to customers seeking a spot price for export, import and domestic road shipments.The new booking system asks customers to complete a short registration form and details of the job. “The whole process can take as ...
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K+N sees road and rail logistics turnover and earnings slip
Kuehne + Nagel says it is on track to reach its goals for profitable growth, despite a slip in turnover and EBITDA in its road and rail business.Turnover in the division fell 2.5% to CHF2.28bn (£1.5bn) for the nine months ended 30 September 2013, compared to CHF2.34bn (£1.6bn) during ...
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ArticleYearsley adding 26 trucks and 50 trailers to cope with demand
Heywood, Lancashire logistics firm Yearsley Group has begun taking delivery of the first of 26 new trucks and 50 new trailers being added to the fleet to cope with additional business. The trucks, all 6x2 Euro-5 Mercedes-Benz Actros tractors, will be running at 44 tonnes GVW and will be based ...
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CitySprint on hunt for 300 couriers for Christmas peak
CitySprint is looking to recruit an additional 300 drivers in the run-up to this year’s festive period following a record 2012 Christmas, which saw more than 250,000 packages delivered.The same-day courier said consumer confidence in last-minute online deliveries has increased, with deliveries peaking on 18 December in 2012, remaining high ...
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Royal Mail share price rises 35% shortly after listing begins
Royal Mail began conditional trading on the London Stock Exchange this morning (11 October), with shares rising in value by over a third just an hour and a half into its listing.Share prices began trading at 330p with a market capitalisation of £3.3bn when the listing began at 8am today. ...