All Operator news articles – Page 292
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MT ArticlePentalver to open permanent container depot at World London Gateway
Pentalver will develop a permanent container depot at DP World London Gateway following the success of an operation it launched from a temporary premises opened in April 2014.The new depot will see the container specialist operating out of a purpose-built five acre site to begin with, with additional land available ...
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MT ArticleMeachers takes DIY approach to driver shortage
Shown here are the first two drivers to have gained C+E entitlement via an HGV driver upgrade scheme at Meachers Global Logistics. The Meachers HGV Licence Upgrade scheme, which involves giving drivers who already hold a C catergory licence, professional training to achieve their C+E, is run in partnership with ...
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Strong 2014 for Walkers Transport
Leeds-based Palletways member Walkers Transport has said it expects to show an 8% year-on-year increase in combined group turnover to £17m for calendar year 2014.The haulier said its Leeds depot, which has acted as the northern hub for Palletways since 2012, is now processing 3,500 pallets a night. Previously those ...
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MT ArticleWolseley launches apprenticeship scheme for aspiring drivers
Plumbing and heating products supplier Wolseley is launching a year-long apprenticeship scheme for aspiring HGV drivers at two of its DCs.The scheme is being delivered in partnership with Telford College and offers a training package worth £7,000 comprising both classroom-based and on the road training, including technical training, maths and ...
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MT ArticleAcumen Distribution puts four more longer semi-trailers into operation
Acumen Distribution has put four more 15.65m longer semi-trailers on the road, taking the total number of trailers it operates under the DfT trial to 21. The SDC trailers are to be put into operation on three return routes from Sunderland to Wednesbury, Sunderland to Telford and Redditch to Middleton. ...
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M&S set to close DHL-run Coventry DC
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has revealed plans to cease operations at its Coventry DC, which is owned and operated by partner DHL Supply Chain, from April. An M&S spokesman told Motortransport.co.uk that the proposal is part of its supply chain transformation programme, which was launched in 2009 and aims to ...
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MT ArticleEddie Stobart ends dispute with former Tesco drivers
Eddie Stobart has ended a long-running dispute with 184 HGV drivers that had been pursuing an unfair dismissal claim relating to the logistics giant taking over the running of a Tesco DC in Doncaster in 2012.At a meeting that took place prior to an employment tribunal hearing in Sheffield last ...
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Suttons Group still strong despite Harvest Energy loss
The loss of customer Harvest Energy to Norbert Dentressangle in April 2014, after a competitive tender, has seen Suttons Group report £10.5m of discontinued activities in its UK road haulage business.In the year-ending 30 April 2014 Sutton and Son (St Helens) – which comprises its UK road tanker operations (Suttons ...
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Paul Kavanagh appointed as R Swain & Sons MD
Paul Kavanagh has been named as MD at R Swain & Sons, replacing Bob Swain who stepped down last month.Kavanagh, formerly chief operating officer at Bibby Supply Chain Services, took up his new position at the Rochester, Kent-based operator on 1 January. Former MD Bob Swain has moved to a ...
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MT ArticleFormer APC chief Ziaullah acquires UK Shuttle
Former APC chief executive Syed Ziaullah has acquired Swindon-based parcels and pallet firm UK Shuttle for an undisclosed sum.The express delivery business is a member of The Pallet Network as well as parcel network APC Overnight, and operates a secure warehousing site with pick-and-pack options for customers.Ziaullah told MT the ...
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City Link collapse hits operator pockets
An operator that worked as a subcontractor for City Link has claimed it has been left thousands of pounds out of pocket by the parcel carrier’s collapse last month.Speaking to Motortransport.co.uk Jim Timms, owner of Gloucester-based James Timms Transport, estimated that the firm is owed £113,000 by City Link for ...
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MT ArticlePrestons of Potto co-founder dies
Richard Preston, who co-founded haulage firm Prestons of Potto with his wife Anne, has died, aged 81.He started the business, now run by son and MD David, in 1957 as a successor to his father’s threshing contractor business, which was set up in 1936.Richard, who along with Anne remained chairman ...
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TWA Logistics enters into CVA
Wirral-based transport and storage firm TWA Logistics has entered into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) as it seeks to pay back more than £300,000.At a creditors meeting on 5 December 2014, 92% of creditors voted in favour of an arrangement that will see them receive a minimum dividend of 40p ...
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Yearsley granted permission for Newark extension
Yearsley Logistics has secured permission for an extension to its Newark site that will boost storage by 30,000 pallets.The £15m investment, which has now received planning permission from Newark and Sherwood District Council, will see construction of a 58,663ft² coldstore, a 16,684ft² extension to its main storage unit, and a ...
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Pall-Ex strikes continuation deal with UK Pallets
Pall-Ex has struck a deal with UK Mail Group to become the network of choice for UK Pallets customers, following the news yesterday that UK Pallets is to close.As part of the commercial arrangement, the terms of which have not been disclosed, Pall-Ex will offer assistance to the 73 hauliers ...
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UK Pallets to close
UK Pallets is to close, after parent company UK Mail pulled the plug following years of poor profitability. The closure will cost UK Mail £1m, plus asset write-downs of £2m.In a trading statement to investors UK Mail said the closure of the pallet network would be managed over the next ...
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MT ArticleMaidens of Telford boosts fleet after volume rise
Maidens of Telford has increased its fleet to 65 vehicles after seeing a rise in pallet volumes in 2014.MD John Maiden told Motortransport.co.uk that the firm, which covers the SY postcode area for Palletforce, said pallet work is "progressing quite nicely" and has seen an increase in business.It has this ...
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Wincanton to trial Brigade camera technology
Wincanton is to trial Brigade’s Backeye360 Select camera monitoring system on one of its 18-tonners working on its Records Management division collecting paper for shredding.As its routes are primarily in urban areas, the vehicle is in close proximity to cyclists and pedestrians on a regular basis. The camera system provides ...
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Waitrose to close Acton DC
Waitrose is to close its Acton, west London online fulfilment DC this year, replacing it with a similar operation in south London.The Acton DC will close in the spring as the supermarket claimed the site will “almost certainly be the subject of a compulsory purchase order for HS2 in 2017”.The ...
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MT ArticlePalletline appoints new managing director
Palletline has named former ARR Craib group distribution director Graham Leitch as its new MD.He replaces Kevin Buchanan, who left the business last summer only to reappear at rival Pall-Ex as group MD in November 2014.Leitch was at Palletline member ARR Craib for just over a year and was previously ...