All Operator news articles – Page 295
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MT ArticleBuchanan hopes to transform Pall-Ex into 'undisputed market leader' following reshuffle
New Pall-Ex Group MD Kevin Buchanan has said he wishes to transform the business into the “undisputed market leader” within three years by refocusing its efforts on developing the business in the UK and Europe. The former Palletline MD will join the business on Monday as part of a management ...
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Norbert Dentressangle first 3PL to achieve SfL's Driver CPC Standard of Excellence
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has become the first third party logistics provider to be accredited with the Skills for Logistics (SfL) Standard of Excellence, recognising the quality of the company’s Driver CPC training.SfL recently launched the Standard of Excellence following consultation with key logistics employers. They identified five key metrics based ...
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Fowler Welch half-year finances remain steady
Fowler Welch has reported a broadly static half-yearly revenue for the period ended 30 September, achieving £78.1m (2013:£78.2m), with its operating margin also holding firm at 2.7% (2013:2.7%).The company said overall operating profit fell 11% to £1.6m (2013: £1.8m) as a result of expected start-up losses at a new joint ...
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Royal Mail warns threat from Amazon logistics network could stifle growth
Royal Mail has warned for a second time that competition from other carriers, this time Amazon’s own delivery network, will damage its growth prospects.In its half-year results, the company estimated that its total number of parcel deliveries in the UK should increase by 4% a year in the medium term, ...
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MT ArticlePallet-Track bolsters network with new members
Pallet-Track will increase its number of members to 80, after recruiting five new hauliers into its pallet network. The network, which celebrated 10 years in business this year, will welcome long-term Pall-Ex member Massey Wilcox into the fold to cover the BA and DT postcodes next September.Leyton, London-based LT Baldwin ...
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UK Mail parcel volumes hit by weak retail market
UK Mail expects volume growth in its parcels division to slow down in the second half of this year as it continues to feel the effects of a weakened retail market and poor volumes in the second quarter.Turnover in its parcels division increased 3.4% to £109.4m (2013: £105.8m) in the ...
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UK Mail Group writes down the value of its pallet network
UK Mail Group has written down the value of its struggling UK Pallets business, revealing a £7.3m impairment charge relating to goodwill dating from its purchase in 2003.The group took action after revealing that in the six months ended 30 September 2014, turnover at the pallet network fell 1.1% to ...
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MT ArticleJohn G Russell benefits as customer business booms
Scottish multimodal operator John G Russell has said it is attracting new customers via its UK-wide road and rail network, and that it will continue to benefit from an increased workload as a result.Having now shed its sister chest-freezer manufacturing unit, John G Russell (Transport) saw a 9.3% increase in ...
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Former Palletline boss Kevin Buchanan to join rival Pall-Ex
Kevin Buchanan is expected to be revealed as group MD of Pall-Ex imminently, marking a sensational return for the man that quit the top job at rival Palletline in August.Buchanan was a shock departure from Palletline this summer having helmed the pallet network since 2007, a period that saw it ...
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MT ArticleVeolia invests £1m in cyclist safety measures
Recycling and waste company Veolia has begun fitting out its entire refuse management fleet with the TurnAlarm cyclist safety system from Vision Techniques.The system, being provided under a £1m contract, provides cyclists with audio and visual warnings along the nearside of trucks turning left. It will be fitted to Veolia’s ...
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Green Group on track for growth following integration of Seafield Worksop
The Green Group has successfully integrated into its business the Worksop warehousing division of collapsed Seafield Logistics that it acquired from administrators in July.Company founder Pete Osborne told MT the integration had “gone great”. However, he warned that the warehousing sector remained notoriously competitive, particularly in the company’s South Yorkshire ...
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Tuffnells Parcels Express acquired by Connect Group for £113m
Tuffnells Parcels Express has been acquired by newspaper and magazine distributor Connect Group for £113.4m.The MT Top 100 company has been purchased by Connect Group as part of the latter’s diversification strategy. Connect plans to generate half of its profit from operations outside the magazine and newspaper wholesaling business and ...
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Potter Logistics enjoys an excellent year
The MD of Potter Logistics has described the 2013/14 financial year as another excellent one for the Selby-based business, with a near 50% increase in pre-tax profit.The business posted a £1.7m pre-tax profit in the year to 30 April 2014 in its latest set of accounts published at Companies House ...
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MT ArticleMuller Wiseman's Dairy Crest bid to include logistics operation
Müller Wiseman UK & Ireland has agreed to acquire the dairy operation of Dairy Crest Group, including the division's distribution activities.If approved by competition authorities, the move will see around 70 Dairy Crest depots, including production facilities at Severnside, Chadwell Heath, Foston and Hanworth, taken over by the German-owned dairy ...
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MT ArticlePre-tax profit and turnover up at Stan Robinson
Stan Robinson Group saw its pre-tax profit leap last year despite a marginal increase in turnover.Pre-tax profit at the Staffordshire haulier grew to £387,802 from £4,004 in 2012/13, its financial statements for the year to 31 May 2014 have shown. Turnover increased by 1% to £23.4m, up from £23.1m the ...
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City Link invests in peak delivery-drivers and warehouse staff
City Link has invested in additional drivers, delivery vehicles and warehouse staff ahead of the bumper parcel volumes expected this Christmas.It is adding an additional 1,168 delivery and collection drivers to its workforce, including 100 trunking drivers, 433 agency drivers and 735 subcontractors. It will also boost warehouse staff numbers ...
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MT ArticleStephen Sanderson Transport sees turnover and profit boost
Stephen Sanderson Transport revealed increased customer confidence and a tight rein on costs created a significant boost in turnover and profit last year.The Market Harborough haulier increased its turnover by 17.6% to £9.9m (2012:£8.4m) for the year ended 31 December 2013, while pre-tax profit increased to £497,000 (2012: £307,000).Ed Sanderson, ...
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MT ArticleFamily firm shares its profits with staff
Family-owned transport firm Moody Logistics of Cramlington in Northumberland has launched a profit share scheme for its 30 workers to reward employees as the company grows.Business development director Caroline Moody said: “Our staff have played a major part in the history of the company since 1947. We place a very ...
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MT ArticleEddie Stobart boss gives thumbs-up to collaborative transportation programme
The boss of Eddie Stobart Logistics has endorsed Chep’s collaborative transportation programme, which, according to the pallet manufacturer, saved participants more than 900,000 road miles last year. Typically, a Chep customer delivers products to a retailer on Chep pallets, then returns with an empty truck. However, under the collaborative ...
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MT ArticleCM Downton delivers poppies for Tower of London display
CM Downton delivered the 888,246 ceramic poppies on display at the Tower of London, each representing a British or Commonwealth soldier who died in the Great War.Since 1 August, CM Downton has been delivering poppies to the Tower of London on behalf of manufacturer Johnson Tiles. It has been collecting ...