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All Operator news articles – Page 304
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Retail deliveries double for CitySprint during Christmas peak
Retail deliveries for same day courier CitySprint doubled over the Christmas peak, in comparison to 2011’s figures.The firm handled over a quarter of a million retail deliveries during December, its busiest Christmas peak to date, experiencing its largest volumes on Thursday 18 December.Chief executive Patrick Gallagher said home retail delivery ...
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ArticleUK Mail sees improved pallets and parcels performance
UK Mail Group saw a 20% increase in parcel volumes and improved performance in its pallets division during the third quarter, it has revealed in an interim management statement today.The firm saw an increase in turnover for its pallets business during the period, after seeing a significant decline in operating ...
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ArticleExpress courier Crossflight acquires DDI Worldwide
Heathrow-based courier Crossflight has acquired the operations of North London firm DDI Worldwide as part of its expansion strategy.As of today (7 January), Crossflight will run DDI’s express courier, UK overnight and mail services out of its headquarters in Heathrow. Crossflight said the move will be seamless for all of ...
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Clipper Hallows in new era
Retail logistics service provider Clipper Logistics has appointed Sean Hallows as its new operations director.Hallows, previously distribution director, Europe, at TK Maxx parent TJX Europe, is a former operations director at 3663 Foodservice and a former distribution director of Poundland.
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ArticleFTS Hatswell looking to expand warehousing capacity
Pall-Ex member FTS Hatswell wants to expand its storage capacity further since moving into bigger premises in June last year.It moved into the new 67,500ft² warehouse in on the Deeside industrial estate in Flintshire last summer, extending its operation that was previously based there and increasing its storage capacity to ...
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ArticleAllport rebrands to mark 50th anniversary
Operator Allport is marking its 50th anniversary this year by introducing a new corporate identity and livery to 380 vehicles across its fleet in the UK.Allport Cargo Services was adopted by subsidiaries and joint-venture partners in countries around the world last year, with the UK the final part of the ...
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ArticleYodel delivers more than 14 million Christmas parcels
Yodel delivered over 14 million parcels during the Christmas peak after investing heavily in planning and boosting capacity.The company added that between 1 December and 24 December only a small number of parcels weren't delivered, in the main where it was unable to gain access to the address or ...
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Bibby Distribution restructures for 2013
Bibby Distribution has reorganised internally following a two year acquisition spree and a series of contract wins and renewals in 2012.It will now divide its operations across four separate customer sectors; food manufacturing, FMCG, packaging, and paper and industrial.Iain Speak, chief executive of Bibby, told MT.co.uk that the changes ...
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ArticlePotter Group Logistics unveils new livery
Potter LogisticsPotter Group Logistics unveiled its new livery today (1 January) and has also changed its name to Potter Logistics.The refreshed image, which has retained its signature yellow colour, will be featured on its signs, uniforms, website and marketing materials, as well as 20 new trucks and trailers which will ...
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Article2012's top collapses, rescues and rebirths in road transport
No doubt about it, 2012 was incredibly tough for UK logistics operators. Profits were low, costs were high and obtaining credit to invest remained hard.The double-dip recession we all feared is in danger of turning into triple-fall and GDP growth was more sluggish than a snail on valium.Forecasts for growth ...
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ArticleDHL delivers New Year's Day Parade instruments
DHL Express has transported more than 1,100 pieces of equipment and instruments for 15 US high schools and university marching bands to participate in the London New Year’s Day Parade.DHL collected tubas, snare drums, trumpets, saxophones, trombones and other musical instruments from each participating school, and loaded them onto special ...
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ArticleIn memoriam: road transport industry legends
There comes a time when we must all say goodbye to our loved ones, and in 2012 the road transport industry lost several great servants. Gone but not forgotten, the legacy of these industry veterans will live on in our memories, Motor Transport pays tribute to some of the figures ...
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Flurry of takeovers proves the consultants right
They told us it would happen: in April 2012, advisory firm KPMG predicted a flurry of mergers and acquisitions in the logistics and distribution sector during the year… and that’s exactly what we got.Top of the pile in terms of the most noteworthy was undoubtedly the UPS/TNT Express merger announced ...
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ArticleGlendale Transport deliver gourmet reindeer fodder
Palletways member Glendale Transport has delivered 220lbs of reindeer moss to four hard-working reindeer at Richardson’s Garden Centre in Seaham, South Shields.The special bushy lichen, which serves as good winter fodder for reindeer, has been transported more than 1,300 miles from Lapland in Finland.“We were delighted when Richardson’s Garden Centre ...
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Loss at Evans Transport after depot dispute
North-Devon haulier Evans Transport slipped into the red after being forced to write-down an exceptional charge of £310,000 relating to its Anchor Mill, Barnstable depot.Evans Transport posted a pre-tax loss of £149,552 for the 12 months ending 31 March 2012, compared to a pre-tax profit of £150,391 in the previous ...
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Co-op completes construction of Castlewood DC
Construction has been completed on a new £22m food DC for The Co-operative in north Derbyshire, which the firm says will employ over 1,000 people and create around 320 new jobs.The Castlewood site, which will service over 500 Co-operative food stores in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, will start operation ...
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Yearsley welcomes Peterborough planning decision
Yearsley Group has welcomed a decision by Peterborough City Council’s planning committee to approve the construction of buildings up to 35m high at the Gateway Peterborough distribution park, where it intends to build a new 385,000ft2 cold store.The decision means Yearsley can now proceed with a planning application for ...
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UPS predicts 20 December will be busiest day
UPS predicts that tomorrow (20 December) will be its busiest day of the year with an estimated 28 million packages delivered worldwide.The parcels giant expects to deliver over 12 million more packages on its busiest day than its daily worldwide average of 15.8 million parcels.It anticipates delivering 527 million parcels ...
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ArticleNews Extra: After the Games
Although the heroics of Team GB at London 2012 already feel like a long time ago, UPS, which was named logistics and express delivery partner to the Games in January 2009, doesn’t officially wrap up its involvement until the end of this month.The winding down and effective closure of two ...
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ArticleFramptons Transport Services: expansion on track for January
Gregory Distribution bought fellow South-West haulier Framptons Transport Services in April 2015Somerset-based Framptons Transport Services is set to open its new Mendip DC in early January.The new £5m, 85,000 ft² DC has been built on time and within budget by local building contractor Ken Biggs.The Shepton Mallet-based facility will increase ...