All Operator news articles – Page 304
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MT ArticleAsda cements relationship with Scania with 253 new vehicles
Asda has taken delivery of 253 Scanias for its base, chilled and petroleum fleets – cementing a 23-year-old relationship between the retailer and manufacturer. The bulk of the order comprises Scania G410s, 93 of which are 6x2s with mid-lifts, and 68 4x2s.A further 38 4x2s and 17 6x2s with mid-lift ...
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Advanced Supply Chain appoints former Eddie Stobart operations director as transport MD
Advanced Supply Chain has appointed former Eddie Stobart opertions director Peter Kelly as MD of its transport division.Kelly, who has more than 20 years of experience in the industry, will work across all five of the haulier's UK sites.Advanced Supply Chain chief executive Mike Danby said: “Peter is an important ...
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Panther Warehousing launches hat-trick of new delivery options
Panther Warehousing launched three new services at the Metapack Delivery Conference earlier this week. Although predominantly a two-man delivery firm, its new Solo service will see items too large for mechanical sortation delivered by a single courier to the customer's home.The second and third new offerings, Deliver and Build and ...
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Year of mixed fortunes at Suttons Group
Suttons Group has said that its most recent financial year was one of 'progress and challenges', as it embedded its purchase of Imperial Tankers into its UK business.Turnover in continuing operations for the year-ending 30 April 2015 rose to £176.2m, from £146.5m in the previous year. Pre-tax profit however fell ...
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Boughey Distribution profit down due to capacity crunch
Boughey Distribution’s profit took a hit after it ran out of warehousing space and was forced to outsource some of its storage operation last summer. While the food division of the NWF Group’s turnover increased 2.7% to £19.3m for the half year ended 30 November 2015 (2014: £18.8m), the extra ...
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Fortec debuts Simply European service
Fortec has launched a new European service which will see it make daily and scheduled deliveries through parent company Geodis’s network. ‘Simply European’, which is designed for frequent movement of low-volume pallet loads, will allow Fortec’s customers to send consignments to up to 24 countries across the continent.The service includes ...
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AKW Group Logistics targeting larger customers post merger
Newly created AKW Group Logistics believes its enhanced scale will allow it to hunt further up the food chain.The group created after the merger of "friendly rivals" AK Worthington and Global Logistics (UK) will have an approximate turnover of £26m in its first full year of trading.Integration began last summer ...
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MT ArticleCo-operative Group writes to its drivers to deny that it plans to outsource its entire transport operation
The Co-operative Group has written to all of its 1,000 drivers this week to reassure them the group has no plans to outsource its remaining transport operations.It comes after the news that it is to transfer 50 Midlands-based drivers to Eddie Stobart in April.This prompted the Unite union to threaten ...
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MT ArticleCemex opts for 40 Daf CFs for cement operation
Cemex has signed a deal with Daf for the supply of 40 CF tractor units.Some 18 of the 460hp 6x2 tractors (an unliveried example of which pictured) have already been supplied to Cemex’s Rugby-based cement operations, with the rest due before April.They will maintained on a seven-year Daf MultiSupport R&M ...
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NFT Distribution profit up, turnover down, with new owner
NFT Distribution reported profit up but turnover down in its first trading year under the ownership of private equity backer EmergeVest.For the 12 months to 31 March 2015, turnover fell 4% to £162.6m, compared with £169.4m the previous year. Pre-tax profit rose 28.7% to £2.2m.NFT said the dip in turnover ...
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Investigation launched into fatal accident at Great Bear Distribution warehouse
Kettering Borough Council has launched an investigation into a fatal accident at a Great Bear Distribution warehouse in Northamptonshire earlier this month. A spokeswoman for the council said it opened the investigation after it was handed the case by Northamp- tonshire police, who attended the incident at the Great Bear ...
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Unite threatens Co-operative Group with industrial action over transfer of drivers to Eddie Stobart
The Unite union has threatened The Co-operative Group with nationwide industrial action over the transfer of 50-Midlands based drivers to Eddie Stobart. The union is up in arms at the planned transfer, via Tupe, of 50 Co-op drivers based in Coventry to Eddie Stobart this April.Unite believes this has implications ...
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MT ArticleProfit and turnover down but Pickfords still on the up
Removals firm Pickfords suffered a small decline in turn-over and profit in the last financial year but still managed to keep well ahead of its performance two years ago. In the year to the end of September 2015, turnover fell 3.75% to £67.2m (2014: £69.8m), while pre-tax profit was down ...
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The Co-operative installs Microlise telematics system
Retailer The Co-operative has installed a telematics and transport management system from Microlise. The system, which includes features such as electronic proof of delivery, driver fuel efficiency monitoring and planned-versus-actual route and schedule comparisons, will cover more than 1,300 trucks. The deal extends an existing nine-year working relationship between the ...
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MT ArticleCanute launches cyclist awareness course for HGV drivers
Canute has launched a new cycle safety scheme in conjunction with its supply chain client Wilko’s. The scheme involves training drivers to improve their awareness of cyclists, particularly in urban environments, and ensure they are equipped to take all available precautions to avoid collisions with vulnerable road users.The training involves ...
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MT ArticleCulina buys 20 new Daf XFs
Culina has bought 20 new Daf XFs from dealer Daf Greenhous. The food and drinks logistics provider said it chose the tractive-units because they were the best match for its company's priorities of ensuring drivers can work in comfortable conditions, while minimising the business's environmental impact.The company also recently bought ...
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MT ArticleBridgestone beat roadside response time in 2015
Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone assisted more than 35,000 stranded operators at the roadside in 2015 through its roadside assistance network. Bridgestone Partner, made up of a network of tyre dealers, also reduced its average response time by four minutes to 62 minutes between the first phone call and a partner arriving ...
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Last-minute talks stave off strike at XPO Logistics Motherwell
A strike by drivers and warehouse staff at the Motherwell site of logistics giant XPO Logistics (formerly Norbert Dentressangle) has been suspended after last-minute negotiations between the company and union Unite. Almost 90 staff at Motherwell, including around 70 truck drivers, were poised to undertake a 48-hour strike from 2pm ...
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MT ArticleWoodside Haulage reports soaring profit
Consolidated results for the Woodside Haulage group of companies show that the County Antrim operator saw pre-tax profit soar 42% last year. The substantial increase to £1.4m, compared with £999,000 in 2014, was on the back of a healthy 6.3% increase in turnover to £54.6m in the year ending 31 ...
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MT ArticleAbbey Logistics targets £70m turnover as it kickstarts expansion strategy
Abbey Logistics Group is to reboot its expansion strategy following a “self-imposed” pause on growth during 2015.It is back on the acquisition trail looking to expand in mainland Europe, or enter the UK chemical transportation market, having secured £13.5m of funding from HSBC.Two-time MT Haulier of the Year winner has ...