All Operator news articles – Page 309
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Yodel losing big bucks
Yodel’s annual loss increased by nearly half, its latest financial accounts reveal, despite a change in senior management and the firm’s extensive remodelling of its network.Loss on ordinary activities before taxation for the year ended 30 June 2013 increased 46% to £98.2m (2011/12: £66.9m). Turnover fell 28% to £389m in ...
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MT ArticlePalletline launches Plus Logistics to take on the 3PLs
Plus LogisticsPalletline has revealed Plus Logistics, a new brand that the pallet network plans to leverage to take on the 3PLs at their own game.Launching Plus Logistics at an event at Palletline’s central hub in Birmingham last week (11 April), MD Kevin Buchanan said that while the Palletline name ...
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MT ArticleBullivant refreshes its fleet with Crossrail-compliant Dafs
Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire heavy construction specialist Roger Bullivant has just brought six new Euro-6 Daf XF 6x2 midlift tractive units into service. The trucks, purchased from Derby dealer Imperial Commercials for just over £89,000 apiece, all have Daf's Super Space Cab and are powered by the MX-13 510hp engine coupled with ...
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BBC report highlights the thorn in TNT Post's side
TNT Post has found its postal delivery practices being called into question after BBC London News reported on a member of the public finding piles of confidential post dumped in a bush last month.The woman told the BBC earlier this week that she had alerted TNT Post to the find ...
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MT ArticleLafarge to begin auditing subcontractors for Fors
Subcontractors working for Lafarge Tarmac are to be audited by the aggregates giant to make sure they reach the standard required by Transport for London's Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (Fors).As part of its strategy to improve cyclist safety and reduce vehicle emissions, Lafarge will next month become the first UK ...
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Stobart Group completes partial disposal of transport division
Stobart Group has completed the partial divestment of its transport division.In a statement to the London Stock Exchange this evening it said: “Stobart, the infrastructure and support services group, announces that the partial realisation of its transport and distribution division, as described in the company's announcement of 6 March 2014, ...
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Royal Mail warns of period of uncertainty after TNT Post complaint
Royal Mail has warned that Ofcom's decision to investigate changes to contract terms for Access customers will create "a period of uncertainty in the UK postal market".Planned changes to some of Royal Mail’s Access contract terms have been suspended as Ofcom investigates a formal complaint made by rival TNT Post ...
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MT ArticleSimarco buys freight fowarder IFB
Simon Reed, MD, SimarcoEssex-based freight forwarder and haulier Simarco has purchased Longport-Staffordshire based IFB for an undisclosed sum.Established in 1984, IFB had a turnover of £10.3m in the year to 31 December 2012 and made a pre-tax profit of £451,049, broadly in line with its performance a year earlier.The freight ...
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Turnover and profit increase at Advanced Supply Chain
Bradford-based Advanced Supply Chain has continued to grow turnover, revealing a revenue boost of nearly 15% to £31.7m for the year ended 30 June 2013 (2012: £27.6m).The Bradford-based logistics firm, which is registered at Company's House as Advanced Processing but trades as Advanced Supply Chain, said substantial investment in new ...
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MT ArticleHiltons Distibution takes its first Dafs
Hiltons DistributionPeterborough-based Hiltons Distribution, which is celebrating 25 years in business, has added its first ever Dafs to its 25-strong vehicle fleet in the shape of three Euro-6 CFs.The temperature-controlled operation has taken on the trucks, featuring Spacecabs, on contract hire via Ryder to replace existing vehicles. The arrangement is ...
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UK Mail up 6% year-on-year in first quarter trading
UK Mail has said that it saw a 6% increase in turnover in the first quarter of the year, with a strong performance across its parcels and mail divisions as well as an increase in its UK Pallets division.Parcels saw a 15% increase in volumes in the three months ending ...
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Management changes at Acumen Logistics
Acumen Logistics has appointed three new senior managers from within as part of a plan to grow its business.Peter Raybould, currently business development director, has added inbound and outbound distribution to his remit, while Barry Raybould becomes business development manager, having previously served as finished vehicle contracts manager.Anthony Elkin, previously ...
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MT ArticleDPD reveals plans for 15 new or upgraded depots
DPD is to increase its nationwide capacity by opening 15 new or upgraded depots by the end of next year, including three that will be double the size of its regular sites.The operator is due to open in Liverpool, Brighton, Lincoln and Radlett, Hertfordshire, for the first time. The remainder ...
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Yusen Logistics appoints new UK managing director
Yusen Logistics has appointed Kevin Appleton as UK managing director replacing Ian Veitch, who moved to head up its entire operations across Europe.As announced via its Twitter feed, Appleton will take up the role from 14 April and most recently was divisional chairman at Travis Perkins. He has spent his ...
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MT ArticleTravis Perkins opens 11-acre Warrington RDC
Travis Perkins has opened an 11-acre RDC in Appleton, Warrington, which it hopes will improve stock availability at branches in the area.The predominantly own-account operator will run 20 vehicles from the site, which includes 99,500ft² of storage space and 2,938 racking locations.Offices and staff areas will take up 11,267ft² of ...
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MT ArticleTNT Express CFO Bernard Bot to step down
TNT Express chief financial officer Bernard Bot is to step down from his position this year.Bot has been CFO at the express parcel carrier since 2011 and acted as interim CEO between September 2012 and June 2013, following the departure of former CEO Marie Christine Lombard.Bot joined TNT Post in ...
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MT ArticleAPC Overnight delivers MT Awards entries for judging
Entries for this year’s Motor Transport Awards were safely delivered to Leicester by APC Overnight for judging this week.The entries were delivered to the Leicester Hilton to be judged by representatives from the industry by APC, which has been appointed the official courier for the MT Awards 2014.The shortlist will ...
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MT ArticleAbbey announces new tanker operations director
Abbey Logistics Group has announced the appointment of Karl Hudson as operations director of its tanker division. Hudson has extensive experience of the UK bulk liquids market, as a former MD of privately owned fuel distribution firm TankPlus, which was acquired in 2012 by Brit European.Most recently Hudson was account ...
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MT ArticleSpeedy Freight wins out at Transport Awards
Same-day courier and express freight specialist Speedy Freight, based in Knutsford, Cheshire, was the recipient of the first Network of the Year award at the 12th Transport Awards recently. The award, designed to recognise a longstanding member of either Courier Exchange or Haulage Exchange that has experienced significant expansion and ...
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MT ArticleEuropa targets Polish market share growth
Europa Worldwide Logistics has increased the frequency of its Polish services to meet demand for imports and exports to the country.It will now run four times a week from its southern hub in Erith, south-east London, working in conjunction with its Polish transport partner Erontrans. It also trunks goods from ...