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All Operator news articles – Page 312
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ArticleFormer Norbert Dentressangle FD joins Bibby Distribution
Richard Morson, the former finance director at Norbert Dentressangle, has joined Bibby Distribution in the same, newly-created, role.Bibby has created a finance director position to strengthen its senior management – Morson was also formerly group financial controller at TDG and has 11 years experience in the industry.“[Morson] is an advocate ...
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ArticlePalmer-Baunack becomes Stobart deputy chief executive
Former Autologic chief executive Avril Palmer-Baunack has been appointed as deputy chief executive of Stobart Group.Palmer-Baunack also joins the board of directors at Stobart, which completed its acquisition of car transporter giant Autologic last month.Former deputy chief executive Richard Butcher becomes chief executive for Stobart’s property businessAt the same time ...
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ArticleYodel chief executive Jonathan Smith to leave
Jonathan Smith is to leave Yodel at the end of the year after leading the company through the integration of HDNL and the domestic B2B and B2C parts of DHL Express (UK), Motortransport.co.uk can reveal.A successor to Smith will be sought, but in the interim he will work alongside executive ...
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ArticleMeachers splashes out on 16 Actros trucks
Meachers Global Logistics has made its biggest investment in LGVs this year, after it splashed out £1.25m on 16 new Mercedes-Benz tractors.The modernisation programme will see the company taking delivery of the Mercedes Actros trucks in the months leading up to Christmas.They will operate out of Meachers’ headquarters in Nursling, ...
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ArticleCanute spends £1.2m on 11 tri-axle trailers
Canute Haulage has invested more than £1.2m in 11 bespoke forklift trailers for its contract with materials equipment provider Barloworld Handling.The order includes nine 13.6m and two 10.9m trailers, with the latter designed for making deliveries within London and the south east.The tri-axle step frame trailers have curtainside bodywork with ...
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ArticleYearsley expansion plans run into trouble
Yearsley Group's plans for a new cold storage facility south of Peterborough have run into trouble, after the local council raised concerns about its impact on daylight, and the number of staff that might be employed there.Yearsley wants to construct a new cold store at the Gateway Peterborough ...
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ArticleGeodis Calberson opens three new UK depots
Geodis Calberson has opened three new regional UK DCs as part of its five-year expansion plan.In addition to its 11 sites operating across the country, it has recently opened DCs at West Thurrock in East London, Wythenshawe in Manchester and Hedge End in Southampton.Geodis Calberson said the new warehouses would ...
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ArticleEddie Stobart Doncaster staff vote for strike action
Drivers at Eddie Stobart’s Doncaster DC have voted for strike action, in response to the operator's announcement last week that it would be making them redundant.Unite says more than 150 drivers, from a total of 183, voted for strike action at the site that was previously part of Tesco’s distribution ...
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ArticleDavid Price Food Service enters into CVA
Newcastle-based David Price Food Services has secured a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) that will see its unsecured creditors paid 38p in the pound on debts of about £2.1m.The arrangement, which the firm said was approved by more than 99% of creditors at a meeting on Wednesday 5 September, safeguards the ...
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ArticleAmazon to open of three more UK distribution centres
Online retailer Amazon will open another three DCs across the UK, following the opening of its Hemel Hempstead depot last week.The opening of the new depots are expected to create a further 2,000 jobs over the next two years, with 800 permanent positions created at the Hemel Hempstead fulfilment centre."We ...
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ArticleFormer Mercedes-Benz boss joins Howard Tenens
Former Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles MD Ian Jones has become a non-executive director at Stroud, Gloucestershire-based family-owned distribution firm Howard Tenens.Howard Tenens chairman and chief executive, Peter Morris, said: “Ian’s breadth of experience in the global commercial vehicle industry will add significant value to Howard Tenens.”Jones said he was “delighted” to ...
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ArticleUnite attacks Stobart's plan to make Doncaster drivers redundant
The Unite union has accused Tesco of getting Stobart Group “to do its dirty work” for it, after the 183 drivers based at the operator’s Doncaster DC were told they faced possible redundancy.Eddie Stobart revealed its plans to staff at the DC yesterday (5 September), confirming Unite’s worst fears following ...
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ArticleAspray Transport to expand capacity
Express delivery firm Aspray Transport will shortly begin constructing a new 10,000 pallet high-bay storage facility at its Willenhall, West Midlands hub.Construction of the 17m high facility, which will also include an area for block stacking, will begin in October.The firm, which recently bought over five acres of additional land ...
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ArticleUPS expect early 2013 completion for TNT merger
UPS and TNT Express do not now expect their multi-billion euro merger, announced in March, to be completed until early 2013.The operators had originally hoped to seal a deal in the first half of the year, but involvement from the European Commission as regulator scuppered this timetable.Last month the European ...
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ArticleGeoPost creates 900 temp Interlink and DPD jobs
GeoPost UK is preparing for its Christmas peak by launching a recruitment drive across its InterLink and DPD businesses.The company is looking to fill 900 temporary vacancies, largely for drivers and sorters, to match the increase in parcel volumes in the run up to Christmas.Chief executive Dwain McDonald ...
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ArticleUnited Biscuits puts 20 Cartwright longer semi-trailers into service
United Biscuits has taken delivery of 20 tri-axle longer semi-trailers from Cartwright.The own-account operator, known for brands such as KP Nuts, Jaffa Cakes and McVities, is running the 15.6m curtainsiders from its DC in Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire.The rear command-steer trailers are painted in six different liveries and have ...
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ArticleDSV signs up with Green Freight Europe
DSV Road has signed up to the Green Freight Europe initiative, as part of its commitment to minimising its environmental impact.Green Freight Europe is voluntary programme promoting cooperation between transport companies and their customers.The initiative is focused on building and maintaining a platform to collect, compute and report CO² emissions ...
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ArticleBibby Distribution orders 450 MANs
Bibby Distribution has become the latest operator to commit to a fleet refresh, with MAN set to deliver a total of 450 TGX tractors to the business during the next 18 months.An initial 55 Euro-5 units have already entered service in the Bibby fleet, with 131 scheduled for delivery in ...
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ArticleAW Jenkinson saves £700,000 after Driver CPC courses
Penrith-based AW Jenkinson is expected to shave £700,000 off its fuel bill after putting drivers through a CPC course in fuel efficient driving techniques.One tipper driver is saving the company £156 a week alone after it approached Focale Training and asked it to design a course for 280 fleet drivers.The ...
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ArticleHoward Tenens gets DfT funding boost
A £1.26m environmental funding boost for Gloucestershire-based Howard Tenens will help it to convert 34 of its LGVs to dual-fuel power and install gas refuelling infrastructure in Swindon.The company says the Department for Transport award will drive forward its existing sustainable transport strategy focusing on CNG and biogas technologies and ...