All Operator news articles – Page 332
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MT ArticleMaritime Transport reports growth despite tough market
Maritime Transport has reported an 11th consecutive year of revenue growth.For the year to 27 December 2012, the container operator’s turnover rose 8% to £130.7m from £121.3m in 2011.Pre-tax profit increased 18% to £2.5m from £2.1m the previous year.The directors’ report described trading conditions as “difficult” during the year, with ...
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Norbert Dentressangle unveils plans for new central hub
Norbert Dentressangle has confirmed plans for a new 295,000ft² central UK hub at Crick, in Northamptonshire, which will lead to the closure of two depots at Northampton and Rowley Regis. The Crick site will provide “a strategically important Midlands hub and a new location for [our] central support services,” said ...
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MT ArticleConfectionery contract proves sweet deal for Bretts Transport
Cambridgeshire-based ambient food logistics specialist Bretts Transport has said it anticipates “a good profitable year” after reporting a 9.5% increase in turnover for the 12 months to the end of March. MD Simon Brett said the boost to turnover in the year to 31 March 2013 – which rose from ...
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MT ArticleJohn Lewis begins work on £97m Milton Keynes DC
Retailer John Lewis has revealed that construction work on its £97m Milton Keynes DC, which is set to increase the number of store deliveries it makes, began last week.The own-account operator signed a 30-year lease on the 668,000 ft² plot on the Magna Park industrial site earlier this year.Its second ...
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MT ArticleNightfreight's new clothes revealed by DX
DX Group has revealed the new DX livery that will replace the familiar dark blue Nightfreight name that is being phased out following its acquisition in February 2012.DX said last year it would align Nightfreight with the DX (Delivered Exactly) Group brand when its service levels improved to acceptable levels, ...
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Poor consumer spending hits Boughey Distribution
Boughey Distribution parent NWF Group saw turnover at the division drop 14.2% last year and operating profit halved, due to difficult market conditions and poor consumer spending in supermarkets.Its financial results, published today, showed that turnover at the grocery distribution business fell to £36.4m for the year ended 31 May ...
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CitySprint acquires Enfield-based The Courier Service
Same day courier firm CitySprint has completed its third acquisition this year with its purchase of Enfield-based The Courier Service.CitySprint has acquired its local and national customer base, staff and operations, including its fleet of small vans, Luton vans and transit vans.The acquisition is its third this year, following the ...
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Morrisons closes Swan Valley transport operation
Morrisons has confirmed plans to close the transport operation at its Swan Valley DC in Northampton, bringing in third parties to handle deliveries from the site.The supermarket held an O-licence to run 90 vehicles and 165 trailers out of the site on the Swan Valley industrial estate.A spokesman for the ...
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Norbert Dentressangle confident of strong trading in H2
Norbert Dentressangle’s logistics business saw a 4% increase in turnover during the first half of this year, with growth in the division likely to continue in the second half.The firm’s first half results, which were published today (1 August), revealed that turnover in the division grew to €897m (£781m) in ...
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CWU votes in favour of Royal Mail strike
Royal Mail expressed its disappointment today after members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) unanimously voted in favour of holding a national strike ballot this year.In a CWU forum meeting this morning (1 August), around 500 reps voted to hold a strike ballot no later than September, unless the union ...
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Unite warns DHL its members could vote to strike over pensions
Unite the union has threatened to put a vote for industrial action to its members employed by DHL Supply Chain, unless guarantees are made over their pension schemes.Both parties are currently in talks over changes to its different pension schemes: its final salary pension – which Unite alleges DHL wishes ...
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MT ArticleWaitrose to open Leyland RDC in September
Waitrose will officially open its £32m Leyland RDC in September, following a phased roll-out from late July.The RDC, which includes a 360,000ft² warehouse, a vehicle maintenance unit and 50,000ft² of office space, will initially service 42 stores across the north of England and Scotland.This number is expected to increase to ...
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MT ArticleHeatwave leads to volume boom at DHL
The recent heatwave has seen massive spikes in retail volumes for chilled and frozen goods, according to DHL Supply Chain.The UK’s largest logistics firm said the hot weather in July had seen demand for bottled water rise by 45% and soft drink volume increase by 35%.During the heatwave, which is ...
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MT ArticlePallet-Track achieves 10 millionth pallet milestone
Pallet-Track forklift trucksPallet-Track has processed its 10 millionth pallet through its Wolverhampton hub , achieving the milestone in less than ten years of operation and without a single loss.The company, which will celebrate a decade in business next year, operates from a 267,000ft² DC in Millfield Road.The network also ...
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UK Mail to move into new Slough depot in August
UK Mail will move into its 45,000 ft² extended Slough depot at the beginning of August, almost doubling the space it has in the area.The newly-refurbished site on Buckingham Avenue will nearly double the company’s presence on the Slough Trading Estate, which also includes a 24,000 ft² site on nearby ...
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Premier Logistics to move home this autumn
Leicester-based Premier Logistics is to move to a new home this autumn, which will allow it to significantly grow its warehousing business as well as offer new services.The company will leave its Meridian Business Park home to move to a new DC at a 200,000ft² former factory site, which also ...
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TNT UK makes managers redundant after group profit dips
TNT UK is restructuring its operations and sales divisions in a management shake-up that will see up to 15 redundancies.The company said it is reviewing management roles and introducing new positions that are more suitable to the way it currently operates.A spokeswoman said there will be no change in the ...
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Union to decide on Royal Mail strike ballot this week
Royal Mail has called the threat of strike action by members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) “harmful”, ahead of the union’s meeting this week to decide whether a ballot should be held.The union, which last month rejected the operator’s offer of an 8.6% increase in pay over three-years, will ...
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London Gateway will change container haulage says Pentalver boss
The MD of one of the largest container hauliers in the UK has warned that the pattern of business in the sector will “change dramatically” over the next 12 months when the London Gateway opens at the end of the year.Speaking as the haulier unveiled a 6.5% year-on-year increase in ...
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Wincanton positive about this financial year, despite container volume fall
Wincanton’s commercial vehicle maintenance division, Pullman Fleet Services, has performed well in the first quarter of the current financial year, its parent has said.In its interim management statement, published on Friday (26 July), Wincanton said it has a “good pipeline” of opportunities for Pullman.It added that there has been no ...