All Operator news articles – Page 336
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Stobart banks £25m from property sale
Stobart Group has said a £25m windfall generated by a property sale this month will be held in cash pending reinvestment or used to repay debt. The windfall results from the sale by Stobart’s estates division of an investment property at Admiral Retail Park, in Eastbourne, which the firm took ...
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MT ArticlePremier Logistics adds New Actros units to fleet
New Actros units for Premier Logistics from MertruxLeicester-based Premier Logistics has bought five New Actros units with BigSpace cabs from its local branch of Midlands Mercedes-Benz dealer Mertrux. The additions are to keep pace with business growth and will take its fleet size close to 90 trucks.Last month, the company ...
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MT ArticleDHL and Unite settle Jaguar Land Rover pay row
Unite and DHL have settled their pay dispute at Jaguar Land RoverDHL Supply Chain has come to a pay settlement with union Unite at Jaguar Land Rover following a dispute that had lasted two months.Staff at DHL voted for industrial action at Jaguar Land Rover’s plants in Castle Bromwich, Solihull ...
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Palletline on course to launch direct trunking service from 2014
Palletline is on course to launch a direct trunking service from January 2014, a move that its MD Kevin Buchanan believes has the potential to evolve the decades-old pallet network model.Palletline is in its second pilot phase of the scheme. Buchanan told MT that while there were obstacles, not least ...
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MT ArticleNightline restructures to handle volume growth
Nightline is to restructure in a move that will see the creation of three different divisions at the firm, which has sites in Dublin, Belfast and Chorley, Lancashire.Its parcels business, Nightline Delivers, will remain as one of divisions, incorporating its Eirpost and Parcel Motel subsidiaries.However they will be joined by ...
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Seven day strike at City Link called off
The RMT union has called off a week-long strike at City Link after the parcel carrier applied for an injunction at the High Court.Nearly 800 staff had planned to strike for seven days beginning Tuesday 24 September over pay, conditions and alleged changes to contracts, following a ballot which closed ...
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Unite claims overtime ban will stifle KNDL strike recovery
Union Unite has claimed the real impact of recent industrial action at Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) has yet to be felt, as an indefinite ban on overtime restricts the logistics firm’s ability to recover from the 24-hour strike held on 11 September. A spokesman for Unite told Motortransport.co.uk ...
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MT ArticleJohn G Russell invests more in Renfrewshire
Hillington-based John G Russell (Transport) is to beef up its participation in the Invest in Renfrewshire scheme, a council initiative to help tackle local youth unemployment and support business growth. The scheme, set up in June 2012, aims to build partnerships with local firms who want to make an investment ...
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Poundland to develop Hoddesdon DC to replace DHL-operated site
Retailer Poundland has been given the green light to develop a 350,000ft² DC in Harlow to replace the DHL-operated Hoddesdon site.The DC is due for completion in 2014 and will replace its current temporary site in Hoddesdon, Herefordshire, where all transport operations for the South East are currently being overseen ...
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DHL Bristol and Bath consolidation centre recruits 115 customers
DHL Supply Chain has said recruiting some 115 retailers and businesses into its Bristol and Bath consolidation centre has “surpassed its expectations”.The Avonmouth-based hub, was launched in May 2004 with the backing of Bristol City Council. Its aim was to reduce pollution and congestion in both city centres. In ...
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TNT Post to challenge Royal Mail tax exemption
TNT Post is to go to court next month to challenge rival Royal Mail’s tax exemption status as the universal service provider, just as the state-owed post and parcel carrier prepares for its floatation.TNT Post believes that Royal Mail should not have a 20% advantage over other parcel carriers if ...
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MT ArticleWincanton makes first London Gateway collections
Wincanton has become the first haulier to move containers off the quay at London Gateway, despite the port not officially being open for business.The 10,000 TEU ship ZIM Rotterdam docked at Britain’s newest container port last week, even though it is not scheduled to be fully operational until November. The ...
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Abbey Logistics seeks backload partners
Abbey Logistics is seeking backload partners for its rapidly expanding general palletised freight division.“We’ve got a lot of volume going out in the north-west now across the whole of the UK, and where we’ve struggled is trying to get quality backloads from areas like London, the south-west and Scotland,” Abbey ...
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DSV acquires freight forwarder SBS Worldwide
DSV has acquired Dartford-based freight forwarder SBS Worldwide Holdings for an undisclosed sum.The company has taken on SBS’s seven offices, four of which are in the United States, which DSV hopes will extend its presence in the US market.DSV Air and Sea managing director Michael Hansen said: “We already have ...
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MT ArticleProperty revaluation wrecks otherwise 'best ever' year at Expect
A property revaluation was responsible for scuppering the bottom line at Bradford-based Expect Distribution in the year to the end of November 2012.It was enough to turn the previous year’s profit before tax of £432,500 into a loss of more than £943,700, despite a 14% rise in turnover from £15.8m ...
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Unite calls for urgent talks with M&S
Union Unite has written to Marks & Spencer to demand urgent talks with the retailer over its ongoing distribution network restructuring. The union says almost 300 workers are “concerned about their future” at three sites in Belfast, Glasgow and Enfield. This is as a result of the recent opening of ...
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KNDL and Unite still at odds over drinks distribution
Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics has said no further meetings are scheduled with Unite despite the 24-hour strike carried out by the union’s members at a number of KNDL sites this week. The strike, which began at 10am on Wednesday 11 September and affected 29 depots, followed a ...
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MT ArticleRoyal Mail sale to begin in the next few weeks
The government has confirmed it will sell shares in Royal Mail on the London Stock Exchange in the next few weeks.The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) said it intends to sell the majority of its share in the post and parcel operator, but the size of the stake ...
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MT ArticleSPAR owner AF Blakemore goes dynamic with Paragon
Grocery distributor AF Blakemore Logistics has slashed one million road km and reduced its fleet size by 10% by installing a dynamic routing and scheduling system from Paragon.The logistics business is part of the AF Blakemore & Sons group, which owns the SPAR convenience store brand, and delivers food products ...
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Yodel launches its first small business and consumer collection service
Yodel has launched its first collection and delivery service aimed at small businesses and consumers to meet demand.The service, called YodelDirect, will offer SMEs and consumers the opportunity to arrange for a courier to pick up their parcel from their home or office for delivery across the UK.Previously collection and ...