All Operator news articles – Page 344
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City Link launches international packet delivery service
City Link is launching two new cross-border packet delivery services as it continues with its plans to become a ‘one stop shop’ for customers.Its untracked service, called Citypack Worldwide, is available now, while a tracked packet service will be launched later in the summer.Both will be powered by Belgium’s bpost ...
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Ceva: first quarter turnover fall is 'disappointing'
Turnover at Ceva Logistics fell 6% in the first three months of 2013, while its profit halved as the company continued with its cost reduction measures.Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) fell to €31m (£26m), compared to €66m in the first quarter of 2012.Global turnover fell to ...
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Royal Mail recovery continues with profit and turnover both up
Price increases and a rise in parcel volumes have contributed to Royal Mail Group’s continuing rise in annual profit and turnover, the firm said today.Its UK parcels, international and letters (UKPIL) division, which encompasses its Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide brands, saw year-on-year EBITDA before transformation costs jump 45% to ...
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Marks & Spencer streamlines its logistics roadmap
Marks & Spencer now believes three rather than four DCs will serve its future needs, as it continues the transformation of its supply chain to match consumers’ changing shopping patterns.In its full year results released today, the retailer said that to fulfil its multi-channel ambitions, including meeting the demands of ...
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MT ArticleXDP Express upgrades to offer its most detailed delivery-time information yet
Parcel carrier XDP Express is now offering customers its most specific delivery time information to date, after introducing new route planning software into its operation for the first time.The company, which has a network of 60 franchised depots across the UK, is now able to offer customers an estimated time ...
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Morrisons signs deal with Ocado to offer home delivery
Morrisons has signed a 25-year deal with Ocado to enable it to develop its online grocery home delivery business, using its logistics and technology operations along with a fleet of Morrisons-liveried vehicles.The supermarket will take on half of Ocado’s warehouse in Dordon, Warwickshire. It will also invest £46m in expanding ...
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Optima joins Fortec pallet network
Manchester-based Optima Logistics has joined the Fortec pallet network, for which it will cover the Oldham and Bolton areas. Optima, which transports a range of ambient goods throughout Europe including food products in the UK and camping furniture, kitchenware and bedding in France, operates from a 90,000ft² warehouse in Manchester ...
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MT ArticleSteve Porter Transport updates fleet
Steve Porter TransportIsle of Wight haulier Steve Porter Transport has spent £750,000 on 40 new trailers.The renewed trailer fleet, which has been purchased on a replacement basis, will operate out of the firm’s Isle of Wight and Portsmouth and Southampton depots.The company, which entered into a load and resource-sharing partnership ...
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Trading conditions remain tough at Boughey
NWF Group, which owns Nantwich-based food logistics firm Boughey Distribution, has said its performance during the current financial year will be “significantly ahead of current market expectations”. In a statement issued on 16 May, the feed, food and fuel distribution business said trading in the winter and early spring months ...
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Stobart shakes off turbulent year with turnover and profit gains
Stobart Group has shaken off a tough start to the year by revealing a 7.2% improvement in the profitability of its transport operations, and a 13% leap in turnover driven by the addition of Autologic.For the 12 months ending 28 February 2013 turnover at Eddie Stobart rose to £517.1m, compared ...
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Panther launches delivery service for lighter goods after increased demand
Two-man delivery firm Panther has extended its range of delivery services to cover lighter large goods, as well as opening two new depots, following a surge in business over the last 12 months.The company said it has won £35m in new business over the last year due to customers seeing ...
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MT ArticleCM Downton orders 180 trailers from Cartwright
CM Downton has 0rdered 180 Cartwright trailers to service existing business and provide additional capacity for growth.The order consists of double-deck and hydraulic deck trailers, including longer-length and aerodynamic versions.Rob Emery, director at CM Downton, said: “We’re increasingly requiring larger and more flexible fleets to meet customers’ needs, and help ...
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MT ArticlePotter Logistics trials new Hybrids in York
Potter Logistics has bought two Fuso Canter Hybrids.Yorkshire-based Potter Logistics is the first third-party UK logistics company to purchase the 7.5 tonne Fuso Eco Canter Hybrid. Potter has bought two of the diesel-electric vehicles for its Palletline operations in and around York city centre.Nick Brightey, general manager of Potter Logistics’ ...
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Howard Tenens advances north
Howard Tenens has acquired a new warehouse in Cheshire as part of its continued expansion into the North of England.The Gloucester-based operator is leasing a 177,000 ft² warehouse on Winsford Industrial Estate near Crewe, as part of the firm's plans to expand its operations northwards within the next five years. ...
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Royal Mail to expand south Wales Parcelforce depot
Royal Mail has been granted permission to extend its Parcelforce depot in Newport, south Wales, as part of a multi-million pound investment in its parcels business.The expansion forms part of a £75m investment in expanding its network of hubs and depots in its express parcels division, and will see Parcelforce ...
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MT ArticleSimarco granted accreditation to allow faster customs clearance
Simarco has been granted authorised economic operator (AEO) status, after seeing an increase in import and export volumes this year.The accreditation is awarded by HMRC to companies with trusted security operations, allowing goods to be moved quickly and more efficiently through customs.Simarco said securing the status had allowed it to ...
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Yodel site raided by immigration officers
Parcels distribution firm Yodel says it is working with immigration officials following a raid at one of its depots in Surrey last Friday (3 May) that resulted in the arrest of 10 men working there. Acting on a tip-off, some 40 Home Office immigration officers took part in the operation ...
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Nightfreight to be rebranded
The Nightfreight name will disappear from UK roads as its parent company, DX Group, revealed its fleet will be re-liveried as it strengthens the acquisition it made last year.It has also emerged that Nightfreight contributed £300,000 of EBITDA to DX in its first 15 weeks under new ownership, albeit during ...
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DPD plans new East Midlands hub to increase capacity by 65%
DPD hopes to build a £100m parcel hub in the East Midlands, increasing its overall capacity by 65%.The firm is currently in the process of obtaining planning permission to develop the purpose-built 330,000 ft² hub in Hinckley, Leicestershire, which it hopes will be fully operational in 2015.The development forms part ...
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Coca-Cola Enterprises axes store delivery operation
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has axed its direct-to-store delivery operation, as itlooks for a more efficient way to distribute its products.Announced last month, the own-account operator proposes to partner with wholesalers for its remaining direct-delivery customers, as it expects they will continue to choose “alternative” delivery arrangements.The changes will affect CCE’s ...