All Operator news articles – Page 63
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Greene King plays down impact of strike action as pay row continues
Greene King has paid tribute to its brewing and distribution teams and said their hard work had helped cancel out any impact from a pay dispute among union workers, which has now escalated into strike action.Three days of industrial action commenced on 21 December and a further four days are ...
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Wincanton secures extension to Neal's Yard contract
Wincanton Group has won an extension to its fulfilment and distribution partnership with Neal’s Yard Remedies, aided by its robotics offering, eco-friendly facility and value-added services.Orders will be distributed from Wincanton's carbon neutral Cygnia facility in Northampton and will include the provision of value-added services, such as a bespoke gifting ...
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Xpediator mulls bid from founder Stephen Blyth
Xpediator's mamagement looks set to accept an acquisition bid from a consortium led by the company's founder Stephen Blyth, who resigned from Xpediator earlier this year.In a statement released today, the company said that it was "minded" to recommend the bid - for an undisclosed sum - to its shareholders.The ...
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Deutsche Bahn shunts DB Schenker sale one step closer
Deutsche Bahn AG has moved one step closer to selling DB Schenker, opening the door to a possible bid by DSV Panalpina, which announced last year it is interested in acquiring the business.The German rail group said this week that it has instructed its management board to examine and prepare ...
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Rapid growth prompts Chiltern Cold Storage to rebrand as J S Davidson
Chiltern Cold Storage has rebranded as JS Davidson, taking the name of the company's managing director John Davidson, following a major investment programme, rising demand for its services and a spate of major contract wins.Under its new moniker the business, which has operating licences for ten trucks and ten trailers, ...
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HSH Coldstores to buy ACS&T in £16.5m deal
Associated Cold Stores and Transport (ACS&T) is to be acquired by HSH Coldstores for £16.5m in cash.The deal, which is expected to close on 10 January 2023, will boost HSH Coldstores presence in the UK and see it add ACS&T’s sites in Grimsby, Tewkesbury, and Wolverhampton to its portfolio.The company ...
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AGI Global Logistics opens offices in Cheadle and Winchester
AGI Global Logistics has opened two new offices in Cheadle and Winchester, taking its total number of offices to 18. The opening of the two offices allows the company to increase its geographical reach in the North West and South of England.AGI Global Logistics offers freight transportation and storage services, ...
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ArrowXL lands delivery deal with Ebac
Two person home delivery specialist ArrowXL has won a contract to deliver washing machines to households across the UK after impressing British manufacturer Ebac with its customer service.Under the contract ArrowXL will offer Ebac's customers a six day per week diary service and will be able to nominate a convenient ...
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EV Cargo reports surge in 2021 profits as net zero strategy gathers pace
EV Cargo said revenues sailed past £1bn last year, an increase of 70.5% for the global freight forwarding firm.Announcing its full year results for 2021, the company said gross profit had increased by 47.1% to £144.5m and pre-tax profit rose from £6m in 2020 to £35.6m last year.EV Cargo added ...
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Palletways profits slip but turnover edges higher
Turnover at Palletways has increased by 4.1% to £230m, but the largest UK pallet network also saw a reduction in profit to £21.7m, new figures showed.During the year ending 30 June 2022, the network said volumes had fallen slightly as it experienced a full financial year of no significant Covid-19 ...
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Aztek Logistics hits FORS gold standard for sixth year running
Aztec Logistics has secured a gold standard FORS award for safety and environmental best practice in the supply chain for the sixth year running.The Letchworth transport firm said the gold award was seen as increasingly significant in many sectors, including the construction industry where it works with customers involved in ...
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SCH signs lease deal to extend Port of Liverpool storage and transporter park
Logistics firm SCH has agreed a multi-year lease with Peel Ports Group as part of an expansion of a car storage and transporter park at the Port of Liverpool.The facility will increase in size from eight to 10 acres to deal with growing demand for the processing of vehicles at ...
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ArrowXL in delivery deal with Premium Christmas Trees
ArrowXL is working with Premium Christmas Trees (PCT) to help deliver over 1,000 trees per week for the festive period.Utilising ArrowXL’s 48-hour delivery service, customers can select a nominated delivery day and will receive the standard room of choice service.Christmas trees are an unusual product type and ArrowXL said its ...
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Lloyd Fraser Holdings reports slump in profits despite healthy turnover
3PL Lloyd Fraser Holdings saw turnover rise to £44m in the year ending 28 February 2022, a 20.6% increase on the previous year.The company said it had performed well in a challenging market and attributed the increase to its fashion logistics seeing a positive recovery as the country exited pandemic-related ...
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Port of Felixstowe workers accept 8.5% pay rise but wider dispute continues
Port workers at Felixstowe have voted to accept a new pay deal from the container port, bringing to an end a dispute that began in the summer.The port said over 90% of workers agreed a pay increase of 8.5%, plus £1,000 to be paid in January.Robert Ashton, COO at the ...
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MNS Developments adds two Fruehauf tippers to fleet
Huntingdon-based haulage firm MNS Developments has added two new sloper smoothsider tippers to its fleet after landing a new contract transporting sugar beet.The family-run firm is also using the trailers, together with two similar 2013 models, to transport wheat, beans and grain from farms to processing plants.As part of ...
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DX Group opens new parcels depot in Plymouth
Parcel, fright and logistics firm DX has opened a new depot in Plymouth - the fourth of eight planned over the next six months.The new depot, due to be opened by the summer of 2023, will be predominantly dedicated to the group’s parcels activity, supporting the growth of the DX ...
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Kinaxia choses Nulogy to help future-proof contract packing business
Kinaxia Logistics is working with cloud-based supply chain software solutions provider Nulogy to future- proof its contract packing business Kinaxia Logistics & Fulfilment.Nulogy's brief is to provide contract packing software which enhances the efficiency and scalability of Kinaxia's co-packing business, which was formerly known as AKW Global Warehousing.Kinaxia Loghistics expanded ...
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Latvian haulier Kreiss targets UK with acquisition of C Neil Dowson
Latvian transport and logistics giant Kreiss has acquired Humber haulier C Neil Dowson as part of wider plans to expand into the UK market.C Neil Dowson, which was founded in 1990 by Neil and Julie Dowson, provides haulage services throughout the UK from its headquarters near Immingham Docks.The family firm ...
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ArrowXL workers stage protest at Logistics UK showpiece awards
Employees of ArrowXL protested outside Logistics UK’s annual awards ceremony in London last night in an ongoing row over pay.The members of the Unite union held up a banner saying: ‘ArrowXL Time to Deliver Fair Pay’ outside the Park Plaza Hotel on Westminster Bridge Road.Around 350 members of the union ...