Four-fold increase in profits for Keswick Enterprises
Keswick Enterprises, the group chaired by John Harvey, made an operating profit £984,000 last year, up from £241,000 the year before, while turnover was up marginally to £35.5m.
Keswick Enterprises, the group chaired by John Harvey, made an operating profit £984,000 last year, up from £241,000 the year before, while turnover was up marginally to £35.5m.
DFDS has cut its growth forecast for the year by four percentage points, blaming uncertainty over Brexit which it says is currently reducing UK trade and visibility.
Waberer’s, the giant Hungarian logistics operator, has blame a 6.4 per cent sales fall on lower volumes in the aftermath of the end-March Brexit date, which offset growth in the rest of the business.
Arco, the supplier of safety equipment and services, has renewed its less-than-truckload distribution contract with XPO Logistics.
Lucozade Ribena Suntory and marketing firm TRO have chosen Fresh Logistics to assist with the launch of a range of fruit infused water products, named Ribena Frusion.
DSV says it has now received acceptances for 97.98 per cent of Panalpina’s shares in its takeover bid for the company.
Archis Scaffolding has awarded a £5 million contract to Apex Logistics Solutions, for storage and distribution of scaffolding equipment over the next five years.
DHL Supply Chain is investing £90 million to put more than 1,000 new vehicles on the road in 2019 to support the growth of a number of networks.
A third of logistics companies reckon they will make an acquisition in the next 12 months, a survey by accountants BDO has found.
Restructuring costs in DHL Supply Chain held back Deutsche Post DHL’s growth in operating profit in the second quarter, which was up 2.9 per cent at €769 million, the group said in its quarterly results.