Operator News

Irn-Bru drivers go on strike over ‘penny-pinching pay cut’

 
Irn-Bru producer AG Barr said it believed it had made a fair and competitive pay offer to its drivers and so it was “disappointed” that 11 have now gone out on strike at its Cumbernauld depot. It added that contingency plans were in place to avo…

New Topaz Volvo order a real gem

 
Topaz Transport has taken on a brand new Volvo FH 540 Globetrotter XL 6×2 tractor unit, continuing a relationship with the marque that is as old as the Carlow company. The new truck joins a 32-strong fleet, of which 28 vehicles are already suppl…

DP World opens largest UK music and video distribution warehouse

 
Supply chain solutions giant DP World is to open the UK’s largest distribution warehouse for physical music and video this month in partnership with Utopia Distribution Services (UDS). Located in Bicester, Oxfordshire, the facility is part of a …

DX opens first of 15 former Tuffnells depots

 
Parcel freight firm DX has opened a new depot in Newport, Wales – the first of 15 former Tuffnells Express depots to be brought back into operation, after DX took them over in the wake of rival Tuffnell’s collapse in June. The 15,800sq ft facili…