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next (calenar) year they''ll celebrate their 90th anniversary and I'm pretty sure they'll resume ivi payments by then.THe new CEO must have an interest in the resumption of divis,too.
on nov3rd we''ll know more .I hope the pullman problem has been at least partially resolved and it's about time they resume div payments.
I know that you are right..IN their career propositions they boast of a prestigious B&Q business win.I suppose that they'' announce with great fanfare when they hold theirAGM
Thanks for this most valuable piece of information.I wonder why they don't publish it on their website.HAve they got the necessary staff to handle such big contracts ?
I would like to ask him why he bought into the company if he thinks that it is that badly run.I would never buy into a company which I deem to be badly run and imo neither would he if he is in his right mind
I think the results of the last few years speak for themselves.How do you know that the company is mismanaged.Have you got any management experience.
Tey said they wouldn't pay a divi for 14/15 but as it will be their 90th anniversary next year I am pretty sure that the will finally resume divi payments.
In a sector which is chronically understaffed employees need not fear an acquisition.Being part of a strong company is an advantage for most stakeholders (a number of hauliers have gone bust recently because they were not well capitalized.This is a capital-intensive sector)
XPO has bought ND and the CEO has said on Bloomberg that they are on the lookout for further acquisions in Europe.This is potentially good news for WIN
Have you been briefed officially.i.e. notice board or by word of mouth
good news has been in short supply recently.Let's hope the sh reverses its negative trend.In view of the shortage of drivers the loss of the transport planning contract is perhaps not such bad news after all.
Thanks for your exhaustive comments.One more question:is the situation improving after the pay rises?I hope they can roll over most of these higher costs.After all their customers cannot expect to benefit from lower fuel prices and not accept the cost increases.I was sure that Eric would turn around the company on the back of the employees and the shareholders and then leave for a bigger company (I thought he would go to panalpina or Kühne & nagel.)I hope that the suffering of the shareholders will come to an end in the not so distant future.
because there are not enough drivers on the market.Nobody could foresee such a strong utick of the uk economy.By the way wages for drivers are higher in GB than on the continent.moreover, EU regulations exacerbated the problem,as always T
I think they have already raised wages.Do the competitors really offer higher wages and/or better working conditions
HOW can they win business if they have no drivers and no technicians (Pullman).moreover,I fear that costs have risen dramatically and can't be rolled over.THE only reassurung news was the trading statement but perhaps the pension deficit will spring anegative surprise.
something must be wrong with pullman.It seems to me next to impossible that they Need such a large number of new employees as a result of increased Business activity.Does anyone know anything?
I beg to disagree with you - although I hope you were right-as they are looking for 4 Depot Managers at existing Depots.Either the former Managers were not qualified for the job-which is bad-or the Managers were dissatisfied with their Jobs -which is equally bad.Perhaps the lavendon Drivers aren't happy with thei new employer either.Anyway this bodes ill imo.
the number Job offers especially for pullman and ex-lavendon is becoming increasingly worrying.Are emplyees leaving the Company in droves?
I think there are lingering fears that wages have gone up too fast as a consequence of a driver shortage.The pay rise could have been kept in check if they hadn'T PASSED ON LOWER FUEL COSTS:aLL THE BENEFITS SEEM TO BE FOR THE CUSTOMERS:AFTER ALL THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT MARGIN PRESSURE IN THE PULLMAN DIVISION AND i FEAR THAT THE PROBLEM WILL SPREAD TO THE OTHER DIVISIONS TOO
as most of the debt is in dollars the balance sheet will further deteriorate.the wide discrepency between the broker recommendations reflects the difficulties to assess the prospects of the company.Ido,however,agree the the oil price is a boon for the company.