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Frost Transport celebrates its second birthday

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Technologistics acquires APC Edinburgh

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Review 24 Nissan X-Trail Returnloads.net 28 30 32 34 36 38 42 44 46

Returnloads.net Amaryllis Limited Baker and Son D & K Transport Solutions Ltd Expert Group Frost Transport Solutions Nell’s Haulage Ruddle Transport SCS Logistics

Demolition 48 Thompsons of Prudhoe Distribution 50 Fox’s Biscuits 54 Stressline Logistics 56 A.W. Baxter 58 Dooley Rumble 60 Technologistics

Invests nearly 1 million pounds in its excavator fleet 84

Road Haulage 64 66 68 70 74 76 78 80

C & S Transport Ltd DGG Transport Herdman Haulage Ian Robinson Transport R. Cox Haulage R Jameson Simpson Bros T C Transport

Specialist 82 84 88 92

Scrap metal specialist sets the industry standard

Alexanders Removals M & J Plant and Transport Mac Surfacing Transport Training Academy

Waste & Recycling 94 J Davison Broadheath ltd

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We at Transport Monthly would like to welcome you to a brand new year. Last year we were horrified at the devastating crisis in Calais, which resulted in the deaths of many fleeing immigrants and the loss of hundreds and thousands of pounds of goods and equipment. This crisis is still ongoing and we hope that it will be resolved quickly this year.

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Keltruck Nottingham’s Top Team prove themselves as Europe’s finest A team of four Technicians and a Parts Specialist have proved themselves to be the best in Europe by securing second place at this year’s Scania global Top Team competition. Pipped to the post in a nail-biting finale by New Zealand, the Keltruck Nottingham team (aka the Robin Hoods) and their depot are now 30,000 Euros richer as a result oftheir endeavours.

“In a competition which initially saw some 8,000 Scania Technicians and Parts Professionals from 70 countries take part, it is hard to overstate the success and achievement of the Keltruck Nottingham team,” says John Wainwright, Scania Top Team Project Leader for the UK. “Not only are they the five top Scania aftersales professionals in Europe, they can also justly claim to be among the ten best worldwide. On behalf of the entire Scania UK organisation, I congratulate them wholeheartedly for a fantastic performance.”

The Top Team journey for the Robin Hoods began with the British arm of the competition which saw teams from 67Scania UK network locations participate. After winning the UK Final the team progressed to the Western and Southern European Regional Final, where they once again triumphed, booking themselves in the process a place at the World Final.

Held at Scania’s headquarters in Södertälje, Sweden on 3-4 December, 12 teams from around the world came together to compete for the ultimate title of Scania Top Team 2015.

A series of five practical and one theory tests on day one resulted in eight teams being knocked out, leaving just the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Brazil to battle it out for the top spot on day two.

The grand finale was a high pressure affair. Staged in public before an audience of Top Team entrants, organisers and VIPs, the event was transmitted worldwide via a live webcast. In a tense series of exercises against the clock, first Australia then Brazil were eliminated, leaving the UK and New Zealand to battle it out for overall victory. The final trial, which involved the analysis and execution of a complex electrical task on a truck, saw New Zealand snatch victory by the most slender of margins.

Scania Top Team is designed to further uplift service levels at Scania workshops around the world by encouraging staff development and training. In the case of the Robin Hoods from Keltruck Nottingham, a total of more than 80 man-days The Keltruck Nottingham Robin Hoods of training has been put in by the team since winning the UK The five members of the UK’s 2015 winning Top Team are: Final.

“The efforts of the Robin Hoods has certainly been · Craig Waller Team Leader & Foreman at Keltruck Nottingham rewarded, as their prize is split 70 percent between the · Rob Warnes Foreman, Keltruck Nottingham depot, which will now spend the money on training and · Rob Farmer Assistant Foreman, Keltruck Nottingham workshop equipment, and the individual team members, · Richard Baker Assistant Foreman, Keltruck Nottingham who share 30 percent between themselves personally,” says · Paul Morris Parts Supervisor, Keltruck Nottingham John Wainwright. “But the real winners in all of this are our customers who benefit from the additional knowledge Supported by: and expertise gained byevery member of the global Scania · Tony Smeed Team Coordinator family competing in this year’s Scania Top Team event.” · Graham Page Team Coach

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Dealer support key as F J Need expands fleet to serve new factory

In addition to completing a new 7,600 square metre (25,000 square foot) factory at its Spinneyfields Farm site in Nantwich, Cheshire, cheese production experts F. J. Need (Foods) Ltd., has expanded the company’s fleet of Volvo FH tractor units.

The capacity of the 100% Volvo fleet has been strengthened with the acquisition of six new Globetrotter cabbed FH-500 6x2 tractor units in 2015. F J Need (Foods) Ltd has operated Volvo trucks since 2006, all of them supplied by Thomas Hardie Commercials at Middlewich.

The opening of the new factory in July, an £5 million investment, doubled the size of the company’s manufacturing facility and created the requirement for an additional artic to ensure the maintenance of the family-owned firm’s very high customer service levels, in line with the on-going growth in the business. The fleet now stands at seven trucks.

Top class back-up from Thomas Hardie Commercials at Middlewich, was the main reason cited by FJ Need (Foods) Ltd.’s Transport Manager Simon Platt for the company’s

decision to acquire more new Volvos in 2015. “We are a very image conscious company and the Volvo trucks are an integral part of our business. They are all on Gold R&M contracts with Thomas Hardie at Middlewich. Back-up from Thomas Hardie is excellent. They collect the trucks for servicing and inspections on Friday afternoons and deliver them back on Saturday morning.”

Simon Platt explains that the company is now using Dynafleet telematics and he is impressed with the app. “We’ve been using Dynafleet across the fleet for three months for tracking, managing fuel and AdBlue usage straight from the truck and also helping manage drivers’ hours in relation to WTD requirements.

There is a live feed from the tachos and we access a breakdown of logged in hours. Dynafleet is a very useful aid to maintaining compliance and has also helped with our insurance premium.”

The Volvos are coupled to Krone Duoplex Cool Liner trailers with Carrier Vector 1550 fridge motors. Three of the trailers are also new additions to the fleet.

New faces in the MAN Truck & Bus UK sales department Welcome for new employees who bring a wealth of experience.

Two new starters have joined the MAN Truck & Bus UK sales department bringing a wealth of experience with them.

Dave Gillott has joined the company as Regional Sales Manager for the South East. He has more than 23 years’ experience in commercial vehicles sales and sales management and has worked for Lex Transfleet, Fraikin, Prohire, Howa and Renault Trucks.

Dave, who is married with four children, lists old cars and motorbikes as his hobbies.

At the same time, Stuart Beeton, who is married with two

children, has also joined the company as Regional Sales Manager for the South West. He joins the company from Iveco and comes with a wide knowledge of customer and sales management experience.

Mark Roberson, Head of Truck Sales South, said: “It gives me great pleasure to welcome Dave and Stuart to the team. A New Year always offers a fresh start and we feel 2016 will be an exciting time with these two gentlemen on the team, as they have brought a wealth of ideas and experience to the company.”

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Eagle International Group soars with Renault Trucks’ Masters

Leading global supplier of ambulance and specialist vehicles, Eagle International Group, has purchased a number of Renault Trucks Master L3H2 125.35 panel vans. Supplied by Renault Trucks’ approved dealer, Sparks Commercials Southampton, the Masters have been converted to Eagle International’s exacting ambulance specifications, with Whole Vehicle Type Approval, for healthcare markets in the UK and worldwide.

Every Eagle International ambulance conversion is manufactured using the latest design technology and innovative materials to provide the perfect working environment, so when it comes to vehicle selection, the attention to type, quality and build layout detail is very important.

Jonathan Munro Ford, Eagle International’s Managing Director states: “We prefer the build quality of the Master van, it is a very durable base vehicle for our conversions, with little touches making the difference. The cab is ergonomically-designed, so it’s comfortable and easy to drive, ad this means that the crews suffer from less fatigue during their working shift.”

Jonathan continues: “In addition, the Renault Trucks team has been great throughout, with expert support from their technical and homologations teams, as well as helping us to keep our logistics costs down by shipping direct to our manufacturing facility in Ourense, Spain. Business is buoyant, so the Renault Trucks’ lead time of just 8 weeks, and the fact that we have stock vehicles sitting in our factory, ready for conversion, is good for us, too.”

A number of the Masters have been converted to Eagle International’s front line A&E specification, with full blue-

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light and siren system, painted Ambulance yellow with diamond-grade retro reflective livery. Internally, the Master van A&E ambulances are spacious, offering a functional environment with flexible storage space to accommodate a vast array of emergency life-saving equipment.

Eagle International has also recently converted a number of high quality Patient Transport Vehicles. A mix of right and left hand vehicles, these ambulances are already out in service with customers in both the UK and abroad.

A good relationship with their local vehicle dealer is essential for Eagle International. Jonathan says: “Sparks is our dealer of choice. They’re good to deal with and the superior back-up service support from the Renault Trucks commercial vehicle dealer network is more geared up to work with our business.”

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2016 FTA Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards are open for entry Female stars in Transport urged to enter today to share success The women driving the UK’s transport and logistics sector are being encouraged to enter the 2016 FTA everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards, which launches today. This is the ninth year of this prestigious programme, which celebrates the women who really stand out – whether they are warehouse managers, train or lorry drivers, senior directors, or schoolleavers just setting out on their path to career success.

The UK logistics industry is worth a staggering £74.45billion to the UK economy, and employs around 2.2 million people in over 196,000 companies. This means around 1 in 12 working

people in the UK are employed in logistics*. With investment in the UK’s railway and airport infrastructure predicted to almost double over the decade to 2025**, this is an industry offering broad and diverse employment opportunities. These awards showcase the many roles women are succeeding in whether working hands-on in freight, air, rail or road, or office-based roles that include customer service, transport management, IT, marketing or planning. The sector has something for everyone – whether people favour what a large business offers, or prefer to work within a small and medium sized enterprise.

The awards are free to enter and nominations are open until 1 February 2016 with the industry’s role models sought in the following categories:

Maxine Benson MBE, co-founder of everywoman, comments, “The industry is growing at a phenomenal rate, and needs more workers to be attracted to the fastpaced, diverse and exciting environment it offers. These awards are all about championing the women who are already succeeding, enjoying rapid career progression, job satisfaction and new challenges every day. These are the role models who can change the public image of the industry and in doing so ensure more smart, ambitious women bring their talents to it.”

David Wells, chief executive of the FTA adds: “The Freight Transport Association is proud to once again be the Title Partner of the prestigious FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards 2016. Women are essential in every aspect of the UK logistics and supply chains – from drivers and warehouse staff, to transport managers and managing directors. It is essential that the logistics industry is able to access a wide talent pool, to meet its need for good quality staff at every level. The FTA everywoman Awards encourages forward-thinking companies that are committed to introducing diversity to the freight industry, and showcases how women can make a career in transport a successful and fulfilling one.”

• Rising Star of the Year Award Awarded to a woman aged under 30 who is excelling in her career.

• Driver of the Year Award Awarded to a woman who is excelling in her role as a driver including HGV, van, motorcycle or passenger transport.

• The Warehousing Award Awarded to a woman who is excelling in her role within a warehousing environment.

• Innovation & Sustainability Award Awarded to a woman who is implementing an innovative operational solution (technologies and processes) that is changing the industry in a positive way.

• Team Leader of the Year Award Awarded to a woman who is leading a team to excel in a way that contributes greatly to the company’s success.

• Leader of the Year Award – sponsored by Asda Awarded to a woman operating in a senior role, contributing to the strategic direction of the business.

• Industry Champion Award Awarded to an individual, male or female, who is an active champion for the industry, playing a vital role in attracting and retaining women in transport and logistics.

The winners will be unveiled at a ceremony on 26 May 2016 at The Hilton Park Lane. For further information please visit www.everywoman.com/tlawards

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Forth Road Bridge closure will have a massive cost impact on Scottish hauliers says RHA

The Road Haulage Association (rhanews) is deeply concerned that the Scottish Government does not seem to fully appreciate the economic impact that the closure of the Forth Road Bridge will have on the haulage industry in Scotland.

“The knock-on effects for hauliers

are already beginning to bite”, said RHA chief executive Richard Burnett (@RHARichardB).

“Although we welcome the dedicated HGV route on the A985, the additional cost to hauliers is immense. The extra cost for a single HGV to replace what is in effect, a 2.5 mile journey with a detour that can amount to approximately a 60 mile round trip will add an extra £30 in fuel costs alone. With an estimated 10,500 HGVs using the Bridge each day, the additional operating costs for the industry will be well in excess of £600,000 per day.

“Already we have had reports from members who have had no alternative but to ask their customers for a rate rise.

A request that has, unsurprisingly, been met with a great deal of resistance.

“In addition to the increase in operating costs, the overall efficiency of the haulage industry in Scotland is already being greatly reduced as a journey that would take 30 minutes can now take up to three hours if the route is congested.”

The RHA welcomes the announcement from the Department for Transport that there is to be to temporary and limited relaxation of drivers’ hours regulations but remains concerned that many operators will be unable to complete their contracts during the course of a normal working day.

“This current state of affairs in unsustainable and we shall be pushing the Scottish government for compensation”, continued Richard Burnett. “Hauliers, already working to tight margins simply cannot absorb these extra costs.

“We need answers. Why, despite regular routine inspections, were these defects not picked up before? And why did they become so serious so quickly?

“The major distribution centres based on the north, Fife side of the River are totally reliant on an efficient, swift transport system. The run-up to Christmas is the busiest time of year for these companies and the system, through no fault of its own, has broken down.

Morrisons Chooses Microlise to Deliver Greater Driver Engagement UK “big four” supermarket Morrisons has deployed a new telematics solution across 545 heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in order to reduce fuel costs and cut carbon emissions.

The new solution, based on Fleet Performance and Journey Management products from telematics platform provider Microlise, has been deployed within six weeks of order including integration to Paragon’s Fleet Controller solution. This has allowed Morrisons to maximise vehicle uptime, improve fuel performance and benefit from real-time visibility of its fleet against schedule.

“Following a competitive tendering process, we opted to deploy the Microlise solution across our fleet.

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stocked. Implementing Microlise helps us to do this in the most cost effective way, whilst limiting our environmental impact,” said Nick McCurtin, Head of Central Logistics at Morrisons.

The Microlise solution includes A-G rating tables to measure drivers’ performance on fuel efficiency. The solution includes the ruggedised Microlise DriveTab tablet, which is also used for 2-way messaging, vehicle checks and in a second phase Morrisons will also use it for manifest management with guided routes for the driver to follow.

“We invest significantly in research and development each year and our product reflects some of the latest research in the field of driver engagement. We have designed the capabilities to make it easy to incentivise positive driving behaviour.

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The carrot is always more effective than the stick and we are glad that Morrisons will see the benefits through this deployment,” said Nadeem Raza, Chief Executive Officer, Microlise.

The Journey Management product will give Morrisons stores and transport management staff real-time visibility of vehicles vs plan, alerting stores to an incoming arrival and allowing management to maximise fleet utilisation.

The selection of Microlise by Morrisons is the latest in a string of grocery and retail organisations deploying Microlise telematics and delivery solutions in order to continue to improve the customer experience and deliver on brand promises.

For more information about Microlise products, please visit: http://www.microlise.com/products.

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Scottish Communications Group wins major CCTV contract with Caledonian Maritime Assets (CMAL) Scottish Communications Group (SCG), the UK’s leading independent communication equipment specialist, has been awarded a £1.85 million contract by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) for the design and installation of a new CCTV solution at their Clyde and west coast network of 25 harbours, ports and slipways. These range from Largs on the mainland to Tarbert (Harris) in the Western Isles.

The new CCTV system has been designed to improve safety and security for customers, Harbour Operator personnel, contractors and other harbour users, as well as provide RoRo Ferry Masters with live images of local conditions at destination ports. It is expected the significant improvement in the availability and detail of live information accessed remotely by RoRo Ferry Masters will help inform their decision making process and help optimise lifeline ferry service provision across all routes that use CMAL harbours.

SCG has also been awarded full service and maintenance contracts for all sites for a five year term. This

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is the biggest contract won by the communications company since it was founded in 1979.

One of CMAL’s key requirements was for a quality, robust system that could operate within the extreme conditions of the West Coast of Scotland’s marine environment. SCG, through their wealth of experience providing solutions within port and coastal locations, specified an IP HD CCTV solution that fulfilled the detailed CMAL specification requirements.

25 individual systems will be installed by SCG that can be remotely accessed and controlled from CMAL headquarters in Port Glasgow.

Additionally, authorised users can access the system from other remote locations or mobile devices. Installation of the system is due to start in January 2016 and is likely to be completed in early 2017.

Paul Gibson, Scottish Communications Group Managing Director said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this very prestigious contract, one of the largest of its kind in Scotland

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and we look forward to working with CMAL to deliver the latest CCTV technology. Due to the size of the contract, we will be recruiting additional staff, based in the west of Scotland, as well as creating new apprenticeship opportunities.

Our main supply partner, IndigoVision, world leaders in supplying complete IP video security solutions, are also a Scottish company based in Edinburgh.”

David McHardie, CMAL Harbour Master said: “The delivery of this contract will improve the safety of our ports and harbours for all users and the work forms part of our overall programme to improve and upgrade harbours across the network. In particular, the CCTV system is aimed at enhancing the efficiency of lifeline ferry services by providing Ferry Masters with the ability to remotely access live images of their intended destinations to better inform their decision making process. SCG’s proposal demonstrated a high degree of quality in terms of technical capability, innovation and value for money. We look forward to working with SCG.”

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Serviceline transforms field service fleet operations with Maxoptra dynamic scheduling and routing system System automates 90 percent of fleet operational management tasks at catering equipment firm Serviceline, the commercial catering and refrigeration equipment service provider, is transforming its field service operations using the Maxoptra dynamic scheduling and planning system. Serviceline has completed stage one of a project to streamline its operations by providing better visibility of its mobile resources and availability of service engineers’ time.

Serviceline has 120 engineers collectively possessing more than 400 different skill sets. Planning, matching and allocating work to the best qualified service engineer is very challenging, especially when new jobs come in during the day, which continually changes priorities.

“We had this vision of what we wanted the business to achieve.

For us, customer service is key. It’s all about communication, the relationship you build and maintain with your customers. We always had a belief that if we could automate the planning and scheduling process to quickly provide the information our people needed to make the best decisions, then they would have more time to talk to customers,” said Steve Elliott, Managing Director of Serviceline.

“Maxoptra is the embodiment of that concept. It is the first and only dynamic scheduling and planning system that we have found which does that, where there is the programming functionality to take away 90 percent of what our staff had to do manually.”

Elliot continued: “It used to take six months for a new planner or dispatcher to learn fully how to use the two booking systems we used to manage the complexity. Now we have complete visibility of where our engineers are and the status of each job.

This allows us to consider options and make the best routing and planning decisions quickly. Maxoptra is a central part of what we are doing.”

Maxoptra is fully integrated with the existing SaaS telematics platform, to provide a map based real time display of vehicle location, job status and work schedule. Serviceline can now have optimised schedules from Maxoptra sent directly to in-cab terminals, allowing the field engineers to navigate to their jobs and report their progress in real time. The system also highlights variances from plan.

Maxoptra, which is a division of Magenta Technology, is designed to enable fast and efficient decision-making, in realtime, within ever-changing operational environments, particularly service management, distribution and home delivery. As a web-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, Maxoptra is accessible 24/7 from any web browser worldwide.

Don’t Let the Death of a Driver Be the Catalyst for Action at Calais Says RHA For the thousands of hauliers traveling through the Port of Calais on the last leg of the journey towards the UK, their lives are now being put in an untenable situation as a result of the increase in migrant activity.

Road Haulage Association (@RHA) chief executive Richard Burnett (@ RHARichardB), who has just returned from three days at the port and local area, said: “When I visited Calais back in the Summer, I saw for myself the poor conditions in which the migrants were living and spoke to many hauliers about the problems they were experiencing.

But I am absolutely appalled by what I have witnessed in the past few days. For the HGV drivers who want nothing more than to be able to complete their work efficiently and safely, the situation has become a living nightmare.

“I have a spoken to drivers who have been threatened with knives and baseball

bats and to others who have been gassed in their cabs or been physically attacked.

Drivers have had bars thrown through their windscreens and rocks thrown at their trucks from bridges on the approach roads. The UK Government and French authorities cannot get stand back and wait until a driver is killed before strong, effective, action is taken.

“HGV drivers now work in fear as the migrants become much more aggressive - they are totally fearless. The migrant population in the camps has doubled since August and the French authorities estimate that there are now 6,000 migrants in the area at any one time. The desperation of these people has now reached the point whereby they will stop at nothing to cross the Channel by truck with no thought for anyone, certainly not the HGV drivers who are their target.”

The RHA is calling for the UK Government to put pressure on the French

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authorities to increase the security and put the right measures in place to solve the short term risk that drivers are facing and also establish a long term solution to this crisis. Last month the French authorities deployed another 100 police personnel, but this is still not enough to cope with the increasing number of migrants.

Richard Burnett continued: “I am particularly concerned about the changes in the migrant camp itself. The ground is being cleared and footings are being laid to create more permanent structures.

How can this be allowed to happen?

It demonstrates that the migrants are determined to stand firm and remain there until their ultimate objective of reaching the UK is realised.

“This problem will take time to be resolved but the problem of security and safety of HGV drivers who are doing no more than trying to do their job must be addressed as a matter of extreme urgency.”

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Steel haulier MCL Logistics forges lasting relationship with Michelin General and specialist haulier MCL Logistics believes a tyre supply agreement with Michelin paves the way for expansion, after several tyre sets fitted by the manufacturer to a variety of vehicles outperformed a premium rival in terms of durability, longevity and total cost of ownership.

The Newport, Wales-based company is growing rapidly – it has increased its fleet by 65 trucks and 150 trailers over the last three years alone, to a total of 105 trucks and 220 trailers. It signed up to a 100 per cent Michelin policy after being persuaded to switch by the Michelin tyres’ impressive on-road performance, as well as the manufacturer’s “highly proactive” support network.

MCL Logistics Fleet Manager Jordan Pike says: “We used to use another premium brand, then Michelin offered to fit a couple of test sets and we did some trials with a few different types of vehicles.

“We immediately saw that the Michelin tyres lasted much longer, and in the long term, switching to a 100 per cent

policy would work out well for both the company’s operations and for its tyre bill. In some instances the Michelin tyres lasted nearly twice as long as the tyres we had been fitting previously.”

The MCL Logistics fleet primarily runs on Michelin X MultiWay 3D-series tyres, trusting the brand to deliver high performance, a long lifespan, safety and reliability. The X MultiWay 3D tyres also offer improved resistance to accidental shoulder damage, and strong grip, traction and handling in all weather conditions; ideal for MCL Logistics’ diverse workload – and Britain’s unpredictable weather.

Pike adds: “We haul a lot of steel – from steel coil to girders to rebar – into London on a dozen or more runs a day. We have Hiab hire transport, we do automotive part deliveries across Europe and we transport and lay the temporary steel crash barriers you see on the motorways.

“Our fleet is always on the road, there’s never a truck in the yard. When the trucks arrive at their destination there’s usually another driver waiting to jump in and set off again, so we needed a tyre policy

that could match the variety of the work, and the pace of our operations. Because the fleet is so heavily utilised, using a tyre brand that reduces downtime and the threat of a tyre failure is incredibly important.”

MCL Logistics’ tyres are predominantly fitted by ATS Euromaster’s Caldicot centre, although Pike says that the firm’s Cardiff team often assists on busy days: “ATS Euromaster Cardiff comes in and helps out sometimes – we get a great turnaround time, so we’re more than happy with the Michelin support network too,” Pike adds.

Family-run MCL Logistics has been hauling cargoes large and small for 35 years. As well as its Newport base, the company also operates from a depot in Ebbw Vale, South Wales, and a site in the West Midlands.

In 2014, the haulier transported more than 3 million kilometres of emergency motorway crash barriers.

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Caledonian Maritime Assets (CMAL) install major CCTV system at 25 ports and harbours Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has signed a £1.85 million contract with the Scottish Communications Group (SCG), the UK’s leading independent communication equipment specialist, for the design and installation of a new CCTV solution at their Clyde and west coast network of 25 harbours, ports and slipways. These range from Largs on the mainland to Tarbert (Harris) in the Western Isles.

The new CCTV system has been designed to improve safety and security for customers, Harbour Operator personnel, contractors and other harbour users, as well as provide RoRo Ferry Masters with live images of local conditions at destination ports. It is expected the significant improvement in the availability and detail of live information accessed remotely

by RoRo Ferry Masters will help inform their decision making process and help optimise lifeline ferry service provision across all routes that use CMAL harbours.

SCG has also been awarded full service and maintenance contracts for all sites for a five year term. This is the biggest contract won by the communications company since it was founded in 1979.

One of CMAL’s key requirements was for a quality, robust system that could operate within the extreme conditions of the West Coast of Scotland’s marine environment. SCG, through their wealth of experience providing solutions within port and coastal locations, specified an IP HD CCTV solution that fulfilled the detailed CMAL specification requirements.

25 individual systems will be installed by SCG that can be

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remotely accessed and controlled from CMAL headquarters in Port Glasgow. Additionally, authorised users can access the system from other remote locations or mobile devices.

Installation of the system is due to start in January 2016 and is likely to be completed in early 2017.

Paul Gibson, Scottish Communications Group Managing Director said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this very prestigious contract, one of the largest of its kind in Scotland and we look forward to working with CMAL to deliver the latest CCTV technology. Due to the size of the contract, we will be recruiting additional staff, based in the west of Scotland, as well as creating new apprenticeship opportunities. Our main supply partner, IndigoVision, world leaders in supplying complete IP video security solutions, are also a Scottish company based in Edinburgh.”

David McHardie, CMAL Harbour Master said:“The delivery of this contract will improve the safety of our ports and harbours for all users and the work forms part of our overall programme to improve and upgrade harbours across the network. In particular, the CCTV system is aimed at enhancing the efficiency of lifeline ferry services by providing Ferry Masters with the ability to remotely access live images of their intended destinations to better inform their decision making process. SCG’s proposal demonstrated a high degree of quality in terms of technical capability, innovation and value for money. We look forward to working with SCG.”

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New MAN TGM 18.290 is cost effective addition to firm’s fleet.

New vehicle is part of five-strong MAN fleet for WP Metals after transportation review.

After undergoing a major review of its £1 million transportation systems and costs Walsall-based WP Metals decided to keep business as usual and remain loyal to MAN Truck & Bus UK.The new MAN TGM 4x2 rigid flatbed with crane will be added to their fleet transporting steel tubing and pile casings nationwide.

WP Metals operations director Mark Hardy said: “Our annual transportation costs are about £1 million and after reviewing whether we should carry on as we are or change the way we operate we decided it was best if we ran our own systems and fleet.“We are happy with the range of vehicles offered by MAN and the new TGM offered us a cost saving and greater efficiency.

“We have recently been awarded FORS recognition and the vehicle will be going in to London, so has to meet the Transport for London regulations as well as being Crossrail compliant.

We will be maintaining our relationship with MAN and Aquila Truck Centres at Tipton for the repair and maintenance and are already looking towards purchasing another vehicle in the near future.”

MAN sales executive Mike Richards said: “It is always good to hear that MAN is measuring up on all the benchmarks set out by its customers.

“We are delighted that WP Metals has such loyalty to MAN and we will continue to deliver economy and efficiency to their fleet over the years.”

Vehicle detail: Model: TGM 18.290 4X2 BL Cab: L Sleeper cab Engine: MAN D0836LFL67, 6.9 Litres, 6 Cylinders, Euro 6 Power: 290 PS / 213 kW at 2200 rev/min Torque: 1150 Nm at 1200 – 1750 rev/min Transmission: 12 Speed MAN TipMatic Suspension: Steel front, air rear Wheelbase: 6975 Plated Weight: 18000 kg

National Express relocating to Liverpool Bus Station National Express is reaching an exciting new milestone in Liverpool – the coach company is relocating services to Liverpool One Bus Station in January after more than two decades at Liverpool Coach Station.

The UK’s largest coach operator is moving all operations to Liverpool One Bus Station in January following the closure of the Norton Street coach station, which will see the last coach roll out just before midnight on Thursday, 14 January 2016. From Friday, 15 January, all National Express coaches will run to and from Liverpool One. The move to Liverpool One Bus Station, which is operated by Merseytravel, is seen as an exciting new era for National Express, which has made tens of millions of journeys to and from Liverpool over the past 21 years.

Thanks to Liverpool One Bus Station’s location at the very heart of the city,

coach passengers will benefit from closer proximity to amenities – being just a stone’s throw from shops, restaurants, attractions and bars. People will also be able to take advantage of improved onward travel options through integration with the local bus network.

Liverpool One Bus Station will also provide customers with important highquality facilities including a travel centre delivering multi-journey tickets and customer information, and on-site security.

National Express UK Coach Managing Director Tom Stables said: “It’s a new era for National Express in Liverpool and we’re really excited to be moving into the heart of the city with all the benefits that entails for our customers. People are going to benefit from much more rapid access to shops, attractions and facilities.

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off the coach which is going to be really important for first-time visitors to the city.”

Cllr Liam Robinson, Chair of Merseytravel, said: “It’s fantastic news that National Express have chosen to base themselves at Liverpool One Bus Station and we’re happy to be supporting them in their move there.

“Visitors will be stepping off the coach into the heart of the city and find themselves only a short walk away from the main shopping areas and the world famous waterfront. We hope it will be a real welcome and make them eager to return in the future.”

National Express operates 45 daily services from Liverpool to destinations all over the country including Manchester, Leeds and London.

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Review

REVIEW: NISSAN

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MODEL: n-tec dCi 130 4WD

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Whilst driving the X-Trail we got to find out just how capable it was with a mixture of motorway driving and B roads, and a good level of town driving thrown in for good measure.

The new design X-trail is more curved and softer to look at than previous models making it more crossover than fully fledged SUV. Nissan has obviously taken cues from its extremely popular Qashqai range.

The 1.6 litre dCi 130PS diesel engine is extremely frugal if somewhat lacking at the lower end. During our week test we averaged out at 39 miles per gallon, which for a jeep this size seemed pretty good to us. The X-Trail’s all-wheel-drive set-up is an adaptive 4x4 system. It can be switched between fuel-saving front-wheel drive, an automatic mode, which only sends drive to the rear wheels under hard acceleration or in slippery road conditions, or a 4x4 lock mode, which is ideal for the worst weather and off-road situations.

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Specifications: n-tec dCi 130 4WD Fuel type Diesel Transmission Manual Gears 6 Capacity (cmÂł) 1598 Acceleration (0-62mph) 11.0 Power KW (PS) 96 (130/4000) Max Speed (mph) 116 Torque (Nm) 320 CO2 Emissions (g/km) 139 Fuel consumption (Combined in mpg) 53.3 Fuel consumption (Urban in mpg) 45.6 Fuel consumption (Extra Urban in mpg) 58.9 Wheel drive 4WD

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Once you have set off in the Nissan and got above 2000 rpm then the vehicle starts to react the way you want it, and starts to feel like a normal car. Obviously the large vehicle to small engine ratio needs to be one that people get used to and there will always be a slower reaction to getting any real power to the wheels. Once at speed the X-Trail felt very comfortable and not strained. It was a pleasure to drive on the motorway and kept up with our other review cars in convoy quite nicely.

Comfort wise the cockpit is quite nice, with great leg room and head height and a good visibility for the driver. In the back of the cabin, Nissan have not forgotten that this is a practical crossover with plenty of space for passengers in the back. We tried to see how comfortable it was with 4 adults in the vehicle and there were no complaints.

The layout of dials and accessories is very clear and the overall look is nice, my only gripe was that you have shiny quality plastics and a metal look on part of the interior, then on the model that we had there were some what looked like pretty cheap plastic accents. If Nissan had kept going around the cabin with the matching metal look it would have given the X-Trail a much more expensive look and feel. This is just a minor thing and I suspect that if you go for higher models these might change.

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Boot space is good, with the seats up its 550 litres. We managed to cram it with a lot of technical equipment with ease.

During the weekend we also managed to get a fairly substantial shopping in the X-Trail and it gave us a great impression of

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how much this vehicle can hold as there was plenty of space left for more when we had finished loading up.

With the flat floor and good height for loading added to this the auto boot opening from the remote and closing from the touch of a button gave ease and simplicity to the loading and unloading of the X-Trail.

The X-Trail is a great all round package and will appeal to consumers wishing to find a vehicle that is larger than the Qashqai and has a more of a rugged look to it.

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Returnloads.net

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or well over a decade Richard Newbold (founder of www.returnloads.net) was heavily involved in the transport and logistics industry. From starting as an owner driver in 1984 Richard continued over the next 16 years to build a haulage business which by the year 2000 ran over 40 vehicles and sub-contracted 100 + loads per day, and was therefore well known throughout the Haulage Industry, in all areas of the UK. These were the days before the internet, the days when transport companies used to keep manual records of subsontractors and telephone them to check their availability.

These were the olden days when hauliers used to spend hours and even days looking for loads back home from remote parts of Great Britain when their HGV’s became empty. This was the dawn of the internet, a time when both the general public and business was starting to understand the advantagous that could be gained from communication and networking between companies through using the web.

So in the year 2000 www.returnloads.net was founded.

Initially the site was set up purely as a free notice board to help haulage companies around the country advertise their excess loads to each other so that they could see if other hauliers had loads going back to areas they needed to get to or back to where they came from.

As time went on and new technology became available www.returnloads.net was reprogrammed and the site was completely overhauled in 2006 at which time it became a subscription site, which now offered members automatic notifications amongst other functions and which automatically alerted them to loads going back to their areas from all over the UK. As we all now know, the internet moves fast and social networking came into its own during the naughties, therefore www.returnloads.net was again totally re-written and relaunched. Through major investment from Crafted Digital Media, one of the leading independent digital agencies and website design companies in the UK, the new exchange for hauliers was launched in Sept 2012. This award winning agency who have designed and worked with FTSE 250 companies such as AXA Insurance introduced the latest technology to returnloads.net. This included new functions such as free micro websites for all members, state of the art notification systems, trucks for sale, Industry Info as well as Blogs and Forums for members. Even an interactive map was introduced to the site so that members can now zoom into

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loads they are interested in and track their own vehicles for free on the returnloads map. This tracking system means that members can now see exactly where their trucks are in relation to available loads which allows them to save money by not having to drive too far to collect their next load.

Tel: 0333 006 3266 www.returnloads.net

Returnloads has not only expanded the functionalities of the web site over the past decade but has also expanded the membership and the quantity and quality of the loads offered on the site through an on-line review system where members can leave feedback on each transaction as well as feedback on speed of payment. This unique review system not only helps members keep a close eye on each others conduct but also allows companies to proudly advertise themselves through excellent reviews to others as well as to potential customers,which proves their professional business ethics on-line.

Richard Newbold quotes’’ I feel that our membership is a very happy and content group, who appreciate the continual efforts we make to improve the site and at the same time how we keep the cost down. Returnloads can not only boast more loads and more members than other haulage exchanges in the UK, but can also offer our subscribers the most cost effective way of finding backloads and general haulage loads from less than £1.00 per day which is almost half the price of major competitors’’ Returnloads is determined to keep up with technology as it moves on and to offer our members the latest features and mobile app’s. An internet company can not stand still and returnloads intends to continue to lead the field in this area of the Haulage Industry.

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Amaryllis Limited

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Amaryllis enters new markets

Amaryllis offers new approach for return loads

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hief Executive, David King, founded Amaryllis Limited in 2002 and quickly developed it into a highly respected, nationwide organisation, which now employs an impressive 200 highly skilled employees across six branches based throughout the United Kingdom.

Amaryllis Limited is a very bespoke nationwide business that designs, manufactures and sources furnishing solutions as well as providing services such as onsite repairs, renovation , reupholstery as well as removals and relocation. Even though the company has such a large customer base and covers the whole of the UK there are no current plans to expand the business internationally.

The company owns and operates a mixture of Iveco Eurocargo and

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Mercedes Actors vehicles. The fleet is built up of 7.5, 18 and 40 tonne trucks, which are all fitted with Quartix tracking systems. Each of Amaryllis Limited’s vehicles adhere to the Euro 6 legislation emission standards.

Amaryllis Limited is now a part of the Return Loads network after becoming a member in 2015. They joined Return Loads in order to offer an alternative approach – they do not represent competition to transport companies but can offer a highly reliable and cost effective solution for additional resource. The Return Loads network also enables Amaryllis to quickly identify cost effective additional transport when required.

Amaryllis schedules regular ‘milk run’ deliveries to each of its warehouses to ensure that stock is available

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when required whilst larger orders are delivered direct to a customer’s premises . This process ensures the Company meets exacting performance standards but also creates the opportunity to market surplus vehicle space to maximise efficiency and prevent empty or inefficient loads.

The Company is also able to offer temporary warehousing within its network of secure, fully racked facilities.

Since the economic downturn in 2009, Amaryllis Limited has applied a heavy focus on the development of niche markets, which maximise its in house resources; these include onsite services for furniture and equipment, servicing customers with a nationwide network of premises that are requiring furniture and also people looking for relocation.

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‘‘The fleet is built up of 7.5, 18 and 40 tonne trucks, which are all fitted with Quartix tracking systems.’’

Health and safety is an integral aspect at Amaryllis Limited. The company believes that safeguarding its employees at work is vital and as a result has implemented a series of policies and procedures that aim to ensure the staff work in a high standard of health and safety. Amaryllis Limited has set up safety committees and also has their own quality manual, which is certificated by the British Standards Institute to ISO 9001. The company also retains its own qualified health and safety consultant and has access to over 1800 fully qualified heath safety professionals.

Alongside health and safety, Amaryllis focuses on protecting the environment.

As a large business that owns six depots and a large fleet of vehicles, Amaryllis works hard to combat and reduce its impact on the environment. The business operates a fully documented environmental management system, which is again certified by the British Standards Institute to ISO 14001. The system works by setting environmental targets so there is a continuous development in their improvement.

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Amaryllis Limited is showing no signs of slowing down, the business is set to further develop and expand the HGV sector of its fleet. In addition to this, the business will also look at identifying and capitalising on new opportunities that develop in the transport and logistics market.

Tel: Transport Office: 01376 538832

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Baker and Son

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Father and Son team celebrate two year anniversary Barker and Son excel with Volvo ‘‘The father and son duo currently operate Euro 5 Volvo FH vehicles to transport a varied range of cargo throughout the UK.’’ 32

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able to do this via close collaboration with its clients to ensure that everyone is completely satisfied with the company’s transport services.

Barker and Son is implemented with the ambition of achieving excellence in the transport industry by setting and maintaining the highest standards possible. The business is

The father and son duo currently operate Euro 5 Volvo FH vehicles to transport a varied range of cargo throughout the UK. Barker and Son often transport goods like cardboard, hanging lambs (fresh) and steel machinery. The company’s fleet utilises an in-cab camera system as a safety

ather and son operated business, Barker and Son, was first established in October 2013 as a transport specialist in the recycling and haulage industry. The company was formed by Managing Directors, Alan and Richard Barker.

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and monitor aid in each vehicle. Managing Director, Richard Barker aims to invest in the fleet as soon as possible.

In addition to its fleet, Barker and Son also use between four and five regular contractors to accommodate the large volume of work.

The business prides itself on having the ability to provide its clients with a safe, reliable and professional road haulage service and are dedicated to creating a bespoke service that will fulfil each of its clients specific requirements.

Customer service is paramount at Barker and Son as the company believes in maintaining a reliable, professional and customer focused service at all times, which is carried out by fully trained staff and experienced work staff. The business is confident that its staff can assure its customers that the services will be completed to the highest possible standards and surpass your expectations.

During Barker and Sons two year long career it has established several great working relationships with many businesses in the industry and would like to thank the following companies for their support throughout its time in the industry, Riley Bros Int, Vale Recycling, Link Recycling, slick and Nayler Polymers.

Tel: 01282412413 Email: barkerandson@gmx.co.uk

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D & K Transport Solutions Ltd

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Specialist freight forwarder D & K Transport Solutions Ltd grows with Return Loads D & K Transport Solutions Ltd boasts impressive £1.2 million turnover two years after its inception

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reight forwarder specialist D & K Transport Solutions Ltd is a modest company run by its two current Managing Directors, Dave Smith and Kirren Taylor and admin clerk, Becki Brown. The trio original worked together at the same company before forming D & K Transport Solutions in March 2013. The company was created after one of them was made redundant.

Since 2013 the business has grown annually and has now reached an impressive turnover of £1.2 million.

D & K Transport Solutions Ltd provides a highly bespoke freight forwarding service throughout the United Kingdom and Europe. The company utilises subcontractors on a daily basis to carry out its high quality services.

D & K Transport Solutions Ltd became a member of Return Loads in March 2013 because it needed a highly effected avenue to advertise and promote its services and the business itself.

Both, Dave and Kirren had previous knowledge and experience working with Return Loads at the company they formerly worked for. The process to join for very simple and just required an online application.

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As a member of Return Loads, D & K Transport Solutions Ltd is given access to a great platform to promote itself with, which enables it to sell its work to other hauliers in the UK. Since joining two years ago the business feels that it has become a well-established haulier within the general haulage industry.

business has actually grown stronger since its inception.

Last February D & K Transport Solutions Ltd relocated from its temporary office location to a large office building site in Aylesbury.

The business handles both generalised haulage goods and more specialised cargo on a daily basis.

It frequently handles commodities that range from varied kinds of ambient goods, household products, recycling materials, garden buildings, warehousing racking systems, printing materials and beds.

In less than three years D & K Transport Solutions Ltd has established itself as a first rate freight forwarder, the business is expected to continue operating as efficiently as it has been.

Next year D & K Transport Solutions Ltd will be celebrating its third year in business in March and will be also looking to increase the size of its staff to accommodate the increasing workload.

D & K Transport Solutions Ltd takes health and safety very seriously and takes an active approach when safeguarding its employees at work. The company’s health and safety policies are maintained by its management team that operate from its offices.

D & K Transport Solutions Ltd has been able to garner an impressive range of clientele since it first began, at present the business frequently works with some of the worlds largest suppliers, such as Eddie Stobart, DHL Excel and DCS Europe.

Despite forming during one of the UK’s worst recession in decades, D & K Transport Solutions Ltd managed to escape any impact from the poor British economy, in fact, Managing Directors, Dave and Kirren feel that the

Tel: 01296432475 www.dktransportsolutionsltd.co.uk

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Expert Group

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Booming with Barclays Expert Group has recently received an impressive £2.5 million from Barclays

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xpert Group is a familyestablished business that was formed in 2006 by current Directors, Tony Osborne and Mike Williams ex Iceland drivers. Expert Group primarily began operating as a driving agency, however being run by drivers getting their own trucks was a natural progression, Tony’s son David was interested in running a haulage side of the business and decided to take the chance.

expand the size of its fleet to 10 trucks and 9 trailers on the haulage side to accommodate the increasing demand for its services.

Since the business embarked in its venture in the haulage industry it has been increasingly successful. Expert Group currently employs a large work force of around 375 employees within the United Kingdom.

All aspects of the business are available throughout the United Kingdom and the agency work that it has is carried out nationwide. Expert Group specializes in most aspects of haulage from flatbed to building site work, to fresh produce delivery.

At present Expert Group is running 4 HGV’S in the haulage sector, three artic and one rigid vehicle, they also have 2 CF Daf artic’s and 3 Daf cf rigid’s on the training side of the business, The company is currently looking to

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Expert Group has had each of its company mobile phones fitted with a basic tracking system that provides the business with the location of the driver at any time, the system allows the company to update its customers with the status and eta of their load.

Expert Group devised an apprenticeship-like scheme for its employees, the business have hired people who were unemployed and living on benefits. The company

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provided them with the relevant courses to obtain their class 1 license, they also provide the latest training so that they can pursue a career as a class 1 truck driver, The first apprentices are now on the road with the help of local hauliers, David Osborne MD of the haulage side of the business commented saying “We want to give our guys the ultimate experience”.

In the last four months the company has joined Return Loads, this has proven to be a highly effective platform that has the potential to allow drivers to backhaul every day. This provides Expert group with the chance to maximize the potential earnings for the trucks and the drivers.

The last 12 months for Expert Group has seen a major investment from Barclays who have put a line of credit in the sum of £2.5 million in funding for the business. An investment of this kind demonstrates that the business

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is progressing in a positive direction, especially after it has doubled the amount of its workforce, with turnover increasing to 9.7 million without a contribution from the training and haulage side of the business.

‘‘Expert Group is running 4 HGV’S in the haulage sector, three artic and one rigid vehicle, they also have 2 CF Daf artic’s and 3 Daf cf rigid’s on the training side of the business.’’

David Osborne MD of the haulage aims for Expert Group to continue increasing the size of its driving workforce and to providing them with a long sustainable career in the industry. David would also like to expand the company’s fleet of vehicles.

Expert Group would like to give a special huge mention to FTS HATSWELLS for helping them to get their business up and running. FTS HATSWELLS was Expert Group’s first ever customer in the industry and was a key to the stability of the business in its early years.

Tel: 0845 618 7340 www.expertgroupukltd.co.uk

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Frost Transport Solutions

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rost Transport Solutions Ltd was founded by husband and wife team, Chris and Rachel Frost in November 2013 and operates in the transport industry as a specialist in freight transportation, courier activities and storage.

The family-run business provides a nationwide operation, with a particular focus on East Anglia and employs a highly efficient team of four full-time staff members and frequently works with two to three self-employed individuals on an ad-hoc basis.

Currently Frost Transport Solutions Ltd runs a mixed fleet of both DAF and Volvo manufactured arctic vehicles. The company has recently invested in a brand new Navman Wireless satellite tracking system in each vehicle. The system is installed on all of the company vehicles and ensures that the business can always track its vehicles and give accurate up to date information to its customers.

Frost Transport Solutions Ltd carries a wide range of goods throughout the UK, at present the business has carried commodities that range from building materials, dry goods for

supermarkets, perishable goods, waste, motor parts, timber and urgent freight. However, the company will consider anything if it is possible.

Last year when Frost Transport Solutions Ltd started operating commercial vehicles it began with no contacts or customers. Chris came across Returnloads.net on the internet and thought it would be a good way to break into the industry; this resulted in the business becoming a member of Return Loads in January. As a member of Return Loads, the business benefits daily from having access to its extensive database of hauliers.

Managing Director, Chris Frost, commented on the company’s membership, “I wouldn’t have been able to build my business up without it! However working in an office all day and having easy access to my emails and Return Loads website does have a big advantage.”

Frost Transport Solutions Ltd has a proactive approach to health and safety by holding frequent on-site training and

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Frost Transport Solutions regular updates on its health and safety practices. The business also provides clear work instructions and ensures that its drivers are all equipped with full PPE. The company welcomes feedback from its drivers and actions any relevant requests that are made.

Having formed during the recession, the company has had to work very hard to build and maintain the business and intends to continue to work diligently to cement its position in the market.

Frost Transport Solutions Ltd will be celebrating its second year of trading this year and has quickly accumulated an impressive and large customer base, of both loyal clients and ad-hoc customers in such a short amount of time.

Frost transport currently uses Avis Insurance for all their insurance needs (as featured in the advert top left p40).

Since its inception, Frost Transport Solutions Ltd has formed several great working relationships in the transport industry. At present the company boasts a portfolio of clients that include Navman Wireless, Text4Jobs, Onroute Fuel Card and 3 Counties Fuel Card.

Chris Frost intends to expand his business by hiring additional staff in the offices; this increase will enable the company to generate more business. In addition to this, he aims to increase the business Operator’s License to allow the business to operate more vehicles.

Tel: 01949 480130 www.frosttransportsolutions.co.uk traffic@frosttransportsolutions.co.uk

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Nell’s Haulage Ltd

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Nell’s Haulage celebrates its 7th anniversary Nell’s Haulage succeeds with a MAN XXL 440 ‘‘Return loads allows customers like Jason to advertise their business, it is cheap to use and a very easy platform to use.’’

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ell’s Haulage was formed in 2009 by current Managing Director, Jason Nell. After gaining valuable driving experience working for a company called Reedbordall, he decided that he wanted a change and a new era for himself and thus Nell’s Haulage was born.

Jason embarked on his new venture during one of the worst recessions in British history, which presented a difficult task for Jason. However, through sheer determination and perseverance Jason began to establish a loyal client base and as a result a consistent work flow.

Present day Nell’s Haulage still operates as a one truck and trailer operation

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and has been for the last two and a half years. Jason has worked pulling other people’s trailers for two other companies, one being BM Staffords for a year and half and the other being SpeedCargo (now DFDS).

During his career in the transport industry Jason has met many of his loyal customers and he has received great feedback from them in regards to the quality and reliability of his service.

Jason’s customers find him very reliable and a very good service to use.

Since his business began he has had no goods stolen. Return loads allows customers like Jason to advertise their business, it is cheap to use and a very easy platform to use.

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The current vehicle that Nell’s Haulage uses is an MAN XXL 440 and he uses this because of the cab size is generous and well-priced when compared to other brands. The cab he uses contains a big fridge, microwave and a bed. Jason works Monday-Friday so he basically lives in it and if he gets home he counts it as a bonus.

Jason would love for Nell’s Haulage to expand as he has a lot of work at the moment, but to expand the business he has been told off other hauliers it is better to have two trucks rather than one. Jason is now trying to save up money to expand rather than lean on the banks.

Jason has got his CPC and was thinking about doing forklifting and buying a Moffat trailer to help unload his trailer at certain delivery points.

The truck has a nickname of ‘Dirty Nelly’ and a cartoon woman on the back of the truck and he says it certainly lives up to its name. Nell’s Haulages are thinking about getting rid of Nelly and buying a brand new truck in roughly two years time.

Jason and his ‘Dirty Nelly’ mostly carry concrete sections, timber (plywood). The trailer is a curtain sider which is 4.2 in height and has a main feature which is its pillarless. At the moment he is currently renting the trailer which delivers a lot of construction products all over the U.K. Jason and his truck will be celebrating their 7th year anniversary together this year.

Tel: 07743214746

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Ruddle Transport

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uddle Transport Solutions was established in March 2015 by Managing Director, Paul Ruddle, and his son, Paul Jr, who operates in general haulage and specialised Moffett Forklift Services.

Father and son team Paul and Paul Jr first spoke about creating their own business back in November 2014 after Paul Jr passed his class 2 licence at the age of 20. Paul Jr struggled to find a job due to his lack of experience as he was so young, until one day a local company eventually agreed to employ him where he initially stayed for just under a year.

He then funded his class 1 licence himself, however the company refused to move him up within the organisation.

This is when his dad decided to make the decision of letting his son work alongside him as a Director, but also

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put him through the transport learning process, in hope that one day Paul Jr will excel in being a well experience Managing Director in the coming years.

Ruddle Transport took a slow start when it was created as they wanted to get the essentials set up such as the website, bank account, Operating licence and most of all trying to find and open an operating centre. Ten weeks later the operations licence was finally granted and they bought their first trailer and tractor unit which was a Renault Premium. Operating out of Market Harborough Leicestershire.

Customer service is paramount at Ruddle Transport Solutions because MD, Paul believes that for Ruddle Transport to continue progressing into the industry the business needs to ensure that its customer care is to an

exceptionally high standard. Ruddle Transport prides itself on its ability to provide customers with a high calibre of service & flexability, which is carried out by its highly reliable, professional and enthusiastic staff members.

In March 2015 Ruddle Transport became a member of Return Loads as they believed that the organisation would provide them with an excellent platform to market their company and services to a wide network. Paul saw that Ruddle Transport could achieve the maximum profit to miles ratio –especially when the work was slow – during the first few months of starting as they needed to build up a client base. Return Loads are known for being able to offer a fully integrated UK search engine which enables them to look for any certain load anywhere within the country. Return Loads additionally tells them both the

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delivery and collection days. Paul credits and would like to thank Return Loads for aiding in his company’s search for a new customer base.

Despite only being formed just less than a year ago Ruddle Transport is set to quickly progress into becoming a prominent name in haulage. The business now operates 2 vehicles and intends to increase the size of its fleet of vehicles to between five and eight trucks, this is so that it will be able to fulfil the customers demands and manage the work load. Ruddle Transport will also continue to maintain its high quality of customer service, together with drivers that will go that extra mile in order to get the job done.

Tel: 01163183838

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SCS Logistics

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Logistics specialist invests in two new vehicles SCS Logistics celebrates its fourth year in business

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alletised freight specialist SCS Logistics was first established in October 2011 by current Managing Director, Sandra CottamShea.

The Morecambe based business prides itself on providing its customers with a high quality distribution service.

The business provides a nationwide service across the United Kingdom, but as a member of The Pallet Network (TPN) is responsible for the Isle of Man and Lancashire postcodes.

SCS Logistics predominantly operates in the general haulage sector of the transport industry, however it does additionally work extensively with TPN. Primarily the business handles palletised freights.

The company owns and operates a modest fleet of eight vehicles, which is composed of five rigid vehicles and three smaller vans. Each vehicle is equipped with both tracking and on-board camera systems. Its fleet is composed of a mixture of DAF, Iveco, Renault, Scania and Volvo.

In addition to its fleet of vehicles, SCS Logistics also sub-contracts work for Isle of Man shipping and another for plant work. Furthermore, as a member of TPN the company has access to its extensive portfolio of members. SCS Logistics utilises TPN for its European excursions.

Six months ago SCS Logistics joined Return Loads because of its reputation for cost-efficiency. As a fully operating business with all required licenses the company was eligible for and obtained its membership. Return Loads has benefitted SCS Logistics by providing them with access to back loads and a large network of companies. The membership is maintained by the business with monthly payments.

This year marks SCS Logistics fourth birthday in business. In addition to this, 2015 has seen an influx of work for the business and with the increase SCS Logistics has been able to invest into both its fleet and staff. Recently the company has purchased two new second-hand trucks, which were privately sourced.

Managing Director, Sandra, intends for the business to continue progressing via sustainable growth. She aims to

cement SCS Logistics’ strong position in the logistics industry, the recently bought trucks will enable the company to accept more work enquiries.

SCS Logistics has formed several great working relationships with other businesses in the haulage and transport industry. The company would like to thank Trade Distribution Ltd, TRS Tyres, Bob Woodhouse Plant Hire, Highway Express and Mezeron.

Tel: 0152467481 www.scs-logistics.co.uk

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‘‘The company owns and operates a modest fleet of eight vehicles, which is composed of five rigid vehicles and three smaller vans.’’

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Thompsons of Prudhoe

Demolition

Bronze FORS member boasts £30 million annual revenue

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hompsons of Prudhoe was first established on the 1st January 1948 by Bill and Madge under the name of W & M Thompsons, it started as a simple husband and wife partnership and then changed to a limited company in 1952. The business has progressively grown since its inception by accumulating a great reputation in the industry via its bespoke and highly reliable services.

At this point Thompsons of Prudhoe was hauling a variety of products from agricultural lime to manure to slag and straw. The first truck they had was purchased in 1947 and cost £494 (a modern truck costs £90,000). The business was first established on Manchester road, Astley and in 1950 they moved to Prudhoe, the company was run here until 1965 when they moved to a five acre business depot, but that was soon outgrown. In 1987 Thompsons of Prudhoe decided to build their site, which is equipped with a modern depot and Head Office facility. Everything is still run from this site today.

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During this time Thompsons of Prudhoe has expanded their horizons and are now running three quarry’s, one based in Durham, one in Cumberland and another in Northumberland.

The business has also diversified and can provide a demolitions service, which has already brought £15million of their £30 million annual revenue. £12 million of the revenue comes for the quarrying sector and the remaining £3million from the agricultural side on the company.

The company boasts an outstanding fleet of 93 trucks, which is composed of Volvos, MAN and Scania. At present 60% of the fleet Is Volvo and the remaining 40% is made of other brands.

Managing Director,John Thompson, the son of Bill and Madge explained to up how his trucks have double lives. Once a new truck arrives they put it on quarry work and that are working on tarmac for the majority of the time, five years later they change the body to a demolition body and it will not be doing masses of miles but will be a harder work load but will last another five years.

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Shortlisted for Demolition Company of the Year ‘‘The company boasts an outstanding fleet of 93 trucks, which is composed of Volvos, MAN and Scania.’’

Thompsons of Prudhoe now employ 280 people, most of which are labourers who work on the quarry’s and demolition sites. There is a one driver to a truck policy but do have extra drivers due to holidays and illness ect.

Every year ten more new trucks are purchased and added to the fleet, some are to replace older worn out trucks and then others are for expansion. All trucks are fitted with trackers but John said they are not for keeping constant eye on drivers, it is for efficiency.

Thompsons of Prudhoe are proud of the work they carry out, delays are kept to a minimum, and trucks are on time, when they load trucks for customers it is completed within 10-15 minutes. Everything is carried out with 100% effort, enthusiasm and professionalism.

The company has become an accredited member of the FORS (Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme) and currently holds a Bronze membership. Last year Thompsons of Prudhoe was shortlisted for Demolition Company of the year and won National Demolition Contractors of 2014.

For the last 68 years Thompsons of Prudhoe has provided a first rate service to its customers, this has seen the business receive continued growth each year. Managing Director, John, revealed that he has no immediate plans for the business in the future except for it to continue the way that it has been.

However, John is open to new opportunities when they arrive.

Tel: 01661832422 www.thompsonsofprudhoe.com

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Fox’s Biscuits

From humble beginnings to nationwide success Fox’s Biscuits reaches impressive 163 year milestone

‘‘Fox’s Biscuits reaches impressive 163 year milestone”

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ounded in 1853 Fox’s Biscuits first began as a small Victorian bakery, the business has since grown exponentially into an instantly recognisable household name. Over its 163 year career in the industry it has established itself as on the biggest biscuit manufacturers in the United Kingdom.

Fox’s Biscuits currently employ 700 people in Batley alone, with an additional two more factories and

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a distribution centre. The second and third factories are in Uttoxeter and Kirkham near Blackpool. The distribution centre is based in Wakefield.

Throughout the peak times Fox’s Biscuits has employed 1300 people, nearly doubling their workforce.

The trucks work hard around the clock to keep the factory floors clear, doing around 100 full trailers a week and Fox’s Biscuits use a multitude of trailers, they have the basic single trailers, tri-

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axel trailers and even double decker trailers which can hold 42 full pallets full of biscuits.

Fox’s Biscuits currently run seven 44 tonne tractor units, the unit of choice is the DAF XF 460 with a variety of 21 trailers. Dave Sanderson, the Fleet Manager for these five trucks employs nine drivers. The trucks work around the clock from Monday to Friday as five of the drivers work throughout the day and four cover the night jobs, whereas

in Uttoxeter they only have two tractor units alongside five trailers. These two tractor units are staffed by five drivers but they are run 24/7. Dave overlooks all seven tractor units and 14 driver at Batley, Kirkham and Uttoxeter.

The company does deliver to mainstream supermarkets around the M62 corridor. By doing this it eliminates empty running on the way to the Kirkham factory. By doing these adhoc deliveries they

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have managed to save the company approximately £200,000 pa. However Dave’s main role is to keep the factory floor clear and getting product to the distribution centre in Wakefield, then a third party haulier pick up the product from the distribution centre and onto their customers.

Fox’s Biscuits’ fleet of vehicles are now coming up to two years old and are changed every three years to keep the fleet up-to-date and modern. The

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Fox’s Biscuits double decker trailers are now six years old and have said to have been a ‘god send’ as you can fit double the load in one trip and because the product being distributed is so light you can fill a full trailer.

The business is pushing to revamp all of its livery in purple as they will be in theme with the new packaging. When

the new trucks are bought they are going to be wrapped as they can be set back to their original colour and will be much easier to sell. If a truck begins to have mechanical problems one of the drivers is a fully trained mechanic and will fix the problem within 24 hours.

very smoothly and that everything is operating as it should be, in particular he mentioned that the fleet of vehicles are highly reliable and excel in fulfilling customers requirements. At present, there are no plans to alter any aspect of the business.

Dave explained in our interview that he feels that the business is running

Tel: 01889 563131 www.foxs-biscuits.co.uk

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Stressline

Distribution

Trust Stressline for smarter specification

‘‘Stressline feels that it can guarantee excellence throughout the delivery chain, ensuring that you can trust its service driven approach to meet all your needs.’’

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or 50 years architects have trusted Stressline to provide high quality structural building products that meet their specification criteria and enhance their designs.

Stressline manufactures high quality products in the UK, its range includes both products that underpin the structural integrity of your projects and cast stone details that enhance their aesthetics.

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projects on track with efficient, coordinated deliveries.

Stressline feels that it can guarantee excellence throughout the delivery chain, ensuring that you can trust its service driven approach to meet all your needs; from working with you on your technical requirements and calculations to helping to keep your

The company’s emphasis on quality and ability to meet strict cast stone specification has led to several supply relationships with major house builders across the UK. These companies use Stressline’s cast stone few UK companies that supplies

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Cast stone is a recent addition to the Stressline product range and one that compliments its other structural elements. The business applies the same high standards and emphasis on quality to its cast stone units as it does to all of its other structural building product ranges.

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Stressline adds cast stone to its product range

vapour-cured cast stone, a process that not only dramatically cuts manufacturing times, but also improves the durability and service life of the product, will enhance your schemes and buildings for many years to come.

Stressline’s comprehensive range of structural building products means that you can rationalise suppliers in line with BIM objectives and be certain of the same high quality standards whatever your needs.

Its Fair Faced pre-stressed concrete lintels, for example, offer a cost-effective, high performance option for any fair-faced brick/block wall requirements. Available in a wide range of sizes and suitable for pointing if required, our extensive range offers the ideal solution for a variety of load requirements including masonry, concrete floors, attic trusses and uniformly distributed timber floors and roofs.

For extreme load conditions, Stressline’s Rolled Steel (RS) and Rolled Steel Channel (RSC) lintels offer the ideal choice to suit a variety of cavity wall constructions. Available up to a maximum length of 6.6m, they are manufactured red oxidised as standard or can be supplied with a galvanised finish if required.

Tel: 01455272457 www.stressline.net

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A W Baxter Ltd

Logistics

FAMILY RUN BUSINESS EXPANDS ITS FLEET

A.W. BAXTER LTD WELCOMES BRAND NEW MAN VEHICLES

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general haulage service naturally followed and the group now operate general haulage in the construction, steel, timber manufacturing and engineering sectors nationwide.

Baxter’s operate from two sites in the Midlands, offices and warehousing in Wolverhampton and additional warehousing in Birmingham that both benefit from heavy overhead cranes, heavy duty forklifts, 24 hour security and weighbridges.

Baxters are currently running eight MAN vehicles and with new orders to be placed the fleet will see rapid expansion in early 2016 with units expected for delivery by April. Baxters has also recently transformed all its current vehicles to a new livery as part of a recent company rebranding. the design incorporates a new logo with a distinctive land, air and sea colour scheme appropriate for the variety of work carried out.

Andrew Baxter, the Managing Director at Baxter’s said: “The rebranding of the company and the subsequent new livery on our vehicles, highlights the total package we can offer. With new vehicles due shortly this was the ideal opportunity to rebrand our haulage” .

.W. Baxter Ltd is a family-run global logistics business founded by Andrew Baxter in 1992. The firm initially began as an export packing company but now over 20 years on the group has seen continued diversification and expansion both in the UK and overseas.

Baxters now operate a truly Global Logistics solution for the engineering, mining and oil & gas sectors.

In 2012 Andrew was joined at the company by his sons George & Jack Baxter, after leaving school both Jack & George have worked in all aspects of the business including the traffic planning office where Jack now takes the role of Transport Manager.

Five years ago the company began running their own fleet concentrating on collecting and delivering items for export packing throughout the UK. Expanding into and offering a UK

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The company has recently ordered two MAN TGX 26.440 vehicles to complement the fleet and continue the growing relationship between Baxters and Aquilla Trucks.

Aquilla handle all of Baxters repair and maintenance inspections from there site in Tipton, however with an

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A W Baxter Ltd average fleet age of under 12 months the MAN product is popular choice.

With long distance often multi drop work Baxters draw on a Masternaut Connect tracking system to provide live updates on vehicle progress to liaise back to customers through the traffic office. In cab communication software and built in bluetooth provide an important link to all drivers for planning and progress reports.

Baxters trailer fleet comprises of all SDC units with standard flat bed trailers, extendable trombones and coil carriers

sharing the workload. With abnormal loads being completed on a regular basis all trailers are fitted with marker boards and external lighting sockets on all corners. The fleet additionally benefits from a abnormal load escort vehicle for over width and over length movements.

Baxters plan to continue to solidify their position in the haulage industry and continue to expand within the flat bed haulage sector throughout 2016.

Tel: 01902 492205 E: transport@baxtersgroup.com www.baxtersgroup.com

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Dooley Rumble

Dooley Rumble grows with UPN

Dooley Rumble expands its fleet and welcomes a brand new livery

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ooley Rumble was first established in 1986 by Directors, Neil Dooley and Simon Rumble as a specialist freight forwarder. The business quickly progressed and diversified its services, when in 1988 it added a warehouse facility to its portfolio.

The continued success of Dooley Rumble led to the introduction of an airfreight service.

In 1999 Dooley Rumble relocated to its current Head Office, which is located in Ipswich and was purpose built to accommodate the business and its ever expanding needs.

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The business prides itself on its ability to provide customers with a prompt, reliable and professional service.

Dooley Rumble has gained an excellent reputation in the haulage industry for being able to fulfil its customers needs to a high caliber of service.

Now in their 28th year of business, Dooley Rumble continues to develop and improve their service offering within the Logistics sector.

Already offering a range of services, the extent of which is unusually wide for a SME organisation, they have further enhanced their UK Distribution

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services by joining United Pallet Network, one of the leading hub based networks in the UK. From extensive research it was becoming apparent that the national coverage offered by their traditional method of multi-drop direct deliveries on own vehicles did not always meet the demand and that there was an increasing requirement for every area of the UK to be serviced more or less on a daily basis.

By working within the UPN structure alongside their own direct vehicle delivery services, Dooley Rumble

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are now able to offer this daily coverage together with wider options on pricing structure.Whilst network freight is taken out of direct control on their own vehicles, the range of added value services available within UPN, real time signature capture, online POD’s and full consignment tracking mean that service levels can still be fully monitored and controlled by Dooley Rumble.

To service the additional business generated Dooley Rumble have now increased their vehicle fleet to 17 ranging from 3.5 tonne up to Artic vehicles and have recently taken delivery of three brand new own liveried truck and trailer combinations, 4 new 18 tonne rigids, 1 new 26t rigid and 3 new 3.5 tonne vehicles . Some of these being additions to the fleet whilst others are replacements for existing vehicles. The new vehicles are liveried in a combination of Dooley Rumble and UPN brands with one bearing a totally new design specifically related to the Companies Casemaking operation.

In addition to UK transport the company offers a wide range of services, warehousing, freight forwarding, customs clearance, export packing and casemaking, in line with their intention to provide a total logistics package enabling their customers to entrust their entire supply chain requirement to them and concentrate their efforts on their own core business.

Tel: 01473 835100 www.dooleyrumble.co.uk

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Technologistics

Logistics

Technologistics acquires APC Edinburgh

Scotland based company Technologistics joins Pall-Ex

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‘‘At present Technologistics commands a fleet of 80 highly reliable vehicles, which range from small vans to articulated units.’’

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Technologistics

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ewly established business Technologistics first began in 2011 and primarily offers a bespoke two man delivery service throughout the United Kingdom.

Technologistics first began building systems for one of the world’s biggest furniture retailers and offered a delivery service in the Edinburgh area.

Since its inception the business has grown astronomically and looks forward to a fruitful and exciting future with an extensive range of opportunities.

In the last four years Technologistics has rapidly expanded from the two man business via the acquisition of a haulage company and of the Edinburgh APC-depot. The business has garnered a great reputation for both storage and pick and pack distribution. At this point the business has achieved a staggering £7 million turnover.

Technologistics employs a team of dedicated staff members, with the majority of its upper tier management having been at the company since its founding. The business and its staff have grown into a successful entity through hard work and determination through both the good times and bad.

At present Technologistics commands a fleet of 80 highly reliable vehicles, which range from small vans to articulated units. The business develops all of its own systems in house. Its systems include real time tracking, customer eta adjuster, pod capture and scanning.

Technologistics utilises its fleet to carry two man freight pallets, pallets, parcels and general haulage. The fleet also contains electric vehicles for additional support.

The company covers the whole of the UK from its base of operations in Edinburgh for its two man delivery service. In addition to this the business covers EH and KY postcodes for the Pall-Ex network and EH and FK for the APC-Overnight depot.

Technologistics implements a very strict health and safety policy, influenced by ten years of off-shore experience brought into the industry by Managing Director, Jeff Lawson. The policy includes daily risk assessments that are carried out by all staff members. This is to ensure the staff themselves can identify a hazard in the workplace when it presents itself and more importantly

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Technologistics shows that they are capable of removing the hazard as safely and quickly as possible.

The business combatted the decline in the British economy that hit in 2012 by diversifying Technologistics and investing into members of staff within the business, which led to the development of in-house instructors and a training school. This ensures that its workforce receive a high level of training, which increases the company’s efficiency and provides another revenue stream.

In the last 12 months Technologistics has completed the acquisition of APC Edinburgh and has also joined Pall-Ex as a depot. Furthermore the business has been recognised as an RTITB and JAUPT accredited training school. In addition to this, Technologistics has introduced a kitchen installation and assembly service to compliment its current delivery services throughout the UK.

Technologistics intends to relocate the business in the upcoming years, it hopes to place itself in the market for further growth. It aims to have premises in Edinburgh, Fife and Aberdeen early next year. The business also look to expand its installation business throughout Scotland, which will be set up as a separate company and run by Managing Director and share holder, Sean Milne.

Technologistics would like to thank all of its customers for their continued support throughout the last four years.

Tel: 01313332211 www.technologistics.co.uk

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C & S Transport

Road Haulage

Specialist haulage contractor achieves 20 year milestone

‘‘The familyrun company currently runs a dedicated fleet of 8 to 15 trucks.’’

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hamber and Son is a haulage contractors specialist that operates from its site in Bury.

The family-run company currently runs a dedicated fleet of 8 to 15 trucks (depending on the time of year as the industry has peak times), each of which are operated by their highly committed and vastly experienced drivers, who all strive to fulfil customers expectations.

Before the business began, Craig , Managing Director, was working for a haulage company in Kent, until one day decided that he had had enough and wanted to start up for himself, his dad liked the idea and requested if they could do it as partners.

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The business partners became an official organisation 20 years ago when C & S Transport was established.

Since then the company has received steady growth each year. After first beginning with two Scania vehicles, C & S Transport Ltd has increased the size of its fleet to 15 Mercedes trucks. Fleet bored has been fitted to all trucks so that the driver can be tracked and monitored when needed.

Extra training is also not required for the drivers as none of their loads are mechanical, everything can be done via forklift. C&S believe in a one man to a truck.

The main cargo for C & S Transport Ltd is aggregate materials such as building

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blocks, bricks, roofing tiles, paving, and even curb stones.

During our interview, Craig told us that his work is very supply and demand, so he has to work hard at keeping everything stocked up to meet the customer demand and also to ensure that the deliveries get to their destination as soon as possible. To make this task possible, C & S Transport Ltd has 12 of its trucks were dedicated to construction.

Due to the most recent recession in 2012, C & S Transport was forced to rapidly downsize, but has fortunately over the past 12 months begun to pick itself back up and continue to expand.

British brick plant factories all used to be British run till they decided to sell their factories to German brick makers, so when the recession hit all the last remaining British brick makers were forced to shut down as they could not compete with the German run factories. Due to the closure of the factories the equipment such as the kilms began to deteriorate and are no longer in working condition and people are refusing to invest to get the businesses back up and running.

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DGG Transport

Road Haulage

13 years of consistent growth guarantees industry leading position DGG Transport Ltd expands from one single customer to over 30

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irst established in 2003, logistics specialist DGG Transport Ltd first began with humble origins carrying out work for a single customer. Since its inception the business has gradually grown its management team and extended its customer base.

At present the company services an estimate of 30 businesses at any one time. DGG Transport Ltd also still works with the same company who it began with, who has also expanded into more areas.

As a privately owned and independent company, customers deal directly with the owners at DGG Transport Ltd. DGG Transport Ltd is a leading logistics and transport service provider, specialising in full-load consignments throughout the entire UK. The company excels at creating a highly bespoke service package that will meet it’s clients specific needs and requirements.

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DGG Transport

DGG Transport Ltd operates a modest fleet of vehicles after continuously expanding since 2003, the fleet consists of a range of vehicles, from transit vans to heavy goods vehicles and wide load. The business also has machinery to meet its delivery commitments.

DGG Transport Ltd’s fleet is highly reliable and committed to ensuring complete customer satisfaction. The fleet is equipped with an in-cab TomTom monitoring system, which benefits its drivers by improving their delivery accuracy.

The company specialises in overnight, next day and trunk deliveries and endeavours to provide its customers with a high level of performance, quality and professionalism. DGG Transport Ltd prides itself on its ability to create a tailer made services for its customers.

DGG Transport Ltd employs a forward thinking management team, which have over 20 years of valuable experience in the logistics business. It’s staff are fully qualified to ensure that they are able to carry out the company’s services to the high quality that is expected of DGG Transport Ltd. Over the last13 years DGG Transport Ltd has continued to grow substantially each year, the business credits this to its impressive reputation for high quality, efficiency and reliability.

As a successful business itself, DGG Transport Ltd understands just how critical just-in-time deliveries are in a time sensitive sector. The company operates with a keen eye for detail and complete commitment to its clients.

Tel: 01698 817779 www.dggtransport.com

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Herdman Haulage Ltd

Road Haulage

Family-run business boasts 42 years of excellent service

Haulage industry veteran Tom Herdman continues to impress

‘‘Herdman Haulage boasts a fleet of three Scania vehicles, two of which are 18 tonne wagons and the other is an arctic truck.’’

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anaging Director, Tom Herdman, first began his career in the haulage industry after he left his high school, he started working in a transport office and soon progressed into being a car salesman for haulage company A W Ellis.

United Kingdom. In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s the business lost a lot of money in a recession before the business picked up again.

Before Tom had turned 21 he had already began to bring cars from Dagenham, Liverpool and Glasgow. Soon after he began shunting overnight wagons in London and then transitioned into carrying out long distance work for A W Ellis.

At present Herdman Haulage boasts a fleet of three Scania vehicles, two of which are 18 tonne wagons and the other is an arctic truck. Tom has since retired from driving for his business but still holds his CPC and driving licence to carry out jobs if required. The business currently employs three fully qualified, reliable and industry experienced drivers. Tom additionally employs a Hiab driver for two days a week to cover the work of his part-time driver. Each of Herdman Haulage’s drivers are CPC trained as standard.

In 1973 Tom decided to embark on his own exposition and establish his own haulage company and thus Herdman Haulage was formed. Equipped with Tom’s back ground and vast experience of working in the industry the company started carrying out jobs on behalf of Return Loads. Herdman Haulage gradually built up a fleet of ten wagons which operated throughout the entire

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Herdman Haulage then became a family operated business after Tom’s son joined the company, working as a driver.

Tom chose Scania as the particular brand because he felt that from his previous experience with other brands

Herdman Haulage Ltd that Scania was the superior manufacturer. He also stated that he found the vehicles to be very reliable and an overall good brand.

Herdman Haulage subcontracts all of its tire and maintenance to a Scania trained fitter, Tom had previously carried out small maintenance repairs on his trucks himself.

Currently, Herdman Haulage carries out work for the company Monk House. Monk House loads cargo onto trucks overnight for Herdman Haulage to deliver the following morning.

Herdman Haulage now has a 60 mile radius from its operations in Gateshead. The business used to carry a diverse range of commodities on a daily basis but now solely focuses on delivering just steel.

The company is committed to providing a high quality standard of service, it ensures its customers satisfaction by ensuring all of its staff operate to a high standard and are equipped with fully working vehicles. On very rare occasions the business has subcontracted work to a haulage company to ensure that the customers were fully satisfied.

After spending his whole life in the haulage industry Tom has no current plans to change or to expand the business from its current position. Tom feels that he may retire in the next five years and leave the future of Herdman Haulage to his son. Tom would like to give a special mention to Allan Cairns who he has worked with for an impressive 37 years.

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Ian Robinson Transport

Road Haulage

IAN ROBINSON TOOK THE RISK OF A LIFE TIME Ian Robinson Transport invests in two new Moffet Mounty’s

‘‘Ian Robinson Transport has 12 tract units 24 trailers and was occupying two yards until they recently relocated to a larger yard for rent costs.

All of the vehicles in the company’s fleet are DAF XF cabs.’’

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an Robinson Transport, the transport company that started with one truck, one man and one dream.

Managing Director, Ian Robinson, was serving in the armed forces until he left in 2002 at the age of 22. Adamant to get a new job in the haulage trade but struggling due to his age, he had no other choice but to do a trial for Pennington Haulage where he ended up staying for an outstanding seven years. After his astonishing seven years of hard work Ian decided he wanted to go into business for himself so he spoke to his boss about buying his truck off him, Ian’s boss replied ‘’if you’re serious come back to me when you have £50,000’’.

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Ian knew what he wanted and he was not going to let anything get in the way of that but a sum of that amount was not plausible, so he simply put his house up for sale to get his hands on the money. Six months later the house sold and with the money in his pocket he returned to his boss to follow him up on his offer. The truck was sold at £6,500 and a flatbed trailer to go with it at £1,500. He declared he was open for business on the first of September 2010 and Ian Robinson Transport was born.

The truck is still running today.

At first Ian was doing jobs for his boss but soon started getting jobs of his own and six months down the line had a contract with local waste company.

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Shortly after the Managing Director told Ian he needed to consider buying another truck so he could increase the work load but Ian declined on this offer as he was happy with his single truck.

They then offered to pay for a trailer, with the compromise that if Ian bought another truck it would contain their logo on the curtain. Ian accepted this offer and from that moment his fleet started to grow in size.

Now in 2015, Ian Robinson Transport has 12 tract units 24 trailers and was occupying two yards until they recently relocated to a larger yard for rent costs. All of the vehicles in the company’s fleet are DAF XF cabs, which are fitted with a manual box and are now fully equipped with fridges and a cu for its drivers.

The business currently employs 14 dedicated, reliable and highly skilled staff members, this includes Ian himself, his

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Transport Manager, who is also in charge of accounts and then his drivers.

All drivers are ADR trained certificated to so they can legally carry dangerous goods. Ian Robinson Transport has recently just invested into its fleet and purchased two new Moffet Mounty’s which are used for site loading and unloading.

business has begun to broaden its services to include the handling of other non-hazardous goods such as aggregates, steel, timber, other quarry goods and portacabins.

Tel: 07958 141399 www.ianrobinsontransport.com

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R. Cox Haulage

Road Haulage

Long-established haulier continues to move forward

R. Cox Haulage strives to provide a high quality service

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. Cox Haulage first began in the early 1900’s and originally named Soho Firewood Company operating by means of supplying and delivering firewood. The company was officially registered in 1927 and the majority of the business’s work the current owners were told was the delivery of firewood to furnaces and orphanages in Sheffield.

Robert Cox purchased the firewood company in 1967 this was when the company received its new name of R Cox Haulage Ltd retaining its companies house registration number of 222222 it is believed to possibly be one of the oldest registered haulage companies in the Sheffield area . at this point the company still continued to deliver firewood, although this aspect of the business did continue for a short time only the Cox family branched out in to the steel delivery sector off what was once Sheffield’s booming industry . R. Cox Haulage has diversified the range of commodities over the recent years and has carried amongst other things hot ingot boxes, transported tanks, train carriages, sculptures and all aspects of steel.

For the majority of the company’s career it has been a registered member of the RHA (Road Haulage Association). As a member of the RHA the business benefits by receiving help with the legal documents. In addition to this, the RHA shows that R.Cox Haulage adheres to a high industry standard.

R. Cox Haulage currently carries heavy machinery, plant and steel nationwide throughout the United Kingdom. The business continuously evolves around moving equipment in or around

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Sheffield. In addition to this the business carries out various other contract works in the UK. R. Cox currently runs a modest fleet of two Arctic’s, one flat bed trailer, forklifting transportation, one 7.5 tonne and finally one 3.5 tonnes. The company utilises a mixture of different brands for its fleet, which include Volvo, DAF, Scania and more recently a Fiat pickup truck.

The business is officially 89 years old this year and had been owned by Robert and Emma Rounce for the last 10 years, Robert was a long serving member of the team working for the Cox family before taking over the business and now strives a long with his wife to keep pushing the business forward a long with their drivers who are fully qualified and vastly experienced to be able to use any of the company’s trucks, but some will choose to drive their preferred truck.

Over the years R. Cox Haulage has accumulated a modest portfolio of regular clients because of its attention to detail, customer care and overall excellent transport service.

As a small Haulage company, R. Cox Haulage strives to maintain its current trajectory. The company aims to retain all of its current employees and to cement its position in the transport industry by ensuring that it will continue to provide its customers with the same high quality level of service as possible.

Tel: 01142442115 Email: traffic@rcoxhaulage.co.uk

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Road Haulage

R Jameson Event Transport

From humble beginnings to industry leader R Jameson Event Transport shows continued growth since 2005

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Jameson Event Transport was established in 2005 by current Managing Director, Richard Jameson.

Since its founding R Jameson Event Transport has outgrown its humble beginnings as a one vehicle company and transitioned into being a multi-vehicle handling industry leader.

In 2007 the R Jameson purchased its first truck and began to carry out work within the Event Industry. The business gradually built an excellent reputation amongst its customers for its highly reliable, professional and dedicated transport service. R Jameson Event Transport has grown via customer demand and will continue to fulfil each of their requirements.

R Jameson Event Transport now operates as a specialist in providing transport solutions for the Event Industry. Having worked in the Event Industry for a number of years, the company has garnered a wealth of experience that it utilises to achieve the high standard of service for its customers.

The company commands a modern and energy efficient fleet of vehicles, which have been specially designed to carry any type of load safely and securely. R Jameson Event Transport’s

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trailers are all lined with load lock and come complete with load bars, straps, ramps and ramp carriers. Each trailer is also fitted with super bright LED lights making them safe to work in at any time of the night. R Jameson also understand the importance of being on time and as a result its trucks are satellite tracked which allows it to keep a check on their progress and if needed redirect them if there are any delays showing on their route.

R Jameson Event Transport has developed a loyal customer base, many of which have been using the company since its inception. The business attributes this to the excellent service that it provides. R Jameson Event Transport feels that whilst its customer base continues to grow it will strive to maintain the feeling of a family business.

As it continues R Jameson Event Transport will continue to strive for 100% customer satisfaction on every job it undertakes and will continue to build new and lasting relationships with customers within the Event Industry.

The company employs a strong and dedicated team and each member goes above and beyond for the company and its customers.

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Simpson Bros

Road Haulage

Almost a century of dedicated services Road haulage specialist Simpson Bros continues to grow with Pallet Force

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impson Bros was established in 1918 by brother George and Dick Simpson following their service in World War 1. The brothers bought two ex military vehicles and from their base at Stocksfield, began transporting coal and coke in and around the Tyne Valley. Over the next few decades the company received modest growth and the bothers were joined by George’s two sons Ralph and George Jr. The company then began to obtain a more significant growth from the 1980’s to early 2001. At this point Simpson Bros has a fleet of around 50 vehicles and had worked in several sectors of the transport industry, including packaging dairy and steel.

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In 1994, alongside other well-experienced delivery companies APC overnight began trading , Simpson Bros being one of the founder members, which is committed to providing excellent service in the UK overnight delivery market . APC Overnight is currently the UK’s largest independent delivery network, with more than 115 local depots nationwide, simpson bros operate 32 vans daily that can handle 3,000 consignments and guarantee a friendly reception and streamlined coverage.

In 2001, Simpson Bros became a member of Pallet Force and quickly began to receive a high volume of pallet work through the network. The business credits this to its strong reputation in the industry for delivering full load

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consignments. In 2003 the year the company relocated to a larger purposebuilt distribution centre on Drum Industrial Estate in Chester-le-Street. In 2008, the company had outgrown this facility and the Director’s decided to move the business to a 22 acre site in Chester-le-Street, with a 330,000 square foot warehousing facility.

Simpson Bros then decided to relocate again, this time moving to an nearby old Co-op building on the Drum Industrial Estate, it is now known as The Business Village.

Present day Simpson Bros is operated by three Directors, Paul Rackstraw, Gordon Milne and Anne-Marie Bunting. The business commands a fleet of around

Simpson Bros 50 Scania, Iveco manufactured arctic units, which includes an in-built tracking systems. The fleet also contains ten DAF rigid vehicles, which have Navman trackers fitted in and 75 trailers.

Managing Director, Paul Rackstraw revealed that the business is looking to invest in cameras for each vehicle.

Based in County Durham, Simpson Bros prides itself on being able to provide clients with a highly reliable nationwide service across Scotland, Wales and the UK. Simpson Bros has the ability to carry an extensive range of commodities, from general haulage goods to pallets.

Additionally as a member of Pallet Force the company frequently carries out sub-contracted work, transporting goods such as empty bottles and plastic benches.

Last November the business launched Mission Christmas, which saw Santa Claus drive a 44 foot artic lorry. The truck, provided by Simpson Bros of Birtley part of the APC Overnight network, was donated to charity Cash for Kids to help launch their annual Christmas appeal and was spectacularly branded on one full side while it toured the North East.

The business takes health and safety seriously, Managing Director, Anne-Marie Bunting is also the company’s Health and Safety Manager and ensures that the business is always operating as safely and efficient as possible.

Tel: 01914924340 www.simpson-bros.co.uk

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Road Haulage

T C Transport

Family-run firm continues to provide a first rate service T C Transport strive to provide a high calibre nationwide service

‘‘T C Transport has continuously invested into its fleet of vehicles and has recently expanded the fleet to eight dedicated vehicles.’’

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C Transport was first established in 1974 by Managing Director, Terence Ford. The business began with only one vehicle doing a truck changeover with P.S Ridgway of Dundee.

Two years later the business completely changed due to the addition of another truck and driver. The business than started to provide a high quality delivery service all over Scotland, which continued successfully for a further ten years.

After a fruitful decade of only running two trucks, T C Transport made the decision to invest into its humble fleet of vehicles via expansion. The business purchased an extra two trucks,which doubled their fleet and

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T C Transport effectively doubled their work load as well.

Managing Director, Terence Ford, was later joined at the company by his two sons, one operates as a truck driver whilst the other has a position in T C Ford’s office.

Over the last 42 years T C Transport has grown exponentially after acquiring an excellent reputation in the transport industry and accumulating an impressive list of loyal customers.

The business gradually built up the size of their fleet over the years to accommodate the increasing popularity of T C Transport and its services. In addition to this, the business relocated to its current owned premises in Bury.

MD Terence Ford’s daughter, Claire Ford, joined the family-run business to handle the day-to-day running of the office, which enabled her brother to be able to drive a truck alongside his bother and brother-in-law.

T C Transport has continuously invested into its fleet of vehicles and has recently expanded the fleet to eight dedicated vehicles. Four of the company’s fleet have super spaced cabs and are manufactured by DAF. In addition to this the fleet contains two top liners and also two 6x2 wheeled Scania manufactured trucks. All of the trucks are fitted with fridges, microwaves and phones for the company’s drivers.

The company can now deliver an excellent nationwide service, which is carried out by T C Transport’s highly experienced, professional and fully qualified drivers. All of the business’s drivers are additionally fork truck trained.

T C Transport has a long and successful history in the transport and haulage industries and intends to continue operating as efficiently as it has been for the last 42 years.

Future aspirations of the business include maintaining a highly active work ethic with each truck being kept as busy as possible. Additionally T C Transport is looking at potentially investing into its fleet again with the addition of several new vehicles.

Tel: 01617620723

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Alexanders Removals

Specialist

From a one-man-andvan operation to a nationwide success

Family-run Alexanders boasts continued growth since its birth ‘‘We endeavour to provide a seamless experience.’’

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ward winning family-established storage and removals specialist, Alexanders, comes from very humble beginnings as a one-man-andvan operation, which was founded in 2002 by husband and wife team, Alex and Sam Pope. The business soon expanded with the addition of a second van and the transition into the storage industry.

Although Alex had never initially planned on becoming involved with removals, he decided to stay in the industry as he had accumulated a large portfolio of loyal clients, which enabled Alexanders to continue developing.

Alexanders excels at planning a bespoke removals service. The company assists customers to pack before the move and to helping disassembling furniture. The

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removals service is not confined to residential moves, Alexanders also aids in the relocation of businesses.

Alex then discovered self-storage and quickly realised that it would be the perfect compliment to the removals aspect of his business. Alexanders leased a storage facility to begin the storage part of the business. The company stayed in control of the storage and its clients had contracts with them. Eventually Alexanders relocated to its own 50,000 square foot modern storage unit in Park, which boasts a capacity of 700 containers.

Both Alex and Sam feel that the storage division of the company has enabled them to provide a more bespoke service, which gives them the edge over the competition.

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Alexanders storage service provides clients with a sense of security, its warehouse is fitted with 24-hour CCTV cameras and Redcare security. The company is member of the Self Storage Association UK, which demonstrates the company’s commitment to providing the highest calibre of storage standards.

In 2010 Alex and Sam were looking to expand the business by acquiring two other local removals companies but lacked the confidence. Despite being sceptical at first, the pair undertook a six week Dale Carnegie management course. The course gave them the much needed confidence boost and guided them through the acquisition process.

Alex believes that acquisitions provide the best way to grow in the industry as they present a more economical and faster way to expand.

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Since its inception Alexanders has transitioned into an increasingly successful business, which commands a dedicated fleet of 14 lorries, operates from three warehouses, with 160 units and employs 42 dedicated, highly skilled and reliable staff members.

Recently Alexanders has welcome new Managing Director, Rafael Kidel, and will also be looking to hire a new management team so that Alex and Sam can focus on the bigger picture and the management team will focus on the day-to-day running of Alexanders.

Alexanders is a certified member of the BAR (British Association of Removers) and adheres to the Commercial moving standard BS 8522. The BAR Commercial standard will benefit Alexanders exponentially by enabling the business to further expand into the commercial sector.

The company also adhere to the BAR Domestic Moving Standards, which are the first and only recognised quality standards specifically aimed at furniture removals and storage for the benefit of the private individual.

In the last 13 years Alexanders has been nominated for various awards for its hard work and commitment to the industry, the business was a finalist in the West London Business Awards 2014, the Best Logistics Business and the Park Royal Business of the Year. In addition to this Sam was a finalist in the 2013 Mumpreneaur Awards for her dedication to both her business and her family.

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M&J Plant and Transport

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M & J Plant and Transport invests nearly one million pounds in its excavator fleet

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M&J Plant and Transport

Specialist

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& J Plant and Transport was incorporated by Kevan and Diane Hares in October 2000. Since its inception the Gwent based business has grown dramatically in the civil engineering, house building, plant and machinery haulage industries and currently employs a dedicated work force of over employees.

The business predominantly operates in South Wales and the West of England but has the capacity and experience to carry out a nationwide service when required by its customers.

Over the last 15 years M & J Plant and Transport has accumulated a diverse fleet of vehicles that include a full range of both tracked and wheeled excavators from 1.5 tonne to 20 tonne, which are composed of a mixture of manufacturers, such as JCB, Hitachi, Takeuchi, Doosan, Volvo, Case and New Holland. The fleet of Volvo lorries includes Low loaders from 44 tonne to 80 tonne, 8 wheel tippers, a hiab beavertail lorry and road sweepers.

Owner and Plant Manager, Mr Kevan Hares, plans to invest into the company’s

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fleet in the next few years and hopes to add additional low loader tractor units to the fleet and also aims to upgrade the eight wheel hiab beavertail lorry.

M & J Plant and Transport constantly updates the excavators in its fleet, this is to ensure that the fleet is always modern and up to date.

M & J Plant and Transport addresses health and safety with a highly proactive approach, which includes under contract consultants and in-house representative and training. The business has also implemented a environmental policy to decrease its impact on the atmosphere.

Kevan Hares recalls the misfortune of the 2008 recession that had a negative affect on the haulage and transport industry.

Post-recession Kevan said, “It has been a struggle to survive while updating the fleet of machines and vehicles and very difficult to succeed. Sometimes you do not know from one month to the next if you are making or losing money. There have been sacrifices.�

Despite the recession M & J Plant and Transport has persevered to establish itself as a leading haulier in the industry.

M & J Plant and Transport has recently

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just celebrated its 15th year anniversary since its incorporation in 2000. In addition to this the business has just purchased its first brand new tractor unit as well as invested nearly one million pounds in its excavator fleet.

In the future M & J Plant and Transport hopes to continue to improve the quality of its service and to also increase the quantity of its plant and machinery fleet.

Throughout the last 15 years M & J Plant and Transport has developed great working relationships with several other companies in the industry. The business would like to give a special thanks the following companies for their support and custom over the years Randalls Groundworks Ltd, Bell Contracting Ltd, S&G Soils Ltd, KJ Services Ltd , Smerdon Tree Services Ltd and Fleetwheel Limited.

M & J Plant and Transport would like to thank everybody that has worked for the company for helping establish the business and making it a success.

Tel: 01443 875210 www.mjplantandtransport.co.uk

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Mac Surfacing

Specialist

Supply chain business of the year Mac Surfacing aim to expand staff Family business invest in training programmes for staff

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“the plans were informed through extensive consumer research including 336 station user interviews, 8 focus groups with business and leisure travellers, and 14 online surveys.�

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amily run business Mac Surfacing was formed 11 years ago predominantly providing road surfacing services and plant and labour hire with the directors having a wealth of knowledge of the industry with over 30 years experience between them.

The company operates nationwide with work as far as Scotland but works largely around their base in the Midlands working primarily in the local area with strong links to the local community. Mac Surfacing run with a fleet of 110 vehicles including 9 low loaders, a Scania HGV and Mercedes vans, the low loaders are Euro 6 standard and feature Telematics and reversing cameras.

Mac Surfacing are members of the FTA, Construction Plant Hire Association and the Safeplane Federation of Planing Contractors. Undertaking all work in house without subcontractors the business carry commodities such as plants and surfacing materials such as a road paver.

Meeting the ISO14001 standards the company are keen to reduce their carbon footprint. The company has an

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Mac Surfacing are proud to be the winners of the Midlands highly commended family business award 2014 and supply chain business of the year 2014 and boast strong links with the local community. The company love to recruit from the local area and offer an apprenticeship scheme to give people from the local area a chance to train with them on the job giving back to the areas they work in, Mac Surfacing believe they have built a good reputation among companies and believe in providing great customer service.

Recently the company have strengthened their management team and have invested money into training for staff. Mac Surfacing currently have a staff force of 110 and with a view to the future aim to expand their staff force by around 10% to 20%, they are aiming high with an aggressive growth strategy.

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Transport Training Academy LTD

Specialist

Ten years of continued growth Transport Training Academy opens new centre in Burnley

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ransport Training Academy was established in 2004 as a training platform that could offer highly efficient and reliable driving assessments to SME’s. Since its formation 11 years ago Transport Training Academy has achieved sustainable growth each year and has worked diligently to reach its current position in the industry.

The company employs a dedicated team of 20 at the moment, these range from assessors and instructors to admin support staff, commercial sales team and a logistics employment coordinator.

Transport Training Academy currently owns and operates four vehicles: one Scania C+E, two Scania rigid vehicles and one Renault premium rigid truck with a HIAB, this is a dual purpose vehicle, as it is not only used for license acquisition but is also lorry loader training. The company uses its vehicles solely for training purposes.

Over the last decade Transport Training Academy has been able to form several great working relationships with companies in the transport industry, this has enabled the business to garner an impressive portfolio of services. At present its portfolio includes driver, warehouse, management and short Health and Safety courses.

Transport Training Academy has the ability to provide an extensive range of courses. The courses range from licence acquisition, driver CPC, green band safe and fuel efficient driving, managers CPC, DSA instructor course, first aid at work, manual handling, fire marshall, fork lift truck and various plant.

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As an integral business in the transport industry, Transport Training Academy prides itself on its role in driving the future of the industry and in particular how it encourages individuals to join the industry and view it as a viable career. The business is a registered member of the RHA (Road Haulage Association) and just recently CILT UK (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport), which demonstrates that the business provides a high standard of service.

Managing Director, David Coupe, recollected the downturn in the British economy in 2008, he stated, “Training is always effected when there is recession. We just kept going delivering an excellent service and providing advice to our customers who were suffering by encouraging savings through fuel costs by undertaking driver development.�

Despite the recession Transport Training Academy has continued to succeed as a staple in the industry. The business has continued to expand after opening a brand new centre in Burnley, which has seen the company receive further significant growth and an excellent turnover.

After celebrating its tenth year trading anniversary last year Transport Training Academy aims to continue developing as a business via expanding its training portfolio and the further development of the business in a structured and controlled manner.

Tel: 0845 056 0561 www.ttacademy.com

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J Davidson Broadheath Ltd

Waste & Recycling

Scrap metal specialist sets the industry standard

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J Davidson recycles an impressive 40,000 tonnes of metal each year

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J Davidson Broadheath Ltd

Waste & Recycling

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crap metal recycling specialist J Davidson Broadheath was opened in 1970 by the late, Mr Jack Davidson, since its forming 46 years ago the business has accumulated an excellent reputation as one of the North West’s largest and longest established scrap metal dealers, which services the industrial, commercial and the general public sector.

J Davidson boasts over 40 years of service in the scrap metal recycling industry and operates from a new state-of-the-art two, purpose built two acre scrap metal processing site in Altrincham, Cheshire.The family business is now managed by Jack’s son, Jamie, with the help of his two sons Luke and Lee. The core business of J Davison is the recycling of all types of metal products arising from, end of life vehicles, industrial and construction demolition or general commercial and domestic metal waste. J Davidson recycles around 40,000 tonnes of metal each year

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using the most up-to-date equipment available to the Scrap Metal Processing Industry. The business buys all types of scrap metal in Manchester, ranging from non-ferrous metals such as copper to ferrous metals such as steel and provide an extensive range of recycling and collection services tailored to meet customer requirements.

In addition to this the business offers a free skip hire delivery and collection service for its customers in both the industrial and commercial sectors.

J Davidson prides itself on its ability to provide a high class of services to its customers. The business credits the mixture of its industry knowledge,

highly capable staff, modern equipment, stringent policies and overall level of service. J Davidson operates with an efficient expertise and is continuously looking for ways to improve the business, it is this diligent ethos that resulted in J Davidson becoming one of the first companies in the North West to be credited as an authorised Scrap Car Treatment Facility for the safe disposal of end of life vehicles.

less use of natural resources which would otherwise be needed to make new metal compounds. Additionally there are also considerable savings in energy as the production methods using recycled metals has the benefit of reduced CO2 emissions.

Tel: 0161 928 9981 www.jdavidsonscrap.com

As a scrap metal recycling specialist J Davidson has a great positive impact on the environment, the recycling of metals helps protects the environment and saves energy.

Using secondary raw materials means

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Assisting the transport industry to increase profits and protect the environment.

What is it? SELF FINANCING CHEP & EURO SIZE MULTI DECK PALLET TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. What is the weight of each unit in the system?

Each system comes in two variations.

Double Deck and triple deck : Double Deck CHEP : 122 kg. .......EURO : 118 kg.

Triple Deck CHEP : 146 kg. .......EURO : 138 kg.

Deck Weight CHEP : 12 kg x 2 EURO : 10 kg x2.

It is possible to load 22 double or triple deck Chep units or a combination on the bed of a fridge or curtainsider.

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How to choose a How to choose a Telematics system Telematics system

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The New Standard of Telematics Consulting

This month I want to talk about what Telematics system you should choose. There are a range of suppliers and systems and This month I want talkneed about system you myriad options buttoyou to what focus Telematics on your requirements should choose.

There are a range of suppliers and systems and and the biggest returns on investment. Every company and myriad options but you need to focus on your requirements your desired attributes will be different. In order to explain the and the my biggest returns on ainvestment. company and process example below company isEvery looking to upgrade your desired attributes will be different.

In order to explain the from basic tracking to full Telematics with all available data. process my example below a company is looking to upgrade from basic tracking to full Telematics with all available data.

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The four systems chosen for the final round compare versus the target follows: The four systems chosen forasthe final round compare versus the target as follows:

Assessment

Implementation

Results

Which technology is the best fit for your business; how should it be configured and integrated? We will help you deploy the right solution.

Whether you’re looking for expert guidance as you move through your deployment, or your team needs more in-depth support, I offer a range of highly cost-effective implementation services.

Which are the key success factors for business and how should you prepare?

Our services will help you to agree on strategic priorities and develop a improvement programme.

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Our Approach

Bringing innovation to the process of telematics.

Independent expertise My telematics consultancy was founded to address complex Many years of experience business issues, advise on strategic business implementation and demonstrate the broader benefits that can be achieved across Proven track record of success I your haveflsimplified the process for the benefit of brevity. You would obviously eet management and business. need to carry out the research first. Next month I will look at what are the most Flexible and consultative approach how Icommon have simplifiedwhen the process for the these benefit of brevity.

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Why Choose PDC We take a holistic approach and guide you through the minefield of implementing a system. With our help, advice and support you can be guaranteed to pick the system that is right for your operation, and we can then help deliver it in a timely manner.

We do this by first ensuring you get the right solution, then working hard with all levels of the company on implementation. This ensures that the system becomes embedded in the culture and operations on a day-to-day basis. We then drive through the project to ensure that those promised savings are achieved and the return on investment is met.

We can see through the myriad of options available on the market, and help pick the right system for your business. Please see a few of our recent case studies at www.pdugganconsulting.co.uk.

Th e re a re th ou sa n ds of te c h n olo gies on th e m a rke t , w h i c h on e i s ri ght fo r you ?

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Without Paul’s independent expertise and hands-on approach I feel we would not have maximized the benefits possible from this complex system.

If you would like to save 6% on your fuel bill and reduce CO2 emissions, telematics may be the answer.

See the example cost/benefit analysis below to help you understand the ROI of implementing a telematics solution. The key to success is taking a holistic approach to implementation, considering people, process and technology.

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A telematics system costs £600, spread over the life of truck.

Select a system that is right for your business and goals.

Project Management and driver training costs £400 for the first year.

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