A leading logistics company has seen huge growth in its business to consumer deliveries during the pandemic. North Wales-based Delivery Solutions (Delsol) says its new business has been driven by companies either increasing existing online sales or launching eCommerce offerings. New customers have included food producers, DIY and garden companies… Read more »
Fox Brothers acquire Clive Hurt Plant Hire in ground-breaking deal
Fox Brothers, the Blackpool-based haulier of aggregates, recycled materials and earthworks contractor, has acquired Clive Hurt Plant Hire Limited in a multi-million-pound deal. The acquisition brings together two of the North West’s premier operators and will create a combined business with an annual turnover of close to £50m. Collectively it… Read more »
Burnley haulage firm grows business during lockdown
Within nine months of joining Palletways, Europe’s largest and fastest growing palletised freight network, and part of the Imperial group, Burnley-based EFS Global have grown their business to accommodate additional postcodes in the Stockport area. EFS Global, which was founded in 1996, boasts a 200-strong fleet and employs over 325… Read more »
TPN signs enterprising provider to major logistics groups
TPN – THE Pallet Network, has signed new-to-networks Basingstoke-based CWM Transport after the owners indicated they would like to diversify. The two-year-old company, which has developed an excellent reputation for providing dedicated full- load haulage between depots for major logistics groups, such as Fedex/TNT and Amazon, went live on the… Read more »
Swindon-based haulier Les Smith joins Palletways
Family-run haulage operator Les Smith has joined Palletways, Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network and part of the Imperial Group. Les Smith Haulage Ltd, which is based in Swindon, will operate across Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire for Palletways including in and around the conurbations of Swindon and… Read more »
Delivering the new M4 smart motorway project
Collett & Sons have delivered 120 steel bridge girders on behalf of Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd, from Darlington to the new M4 Smart Motorway between junction 3 and 12 in the South East of England. The M4 J3 to J12 Smart Motorway Upgrade was set up by Highways England with… Read more »
49m blades for Solwaybank Wind Farm
Consisting of 15 Vestas V100 wind turbines, each featuring 49 metre blades and 75 metre towers, Collett & Sons Ltd began the transport of each of the 120 main components and ancillary items from Glasgow’s King George V Dock. With space at a premium at the Glasgow dockside, due to this… Read more »
Pallet-Track’s Harrison Solway overcomes challenging year to celebrate two decades of success
One of Pallet-Track’s inaugural and most-respected network members is determined to go ahead with major celebration plans for its 20th anniversary year – but will hold the champagne corks for a year to mark a real coming of age. Hull-based Harrison Solway, which proudly displays its purple elephant logo across… Read more »
Turbine delivery for Rookery South
Collett & Sons delivered a 160 Tonne Turbine and a 120 Tonne Generator from the Port of Tilbury to the Rookery South Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) in Stewartby, Bedfordshire. Preparation for the 78-mile journey began in December 2019, when Collett, in association with the project partner Karl Gross GmbH, took… Read more »
THE Pallet Network signs new-to-networks Slough-based KPI Transport
TPN – THE Pallet Network, has signed new-to-networks Slough-based KPI Transport. Its TPN operation goes live on the 17th August. Slough-based Keith Perry International Transport, which trades as KPI Transport, came into new ownership in June 2020. KPI director Ray Burke says he is looking to expand its fleet, its… Read more »
