A Suffolk haulage business has lifted its game when it comes to recruiting and retaining drivers in an industry plagued by skill shortages. Bartrums Road Services Ltd, a third generation family business which will celebrate its 90th anniversary next year, has invested a five-figure sum in...
Cheetahs may be famous for their spots but family logistics firm Cheetah Couriers will now become famous for spotting road hazards after investing tens of thousands of pounds in cab camera technology to secure a Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) Silver national fleet award. The full-service...
The haulage boss who encouraged his two daughters to take up HGV driving as part of an initiative to plug a chronic industry skills shortage has praised the Pallet-Track network for setting the industry benchmark for excellence. Martyn Bowers, managing director of The TLP Group and...
A long-established transport business which began life as a working farm in the ‘Garden of England’ more than 80 years ago is ploughing a rich seam of customer confidence, just eighteen months after joining the Pallet-Track network. Alan Firmin Ltd, now one of Kent and the...
Wolverhampton-based Pallet-Track has continued its winning year by scooping the Growth Award at the 2018 Logistics Awards. The pallet network beat six other companies to the accolade at the glittering award ceremony organised by SHD Logistics magazine at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London on Thursday 20...
Bartrums Road Services Ltd is a third generation family business with a payload to match its ambition as it approaches its 90th anniversary next year (2019). A company that used to represent Boots’ dedicated distribution network across Norfolk and Suffolk arrived at a fork in the...
The answer to the Beatles’ song question ‘will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64’ is a resounding ‘yes’ for Bath-based Massey-Wilcox which has recorded a massive 50 per cent growth in business, despite a competitive sector and relatively flat...
The Woodside Group, one of Northern Ireland’s leading logistics companies, is branching out and going for growth after reporting in excess of 30 per cent efficiency savings in less than six months. As a result, the Ballynure, Co Antrim-based company, which joined the Pallet-Track network last...
Leading Wolverhampton logistics company Pallet-Track raised more than £1,500 for its nominated 2018 charity Marie Curie at its annual family fun day. The event, held at the firm’s Wolverhampton hub on Sunday, raised £1,532 for the charity, which supports people living with terminal illnesses and their...
Whether you’re a youngster or just a big kid at heart, a mention of the Beano can’t fail to conjure up happy childhood memories and a simpler time when Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx and Roger the Dodger kept us entertained for hours. And anyone...