Russett back as MD in Palletline network
Bob Russett is back in the industry full-time, taking 100% control of a Birmingham freight firm and buying a warehouse in Telford.
Russett bought out the other three founder shareholders of Palletline Distribution, the Palletline Network member based at the West Midlands hub. Selling their shares are; Ken Hackling, who has his own transport business; and Colin Sturgess and John Watt, who had their own transport firms but have retired from the industry.
Russett becomes full-time managing director of Palletline Distribution, which he says has offered very limited storage hitherto. There is room to expand at Telford, he adds.
Russett was chairman of the Palletline network from 1993 to 2005. He tells Motor Transport: “I’ve enjoyed the past 12 months, but I am looking forward to getting stuck back in again. My heart has always been in the industry,” he says.
But he notes that everybody seems to be “desperate to get out – and I’m going the other way”.
