Palletline member scoops top industry award
Halifax-based Expect Distribution, a leading member of Palletline plc, the UK’s most experienced palletized freight distribution network, has scooped the road haulage industry’s most prestigious prize – the 2007 Motor Transport Awards Haulier of the Year award.
The award recognizes the outstanding haulier or distribution company of the year – companies have to show not only strong financial results, but a strong all-round commitment to professionalism and customer care, and active measures taken to improve service levels.
The ceremony for the awards, which since 1988 have recognized excellence in the field of logistics and distribution, was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London.
A key factor in Expect’s success was the impact of a major GBP 200,000-plus rebranding exercise in the first quarter of 2006 which saw the company change its name from Pennine Parcels to Expect Distribution to better reflect the nature of its business.
Based in Listers Road, Halifax, Expect Distribution (www.expectdistribution.com) employs 125 people and owns and operates 52 vehicles. Established in 1988 as a parcel delivery service, the company’s work with palletized consignments grew so rapidly that this has now been its core business for a number of years. It is the largest inputter into Palletline, for whom it covers the LS, WF, HX, BD, HG, HD and OL postcode areas, inputting more than 2,500 pallets each week. Indeed, since becoming a founder member of Palletline in 1992, its annual turnover has rocketed from GBP 350,000 to around GBP 10 million, with growth of 16 pct in the first half of the company’s current financial year.
According to Palletline’s Acting Managing Director Kevin Buchanan, the success of Expect in winning this award is a clear demonstration of the stature of the Palletline network.
