Europa Air & Sea to expand sales team
Europa Air & Sea plans to grow its sales team in 2017 to support its expansion plans. The 10-strong sales team which operates from Heathrow (air) and Birmingham (sea) will grow to 15 in 2017, following what Europa describes as “a year of very strong operational performance, new business wins and increased sales from existing customers”.
Angus Hind, director of Europa Air and Sea, commented: “We have ambitious plans to expand our air and sea division this year on the back of a record year of growth in 2016. For example, Europa Air achieved its highest recorded volume of kilos during Q4 of 2016, while Europa Sea saw double digit growth on its year on year revenue last year.
The plans for further expansion of the team follow Europa’s investment in new, larger offices for its air freight division in Heathrow last year, which provided a 60 per cent increase in capacity.
Hind added the air team saw “steady demand” despite the uncertainty over the UK’s position in Europe which dominated the political and business agenda last year.
“2016 was a pivotal year for the UK economy,” said Hind. “Amidst discussion of what it might mean if we leave the single market and debate about how we will continue to work effectively with EU countries post Brexit, my team took a ‘business as usual’ approach which has seen us come through a period of change without disruption.”
Europa is forecasting a post-Brexit increase in exporting.
According to Hind: “The sector is buoyant and the mood we are gauging from clients is one of opportunity and optimism – so we predict 2017 will be another year of growth and success for Europa air and sea.”
