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Pall-Ex is delighted to announce winning the much coveted Business of the Year Award, at a ceremony for the Leicestershire Business Awards.The evening’s events were attended by representatives from 18 finalist companies from across the region.

The finalists for the award included Pall-Ex, Rushcliffe, and Geosynthetics. There were four rounds of judging before the winners were announced. Competition at this stage was tough. With 20,000 sq ft of storage Geosynthetics, part of the Hansam Group, is regarded as the largest distributor of geosynthetic material in the UK. Essentially they distribute fabrics which are used for soil stabilisation. Rushcliffe Care specialise in care for the elderly, and were finalists for the Success Through People award.

To win Business of the Year, Pall-Ex needed to demonstrate stability and strong reputation within the Leicestershire economy. The company easily exceeded these criteria by recently celebrating a landmark 10 years in business, and by currently assessing opportunities to expand the operation by building another hub in the style of the existing GBP 12 million investment situated in Ellistown, Leicestershire, close to the A50 and M1.. Essentially, Pall-Ex unites 100 member depots from across the UK. These regionally based haulage companies collect freight from their designated postcode areas, destined for other parts of the country or Europe. The freight is then transported to the central Pall-Ex transhipment hub.

At the hub, the freight is sorted by delivery area and assigned to the haulier serving that location for delivery. Next day and economy services are available. Pall-Ex has access to over 7,500 vehicles and more than five million square feet of warehousing in the UK and Europe. The co-ordination of freight collections and deliveries, minimizes mileage and maximises the usage of vehicle capacity. Essentially the Pall-Ex service concept is simple. They provide an organizational solution for cost effective distribution of palletised freight. The scale of the operation however, is breathtaking. Serving every UK postcode, from a 23 acre hub, Pall-Ex has a typical throughput of around 9000 pallets per night.

Pall-Ex is set to strengthen its network further in Northern Ireland following the appointment of new member Reid Transport. Based in County Antrim, Reid Transport is one of Northern Ireland’s leading logistics companies.

Established in 1980, it recently re-located to a 75,000 sq ft purpose built logistics centre outside Ballymena to provide a faster and more efficient service to its customers. The company has an impressive fleet of over 60 vehicles ranging from Sliding Roof Euroliners and Refrigerated Trailers to Low-loaders.

It was specifically chosen to become the latest member of Pall-Ex – the UK’s leading “hub and spoke” palletized freight operator – because of its location close to Northern Ireland’s motorway network and its reputation for quality.

Adds Stephen Wallace, Group Sales Manager at Reid Transport: “We have been looking for some time to give our customers total UK coverage with their consignments and after meeting with Pall-Ex quickly realised that their network offered the most effective solution possible to our requirements.