Tag: Road Transport

A. Salvatori and Son Join Pall-Ex

Posted by | Jun 14, 2007 | |

Based in Preston, Kent, this 80 year old family business A. Salvatori and Son join Pall-Ex to cover the Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells post codes.

This depot operates from a 10-acre site in Preston, near Canterbury and has a second site in Europe. The company echoes the Pall-Ex principle of a comprehensive distribution service has extensive storage facilities including a capacity of 5000 tonnes controlled temperature storage.

A company representative commented “We have recognised the advantages of Pall-Ex membership, and decided to join based on Hilary’s team’s extensive experience. We believe to have found a quality union in Pall-Ex. Customer service is of uppermost importance to us and we know we will be able to maintain high standards by working in partnership with Pall-Ex.”

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Howard Tenens joins Pall-Ex network

Posted by | Jun 6, 2007 | |

Howard Tenens owns a prestigious fleet of 200 vehicles operating from 6 sites across the UK, and serves a range of client industry sectors including automotive, major retailers, food and paper manufacturers. Howard Tenens (Swindon) Ltd will enable the network to offer even better service and coverage in the busy Swindon location. Joining the Pall-Ex network gives them access to an additional fleet of over 7500 vehicles and full UK coverage.

Howard Tenens is a privately owned business operating in Swindon for over 40 years. Its experience in providing supply chain management services will be further complimented by the additional services of the Pall-Ex network. Matt Bibb, Divisional Director comments, ‘Traditionally Howard Tenens have provided full vehicle movements, by joining Pall-Ex, customers in the Swindon area can also benefit from a highly competitively priced single pallet movement to anywhere in the UK further enhancing our services to the local businesses in the area.’.

Howard Tenens fleet comprises of vans, 7.5, 18 tonne vehicles and articulated lorries. Pall-Ex are delighted to have this well established business join their network, as their superlative service standards mirror those of the Pall-Ex network as a whole.

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Business Post's UK postal arm overtaking Parcels

Posted by | Jun 1, 2007 | |

Business Post predicts its UK Mail postal arm will overtake its parcels business in the next three to five years. Chief executive Guy Buswell says that UK Mail generates 27% of the revenue for the company and this fits in line with Business Post’s growth strategy to become “the leading integrated postal operator”.

Business Post’s preliminary results for the year to March 2007 show the company now has a cash balance GBP 12m, up from a GBP 0.4 overdraft in 2006. Group revenue grew by 17% to GBP 326m, from GBP 278m in 2006. Pre-tax profit nudged up to GBP 11.5m in 2007 from GBP 11.4m, while operating profit grew to GBP 12.1m.

But revenue for the company’s parcel business slipped by 1.2% to GBP 194m, while UK Mail’s revenue soared by 124% to GBP 90.3m.

Buswell says the company has “done an awful lot within a year”, referring specifically to the take-back of 11 franchise operations into corporate ownership. “The key thing for us was to take those businesses and turn them around to at least break-even, and we’ve done that,” he says. Business Post has 16 remaining franchise operations, but these are all profitable businesses.

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