Fortec Distribution Network and APC Overnight are in talks about working together, says Fortec director Rob Abrahams. Plans are in the “early stages”, he says.
The news comes as a second APC member company joins Fortec. Millbray Pallets has been formed as a subsidiary of L&C, based in Hainault, Essex to do the Fortec work.
Read MoreUK pallet network Palletforce has launched a nightly direct link from its UK hub in Lichfield to Belgian member Gillemot, based inKampenhout. The link, operated by Redhead International, provides for a 48 hour door-to-door service throughout Belgium and the Netherlands.
Read MoreBusiness Post launched its UK Pallets network- formerly called Weaver- to its 70 partner transport firms at a hotel in the midlands on Saturday.
Customers can be shared, partners were told, and they were urged to cross- sell parcels under new incentive schemes, called “£££s for pallets and “£££s f for parcels”; it is understood that those gaining new contracts will win 15% of the first 13 weeks’ revenue.
Read MoreWrexham-based McCarthy Haulage has become the latest member to join United Pallet Network, covering the CH postcodes. McCarthy Haulages company secretary, Andrew Nicholson says: We decided to evaluate our position in the industry and decided that the time was right to join a pallet netwrok. We looked at all of the networks out there and found that our preferred option was UPN because of its emphasis on quality rather than volume.
Read MoreWest-Lothian based R Drummond (Carriers) has joined Pall-Ex to serve the FK postcode area. Commercial manager at the famil firm, Damon Burns, says: We chose Pall-Ex on recommendations from other members of the network and we were impressed with the new hub. Being part of a network will allow us to offer a complete pallet delivery service throughout the UK.
This is the first time R Drummond, which operates a fleet of 60 vehicles, has been part of a network.
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