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Scots saviour For lost owners
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SCOTTISH haulage eonwtor has come to the rescue fellow operators who were fined by offers of Middle 1st irtunes.
Bill Wright, proprietor of illiam Wright Transport rvices Ltd of Old Kilpatrick, inbartonshire, has estashed lucrative cross-desert rrk for 16 owner-drivers, and s built up a branch office in cidah.
This answers the problems iich beset such operators as ur men whose attempt to earn high returns in Saudi Arabia ended in an "Arabian nightmare" (CM August 25).
Bill Wright established his concern while stranded in Saudi Arabia after having his own lorry impounded.
Expenses
He said: "We were finally introduced to a wealthy -sheikh who turned out to be head of a transport firm.
"I struck a deal with him. He agreed to pay all our expenses out there and, my guarantee, those of all the others they signed up to work for me." "We began work at once — out of my new office. My driver is now my Saudi Arabian transport manager and the deal should really pay off," he said.
"I have taken a big financial gamble, but I am convinced that we will all make money."
Mr Wright expects to use 26 vehicles once his work is fully operational, and already has the services of a telex machine and the sheikh's lawyers.
He criticised earlier reports of problems with British owner-drivers in Saudi Arabia, dismissing these as "a scare story".
Friend for life
He said of the work: "It is no picnic out there. The men need to work six days a week in searing heat, back and forward across the desert."
"A percentage goes to the sheikh, but Arabs do not fleece fellow businessmen. I believe if you befriend an Arab you have a friend for life."