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New parcels contender

10th August 1989, Page 15
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A new parcels delivery )mpany, Total Transport earn, has opened in Gloucesx. The six staff — four drivrs, one administrator and a :rector — are all exmployees of established UK irriers, and are shareholders the new company. TIT rector Michael Blyth has )ent 22 years in the industry, : Atlas Express, Carswells, ees Security & Distribution id most recently at Carryfast, here he was general mana ger. He says that most companies suffered from "head office syndrome", and "customers were not getting a personal service".

The firm delivers in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire offering a next-day service, and uses another carrier for work outside these areas.

Its four Mercedes-Benzes (two 609 panel vans, a 709 panel van and an 814 rigid with a box body) are on a three year contract-hire deal from Motive Truck Rental.

TTT has no immediate plans to expand its fleet: instead it plans a "very controlled, slow but sure progression".

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