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• Martin Chapman: United Pallet Network "I think they have stolen a march on the other parcel networks—there will certainly be others out there looking to do the same, They won't want to set the networks up from scratch, they want to buy in and filter in the freight from the franchises.
"Some of the Weaver members may have a few concerns about how the whole thing will fit together, but on the whole, most will view it as a good thing. It has got to be positive for the whole industry when bigger and better players come in. Certainly we'd prefer to be part of an industry with eight quality networks, rather than one with 10 networks, three of which are useless." • Bob Rumen: Palletline "Good luck to them! I think it shows what value there is in a pallet system nowadays. For Business Post to spend that amount of money is encouraging from our point of view—we're twice the size of Weaver so we're quite happy with our value. It also says that what we are doing must be of value to others. It Weaved was a good, honest competitor to us before and I think it is going to become a bigger Competitor now; but we're not afraid of that.
"I think it will get even tougher for the smaller players though, they could be in for some tough times, but the top three or four should be OK."