New Depot for Honey Services
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ANEW transport and storage depot at Salfords. in Surrey, has been opened by Hoz-ley Services Ltd., a subsidiary of L. V. May Transport Ltd., of London, S.W.19. The new b.uilding,.• which is 145 ft. long, 85 ft. • wide and 17ft. 6 in. high, measured to the eaves, occupies the greater part of the site just off the A23 road at Pear Tree Hill, half-a-mile south of Salfords village.
As well as serving as a depot for the company's 10 vehicles and others hired from the parent concern, the Premises are supplying a local need for temporary warehouse accommodation for a number of modern factories in the area. The Crawley trading estate is among the areas from which the cOmpany. is engaged in distributing goods, whilst Gatwick Airport is another .nearby important source "of traffic.
A dock groupage scheme is operated, under which the depot collects items for shipping abroad some time in advance of the required. sailing date and. undertakes to deliver them in time for that
date. 13y ,grouping deliveries so that one vehicle deals with a number of items for . a limited number of warehouses in the course of one trip, a considerable saving , in cost is passed to the customer.
Mr. Victor Mays, manager of the new. premises, told a representative of The Commercial Motor that the current trade —depression was having only a limited effect in the area and the demand for the company's services was continuing to increase. A further new site across the road from the Pear Tree Hill premises has been acquired and it is hoped to build on this next year. Meanwhile, the company's old premises at Albert Road, Honey, remain in use for parking purposes.