1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186 
The UK pharmaceutical sector is a global giant — in
Page 57
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
2003, the industry had a 20% market share of the world's top 100 medicines. The sector performs particularly well in trade surplus rankings, too. Three years ago, the business generated a £3.4bn surplus for Britain. A total of 73,000 people work directly for the sector and in 2004, each employee generated £85,493 towards the Gross Domestic Product.
Half the pharmaceuticals sold in this country have been developed domestically. Transport companies such as Healthcare Logistics have a big role in delivering these goods, although there is also a large export market. In 2005, £12.2bn-worth of pharmaceuticals were sold to other countries. This, too, creates opportunities for road transport firms.
Curiously, however, many operators that serve this sector were reluctant to speak to CM. This could be down to the often sensitive nature of their loads, or perhaps they didn't want the competition to know exactly what sort of operations they ran.
Whatever the details, the sector is one of the most demanding. Extra security measures, the fact that you need decent reefer equipment and unconventional drop sites are only three of the specialist factors that distinguish this business from general haulage operations.