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UP CLOSE AND PERSONNEL
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Alan Woodhall, director
Woodall has been with Bird's since 1979. His role is characterised by hands-on duties: "Looking after the drivers, the accounts if there's a problem, it will land on my desk."
He points out that the Oldbury base maintains constant communication with the Cologne side of the operation with hourly phone calls between the two hubs-and there are no language obstacles, because the German team speaks fluent English.
Britain has opened its doors to Polish workers, but the Germans have not. This does not stop legions of Polish-based trucks rumbling across the border and lowering rates in Germany.
"More and more Eastern European operators are coming into Germany," Woodall reports. Back in Birmingham, BGS employs 28 Polish drivers and fitters.