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• The biggest single contract ever awarded to BRS has just been signed between BRS Midlands and the high street chain Mothercare.
Worth 22.2 million per year, the contract is to provide and run a dedicated liveried fleet, carrying out a fully integrated delivery and collection operation. Mothercare products will be moved by BRS from its 150 suppliers to its 231 stores from Aberdeen to Plymouth.
BRS Midlands has invested more than 21.6 million in new vehicles and equipment. All 43 vehicles for the contract are from Leyland, with Roadtrain 1725 drawbar units for high mileage tninking, Cruiser 1625 drawbars for low mileage trunking, 13 tonne Freighters for local high street deliveries and Roadtrain 1725 tractor units with drawbar trailers. The swap body demountable equipment is supplied by Ray Smith of Peterborough.
Hub of the operation is Mothercare's newly-built 23,000m2 4-level warehouse, on a four hectare greenfield site in the Wellingborough Enterprise Zone.
Vehicles will also be based at BRS branches in Falkirk, Leeds, Warrington, Bristol and Croydon. Mothercare stores and suppliers in each area will be served by scheduled oneday runs using demount boxes, trunked overnight by drawbars from Wellingborough. All deliveries will be completed within 24 hours of despatch and during peak seasonal demands BRS Truck Rental vehicles can be brought into use as back-up.
More than 70 drivers and staff have been taken on by BRS Midlands, including a contracts manager and assistant based in Wellingborough.
Route planning and scheduling can be checked and success measured by an on-board computer system which can also read tacho information.