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Expect applies to expand furniture delivery operation

24th June 2010, Page 23
24th June 2010
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111 EXPECT DISTRIBUTION IS looking for authorisation for eight vehicles at the premises of Connection Seating in Penistone Road, Huddersfield.

The transport firm — Motor Tiansport I laulier of the Year 2007 — has won a three-year contract with the office furniture company.

Neil Rushworth, operations director at Expect.

tells CM: We will he mainly using 7.5-tormers to deliver office furniture,The new contract starts on 28 June and could be worth about £600,000 or 1700,000 a year to us. It fits in with our strategy to carry out more contract logistics in addition to our ad hoc work."

In March 2009, Expect opened a new £9m distribution and warehousing facility adjacent to the M606 in Bradford. It is on an eight acre site, offers 100,000sq ft of warehousing and is equipped with high bay, narrow aisle racking.The site has increased the overall capacity of the warehousing arm of the business to 18,000 pallet spaces.

Rushworth adds: "We have filled a lot of racks at our new facility already. Although like many companies we have experienced a couple of had debts in the last few months, business is generally going well."

Stan Hunter

STAN HUNTER HAULAGE has been granted permission to remove its operating centre at the Bassington Industrial Estate in Cramlington, Northumberland from its licence, The company is looking for authorisation for a new base in Seaton Delaval,Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear for six vehicles and eight trailers.

Transpeed (NE)

TRANSPEED (NE) wants permission for 17 vehicles and the same amount of trailers at the Team Valley Trading Estate in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.

DHL Supply Chain

111 DHL FREIGHT AND Contract Logistics ( UK) trading as DHL Supply Chain, wants authorisation for two vehicles and

the same number of trailers at the base of JD Engineering in Lockerbie Road, Dumfries,

McPherson

411 ABERLOUR, BANFFSHIRE-based McPherson is looking for the go-ahead to run five vehicles and 20 trailers at a new site in London Road, Glasgow, as well as the same number of vehicles and trailers at an operating centre in Douglas, Lanark,


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