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Rockwood buys up Richmond Menzies
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• Richmond Menzies, the Kilmarnock family haulier which specialises in cigarette, spirits and high-value goods distribution, has been bought by Rockwood Holdings, which has several transport subsidiaries.
The company, which will • continue to operate from Kilmarnock and keep its identity, will work with another Rockwood subsidiary, Bristol-based Bondelivery, on a new Scottish whisky distribution contract, which begins next month.
Richmond Menzies' managing director John Stevenson, who bought the firm 11 years ago, says the company plans to buy new vehicles and premises: it currently runs 14 trucks.
Rockwood recently bought the contracts division of Tate and Lyle, now known as Rockwood Distribution Services. Bondelivery, a nationwide highvalue goods carrier, runs 240 vehicles from 12 depots and employs over 400 people.