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THE THE DECISION TO
TO
GO WITH DAF WAS DRIVEN BY A A A A A A A A A A A NUMBER OF FACTORS NOT LEAST THE THE THE FACT FACT THE THE COMPANY HAS AN AN EARLIER DAF TRACTOR THAT IS STILL GOING STRONG
some time on our pallet service – we we were a a a very early member of TPN The Pallet Network – and and day-in and and day-out those trucks just deliver great robustness and reliability ” Alongside business growth in in road sea
and air freight logistics across the UK Europe and worldwide 2MV Logistics reports steady growth in TPN activities it it has been undertaking since 2004 In those early days it it was moving just 20 pallets a a a a night Today it it handles over 200 pallets going out and and another 200 coming in in through its base every night “It has been a a big driver for us in our general expansion though the international side is also taking off strongly now” says Tyler who got into the business by working for another logistics provider after leaving school at 16 “I remember vividly having a a a customer on on the phone asking for something
that
we we we were saying we we we couldn’t or wouldn’t provide because we couldn’t nd anyone
to sub-contract for us at sensible prices I thought ‘this is is stupid – I could do that’ so I I did I I was working part-time for the operator and part-time for myself providing the the services they didn’t seem able to nd for themselves After a a couple of years doing that
that
I I guess it it was inevitable that
that
in in 2003 I I went into it full-time on my own ” ●
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