LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY JOINS PAN-EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

Westons Transport, based in Erith, Kent, has joined Palletways, the number one pallet network in Europe. They will be the Palletways transport provider for postcode areas BR8, DA1-4 and DA8-13. Westons Transport is a family-owned business run by father and son team, Ian and Lee Weston.

The company has become one of more than 100 members in the Palletways UK network, which provides a range of express distribution services for small consignments of palletised freight, including next day, economy and timed delivery options across the UK, as well as a daily cross-Channel distribution service to mainland Europe.  As a member of the Palletways network in Kent, Westons Transport will collect from local customers for onwards delivery nationwide, as well to Ireland, the Benelux countries, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Italy.

Ian Weston, Managing Director of Westons Transport, said: “Joining Palletways will open up new business opportunities for our company in the UK and mainland Europe. Being part of the largest network of its kind will enable us to offer our customers cost-effective, overnight and express palletised freight services to anywhere in the UK and to mainland Europe for the first time ever.”

The Palletways Group, which was founded in 1994, has 270 plus depots across the UK and mainland Europe and handles circa 21,000 pallets a day through eight hub facilities across Europe.  The group’s distribution networks in the UK and mainland Europe are supported by an unrivalled and fully integrated IT infrastructure, which allows customers to track and trace consignments using the internet.