WITH OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
     
THE STORY SO FAR

 

Mark Jones (Managing Director) started the company in 1996 as a Courier Franchise with Mecury Express UK. A "One man and a van," he says I bought a franchise and, unfortunately, it was the franchise that failed"

But his experience held him in good stead, and he gradually began to develop the business from a fleet of vans carrying out courier work to buying a 7.5-tonne truck in 1998 and an 18-tonner in 2000.

 

'ONE MAN AND A VAN' 		 
 In the beginning

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 The road to success
  

Jones soon realised that courier work was too unpredictable. "You can start the day then the phone goes and you'd be flat out, but every morning you could start with nothing and that's scary," he says.

A desire for greater business security drove the inevitable shift towards more express haulage and pallet distribution, rather than next day and single item deliveries.

 

40% OF OUR TRAILERS ARE NEW!
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"Once we got the 18-tonner, we found that work was more stable and then we got into artics. We bought our first one when we joined [network] UPN in 2001 as a founding member."Getting involved with overnight pallet deliveries, proved a turning point, it made freight the majority of EFS's work rather than courier work. In 2006, Jones joined UK Pallets and today the courier work represents just 5% of its business

 

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 A promising future

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 EFS goes from strength to strength !
 

In 2010 EFS group acquired the cheshire based business off 747 express freight which added another 10 vehicles to our growing fleet to service our customer base in cheshire.

 

In 2011 EFS group have acquired the lancashire based business of refrigerated transport services which has added a new exciting development of time sensitive refrigerated vans and trucks to our expanding fleet and this will help both our existing customers and new customers who req 24h same day deliveries with temperature controlled deliveries.

 

In 2011 EFS group has placed Tom Tom satellite on board tracking in its fleet of vehicles to give you the customer real live data that in a instance can tell you where your delivery is at any time of the day or night.

 

Express Freight Solutions are always looking for future opportunities to expanding our distribution network and if you have a business for sale that you think will fit in with our current business needs please contact Mark Jones direct for a informal confidential discussion
     
 Our Involvement with LINPAC Allibert
 

EFS has strengthened its links with Winsford-based LINPAC Allibert, picking up additional work to distribute plastic containers and trays throughout the UK.
The company already forms part of the LINPAC Allibert supply chain: it collects from France and Spain when the manufacturer needs a quick turnaround, operates LINPAC Allibert's 4PL network, and provides emergency transport and time-sensitive deliveries.
LINPAC Allibert produces returnable transit packaging products in Winsford, Cheshire, and exports to Europe and Scandinavia.
When a truck has delivered into mainland Europe, it is backloaded to the UK, bringing in products from LINPAC Allibert's sister sites across Europe for redistribution in the UK.
EFS is responsible for redistributing returning plastic containers and trays across the UK, and that additional work doubles volumes for EFS with LINPAC Allibert.
Key to winning the contract says Steve Blackie, EFS group business development director, was the company's ability to deliver the products quickly. "For example, the last load from Barcelona was picked up on Friday. It travelled on the Santander-Portsmouth ferry over the weekend, it arrived Monday and will be delivered Tuesday,"he explains.
"It's delivered two working days later. By using the ferry, we are saving five days'travelling on the road, cutting lead times for delivery. A majority of the pallets will be sent through the UK Pallets and distributed through the existing EFS fleet."
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