ive been thinking about the firms we have lost since the beginning off the recession 2008, in west yorkshire we have lost…
macfarlanes twice
dews haulage
hiway express
bulmers at the wakefield europort
wincantons at the wakefield europort
winteringhams
all with big lay offs and that doesn’t take into account the firms that have had big lay offs but are still struggling on.
Teesside hasnt done bad (apart from the Bulmers debacle) the Asda and Tesco import hubs have helped, as well as the refiring of the Lackenby blast furnace. Once the deep sea terminal gets underway I suspect a few of the major container hauliers will come back (Maritime, Dart and a few others pulled out a few years ago), on top of that we have the offshore new wind turbine base that may come here which should bring in some heavy haulage work - its not that bleak here, however from a drivers point of view there are a lot looking for work so there is no shortage so its not going to be a goldmine as far as wages are concerned, here in the NE they are among the lowest in the country
Rikki-UK:
however from a drivers point of view there are a lot looking for work
Probably not helped by the “i dont do this and dont do that” attitude…
Saaamon:
Rikki-UK:
however from a drivers point of view there are a lot looking for workProbably not helped by the “i dont do this and dont do that” attitude…
Despite being a quite heavily unionised area, demarkation has not been a real issue
jessicas dad:
ive been thinking about the firms we have lost since the beginning off the recession 2008, in west yorkshire we have lost…macfarlanes twice
dews haulage
hiway express
bulmers at the wakefield europort
wincantons at the wakefield europort
winteringhams
all with big lay offs and that doesn’t take into account the firms that have had big lay offs but are still struggling on.
Jd, it’s only the office that’s gone at Wakefield Europort. All the lads are still working.
They are run by the Liverpool office now
greggy:
jessicas dad:
ive been thinking about the firms we have lost since the beginning off the recession 2008, in west yorkshire we have lost…macfarlanes twice
dews haulage
hiway express
bulmers at the wakefield europort
wincantons at the wakefield europort
winteringhams
all with big lay offs and that doesn’t take into account the firms that have had big lay offs but are still struggling on.
Jd, it’s only the office that’s gone at Wakefield Europort. All the lads are still working.
They are run by the Liverpool office now
Ahhh ok fair enough I didnt know that. I thought everything had gone to maltby.
jessicas dad:
ive been thinking about the firms we have lost since the beginning off the recession 2008, in west yorkshire we have lost…macfarlanes twice
dews haulage
hiway express
bulmers at the wakefield europort
wincantons at the wakefield europort
winteringhams
all with big lay offs and that doesn’t take into account the firms that have had big lay offs but are still struggling on.
ahh macfarlane now that was the best job i ever had…every one used to slate them but i personally loved it.
also have sissons closed there transport down?
didnt steve bingham go aswell?
Gunns from south east London.
100+ wagons off the road
Owen
More recently in the sou ELITE, or some of it anyway!
Don’t forget MRS that were based all over with those ridiculously high fridge trailers!
Or even going back a few more years CITY Transport, that was one big operation!
Big question is who’s gonna be next? Quite a few this year in ,y honest humble opinion!
ar lunns depots at teesport hull immingham alpha n omega bowburn county durham vandebro houghton le spring
I forgot stobart took over irlams, closed down wakefield and leeds to consolidate in sherburn.
jd stobart took over irlams here - said that theyd keep all the drivers and trucks just change their colours and after the sale they promptly got shut of all the trucks and sacked the drivers – two of my mates worked for irlams — not good - stobbies need shutting down to let the real haulage firms back in to do the job properly…
Hippo:
Gunns from south east London.
100+ wagons off the roadOwen
Now going by the name of Muztrans. Don’t know how many trucks they’re running.