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During the last 6 days the Country has experienced nothing short of chaos on the roads and travel network of Great Britain.  Tuesday’s DM headlines sums it up well, ‘Why can’t we cope in snow?’

So, as the Country slips into road chaos our haulier, Bedfords Transport, has successfully delivered to every single wholesaler every day without fail.  That’s over 1200 deliveries for live news alone and through the worst of the weather.

So, where it took one of our competitors from West Ferry until 11am to reach Peterborough our haulier’s driver was already home and in bed! The West Ferry vehicle didn’t even complete the journey to Kings Lynn.

On the same day, Friday 18th Dec by 7am only the Mail and a couple of other titles had been received and sent out to retailers. The Sun, Mirror, Guardian and a number of smaller titles only reached the wholesaler by 10am.

In short, our haulier and their partners have performed minor miracles in reaching their destinations without fuss or complaint.

Our Wholesale distributors have had to undertake 3133 reruns for other publishers, Thursday 17th to Tuesday 22nd December and NIL for Associated Newspapers.

Colin Duke, Wholesale & Logistics manager, Daily Mail Circulation Department

We have been working in partnership with Bedfords Transport for 5 years now. They carry our pallets from the local area in Leeds and Wakefield and distribute throughout the UK. One additional service they provide us with which is invaluable to our business is their movement of our pallets on a third party basis.

Through Palletforce, they collect a pallet from one of our nationwide plants and transport to another location in the UK. These pallets of bricks tend to be samples, or specials that could go to any location, e.g. a building site for an architect or alternatively to someone building their own house.

Mick Seal, Special Products Manager

Our order format changes frequently as we manufacture food ingredients and Bedfords always responds with ease and efficiency in these situations.

They store our products for up to 8 weeks at a time and I am always confident that it is in safe hands and managed like clockwork. They send us daily reports and are always on call to make up any orders even if they are last minute, no job is too small or too big.

Since moving to Yorkshire we have been in “partnership” with Bedfords and can rely on them in all aspects to look after our customers and their changing needs

John Pedley, Managing Director

In our business, it is important to find a reliable and trust worthy carrier. Bedfords has been transporting our goods for 7 years and their customer service is excellent, not to mention you can still find a Bedford or two there!

Team this with competitive prices and one of the best workforces in the business, and working with Bedfords is a viable way to gain the competitive edge over your peers.”

Catherine Ansari, Spare Parts Manager