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There's no smoke without Fire

The quick thinking actions of some Clarke Transport employees saved an industrial unit from certain disaster.

Recently on Kenfig Industrial Estate, while the night staff were preparing for another busy evening, a shout echoed of fire ! Immediately responding was the acting night foreman, Steve Jarret, who telephoned the fire service for assistance. A neighbouring industrial laundry unit was ablaze with black smoke drifting into the night sky. Several of our night staff ran across to give any help but realised the factory was empty of people and there was nothing they could do to halt the spread of the fire.

Within minutes the fire brigade had arrived and stopped the spread of the fire, which was by now, getting a firm hold of the building. On speaking to the fire officers, it was noted that only another twenty minutes and the whole of the building would have been in flames and completely destroyed. The quick thinking of the Clarkes night staff, saved the premises, which sustained minor damage and the laundry company were able to carry on almost uninterrupted.

The General Manager from the laundry came over personally to thank all concerned for their help in saving the building and the continuation of their business. (August 2008)


Good News Announcements

Congratulations are in order for Marc Eitelberg our Eastleigh depot manager who married Hannah on Friday 8th of August, and to Jo from head office and her husband Marvin who gave birth to a beautiful baby girl Emily weighing 5lb 15oz on Wednesday 23rd July, good luck and best wishes to all concerned. (July 2008)

 

Another Happy Customer!

Clarkes recently received the following letter from an established sub-contractor. We are so proud that we want you to read it too!

"At a recently held Management Review Meeting it was reported that during the period of December 2007 to May 2008, your company carried out approximately 205 deliveries, with no, or few, non-conformities being recorded.

We should like to thank you and your colleagues for your assistance and congratulate you on this result. In our type of business the importance of our sub-contractors co-operating with each other, ensuring that the delivery is made to our customers on time and in accordance with our instructions, cannot be overstated. The result you have achieved helps us enormously, not only to continue with the business we have but also to expand further, which is of mutual benefit.” (July 2008)


 Clarke Transport and Intercity Mobile Communications –Pilot Technology solutions that will put Clarke in the driving seat

Clarke Transport, the midlands leading transport & distribution business are piloting a new GPS/PDA based vehicle track & trace solution that will enable the business to deliver industry leading service levels to their customers.

The new track & trace solution will allow Clarke to instantly identify where each of their 250 vehicles is located throughout the UK, and trace the movement of vehicle loads throughout the delivery cycle from initial collection through to customer receipt and signature.

Mark Benjamin, Business Development Manager at Intercity commented, “Clarke have employed a solution utilising both GPS and robust PDA devices using the Intercity network to enable them to successfully manage the distribution cycle, offering a superior level of service to their customers”.

Bill Clarke, Director at Clarke Transport commented, “The expansion of our fleet and enhanced customer offering provided by this new solution, positions Clarke at the sharp end of the transport & logistics industry.  By working with Intercity for both our mobile and data needs, we have gained the ability to offer class leading service levels to our existing customers and will look to significantly grow our business on the back of this new solution”. (June 2008)

New Volvos

We are proud to have taken delivery of a further 6 Volvo Globetrotter tractor units supplied by Craig McCarthy of CVAM, North Wales. These vehicles are for new contracts secured and the replacement of existing vehicles. The trucks will run side by side with the Scania tractor units delivered in April for comprehensive testing and comparisons to be drawn. (Richard Noblett, Fleet Engineer) (June 2008)



Deliveries to Ireland

As part of our continual development and many requests from our customers for us to provide and manage an Irish service, we are pleased to announce an excellent express service from all of our depots. For additional information please contact us. (Allan Field, National Sales Manager) (May 2008)

 


New Scanias

As part of our continual growth we are pleased to announce the recent delivery of 4 Scania R480 tractor units supplied by Scania dealer West Pennine Trucks. These vehicles will be replacements and are the ideal truck to meet our workload and high expectations of reliability, performance and driver comfort. (Robert Clarke, Operations Director) (April 2008)


Oldbury Site Development

Work is almost complete in the first stage of the redevelopment of our main depot / hub facility (Aka the Fort). The premises now boasts secured barrier controlled access, the latest CCTV, extra car, truck and trailer parking. New and bigger offices and the relocation of the bulk fuel tanker to this facility should all be steps to help the transport guys here in Oldbury. (Phil Lowcock, Transport Director) (April 2008)



New iDespatch System

iDespatch is a bespoke web based portal that we have developed with our IT partners NBA Consultants to improve the flow of information and critical data between us and our customers. Customers can now share files or input consignment data directly onto our transport system. The key benefits include improved data quality,speedier data input and
improved planning. (Jason Westwood, IT Manager) (June 2008)

 

 

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