Freight Forwarder Specialising Road Transport For Sale

Business description

This well-established freight forwarder specialises in full and part load road transport, delivering a vital link in the supply chain. The company has earned a reputation for its expertise in the industry, range of available vehicles, on-time freight deliveries, high safety standards, efficient, well-maintained vehicles, skilled, experienced drivers, professional attitude and ethics and advantageous location.

This full service enterprise maintains an extensive base of satisfied repeat accounts that appreciate prompt service and expert freight handling and deliveries. A highly regarded, well established firm such as this one doesn’t come along every day!

This business specialises in transporting full and part loads by road throughout Europe in an expedient manner and has been in operation for over six years, with its standards of reliability and quality service backing up its reputation throughout the area.

This company is an ideal investment, especially with its solid profit margins and recognised name in the industry. A constantly growing base of satisfied repeat accounts and clientele, as well as new referrals and customers have allowed this establishment to provide them a strong proven record of dependability and quality service.

The business is small enough to offer a personalised service yet big enough to handle almost any kind of job across the UK and Europe.


Customer Service:

The success of the Company is due to the rigorous infrastructure that supports the whole of the business operation. This business is big enough to provide customers with the support and speed of response they need without it costing the earth, yet small enough to deal on a personal and friendly footing.

Equipment:


All clients’ information is stored on computer. Sage line 50 is used for accounts.


Key Strengths:

The Company prides itself on offering great services and offers cost effective, safe solutions for many transport and haulage situations. This business recognises that there is much more to transportation than just moving cargo, it has the expertise to understand the nature and dynamics of a business, from procurement and pick-up of shipments to delivery.

Property information

Location:

This business is completely re-locatable

Other information

Expansion potential:

The freight forwarding market is showing spectacular growth and smaller enterprises are competing very effectively. This growing market offers significant business opportunities; with a strong demand for existing services there is a capacity to increase the turnover and profitability. A new owner would contribute fresh ideas and energy to expand on this solid foundation.

Key Opportunities:

There are several outstanding avenues for growth especially by expanding into more geographical areas. There is tremendous potential to expand this business by purchasing additional trucks, and launching a website.

Competition / Market:

The business generates new business from trade awareness and the finest form of marketing, word of mouth recommendation. These methods are used to maintain strong customer rapport to get that important repeat business, valuing the customers and striving for the best in customer service and customer retention at minimal cost. The business has used limited advertising in the past in various trade magazines, regarding their customers as the best advertisers, there are excellent opportunities to increase this and market the business more aggressively. The company does not have a web presence and there is no doubt that turnover and profits could increase using this additional medium.

Support & training:

Full support and training will be provided to the successful purchaser to ensure a smooth handover of the business. The current owners anticipate the handover to take approximately two – four weeks, and will stay on longer if required.

Reasons for selling:

This is a genuine retirement sale.

Trading hours:

Monday to Friday 9.00 am – 5.30 pm