Walkers Transport ploughs £1.5m into expansion

Richard Simpson, group managing director at Walkers Transport

Walkers Transport has ploughed in excess of £1.5m into relocating to new premises and expanding its fleet.

Walkers has relocated to Royle Barn Road in Rochdale and  purchased 23 new trailers and eight rigid trucks, bringing its overall fleet size across the Leeds and Rochdale depots to over 160 units.

Richard Simpson, group managing director at Walkers Transport, said the expansion will help the company to meet the growing demand for express palletised freight services across the region: “We’ve grown our operations as regional demand has increased. Our new premises will help us provide a more sophisticated service - we now have a drive-through distribution centre, can handle all pallet movements under cover and have a viewing deck for customers see the operation as it happens.

“Our new fleet, which have been commissioned in time for the autumn peak period which will come into service immediately, will help us to continue to deliver a first class reliable service and grow the 1.2m pallets we handle every year.”

Walkers Transport is one of over 100 independent transport providers in the Palletways UK network that share each other’s resources to deliver consignments of palletised freight to market faster and more cost effectively than ever before. The Palletways Group is made up of over 400 depots and 14 hub operations, through which it provides collection and distribution services across 20 European countries, including the UK.