Logistics firm celebrates most successful year in business
LOGISITICS business Advanced Supply Chain has posted its most successful year to date as it plans to create new jobs and invest millions in its operations.
The Bradford-based business increased its turnover by 18.9% in 2013, boosting revenue from £36.5m to £43.4m after securing a string of new business wins and making key hires and promotions across the business.
The company now said it is working towards an ambitious target of £100m turnover by 2017, and plans to create 1,500 new jobs and invest more than £20m in its operations to reach this goal.
Mike Danby, CEO, said: “We have been able to grow the company every year since 1997, and that has been down to our focus on strong business values, empowering our people and investing in the business.
“Despite difficult economic conditions we needed to ensure we could out-compete other companies and invested heavily in our IT systems and fleet. This helped to reduce delivery times and integrate with other systems, but it’s really testament to our team that we’ve managed to achieve the success we have in recent years.
“We’ve also delivered customer services levels of 99.99% to cement our reputation with a prestigious client list. This excellent level of service led us to post our first ever £1m month for the freight forwarding side of our business in February 2014.”
During 2013, Advanced Supply Chain, which was named as one of The London Stock Exchange’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain, saw its workforce grow by 15.7%. The firm created 85 new jobs and now employs more than 600 staff across its distribution centres in Bradford, Leeds, Corby and Northamptonshire, with plans to create further jobs this year.
Danby adde: “Entrepreneurial spirit runs throughout our business and we try to give employees the opportunity to directly influence the growth of the business through their individual contributions.”
