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Four promotions at Davies Turner

Davies Turner has appointed Alan Williams, previously director at Dartford, as national sales and marketing director, responsible for developing the Group's logistics, overland and ocean freight operations. His replacement as director at Dartford is Edward Stephenson, a graduate of the company's apprenticeship scheme, he was previously one of the company's business systems analysts and has also worked at Davies Turner Air Cargo. Following the retirement of Mike Dean at Davies ... [+]

Davies Turner gets room to grow at East Midlands

Davies Turner Air Cargo has extended its presence at East Midlands Airport by taking a 3,000sq ft unit at the Air Cargo Centre within the airport campus. Davies Turner chairman, Philip Stephenson says the company needs more space to cater for its customers' needs at the UK's second-busiest cargo airport, ... [+]

Top marks for Davies Turner’s school project

UK freight forwarder Davies Turner is delivering an entire school to Abu Dhabi. When complete the 7-hectare site will accommodate about 1,600 students aged from 3 to 18 years and will be the largest of its kind in the Emirate. Davies Turner was tasked with delivering 40 x 40 ft ... [+]

Fresh intake for Davies Turner

Davies Turner has recruited youngsters for its national apprenticeship and trainee programme for the fifth time since 2010. The new intake of 10 recruits will be based at the company’s main hubs throughout the UK, and will undertake an 18 month long apprenticeship with the forwarder, followed by an accredited ... [+]

The nation of shopkeepers looks abroad

Davies Turner has developed a complete support package for British fashion retailers setting up operations abroad. Head of retail development, Dave O’Brien says that the forwarder and logistics specialist has recently been inundated with requests for rates and schedules from UK retailers joining the rush to open stores across Europe ... [+]

Davies Turner seeks fourth wave of apprentices

Davies Turner is again seeking applicants for its National Apprenticeship programme following the high retention rate amongst candidates in the past three years of the scheme. The new group will be based at locations up and down the UK and will undertake a 20 month long apprenticeship with the independent forwarding ... [+]

Ferries and trains green Turkish supply chain

British freight forwarder Davies Turner says it is offering a more environmentally friendly service to Turkey in partnership with Ekol Logistics. The Istanbul-based company has chartered three ro-ro ferries to run between Istanbul and Trieste with a capacity of 250 trailers per ferry and it also operates thrice-daily block trains ... [+]

Davies Turner ships real-life plane kit

Freight forwarder, Davies Turner has delivered a full-sized 'Airfix kit' from Britain to South Africa. Parts from a de Havilland DH 100 Vampire discovered in a domestic garage in Dorset were moved to South Africa as part of a project to rebuild two classic post-War British fighters - one of the ... [+]

Make your buildings future-proof says Davies Turner

Think for the future when planning your next construction project, urges British-based freight forwarder Davies Turner, as it completed a major re-investment programme at its main regional hubs. The company acquired the 7,000 sq m (75,000 sq ft) Hams Hall Cross Dock in June of this year next to the Hams ... [+]

Stowaway

Staff at Davies Turner's Dartford depot have earned the praise of the Cats Protection society, no less, for their vigilance and kindness in rescuing a Turkish tabby that had stowed away on one of its trailers. The six-week-old, now christened Yonda, had taken an ill-dvised cat nap in an Ekol ... [+]

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