Tradeteam Shortlisted For Top European Transport Honour

Feb. 5, 2010 - PRLog -- The UK’s leading drinks logistics company Tradeteam has been shortlisted for a prestigious European transport award.

Tradeteam are among 12 operators nominated for Truck Europe’s European Transport Company of the Year award. It follows a string of domestic industry honours picked up last year by Tradeteam, including Motor Transport’s Haulier of the Year.

Judged by industry experts, truck manufacturers and editors of national transport magazines, the Truck Europe Awards recognise excellence in road transport management.

Following a successful second round submission Tradeteam will now compete for the coveted title against five other distribution giants from Romania, Germany, Sweden, Belgium and Holland.

Tradeteam received high praise for the quality of their candidate dossier which answered questions on customer relationship management, fleet management, HR, safety, IT and corporate social responsibility practices.

Each of the remaining nominees will now undergo an independent financial analysis, a series of in-depth customer satisfaction surveys and give a final 15-minute award pitch in Brussels.

Gavin Murdoch Tradeteam’s Managing Director said: “We are extremely pleased to be shortlisted for this pan-European honour. It’s fantastic to be recognised internationally for our excellent performance over the last year.

“We are really looking forward to taking part in the final stages of the awards process in Brussels and to meeting and sharing best practices with the other logistics firms involved.”  

The winner of the European Transport Company of the Year is due to be unveiled in the presence of hundreds of transport professionals at Truck Europe’s gala dinner in Brussels on February 11th.

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Issued on behalf of Tradeteam by Adessi. For more information contact Beth Leonard on (0113) 256 9999 or beth.leonard@adessi.co.uk

Notes to editors:
Tradeteam is part of the world’s largest logistics company – DHL.  Employing over 2,400 people with 600 vehicles, the business is the number 1 drinks logistics supplier in the UK with a turnover in excess of £160m, delivering to more than 30,000 ‘on trade’ outlets each week and more than 7,000 primary (off-trade) trips each month.  Tradeteam picks 50 million items per year at 99.88% accuracy.  Customers include Molson Coors, Anheuser-Busch Inbev and JD Wetherspoon.

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Tradeteam is part of the world’s largest logistics company, DHL, and is the UK’s number one drinks supplier with a turnover of £160m +. It was formed in 1995 with the sole aim of offering brewers, drinks’ brand owners & retailers tailored services.