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KEEPING A COMPETITIVE EDGE The economic downturn towards the end
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of last year coincided with B Taylor & Sons putting the finishing touches to its new 13,470m2. £3rn HQ and freight centre in Huthwaite, Sutton-in-Ashfield, opened by the then Secretary of State for Transport and MP Geoff Hoon on 3 April.
The centre extends the company's depot count to sixfive in the UK and one in the Netherlands. Features on the new site include a stateof-the-art fuel dispensing and monitoring system, plus a drive-through truck wash that uses recycled water.
An acoustic sound barrier has also been installed in order to minimise any noise nuisance to local residents. Alan Taylor, managing director of B Taylor & Sons, says the new site has modernised the business, and he was pleased to have finished it a project the firm oversaw itself using the company's own 0-licence as well as bringing in tippers and cement mixers during a turbulent economic time. He adds: "It would have been too easy to put this expansion on the back burner.
"We knew our facilities were stretched and it was vital to maintaining our competitive edge and to our future success. The original site will become a maintenance site. With £500,000 investment, it will have trailer bays, a tyre service bay and a paint shop."