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UNITED PALLET NETWORK
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SET UP: 2001. MEMBERS 52.
CENTRAL it Melton Mowbray. ..-vpmruT Cheque exchange, with each depot putting in invoices to a central point which are then paid out. The system should be simplified from June with the introduction of UPN Safeguard, similar to the Pall-Extra system.
1,200. SERVICES Next day timed delivery, next day delivery before 10am, next day delivery before 12pm, Saturday delivery (10am, 12pm &timed).
08102413482; www.u-p-n.co.uk
• Although currently owned t00% by chairman Martyn Chapman (formerly a Pall-Ex member), UPN insists it
wants all network members—who are invited to join as associates—to become stakeholders after two years of unbroken service. Managing director Andrew Spencer says that the network's status as the smallest of the top six in volume terms is not a disappointment. "We know where we are," he says. "The top three are the market leaders but we saw a dramatic increase in memberships during 2002." Last September the group moved its hub from the original base in Nottinghamshire to new premises in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Members must conform to UPN's Network Procedures Manual. Weekly statistics are published on sales and service, showing individual performance against agreed delivery targets and volumes of deliveries into specific regions. A membership committee, comprising at least half a dozen depot principles, meets quarterly.
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I BOB MCCULLOCH, general manager of MCCULLOCH EUROPEAN TRANSPORT in Lanarkshire: The attraction of the network was the chance to develop and grow our business. As an individual haulier we were just doing localised distribution and a full-load service throughout the UK. Now we have been able to attract a number of customers."