Relay
Collected today, delivered tomorrow.
Road freight and storage from three depots in the East Midlands, since 1987.
Request a quote- Our own drivers
- Planned the day before
- Tracked to the door
- Dispatch, 24 hours
A family-run haulier with three depots in the East Midlands. We collect from your dock, store what needs storing and deliver to a booked slot.
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The fleet
60
trucks, from 7.5-tonne rigids to 44-tonne artics
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The depots
18,000
pallet spaces, racked and insured
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Dispatch
24/7
dispatch line, answered by our own planners
Five services
One carrier for the whole route, from the port gate to the shop floor.
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Full truckload
Collected the day you book when it is in by 10:00.
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Container haulage
From the deep-sea ports to your yard, on our own skeletal trailers.
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Last-mile delivery
Rigid trucks with tail-lifts for shops and sites an artic cannot reach.
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Warehousing
Racked storage, pick and pack, and stock levels by 07:00 every morning.
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Same-day express
One van or rigid sent the moment you call.
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Pallets on a schedule
A fixed collection day each week, next-day within 150 miles when booked by 16:00.
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Chilled and ambient
Twelve refrigerated trailers at 0 to 5 °C, logged every five minutes.
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Stored and picked
Pick and pack for online orders, and stock levels in your inbox by 07:00.
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Proof at every drop
The signed note and two photos on your account within ten minutes.
Planned, driven and signed for.
Every load is planned the afternoon before by the people who answer the phone at night, so no driver sets off without a booked slot and a name to call.
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Planned the day before
Each run is built by 17:00 the day before, with drop times booked and the trailer loaded in drop order.
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Our own drivers
Employed by us, not an agency, and on the same routes week after week, so they know your gate.
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Tracked to the door
Every truck reports its position each minute. You get a text with the arrival time an hour out.
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Back by the evening
Trucks are washed, checked and refuelled overnight, and fixed in our own workshop.
41,600loads delivered last year
98.7%of them inside the slot we booked
Who we carry for
Food producers, builders’ merchants, printers, breweries and online shops across the Midlands. Most have booked with us for more than five years, and many started with a single pallet.
200+customers who book a load every week
- Harbury Foods
- Kestrel Paper
- Norland Tiles
- Bexley & Webb
- Oakfield
- Marlowe Print
- tamar home
A regular run to price?
Send us the lanes and the weekly volumes. You get a written rate within one working day.
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