News and Testimonials:
TESTIMONIAL:
Phaseolus Ltd
"Phaselous have been using Langdons for over 8 years & during that time they have provided us with an excellent sevice to ensure our products are delivered to our customers in good condition & on time. All the staff at the Peterborough Depot are very personable, approachable & friendly & will go out of their way to ensure our requirements are met & are always willing to help & they promptly deal with any problems should they occur.
One of the key drivers in the success of the business at Phaseolus is ensuring we provide excellent customer service & Langdons have played a key part in providing that service & we look forward to continuing our relationship for many years to come."
February 2010 Doug Ferguson
TESTIMONIAL:
Two Counties Foods Ltd
"Just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thanks for all your (Langdon’s) help through December, especially the last week, given all the problems with the weather etc, Langdon’s have done a great job in delivering our Turkey Butterflies to all our customers on time.
Please pass on my thanks to all your team especially Louisa, Brigitte, Wendy, Ruth and Will whose professionalism has been very good.
It’s refreshing these days to be able to call a transport company and get a swift response to any queries on delivery times.
Once again please pass on my thanks and wish everyone at Dover a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year."
January 2010 Steve Davies (Director)
BARNSLEY DEPOT COMPLETES UK MAINLAND COVERAGE
To further strengthen our position and improve delivery performance within our network, we are pleased to announce the forthcoming opening of a new depot, situated at Dodworth near Barnsley, less than a mile off J37 of the M1. The new depot will be used to service the Yorkshire, Humberside and North East regions and brings the total number of Langdons depots in the UK to eight.
Langdons’ MD (Arran Osman) has made the following statement: "This facility is ideally suited to match with our needs and completes our coverage of mainland UK. We will be fully operational in Barnsley from 25th January 2010. This latest development guarantees that Langdons can offer our Customers a sustainable service with supreme standards from having absolute control of our network".
All deliveries within England, Scotland and Wales will now be arranged and controlled by Langdons with the benefits of our sophisticated IT systems.
December 2009
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TESTIMONIAL:
Kelly Bronze Turkeys
"Andrew, thanks for all your help with arranging the transport. Every depot delivered on time. Had a call from morisons to say thank-you We were the only supplier to achieve 100% of depots on time. Please pass my thanks on to all your team, and a happy christmas to you all."
December 2009 Paul Kelly (Managing Director)
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LANGDONS TARTAN - THE MAN WITH A CLAN!
As we approach the 1st anniversary of operations in Scotland, the marketing team wanted to adopt a novel way of celebrating a successful and profitable first year of operations.
Provenance is an important aspect of business in Scotland and we wanted something which illustrated our ongoing commitment to our Scottish customers, so what better way than to commission our very own tartan!
Designed by Trevor James of the Drawing Room in Bristol and deemed to be an original design by the Scottish Register of Tartans...we have great pleasure in announcing the creation of the Langdons Tartan, registered on the 24th November 2009, entry number 10,103 in the Scottish Register of Tartans held at the National Archives in Edinburgh.
Malcolm Wilde our Scottish General Manager has already threatened to have a pair of Tartan "Trews" ready for the next round of industry dinners (he doesn't have the legs for a kilt!) so watch this space.
Who knows...maybe tartan ties will be on the customer gift list next year.
To see the official tartan registration, please click here.
November 2009
LANGDONS TO OFFER DRIVER CPC TRAINING
The Driving Standards Agency is implementing EU Directive 2003/59 which requires all professional bus, coach and lorry drivers to hold a Driver CPC in addition to their vocational driving licence. In response, Langdons will be offering driver CPC training to companies and individuals. Each course will be individually registered with the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) on behalf of the driver participating and individual certificates will be issued to drivers. For more details click here.
July 2009
0870 NUMBERS CEASE FROM 1ST AUGUST 2009
In our 2007 Christmas newsletter we announced we were switching from 0870 back to normal STD phone numbers. As from 1st August the 0870 numbers will be finally disconnected so, if you haven't switched already, here are the main depot numbers:
- Bridgwater - Tel: 01278 411114 Fax: 01278 411100
- Dover - Tel: 01304 872641 Fax: 01304 872659 or 649
- Glasgow - Tel: 0141 440 5230 Fax: 0141 445 4780
- Liverpool - Tel: 0151 632 9006 Fax: 0151 548 3026
- Luton - Tel: 01582 507002 Fax: 01582 503391
- Peterborough - Tel: 01733 231611 Fax: 01733 231588
- Redditch - Tel: 01527 506980 Fax: 01527 515501
Full depot contact lists are available on request.
March 2009
TESTIMONIAL:
Pourshins
On behalf of Pourshins, I just wanted to congratulate you and your teams on the service you provided last week whilst challenged with the severe weather issues. Between you all we were able to keep the service going with no knock on effect and that is much appreciated. I know some of our customers take it for granted but rest assured there were many companies out there that just shut up shop. Well done.
February 2009 Martin Divney (Managing Director)
ALL CHANGE IN SCOTLAND
After a very long association with the Darnley depot now operated by DHL/EXEL we have decided to set up our own operation in Glasgow at the TDG depot situated just off the M8 Motorway. Senior TDG staff are working closely with directors and managers at Langdons planning the start-up of this operation which is scheduled for February 2009. TDG will provide temporary storage facilites for chilled and frozen transit pallets, parking and dedicated office accommodation as they do at Peterborough and Luton. A successful recruitment campaign is well underway and we are very pleased to announce the appointment of Malcolm Wilde, who has joined the Company in the position of General Manager (Scotland). Malcolm's key responsibilities will include overseeing the operation and business development, which will be of particular importance as we begin to accumulate new business from Scotland and address a longstanding imbalance of traffic. Managing Director Arran Osman has identified Scotland as a major growth area for ChillNet and he is convinced that the only way to secure our position in that territory and to grow our market share is to do our own thing.
January 2009
OILMASTER REDUCES ACCIDENT RISK
Langdons operate over 80 six-wheeler rigid vehicles with refrigerated bodies. The refrigeration plant on these vehicles is located above the driver's cab and previously in order to check oil levels (and top up if required) drivers and other staff had to climb up on cab roofs - a potentially dangerous activity. A solution to this has now been found thanks to installation of the Groenvald Oilmaster unit which uses a sensor to monitor oil levels in the refrigeration plant and top up if required. The oil tank feeding this system is located at ground level and can easily be topped up when required. An excellent example of co-operation between our Health and Safety and Engineering departments leading to improved working conditons for our staff.
October 2008
LANGDONS INVEST IN TRAINING
Langdons has been working in partnership with Bridgwater College since June 2007 to build and sustain a culture of learning and development across Langdons. We regard this investment as crucial to the future success of our company and one that will enable us to continue to provide the highest level of service to our customers. The key to this was that "Bridgwater College were the first training organisation to really listen to what we wanted." Read more...
July 2008
TESTIMONIAL:
Meadow Vale Foods
Over the last 10 years we have grown our business in partnership with Langdons. We have both seen many changes to the Foodservice/Retail sector, with regards customer requirements, and I am pleased to say that Langdons have been one of our suppliers which have adapted a proactive approach to the many challenges the industry has faced and will face in the future.
June 2008 Jonathan Blencowe (Transport Manager)
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TESTIMONIAL:
KK Finefoods
Liverpool, home of champions: It has to be said that a good working relationship with such a vital part of our business is essential, and the characters working at Liverpool have to be the easiest and most accommodating. KK Finefoods has been dealing with Liverpool depot for over 10 years, during that time KK has grown and so has Langdons. The bigger KK gets, the more transport companies contact me asking for business, none can compare with the far reach and daily delivery schedules provided through the Chillnet service. On the odd occasion something goes wrong with deliveries, I can count on a friendly service and decisive action to keep the end user happy. A pleasure to work with.
June 2008 Nick Lloyd (Dispatch Manager)
3 MILLION JOBS BOOKED ON MANPACK SYSTEM
The 3 millionth consignment was booked onto our Mandata transport software, Manpack3, on 19th May by Andy O'Neill at our Redditch depot. Andy was awarded a bottle of Champagne, and our customer given the consignment FOC to mark the occasion. We were the very first haulier to install this software and job number 1 was booked by Arran Osman, now our MD, on 11th Jan 2001!
May 2008
IRISH SERVICE ENHANCED
Our Irish service, has been extended, with Chilled and Frozen consignments now leaving daily from our Redditch depot. This adds to the exsiting daily service, first launched in 1997, from our Bridgwater and Dover depots.
March 2008
LANGDONS TAKE CONTROL AT LIVERPOOL
Langdons have purchased the leasehold of their Liverpool site from DBC and consequently taken over the warehouse operation. This follows DBC's decision to relocate their Rail Gourmet stockholding to other DBC sites at Rotherham and Thatcham.
February 2008
UNEXPECTED DEATH OF COMPANY CHIEF KURT NAGEL
It is with great sadness we announce that, on February 16th, 2008 the Chairman and Proprietor of the Nagel Group, Kurt Nagel died of heart failure at the young age of only 46. He leaves a wife and two children.
July 2007
WALFORD CROSS DEPOT SOLD ENDING 26 YEARS OF HISTORY
The Walford Cross (Taunton) site has been sold to a property developer after 26 years of operating there. Operations have been consolidated at Showground Road (Bridgwater). With 21 doors, the Showground site has capacity for a higher pallet throughput, whereas with just 8 doors, Walford Cross was at capacity.
July 2007
FROZEN STORAGE AT BRIDGWATER DOUBLED
A new 2000 pallet capacity freezer has been built alongside the original freezer at Bridgwater. The design is identical to the original freezer, including mobile racking, and interconnects with Freezer 1 by a door to allow internal movements between the two chambers.
March 2007
NEW HEAD OFFICE BUILDING OPEN
Staff have moved into their new two story office building at Bridgwater. This brings together all Head Office personnel who were previously split between the Walford Cross and Bridgwater sites.
March 2007
CHILLNET AT THE IFE SHOW
For the 2nd time, the ChillNet partners took a stand at the International Food Exhibition in London's Docklands. With over 1000 exhibitors present (inlcuding at least 50 existing customers) the show was a great success at promoting the ChillNet brand and generated over 140 enquiries. Needless to say we'll be exhibiting there again in 2009.
March 2007
LANGDONS CELEBRATES 80 YEARS ANNIVERSARY
Langdons celebrated 80 years in the Haulage business started way back in 1927. The first of many consignments of eggs was carried three times a week from Wiveliscombe to London, driven by Bill Langdon and his co driver in a Chevrolet three-tonner. Keeping to the established rail timetable, the lorry left at around 6pm and arrived back next morning around 9am ready to do its collections!
March 2007
REPLACEMENT SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEM - NOW WITH LIVE TEMPERATURE DATA
A contract to install our replacement tracking system has been awarded to Seven Telematics based in Ipswich. The Seven Eye system replaces our previous equipment installed in 2004. Apart from the usual ability to track the location of our fleet we can now view temperature data in real time, enabling us to email temperature graphs to delivery points often while the driver is still there.
January 2007
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