Morris Young Ltd.
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Haulage |
| Fate | Defunct, ceased trading |
| Founded 📆 | 1948 |
| Founder 👔 | Morris Young |
| Defunct | 2020 |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | 57–61 Crieff Road, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Colin Young (director) David Young (director) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 16 |
| 🌐 Website | [Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 665: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). ] |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Morris Young Ltd. was a Scottish road haulage company founded in 1948 by Morris Young. It supplied construction machinery throughout Scotland's Central Belt. Based in Perth, Scotland, it ceased trading after 70 years, in June 2020, due to the firm's directors, Colin (b. 1949)[1] and David Young (b. 1946),[2] sons of Morris, being susceptible to falling victim to COVID-19, due to both being in their 70s. It had already furloughed its workforce.[3]
Established in 1948, prior to ceasing trade, the company employed sixteen people and had a lorry fleet of thirty.[3]
A fire in 1998 destroyed its workshops and offices at its Crieff Road base.[3]
History
Morris Young (b. 1917)[4] and his wife, Janet (b. 1917),[5] set up the business with a single tractor. Morris had missed out on securing his father's tenancy at Hilton of Gask. He acquired Hillyland Farm, which sits on twenty acres, from Mungo Murray, 7th Earl of Mansfield, in 1952 and bought the first of his lorries the following year. His sons joined the business in the early 1960s and expanded the firm's haulage and plant hire interests.[3] The company was incorporated in 1963.[6]
References
- ↑ Colin Morris YOUNG - Companies House
- ↑ David John YOUNG - Companies House
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Sixteen jobs lost as Perth haulage firm ceases trading after more than 70 years" - The Courier, 17 June 2020
- ↑ Morris YOUNG - Companies House
- ↑ Janet Mcwilliam YOUNG - Companies House
- ↑ MORRIS YOUNG (PERTH) LIMITED - Companies House
External links
- MORRIS YOUNG (PERTH) LIMITED - Companies House
- An early Morris Young lorry - Fotki.com
- Morris Young fleet - Fotki.com
- A Morris Young truck - Corgi Classics
Coordinates: 56°24′21.9″N 3°27′33.5″W / 56.406083°N 3.459306°W
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