TURNERS (SOHAM) LIMITED
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ISIN | 🆔 |
Founded 📆 | 1947 |
Founders 👔 |
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Headquarters 🏙️ | , |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Paul Day (Managing Director) |
Revenue🤑 | £505.5M (2022)[1] |
Members | |
Number of employees | 2000 |
Subsidiaries | 1 2 & 3 |
🌐 Website | www |
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📞 telephone | |
Turners is a British provider of logistics founded in 1947 by Frank and Wallace Turner.[2] The company provides transport and logistics services including Tanker, Container and temperature controlled distribution.[3] The company has over 25 sites in the United Kingdom.[4]
History[edit]
The company was founded in 1947 by Frank and Wallace Turner. The business was nationalised in 1949 and denationalised in 1951.[2] The company purchased a site in fordham 1952. Current managing director Paul Day joined the business in 1983 under the guidance of his father Wallace Turner.
Drivers based at the Grangemouth depot began strike action in January 2022 in a dispute over pay. The drivers who worked on the Q8 Aviation Deliveries contract which provides fuel services for a number of major aviation companies were on strike for nine days.[5]
In 2019 a company manager was found to have stolen over £200,000 from the business. The employee was caught after the banks he transferred money to became suspicious and contacted Turners. [6]
Subsidiaries[edit]
Company Name | Percentage held |
---|---|
Macintyre Transport Limited | 100 |
1996 | Hargrave International Transport Limited[2] |
2007 | Derek Cooper Transport[2] |
2008 | CRW Ltd[2] |
2010 | Dart Distribution Ltd[2] |
2012 | Browns Chilled Distribution Limited[2] |
2016 | Macintyre Transport[2] |
2016 | Goldstar Transport[2] |
Sponsorship[edit]
In 2022 Turners sponsored the Golden Miller Novices’ Chase [7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Companies House". Companies House. Retrieved 11 Oct 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Turners History". Turners Website. 11 Oct 2022. Retrieved 11 Oct 2022.
- ↑ "Turners About Us". Turners Website. 11 Oct 2022. Retrieved 11 Oct 2022.
- ↑ "Turners Locations". Turners Website. 11 Oct 2022. Retrieved 11 Oct 2022.
- ↑ "Strike action by Turners of Soham logistic drivers set to impact major aviation companies". Unite the union. 5 Jan 2022. Retrieved 11 Oct 2022.
- ↑ "'I was happy I got caught' says Turners of Soham assistant accounts manager as police arrest him at Luton airport after £214,000 theft". Ely Standard. 1 Nov 2020. Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
- ↑ "Turners of Soham to sponsor major race at Cheltenham Festival". Ely Standard. 7 Dec 2021. Retrieved 23 Oct 2022.
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