We need some entrants for our free to enter Sat Nav competiton on the Euro-Tran Homepage… Come on guys its FREE to
enter, and this time the number of entrants has been poor… We had a great response to the Acer notebook competition but it would appear nobody wants a sat nav…! err WHY?

Come on enter – (The answer is GPO)

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Our Acer Notebook Competition has now been drawn. There were as expected few entries with the correct answers. Almost without exception entrants believed TNT and DHL were British. There are in fact only a few British owned carriers left.

APC Overnight are of course British. UK mail (Formerly Business Post Group), Nightfreight, Tuffnells, The Royal Mail/Parcelforce, XDP, and to a lesser degree the Home Delivery Co, and Hermes, who are really developments of the Catalogue delivery people.

We had four entrants who got it right, The winning entrant was drawn out by Colette in our depot .

Andrew Barnes who is employed by the Teacherboards company on Skiptons Airedale Business Park, Was the lucky winner and Andrew will hopefully receive his notebook before the christmas break.

A new competition will be launched in the new year.

Meantime thank you for entering, May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and
a Prosperous new Year.

David Howson and all at the Euro-Tran Team in Skipton.

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**** The Current Fuel Charges In Place are ****

Uk freight (Euro-Tran/APC) 4.5%
International (Standard UPS) 3.50% (Dec 7th to Jan 6th)
(Express UPS) 13.50% (Dec 7th to Jan 6th)

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Blue Peter ‘Smile’ Appeal.

PRESS RELEASE

Skipton, UK, 22 October 2009

 Local courier Euro-Tran Despatch is helping the BBC TV children’s show Blue Peter’s Send a Smile Appeal in aid of Operation Smile, which helps to transform the lives of children with facial deformities.

 

Euro-Tran Despatch is offering a free nationwide drop off and next day delivery service for the campaign’s Send a Smile Appeal that raises money to provide reconstructive surgery to repair cleft lips and cleft palates.

This year, Blue Peter has set a challenge to children throughout the UK to turn unwanted T-shirts into colourful hospital gowns for Operation Smile patients. The goal is to make 20,000 gowns – each worth approx £3 – saving £60,000 which will pay for over 300 operations. The finished gowns will be dropped off at convenient collection points – including local APC Overnight depots, Currys, Currys Digital, PC World and Access Storage – for next day delivery to Operation Smile in London.

Thousands of children are born each year with a cleft lip or cleft palate, preventing them from eating, speaking or even smiling. In many parts of the world these children are hidden away, prevented from attending school and face an uncertain future. Operation Smile sends teams of volunteer medical professionals to provide free reconstructive surgery.

Since 1982, Operation Smile has provided free facial reconstructive surgery to more than 135,000 children. The operation can take just a 45 minute operation, costing as little as £150 to give a child a new start at life.

Quentin Abel, Chairman, APC Overnight said: “Everyone within the APC Overnight network is pleased to be involved in the Blue Peter Send a Smile Appeal. The free facial operations make a big difference to children, enabling them to partake in activities the rest of us take for granted. The Appeal requires partners who have a nationwide presence to act as collection points, and so we are delighted that our network of depots will provide the ideal solution.”

For more information see: http://www.operationsmile.org.uk/bluepeterappeal

DROP OFF ADDRESS:
Euro-Tran Despatch
Enterprise Way
Airedale Business Park
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD232TZ

CONTACTS:
For more information, call David Howson on 07966 060781.

If local Schools want to Participate, Please call us at Euro-Tran and we will collect your ‘T’ shirts from the school and see they reach the SMILE centre in London.
Good Luck.

APC Overnight
APC Overnight is the UK’s largest next day delivery network with more than 125 local depots covering all areas of the country. The network specialises in timed deliveries, offering a choice of convenient morning or afternoon options as well as a Saturday service. APC Overnight collects, routes and delivers more than 1 million parcels each month with an impressive better-than-99.8% on-time delivery record.

The network is unique – not a franchise or faceless corporate, APC Overnight is owned and managed by independent local delivery specialists connected into a strong managed system. Originally created by a consortium of 47 UK same-day delivery companies in the early ’90s, APC Overnight’s has tripled the size of the network, while keeping the founding principles unchanged.

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Euro-Tran continues throughout the year to support the Cancer Research Campaign.

However on Friday the 30th of October we will endeavour to support the ‘Wear it Pink’ day on behalf of the Breast Cancer Campaign.

Our drivers will be endeavouring to raise some funding on the day at customers and delivery locations. Our staff will be wearing very fetching ‘EURO-TRAN WEAR IT PINK’ baseball caps for the day – Tracy, Chris and Kazz are seen here modelling the office issue – and no, the guys won’t be wearing pink nail varnish to match (They much prefer RED !!!…) If you can help every penny will be gratefully accepted. The customer service team clearly look better in the caps than the Guys…But its all in a good cause .

If you can make a donation drop a cheque made out to the ‘BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN’ to us here in Skipton,or
send it direct to:

BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN
CLIFTON cENTRE
110 CLIFTON STREET
LONDON
EC2A4HT

REG CHARITY NO 299758

OR JUST STOP ONE OF OUR DRIVERS AND GIVE THE CHEQUE TO HIM!

 If you yourself want to do something on behalf of the campaign visit – wearitpink.co.uk

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Heres your chance to win an Acer notebook.

Enter for free on the website, simply follow the link in the homepage.

Use your knowledge of the Parcels Industry and enter the question.

All correct answers will go in the draw – It could be yours for Christmas….

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“As a company Euro-Tran has always adopted a responsible approach to its surroundings. Only recently however, It has hit home that we could do a lot more” say’s David.

Climate change is inevitable… It is however possible that we can all contribute towards sustaining our environment. Its too easy to adopt the “how can I make a difference on my own” attitude. It’s a fact – each and every one of us makes that difference.

David is concerned that Euro-Tran is involved in a dirty industry. Road Transport being a major polluter of the environment, It is however vital to keeping the economy going, Proven so clearly with the fuel crisis some years ago. “The more successful we become”, David say’s ” The more customers,and the bigger our environmental impact.As a company we operate the most modern, most environmentally friendly vehicles our budgets will allow. We offer a dales drop in service,which, to be fair is underutilised and provides little financial return, but it does reduce the amount of heavy traffic on the Yorkshire Dales lanes. Yet we still need to do more” He says.

“Now we must OFFSET OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT”.

He explains “Simply put, we ensure trees are planted which will help filter the damage we do. Its not an exact science, but is a responsible approach to reduce our impact on the environment, If everybody took a similar approach, including the Governments, The big picture may get a little brighter”.

The Company wants to go further. Albeit at the moment restricted by budgetry issues because of the ‘Credit Crunch’ there is much we can do at no expense to the company.

We recycle our paper waste, recycle old pallets, as well as
any metal objects etc.

“We will aim to recycle more, and waste less” David tells us. “How many local business’s are fully aware of the ‘WEEE’ disposal of Electronic waste legislation..That
old keyboard or computer screen, CANNOT go in the bin now – The financial penalties of non compliance are severe.

As a registered electronic trade waste transporter we are now able to dispose of our clients ageing IT eqpt, We offer good rates and a traceable disposal record.

“Further, When we replace vehicles and plant. New kit will be bought with the environmental impact it has as THE major consideration”.

The Yorkshire Dales should be available for future generations to visit,to enjoy, and admire

– Lets all do our bit to keep it that way.

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APC OVERNIGHT BUYS FREEHOLD OF NATIONAL SORTATION CENTRE AT ESSINGTON
- second site also leased to increase capacity
- volumes up 17 per cent

APC Overnight has acquired the freehold of its National Sortation Centre at Essington, as it continues to expand its operation with volumes up 17 per cent since April.

Furthermore, as a direct result of continued and future projected expansion, the company has leased a second site adjacent to its main hub at Essington. Vince Friery, Director of Communications for APC Overnight commented: “The decision to acquire the freehold of our National Sortation Centre enables us to plan for the long term. We had previously outgrown hubs four times in nine years. We are in our eleventh year in business and can now consolidate our headquarters at our National Sortation Centre for many years to come.”

APC moved into its new National Sortation Centre just over two years ago but further growth of the business also led the company to lease the second facility which has enabled APC to separate out its ever-increasing traffic bound for Scotland. He added “We decided to put our Scottish bound consignments into this second building to allow faster turnarounds for the longer distance trunking routes and the benefit of increased efficiency has already been felt. “In addition the site also offers us a larger marshalling area for our trunking vehicles and this too has helped improve efficiency.“Outgrowing our facilities is a wonderful problem to have and whilst the second building at Essington does currently meet our requirements, we are mindful that we must also accommodate further growth in the years ahead. We are already looking at other suitable regional hub sites, both in the North and in the South.”

ENDS
Editor’s Note: For further information please contact Century Public Relations Tel: 024 7622 8881.

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Skipton Ford’s Andrew Busfield (left) and Damian Smith, hand over four transit vans, with more to come, to Christine Howson of Euro-Tran. Skipton-based logistics firm Euro-Tran Despatch has increased its fleet with the arrival of four Ford Transit vans from local dealer Skipton Ford. Part of the APC Overnight courier network, Euro-Tran Despatch has seen a 20 per cent rise in business over the last 12 months and so needed the new vehicles to keep pace with demand.

The new vehicles will be based at their Airedale Business Park depot. The deal with Skipton Ford maintains a 20-year relationship which dates back to the courier buying its very first Ford Transit in 1986. At the handover for Skipton Ford was Andrew Busfield, Andrew handled the first transaction almost two decades ago.

David Howson, co-founder of Euro-Tran Despatch, said: “It’s only recently that Skipton Ford has been able to supply us with the larger model Transits. As soon as we became aware of the option, we took the plunge. We employ a keep-it-local philosophy,Where possible all our budget is spent locally. Skipton Ford have an excellent service facility right on our doorstep, its a good product, and of course there’s Andrew, how could we go wrong?”

Complete with fresh APC Overnight livery, the new vehicles will assist in servicing some 300 local accounts in the Skipton and Keighley areas. Euro-Tran Despatch also collects goods on a daily basis from Skipton Ford’s highly successful parts division, these are then despatched to major outlets across the UK, So its a two way trading relationship… around a thousand parcels and 200 pallets can pass through the Skipton depot on a daily basis.

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