Bison Transport Group snapped up by entrepreneur Andy Scott

Peterborough haulage firm Bison Transport Group is under new ownership after it was snapped up by entrepreneur Andy Scott.

The company, which has been trading for four years, provides haulage services to companies such as Ikea, Amazon and Maritime, operating out of two depots with 50 HGVs.

The corporate takeover is Scott’s 10th in two years and is his third transport business (he purchased removal firm AG Cannon in July and owns Reliable Removals & Storage).

He said the plan was to double Bison Transport’s current £12m turnover and increase the number of lorries it operates to 100 over the next couple of years.

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Helen Wong, partner at Clarke Willmott, who led the team providing Scott’s legal support, said: “In just two years Andy Scott has built a sizeable portfolio of complementary businesses, creating good synergies and centralised systems.”

Scott also owns entertainment agency Contraband Events, London pubs including The Chelsea Pig, and leisure , construction and HGV driver recruitment businesses based out of London, Ipswich and Manchester.