Reive-and-Grossart

Abington, South Lanarkshire general haulier Reive and Grossart has joined the Palletforce network, covering the KA and PA1 to PA19 postcodes.

The family-owned firm, which was established in 1965, has 11 vehicles operating at 7.5 to 44-tonnes GVW and is located just off junction 13 of the M74 in central Scotland.

Co-founder Sandy Reive told Motortransport.co.uk the firm had been a member of two other pallet networks in the last 10 years, starting off with Fortec before moving to The Pallet Network (TPN), for whom it was covering the same postcodes until the end of January.

“Everyone wants things picked up today and delivered tomorrow. If you’re working with small deliveries, as we are, and you’re not in a pallet network, I think you’d be lost,” commented Reive.

The move to Palletforce came about as a result of a reorganisation of the network’s coverage after the departure of another network member in the north of Scotland, said Reive, and was an opportunity the firm judged “would be better in the long run”.

“I wouldn’t fault TPN but we know quite a lot of Palletforce members and in Palletforce, you’re a shareholder, whereas in TPN you’re a franchise-holder,” he added.

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