UK manufacturing had a rough time in the last recession, but Aspray24 has maintained an impressive track record of profitable growth by staying true to its founding principles of providing reliable delivery services for the manufacturing sector. The firm is obsessive about keeping as much of its operation under its control as possible. This approach includes having a full-time fuel manager tasked with getting the best daily deals on diesel, developing its own routeing and scheduling system after being burnt when a previous third-party software supplier went bust, and doing most of the vehicle maintenance in its own workshops at its 12-acre hub in Noose Lane. Willenhall. Even more importantly the company took a strategic decision in 1999 not to join a pallet network or other consortium but to develop its own 13-strong national depot structure to keep end to end control over its customers' consignments.
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