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Strong growth drives expansion and head office move

A logistics personnel recruitment firm based in West Yorkshire which specialises in recruiting HGV drivers and industrial workers, Transline Resource Group has seen consistent growth from a turnover of £25m three years ago to over £54m in 2011, a year on year increase of almost 23%, and the company has a predicted turnover of £65m this year.

Having maintained double digit growth for the past four years, Transline Resource has recently completed a deal to move its head office operation from Halifax to new offices on Halifax Road in Brighouse. The firm is also expanding overseas, having opened offices in Dublin and Budapest and, more recently, in Toronto.

Transline Resource, which was formed in 1989 by current directors Paul Beasley and Jon Taylor, comprises four divisions: driving, industrial, permanent and training. It specialises in the provision and on-site management of trained flexible supply chain staff, providing over 6,000 driving and industrial staff every day through its network of over 35 on-site offices across the UK. Its clients range from local manufacturers to household name retailers and distributors.

The company employs 30 staff at its West Yorkshire head office coordinating finances and the management of its on-site office network plus 95 full time staff at its Trafford Park operational HQ and training school who coordinate the development and supply of all temporary staff nationwide.

“We have built up a deep knowledge of the logistics sector and, working closely with our customers, we have been able to develop a service which specifically meets their needs for swift and cost-effective solutions to their staffing issues,” explains Paul Beasley, director of Transline Resource. “The key to our success is reliable delivery: we contract manage staff and we are completely accountable to our customers.

“We are a very people-focused business, taking a real pride in the strength of our team and the consistently high standards of service we deliver, with all new business generated through referrals. Our customers know that our entire workforce is trained to a level well beyond the industry standard, and we even have our own fleet of vehicles at our training centre in Manchester. We have also invested in state-of-the-art IT support such as a bespoke access dashboard system that enables us and our customers to have live personnel data at our fingertips.

“Having built up a blue chip client base which operates globally, we too are expanding overseas to support our customers’ operations and we are exploring opportunities in Europe, India, China and Australia.”

Mr Beasley continues, “Grant Thornton’s advisers have been invaluable in helping to change the face of the business. From carrying out the statutory audit, devising innovative tax solutions for staff and providing tax planning advice for directors to giving invaluable local insight for our overseas operations via their global network of offices. We have built our business based on the concept of investing in the best and that goes for our professional advisers as much as staff development and IT. We will continue to work closely with Grant Thornton to realise our ambitious acquisitions strategy as we seek to build on our impressive organic growth.”

Richard Hobson, director at Grant Thornton in Yorkshire, comments: “Over the last few years, we have worked closely with Resource Transline as the business has evolved and expanded. We have helped the management team to develop a sound financial model and it is extremely satisfying to see the growth and success they have achieved in such a short space of time.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Grant Thornton .