Celtic Couriers celebrating success in prestigious Motor Transport Awards


Burry Port firm Celtic Couriers is celebrating success in the prestigious Motor Transport Awards 2013.
The firm, one of the biggest companies in Carmarthenshire’s second biggest town, is part of the APC Overnight courier and delivery network.
APC scooped the Network of the Year award at a glittering awards night hosted by TV celebrity Dara O’Briain.
“It is a major feather in our cap,” said Celtic Couriers co-founder Ivor Skinner, who is also a director of APC Overnight.
“As Celtic Couriers, we are shareholders in APC Overnight. As awards to courier and delivery firms go, this really is the ‘Oscar’ of the industry in the UK.
“It’s a magnificent achievement and a great boost for the Celtic Couriers business and our nationwide arm of APC Overnight.
“To win the award, we had to demonstrate excellent operational efficiency, above-average vehicle utilisation, high customer service levels, value for money and high levels of flexibility and responsiveness.
“All of the above form a core part of how we do business at Celtic Couriers and APC Overnight.
“The award is testament to the quality and hard work of our staff at Celtic Couriers and in the wider national field by APC Overnight.
“We really are a firm that goes the extra mile. Delivering success is what we are all about. The great rugby hero Ray Gravell always used to say ‘West is Best’. Here at Celtic Couriers we firmly believe in that motto and strive, day-in-day out, to provide a consistent, quality, value-for-money courier and delivery service for our many valued customers.”
The Motor Transport Awards judges praised APC Overnight for a strong financial performance and the development of a new £l5m, 138,000ft national sorting centre in Cannock in The Midlands.
Since 1994, APC Overnight has expanded in both size and ambition and now comprises 53 member firms and 115 depots, with 1,400 delivery vehicles and 3,700 full-time staff.
Headed since 2012 by chief executive Syed Ziaullah (owner of one of the network’s founding members, Action Express), APC has seen three years of profit growth capped in 2012 with a 30.4% leap in pre-tax profit £4.4m.
“APC is pulling off the hard trick of making money in the parcels sector, where people typically do not,” one of the judges said.
APC’s annual network turnover now stands at £353m, after consignments handled reached 12.16 million last year compared with 9.72 million in 2010.

Pictured:
From left - Dara O Briain with APC Overnight chief executive Syed Ziaullah, Quentin Abel, MD, and director Ivor Skinner (Celtic Couriers) and Burnt Tree Contract Hire director Mark Howell.

About Celtic Couriers:
Key facts –
We have 18 vans and four lorries, ranging from 7.5t, 18t, 24t and 44t.
We have 41 Employees.
We have been trading 24 years.
We deliver and collect on average 55 pallets a day.
In January our vehicles covered 85,000 miles
In January we purchased 3500 gallons of fuel
We've built our reputation through providing innovation and believe in having close contact with our customers to ensure that both our long-term interests are met. Frequent, fast, flexible and efficient, we can take everything from documents through to 1250kg pallets and transport them to local, national and European destinations.
Our delivery times cover next day before 9am, before noon, before 5pm or at a time specified by you. If you want service levels like these that are second to none - talk to Celtic Couriers.
Celtic Couriers was formed in 1989 by Gail and Ivor Skinner who are still the directors of this local company.
Celtic Couriers cares passionately about all its customers and is always endeavouring to seek ways to enhance its service levels.
We are shareholders in APC Overnight, the largest next day parcel delivery network with more than 120 depots in the UK.
In the 2011 Independent Industry report, APC have been rated Top for the following:
· Customer Service
· Quality of Transport
· Service Levels
· Collects on Time
· Image
· Delivers on Time
· Cares About Me
· Customer Loyalty
· Solves Customers Problems
Celtic Couriers are also licensees for the Fortec Pallet Distribution Network, the premium next-day and economy pallet distribution service.
Contact details
Call: +44 (0) 1554 835490
Email: info@celticcouriers.co.uk
Fax: +44 (0) 1554 835059
Celtic Couriers Limited, Unit 1 Burry Port Industrial Estate, Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, SA16 0NN
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