JJO invests £250,000 in delivery vehicles

Kitchen, bedroom and bathroom furniture manufacturer JJO has invested £250,000 in four tractor units to ensure reliable and efficient transportation.

16 Aug, 22

Kitchen, bedroom and bathroom furniture manufacturer JJO has invested £250,000 in four tractor units to ensure reliable and efficient transportation.

JJO invests £250,000 in delivery vehicles

It adds to the Lancashire-based company’s fleet of 27 delivery vehicles, articulated tractor units, rigid lorries and vans.

According to the JJO, it completes around 1,000 deliveries and clocks up an average of 20,000 miles a week.

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Managing director of JJO Stephen Greenhalgh said: “As part of our policy of replacing our fleet every five years, we have just invested in four brand new state-of-the-art DAF tractor units.

“As we deliver to customers around the country and the drivers can be away for two to three nights, it is important that the cab and its accommodation is right.

“Part of our service to customers is that we only use our drivers to deliver our products and the customers appreciate the relationship that builds up with the drivers and that they are flexible to meet their needs.”

Last year, ownership of the nearly 155-year-old family-run manufacturer was transferred to an Employee Ownership Trust.

Transport manager Brian Croisdale commented: “As we become an Employee Ownership Trust last year, we all have a vested interest in purchases being good value for money, and this was my first opportunity to bring new vehicles into the fleet and I managed to make savings.

“No-one wants to have vehicles that break down or need lots of repairs and maintenance.”

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