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Amanda
Amanda Jackson
Tigerfish PR
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amanda@tigerfishpr.co.uk
A company providing services from the UK to France is celebrating its 35th birthday this month.
Cross channel road freight specialist France Line International Transport has been operating successfully since it was set up in May 1980 by four French hauliers.
With a totally bilingual team, they believe their ability to understand both French and English cultures and working practices sets them apart from their competitors.
Since 2008 the business has steadily grown under the leadership of its MD Marie Boyer. Its services, customer base and profitability have all increased - and with turnover and staff numbers doubling, the award winning team moving to bigger offices last year.
France Line was originally created to provide backloads from the UK for the four founder French hauliers, and indeed for many years the company offered only export services to France.
But it has gone on to develop close partnerships with a number of English, French and European hauliers - whilst retaining commercial agreements with two of its founding hauliers. It now describes itself as a truck finder and not a truck filler.
For the past seven years, France Line has also been offering import full load and part load services from France to the UK to its customers - manufacturers from any sectors of industry, as well as other freight forwarders and logistics companies.
Over the last few years the company has had its success repeatedly recognised. In January 2010, it appeared in the list of the top Freight Forwarding and Logistics companies in Greater Manchester and Cheshire published by the weekly business Manchester newspaper Crain's.
A year later, Marie was voted Transport Woman of the Year at Jo Cameron's Network of Aspiring Women Awards.
Marie has also been a Woman of the Year finalist for two years running- 2012 and 2013 - at the Women in Logistics Awards, and is a member of the steering group.
In 2013 France Line was a finalist in the Small Company of the Year Category at the same awards.
Also in 2013 it became only the second UK company to become a member of the ASTRE European logistics network, and have access to PaletSystem, its established pallet network for the distribution of part loads of up to 10 pallets throughout France.
Marie said: "France Line's ongoing success is due to building a team of great people who all share the same passion for customer service and communication, and making our customers' job and life easier."
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Issued on behalf of Marie Boyer, France Line International Transport www.Francelinetransport.co.uk 0161 746 8839
By Amanda Jackson, Tigerfish PR, www.tigerfishpr.co.uk