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Birmingham, UK, 19 November 2021 – Ryder Ltd (“Ryder”), a leading independent provider of commercial vehicle rental, contract hire, and maintenance services across the UK, has enhanced its used commercial vehicle offering to provide customers with added benefits and a new buying experience. The introduction of complimentary after-sales support vouchers with all retail purchases of DAF Certified used commercial vehicles from Ryder Used Approved forms part of the enhanced offering. Worth £350, each voucher can be used in full or part payment for DAF parts when work is conducted across DAF’s 155-strong dealer network in the UK and Ireland. Ryder customers will be issued with one voucher (valid for 12 months from date of activation) for each qualifying vehicle purchased from Ryder Used...

Birmingham, UK, 14 October 2021 – Ryder Ltd (“Ryder”), a leading independent provider of commercial vehicle contract hire, rental and maintenance services, has supplied new customer Salisbury Linen Services (SLS) with a range of DAF vehicles under a lease hire deal to meet SLS’s health service delivery requirements. Part of the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, SLS provides specialist laundry and linen services for hospitals and community trusts across the South of England. The new DAF LF 150 vehicles from Ryder are being used to deliver vital laundry, including bed linen and hospital scrubs, to almost 70 different NHS and health care providers across the South East, averaging 40 drops a day. Ryder has supplied a mix of 12-tonne and 18-tonne box rigid DAFs, which was a key component in SLS...

Birmingham, UK, 16 September 2021 – Intercounty Distribution has partnered with Ryder Ltd (“Ryder”) to add 14 new DAF trucks to its growing fleet in the South West. Based in Launceston, Intercounty has invested in XF530 models in an effort to improve fuel efficiency and driver satisfaction. Intercounty covers the South West peninsula as part of the Pall-Ex UK and European pallet network, while also providing general haulage and storage services. Operating out of its base in Launceston, the logistics company fulfils collections and deliveries to homes and businesses alike across the region every day. Five of the new trucks will be used to trunk the 480-mile round trip from the depot in Launceston to the Pall-Ex hub in Leicestershire every day and night, while the other nine are used for...

Birmingham, UK, 19 August 2021 - AG Parfett & Sons, the Northern England-based wholesaler and owner of the Go Local store brand, has chosen Ryder Ltd (“Ryder”) to support its expansion, contract hiring 26 DAF LF230 18t trucks. The new trucks will operate from five of seven Parfetts depots: Somercotes, Aintree, Sheffield, Middlesbrough and Stockport. Parfetts has another two depots at Anfield and Halifax. On average, the trucks will make between eight and nine drops a day to Parfetts’ customers, delivering a mixture of food, drink and tobacco. Parfetts is enjoying an increase in volumes, partly thanks to its next day service and also because its locations are expanding their footprints, delivering to stores further away: for example, the Somercotes depot is delivering as far south as...

Birmingham, UK, 2 August 2021 – Ryder Ltd (“Ryder”), a leading independent provider of commercial vehicle contract hire, rental, and maintenance services, is celebrating its 50 th anniversary in the UK this summer. Ryder Ltd was incorporated in the UK on 2 August 1971 and made its market entry later that year with a fleet of 250 Rental vehicles in an iconic yellow livery (see photo). Less than a year later, Ryder moved into Contract Hire. Now Ryder operates a sizeable fleet of trucks, trailers and vans, having grown organically and through acquisition. To mark the anniversary and Ryder’s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint, the business will plant one tree for every member of Ryder’s UK staff. The trees will be planted in the UK where they are most needed by eForests, a...

Birmingham, UK, 15 July 2021 – In response to rising volumes, Shoreham Port has started running its own trucks and trailers for the first time and has chosen to partner with Ryder Ltd (“Ryder”) for the supply of its fleet. Ryder, a leading independent provider of commercial vehicle contract hire, rental, and maintenance services in the United Kingdom, has supplied five DAF XF480 Super Space Cab tractor units and 10 curtainsided trailers to the Port. Shoreham Port is the largest timber handling port on the south coast of England: it is estimated to handle up to 20% of all UK timber imports; most of the timber is FSC - and PEFC -certified and has been shipped from the sawmills of Scandinavia, Latvia and Russia. Despite the impact of Covid-19 last year, the Port discharged...

Birmingham, UK, 8 July 2021 – Ryder Ltd (“Ryder”), a leading independent provider of commercial vehicle contract hire, rental, and maintenance services in the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce the appointment of Natalie Waldron to the company’s board of directors. Since joining Ryder in 2016 as UK legal counsel, Waldron’s role has evolved to see her play a crucial part in supporting the business with complex contract negotiations and bespoke customer agreements. She also works closely with the Group’s team of lawyers based in Miami on cross-jurisdictional matters such as data protection and funding. Waldron joins a nine-strong board and her appointment marks the second female directorship at Ryder, alongside HR director Catherine Steel. It is also the first new appointment to the...

Birmingham, UK, 19 May 2021 – South Yorkshire-based transport provider Pass Logistics has marked its move to operating its own vehicles by taking delivery of two Mercedes-Benz rigid vehicles from Ryder, a leading independent provider of commercial vehicle contract hire, rental, and maintenance services. The 26-tonne curtain-side Actros vehicles with sleeper cabs have been supplied in Pass Logistics brand colours. Ryder has worked closely with Pass Logistics to ensure the firm had a smooth and seamless transition from subcontracting out its transport provision to running its first vehicles under its newly gained operator licence (O-licence). Adrian Sullivan, owner and founder of Pass Logistics, commented: “I’ve been extremely pleased with the whole package Ryder put together for us. The...

Birmingham, UK, 29 April 2021 – Ketra Logistics has partnered with Ryder as it contract hires new trucks for the first time. Ryder has delivered 14 DAF rigids to Ketra, based in Thamesmead, south-east London. Ryder, a leading independent provider of commercial vehicle contract hire, rental, and maintenance services, has delivered 14 DAF rigids to Ketra, based in Thamesmead, south-east London. The fleet is comprised of two 7.5t LF150s, five 12t LF180s and seven 18t LF220s, all with day cabs and all compliant with the three-star level requirements of London’s Direct Vision Standard (DVS). The new trucks will not only work for Ketra, but also for its sister business IEFS Logistics in Barking, east London. Both businesses are members of the Palletways pallet network: Ketra handles the SE and...

Birmingham, UK, 25 March 2021 – Suffolk-based Bacton Transport Services has taken delivery of 12 Mercedes-Benz Actros 2543 tractor units, all protected by a unique collision damage vehicle cover package provided by Ryder, a leading independent provider of commercial vehicle contract hire, rental, and maintenance services. Ryder’s size, flexibility and Collision Damage Reducer (CDR) product were enough to convince the company to consider contract hiring for the first time, according to Nick Newman, General Manager at the haulier. “I was thinking ‘which company is big enough to deliver what we want but can also be flexible?’ I knew of Ryder, but I’d never used them before. I made an enquiry through the Ryder website, and as a result Steve Williams, Ryder National Equipment Director, called...