North Scotland specialist JBT has unveiled a healthy set of results for the year ending December 2006 - and MD Murray Prentice promises that 2007's figures will be even stronger. Turnover rose by 7% to £12m, gross profit was up 41% to £2.5m and pre-tax profit showed an even bigger rise of more than 500% to £555,683.
Prentice says that hard work over the preceeding years has paid off. He adds: "I am reasonably optimistic going forward, despite the sector going through a tough time. If you
are a business providing good quality service in niche markets, then you can make a good return." The firm specialises in distribution to the Scottish Highlands as well as to Orkney and Shetland, plus two-man delivery operations for the majority of Scotland. In addition it runs depots in Aberdeen and Inverness for network Palletforce, plus it is a member of Linq Alliance.
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