Top 100 2008: Growth in Profit

Latest Rank Company or Trading Name Latest Year Pre-Tax Profit (£000s) Previous Year Pre-Tax Profit (£000s) Growth in Profit (Ranked)

£100m-plus turnover

18 Bibby Distribution Holdings £4,238 £14

30,171.43%

3 Kuehne + Nagel £24,272 £3,578

578.37%

29 Stobart Group £3,521 -£1,123

413.54%

27 NFT Distribution Operations £1,070 £398

168.84%

24 Nightfreight (GB) £4,184 -£6,246

166.99%

19 AutoLogic Holdings £4,600 £2,000

130.00%

30 Fowler Welch-Coolchain £5,879 £3,113

88.85%

12 NYK Logistics (UK) £8,500 £5,846

45.40%

13 Business Post Group £14,200 £9,800

44.90%

15 Ryder £14,400 £10,179

41.45%

25 The RH Group £3,567 £3,005

18.70%

20 Turners (Soham) £21,028 £18,113

16.09%

8 UPS £9,884 £8,617

14.70%

23 Gefco UK £4,369 £3,867

12.98%

2 Wincanton £47,200 £42,000

12.38%

4 TNT UK £69,251 £69,955

-1.01%

14 Home Delivery Network -£20,573 -£16,3324

-26.03%

17 WH Malcolm £7,770 £14,964

-33.70%

 16  DSV £7,770 £16,719

-53.53%

 26  Clipper Group Holdings £1,181 £2,638

-55.23%

 28  Hoyer UK £420 £1,429

-70.61%

 21  FedEx UK £586 £6,611

-91.14%

 22  City Link -£9,659 £29,195

-133.08%

£50m to £100m turnover

41 ECM (Vehicle Delivery Service) £5,297 £1,774

198.5%

42 Europa Freight Group £2,329 £1,032

125.68%

45 Roadways Container Logistics £1,503 -£23,676

106.35%

46 Langdon Group £1,920 £1,064

80.45%

34 Gregory Distribution £3,291 £2,075

58.60%

40 Pentalver Transport £10,791 £7,493

44.01%

31 Tuffnells Parcels Express £7,243 £5,253

37.88%

44 Stiller Group £808 £630

28.25%

36 Maritime Transport £4,156 £3,392

22.52%

32 Thomas Cradley Holdings £2,525 £2,097

20.41%

35 Great Bear Distribution £6,025 £5,037

19.61%

39 Hargreaves Services £2,263 £1,934

17.01%

38 Kerry Logistics (UK) £1,483 £1,617

-8.29%

33 Lloyd Fraser Holdings £1,744 £2,079

-16.11%

43 CEL Group £2,172 £2,653

-18.13%

37 Canute Haulage Group £1,936 £2,541

-23.81%

£30m to £50m turnover

60 C Butt £366 £6

6,000.00%

61 Online £732 -£561

230.48%

50 Brit-European Transport (Holdings) £1,684 £568

196.48%

51 Rhys Davies £917 £381

140.68%

53 CM Downton £1,711 £738

131.84%

49 Goldstar Transport £2,755 £1,805

52.63%

54 Culina Logistics -£2,570 -£3,357

23.44%

58 MRS Distribution £1,497 £1,319

13.50%

57 Howard Tenens £1,127 £1,016

10.93%

52 ARR Craib Transport £539 £771

-30.09%

47 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics -£4,084 -£2,764

-47.76%

59 Currie European Transport -£379 -£207

-83.09%

55 John G Russell (Transport) -£12 £2,862

-100.42%

56 Amethyst Group -£218 £1,296

-116.82%

48 Cert Octavian Holdings -£3,067 £1,136

-369.98%

£10m to £30m turnover

- Pollock (Scotrans) £2,700 £236

1,044.07%

- 21st Century Logistics £153 £36

325.00%

- EM Rogers (Transport) £174 -£91

291.21%

79 Taygroup £4,633 £1,405

229.75%

66 TM Logistics £2,643 £815

224.29%

- Yuill & Dodds £306 -£341

189.74%

- RT Keedwell £1,040 £372

179.57%

86 Jack Richards & Son £790 -£1,256

162.90%

62 R Swain & Sons £1,148 £460

149.57%

95 Stan Robinson Group £1,204 £514

134.24%

99 Fergusons Transport £252 -£795

131.70%

71 Widdowson Group £69 -£320

121.56%

76 London City Bond £23 -£437

105.26%

67 Reed Boardall Transport -£206 -£574

64.11%

- Evans Transport £316 £228

38.60%

80 JW Suckling Transport £526 £394

33.50%

- Wyvern Cargo  £301 £231

30.30%

65 Ass. Cold Stores & T'Port -£801 -£1,073

25.35%

75 Circle Express £176 £151

16.56%

- Massey Wilcox Transport £302 £260

16.15%

68 Maxi Haulage £956 £826

15.74%

88 The Bartrum Group £1,005 £879

14.33%

- Alan Firmin £893 £815

9.57%

69 Knowles (Transport)  £3,370 3,111

8.33%

89 The Potter Group (Holdings)  £1,290 £1,193

8.13%

- F Swain & Sons  £113 £105

7.62%

83 Redhead Freight £1,035 £968

6.92%

78 Aspray Transport £706 £666

6.01%

96 Deben Transport £685 £665

3.01%

70 Link Logistics £667 £652

2.30%

81 Saints Transport £981 £963

1.87%

90 Bowring Transport £171 £174

1.72%

- CS Ellis (Group) £490 £524

6.49%

91 James Kemball £647 £731

11.49%

94 NR Evans & Son £235 £278

15.47%

- Rygor Group Services £87 £104

16.35%

85 Erith Haulage Co £196 £248

20.97%

73 Prestons of Potton £221 £310

28.71%

- John Jempson & Son £105 £151

30.46%

- Meachers Group Holdings £249 £364

31.59%

63 Owens (Road Services) £79 £124

36.29%

92 Welch's Group Holdings £286 £458

37.55%

74 Elddis Transport (Consett) £133 £215

38.14%

100 Lenham Storage Co £139 £301

53.82%

- Birds Groupage Services £522 £1,149

54.57%

64 Boughey Distribution £535 £1,399

61.76%

84 Grocontinental £456 £1,340

65.97%

97 Laser Transport International £133 £466

71.46%

- Chris Hayter Transport £100 £427

76.58%

- Leggett's Transport -£191 -£106

80.19%

72 Kammac £262 £2,250

88.36%

92 White & Co £7 £819

99.15%

98 Archbold Logistics -£210 £355

159.15%

77 STVA UK -£113 £83

236.14%

- Cranleigh Freight Services -£545 £192

383.85%

87 Seafield Logistics -£122 £31

493.55%

93 Arcese UK -£578 -£59

879.66%

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