Top 100 2008: Profit per Employee

Latest Rank Company or Trading Name Latest Year Pre-Tax Profit (£000s) Latest Year Employees Latest Profit per Employee Ranked (£) Change in Profit per Employee

£100m-plus turnover

20 Turners (Soham) £21,028

1,651

£12,737

7.44%

15 Ryder £14,400 1,553 £9,272

51.67%

23 Gefco UK £4,369 539 £8,106

20.11%

16 DSV £7,770 1,168 £6,652

-41.27%

4 TNT UK £69,251 10,899 £6,354

-2.68%

30 Fowler Welch-Coolchain £5,879 1,087 £5,408

43.51%

25 The RH Group £3,567 702 £5,081

17.18%

17 WH Malcolm £9,921 1,978 £5,016

-39.60%

13 Business Post Group £14,200 2,985 £4,757

40.63%

3 Kuehne + Nagel £24,272 6,565 £3,697

461.81%

29 Stobart Group £3,521 990 £3,557

101.90%

8 UPS £9,884 4,032 £2,451

11.57%

19 AutoLogic Holdings £4,600 2,120 £2,170

153.00%

2 Wincanton                                                 £47,200 22,000 £2,145

8.01%

12 NYK Logistics (UK) £8,500 4,000 £2,125

33.84%

18 Bibby Distribution Holdings £4,238 2,265 £1,871

30,906.50%

24 Nightfreight (GB) £4,184 2,369 £1,766

166.17%

27 NFT Distribution Operations £1,070 1,524 £702

177.84%

26 Clipper Group Holdings £1,181 1,886 £626

-60.71%

21 FedEx UK £586 1,792 £327

-92.50%

28 Hoyer UK £420 1,297 £324

-70.04%

14 Home Delivery Network -£20,573 7,311 -£2,814

-29.43%

22 City Link -£9,659 3,376 -£2,861

-123.18%

£50m to £100m turnover

40 Pentalver Transport £10,791 356 £30,312

9.22%

41 ECM (Vehicle Delivery Services) £5,279 505 £10,489

160.75%

38 Kerry Logistics (UK) £1,483 196 £7,566

-11.09%

36 Maritime Transport £4,156 556 £7,475

3.13%

35 Great Bear Distribution £6,025 945 £6,376

14.05%

42 Europa Freight Group £2,329 421 £5,532

127.29%

32 Thomas Cradley Holdings £2,525 560 £4,509

26.86%

43 CEL Group £2,172 491 £4,424

-28.64%

31 Tuffnells Parcels Express £7,243 1,751 £4,136

27.57%

34 Gregory Distribution £3,291 1,029 £3,198

56.44%

45 Roadways Container Logistics £1,503 485 £3,099

107.57%

46 Langdon Group £1,920 629 £3,052

69.55%

39 Hargreaves Services £2,263 948 £2,387

-5.70%

37 Canute Haulage Group £1,936 878 £2,205

-22.77%

33 Lloyd Fraser Holdings £1,744 1,433 £1,217

-17.28%

44 Stiller Group £808 715 £1,130

73.86%

£30m to £50m turnover

49 Goldstar Transport £2,755 208 £13,245

17.41%

50 Brit-European Transport (Holdings) £1,684 346 £4,867

214.47%

53 CM Downton £1,711 385 £4,444

122.81%

58 MRS Distribution £1,497 354 £4,229

21.83%

57 Howard Tenens £1,127 309 £3,647

-0.92%

61 Online £732 274 £2,672

170.48%

51 Rhys Davies £917 467 £1,964

114.40%

52 ARR Craib Transport £539 300 £1,797

-31.26%

60 C Butt £366 403 £908

5939.45%

55 John G Russell (Transport) -£12 455 -£26

-100.40%

56 Amethyst Group -£218 420 -£519

-116.06%

59 Currie European Transport -£379 235 -£1,613

-126.72%

54 Culina Logistics -£2,570 518 -£4,961

5.71%

48 Cert Octavian Holdings -£3,067 479 -£6,403

-341.24%

47 Hellmann Woldwide Logistics -£4,084 273 -£14,960

-34.23%

£10m to £30m turnover

79 Taygroup £4,633 140 £33,093

213.26%

69 Knowles (Transport) £3,370 123 £27,398

10.97%

- Pollock (Scotrans) £2,700 160 £16,875

1051.22%

- RT Keedwell £1,040 87 £11,954

166.72%

66 TM Logistics £2,643 275 £9,611

244.34%

- Alan Firmin £893 103 £8,670

-9.58%

83 Redhead Freight £1,035 161 £6,429

-4.37%

91 James Kemball £647 128 £5,055

-21.17%

89 The Potter Group (Holdings) £1,290 256 £5,039

13.62%

95 Stan Robinson Group £1,204 254 £4,740

135.13%

88 The Bartrum Group £1,005 215 £4,674

12.74%

68 Maxi Haulage £956 215 £4,447

32.96%

96 Deben Transport £685 157 £4,363

-4.87%

- CS Ellis (Group) £490 124 £3,952

-11.77%

- Birds Groupage Services £522 147 £3,551

-52.71%

86 Jack Richards & Son £790 230 £3,435

151.14%

62 R Swain  Son £1,148 342 £3,357

167.08%

- Yuill & Dodds £306 100 £3,060

210.038%

- Massey Wilcox Transport £302 102 £2,961

22.99%

81 Saints Transport £981 350 £2,803

4.49%

- Evans Transport £316 117 £2,701

29.12%

- Wyvern Cargo £301 120 £2,508

27.05%

- EM Rogers Transport £174 88 £1,977

269.43%

80 JW Suckling Transport £526 278 £1,892

30.62%

85 Erith Haulage Co £196 112 £1,750

-29.44%

84 Grocontinental £456 268 £1,701

-68.51%

- Meachers Group Holdings £249 155 £1,606

-17.02%

78 Aspray Transport £706 501 £1,409

-7.11%

92 Welch's Group Holdings £286 221 £1,294

-36.14%

90 Bowring Transport £171 134 £1,276

-6.86%

64 Boughey Distribution £535 451 £1,186

-62.70%

70 Link Logistics £667 649 £1,028

7.82%

97 Laser Transport International £133 131 £1,015

-72.11%

99 Fergusons Transport £252 255 £988

126.23%

94 NR Evans & Son £235 249 £944

-12.75%

- John Jempson & Son £105 130 £808

-30.46%

73 Prestons of Potto £221 302 £732

-25.40%

- 21st Century Logistics £153 210 £729

434.29%

- F Swain & Sons £113 158 £715

-8.05%

75 Circle Express £176 299 £589

9.15%

72 Kammac £262 468 £560

-87.68%

- Rygor Group Services £87 171 £509

-17.32%

100 Lenham Storage Co £139 301 £462

-56.28%

- Chris Hayter Transport £100 249 £402

-79.59%

74 Elddis Transport (Consett) £133 357 £373

-36.58%

71 Widdowson Group £69 380 £182

121.73%

63 Owens (Road Services) £79 480 £165

-40.40%

76 London City Bond £23 242 £95

105.42%

82 White & Co £7 464 £15

-99.15%

87 Seafield Logistics -£122 269 -£454

-556.46%

67 Reed Boardall Transport -£206 341 -£604

64.01%

98 Archbold Logistics -£210 152 -£1,382

-159.93%

- Leggett's Transport -£191 136 -£1,404

-121.26%

77 STVA UK -£113 64 -£1,766

-265.93%

65 Ass. Cold Stores & T'port -£801 377 -£2,125

18.22%

- Cranleigh Freight Services -£545 239 -£2,280

-385.04%

93 Arcese UK -£578 72 -£8,028

-308.19%

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