Two years of achievement – we have only just begun…

It’s two years since RBC Logistics, as we were known back then, acquired Brands 2 Hands back in August 2017.

Brands 2 Hands provided logistics, remanufacturing, asset management, and warehousing within the vending, coffee, catering, chiller, and various other industry markets and employed 79 permanent staff in a 144,000sq ft. facility at Old Dalby.

The deal gave us a foot in the door of the re-manufacturing industry. At the time, two years ago, our Sales Manager Alan Wick, said: ‘This is a fantastic opportunity.

With our knowledge and experience of two-man logistics, combined with the team at Old Dalby’s knowledge of remanufacturing. This gives us a real opportunity for two passionate teams to come together and offer a market leading service.’

THE STORY SO FAR

So, have things gone to plan? ‘We’re well ahead of schedule’, Alan said.

‘Thanks to the systems and process changes we implemented, not to mention considerable investment in technology, we’ve been able to make vast improvements in efficiency.

‘We were fortunate to inherit an excellent team of people, but after a long period of worry about the future, morale was low. As soon as we could, we rewarded them improved terms and conditions for sticking with us. Having secured our most important asset, we set about improving the bricks and mortar, with the addition of a mezzanine floor to cope with increased capacity.

‘We changed our name from RBC Logistics to RBC Group. This reflects our expanded activities and our emergence as the sector’s one-stop-shop. We expanded again with the launch earlier this year of a new Field Service Division headed by Sean Hurley.

‘The icing in the cake has been our ISO 9001 accreditation, followed by ISO 14001 – 45001, which we’ve just achieved.’

‘We’re well ahead of schedule.’

Alan Wick