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Swift action

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IN IT TO WIN IT: Entries are now open for the Motor Transport Awards 2023. You’ve got until March 31 to apply, with the winners revealed at the Grosvenor House Hotel on September 6.

To keep the awards relevant to today’s road freight transport industry we have changed two categories. Apprenticeship of the Year becomes the New Talent Development Award, which will be presented to the fleet operator who has worked hardest to develop a pipeline of new recruits to meet its needs for the drivers, warehouse staff and managers of the future. Meanwhile, the Clean Fleet Van Operator of the Year has been replaced with the Sustainable Transport Award, which is open to all operators. This award will focus on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies.

And don’t forget, the awards are open to own-account and third-party operators of 11 or more commercial vehicles.

Sam Carmichael Logistics forced into administration by ‘temporary disruption’ at main customer Fledgling haulier fails as cashflow woes bite

By Chris Tindall

An East Yorkshire haulage firm that operated 18 lorries has collapsed into administration a yearand-a-half after it was founded.

Interpath Advisory in Leeds was appointed to handle the affairs of Sam Carmichael Logistics on 3 January after the company experienced “cashflow difficulties”.

The company had traded out of an operating centre on the Melton Enterprise Park in North Ferriby since April 2021 and held a licence for 18 HGVs and 21 trailers.

Interpath said the company provided warehouse and distribution services across the UK.

The company, which held a licence in the name of Carmichael International, was first granted authorisation for six lorries and nine trailers in September 2021 before it successfully applied to increase its authorisation in January last year.

However, the licence was then revoked by the traffic commissioner in November 2022.

Interpath told MT that the operator experienced cashflow difficulties “as a result of temporary disruption at one of its principal customers. After assessing their options, the directors took the difficult decision to seek the appointment of administrators.”

The majority of the firm’s 21 employees were made redundant before administration and three more lost their jobs following Interpath’s appointment.

James Clark, Interpath Advisory MD and joint administrator, said: “We will commence an orderly wind down of the business.”