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7 Transport Companies That Collapsed Overnight in the UK — And British Truckers Who Never Got Paid

Terry Collins

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0:00 Seven British transport companies that went under, some almost overnight
2:04 Sunhill Transport
4:01 B. Taylor and Sons Transport
5:11 Gulliver's Truck Hire
6:32 total home delivery
10:41 Knights of Old
13:46 Tufnell's Parcels Express
16:38 CityLink

I investigate seven British transport companies that collapsed, from long-established hauliers to a parcel giant that failed on Christmas Eve. I follow what happened to their staff, contractors and owner-drivers when the money stopped moving.

I cover rising fuel costs, falling demand, ransomware, failed rescues and the difference between being an employee and being self-employed. I also explain how the Redundancy Payment Service works, where its limits are, and why unsecured creditors can be left with almost nothing.

I finish with practical lessons for drivers, including payment terms, unpaid wages, pension contributions and protective awards. These are real company failures involving Sunhill Transport, B. Taylor and Sons Transport, Gulliver's Truck Hire, total home delivery, Knights of Old, Tufnell's Parcels Express and CityLink.

20 Comments

@systemofthehounds3012 3 days ago

Knights of old were from the village called Old long before they relocated to Kettering

@eddiegremlin 3 days ago

Good one Steff, I have the same kit but, with slightly less PE; on the bench awaiting the paint, I've ordered from Wargame Store. All things being equal, I'll bring it to Telford.

@johnswarbrick2365 3 days ago

Not just transport companies. I worked for a company who's greedy owners rolled the business over three times before it actually closed.

@David_W2 3 days ago

Owner-operators of transport companies I consider to be unsecured creditors although that potential status, should a transport company file for bankruptcy protection or outright bankruptcy, is why an owner-operator should be careful as to which company or companies he or she deals with.

@ThematicChaosEto 3 days ago

Knights of Old went out of business due to an employee who had a weak password - that employee has never been told that their password weakness ended the company, the owner said - he could not tell them - how do you tell someone their mistake took away a whole company

@keithknight6521 3 days ago

My Taxi firm had a contract to deliver parcels and they went bankrupt owning the taxi firm £3,300.

@StevesResearchAccount 8 hours ago

I feel that driver.

@dingbell5498 3 days ago

Not just the oil price. Many refineries have closed, to expensive to run in UK thanks to green policies, so we got diesel etc from Russia etc, where energy is cheaper, but then Ukraine fought back to knock out Russian refineries, so Russia banned exports to keep the fuel for itself.
Previous refining margins 4 years ago were less than $1 per barrel, now it’s closer to $20. But don’t worry, we have windmills to make us feel good, but the rest,of the planet does not care.

@CliveFletcher-w7g 3 days ago

This has been going on for years small companys taken over then just disapeared once they had got all there contacts Wraggs Tenbury Wells interesting worth a look.????

@robalbury3707 3 days ago

In periods between employment I drove for agencies and some Co's direct. ALL TRANSPORT businesses disrespect the drivers. The owners use them to print their fat-cat wages. I quickly learnt with Night Freight [ known as NightFright by the staff] TNT etc. that this employment was the worst self-employed cesspit possible. The only reason I sporadically continued, from time to time, was as an Agency driver, where the work done was paid regularly and, although not guaranteed, low rate, stupid hours and, when under 7.5 tonnes, regardless of hours, taxed and N.I. paid - it arrived within10 days. If it didn't, I walked.

@HarlowKiteFlying 1 day ago

So if I go back to work after a Holiday and a week later told the company is folding, what is the chances of getting paid, or should I be looking for work elsewhere.

@IanJohnson-w5n 3 days ago

I really feel you should look at your work before you post it. Having said that informative if one doesn't look at the pics. What about W H Barley of Milton Keynes??

@VickyDodgson-d8b 3 days ago

Own nothing be happy is what the governments are aiming for.. carbon neutral
They are crashing the system for Digital ID and cashless society.

@systemofthehounds3012 3 days ago

For UK hailers your showing a lot of non UK transport firms

@Paul-tg4xg 3 days ago

If the main topic of discussion is UK trucking companies then why not conceentrate on the subject at hand and not fill the video with left hand drive foriegn truckers or american footage.. you lost my interest when the video footage disconnected from UK hauliers. that is ameturish. if you're main key points is british interests maybe stay on topic ?

@beammeup8458 3 days ago

What are you trying to do ? Highlight the gross incomprtence that passes for "management" in this country ? Companies go under....
Individuals ?

@onlybugwit 3 days ago

Why are you showing a lefthand drive truck

@PikeyHagar 3 days ago

Inappropriate photo's.

@colinvespa4709 3 days ago (edited)

I remember seeing Knights of Old on the M6 many times, the hackers finished an old company off and still didn't get the 5 million, guess they didn't think that one through and cost employees their jobs and a shitty Christmas. twats.

@wontbelongnow1971 3 days ago

Brain Taylor went bankrupt and his son now running same firm in different name it's just a tax scam . They shouldn't be able to do it because some people lost their jobs and companies not getting paid.