Acumen buys Enable from Stobart
Acumen Automotive Logistics has acquired specialist enclosed car delivery operator Enable from the Stobart Group for an undisclosed sum.
Enable, which was founded in 2000 under the stewardship of Mick Hill, is being incorporated into Acumen Automotive Logistics and its trucks and trailers rebranded.
It specialises in visually sensitive and specialist vehicles which it transports throughout the UK and Europe.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of Autologic Group, Enable became part of the Stobart Group following the sale of Autologic to Stobart in 2012.
Acumen has relocated Enable’s staff and vehicles to its recently opened operating centre in Coventry. Mick Hill, becomes general manager and the company’s 12 drivers and two administration staff have transferred over under TUPE.
Acumen has bought four specialist enclosed car transporters and is planning to completely replace Enable’s existing fleet over the next 12-months. The new fleet will augment Acumen’s 20 new Scania tractor units and 20 Lohr trailers purchased recently following the company being awarded a number of major contracts from Jaguar Land Rover.
Acumen Automotive Logistics, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Acumen Logistics Group. Director Peter Raybould said: “Enable is a perfect fit with our sector-focused strategy. It will allow us to add specialist enclosed car deliveries to the growing range of services we offer the car manufacturing industry”.
Source: logisticsmanager.com
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