Ann Cleland
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Ann Cleland
Chairwoman
Ann is Jonathan and Jenny's mum. She's been involved in the business for many years and is now our Chairwoman. Anne is semi-retired and when she can enjoy the freedom of being able to travel the world.
Bill Evans
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Bill Evans
Warehouse Operative
Bill is one of our hard working warehouse team who are responsible for handling the thousands of pallets in our warehouse.
Claire Jenkins
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Claire Jenkins
Distribution Manager
Claire leads the Traffic Office team, making sure that everything goes to plan.
She leads the team of planners who look after general haulage, local area deliveries, Palletline network deliveries and our key accounts.
No two days are ever the same for Claire and she is one of Go To people!
Charlie Woodward
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Charlie Woodward
Finance Administrator
Charlie is our finance administrator and has been with us since she started an Apprenticeship with Edge.
Charlie looks after the majority of our day to day accounts transactions - purchase invoice processing, bank transactions, pricing - as well as our credit control.
She's currently doing her AAT Level 3 as part of an apprenticeship through Coleg Cambria. Her progression since joining Edge has been amazing; she's taken on so much more than we envisaged and is a huge part of the Edge Office team.
Chris Carr
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Chris Carr
Night Trunk Driver
Chris is one of our night drivers who run to and from the Palletline hubs each night.
He is responsible for transporting our Palletline freight to the Hubs each evening, returning with pallets for our drivers to deliver across the North West and North Wales. With Hubs in Birmingham, Rugby and Manchester, you'll see Chris in his double decker on the A41 or M56 most nights.
Chris Graves
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Chris Graves
Warehouse Manager
Chris leads our warehouse team at Edge overseeing our storage operation, general haulage loading and transhipment activities.
Chris has a huge amount of knowledge and experience of our warehouse operation, having been our Quality and Stock Control supervisor previously.
Chris is heavily involved in ensuring that we maintain our AA+ BRCGS accreditation.; external validation that our customers can have confidence that their products are in good hands.
An interesting fact about Chris is that, as part of his childhood, he spent 2½ years living on the most northernly island in Britain (Isle of Unst) with the nearest railway station actually being on mainland Norway!
Dan Collins-Swainbank
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Dan Collins-Swainbank
Transport Planner
As Dan once put it, he's the "Swiss Army Knife of Edge". He's multi skilled and able to jump in to support as needed.
One week he may be routing the general haulage planning in the office, next covering customer collections, then being a Class 1 general haulage driver or even working a week on nights covering the routing and loading.
He's definitely a Can Do man!
Dave Geddes
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Dave Geddes
Night Planner
Dave Geddes leads the night team of drivers and fork lift truck drivers.
He routes all our vehicles so is responsible for making sure that our vehicles run efficiently and make all their timed pallet deliveries and collections.
Dave was one of our night drivers for many years so knows the Palletline hubs inside and out. He also puts his driving knowledge to good use, making sure that the driver routes are fully optimised.
Dave Williams
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Dave Williams
Fleet Maintenance and Site Supervisor
Dave is our go to man when it comes to maintaining the fleet and addressing vehicle defects promptly ensuring our drivers have safe, comfortable and well maintained trucks. He completes some repairs in house but also liaises with our suppliers as needed.
Dave started at Edge as an FLT Driver, progressing on to Supervisor and then to our fleet role.
Dave also has his own Ju-Jitsu Club, is a 4th dan imminently and has been training in the art for over 27 years! He's a huge advocate for getting the team outdoors so organises our 'Edge wanders' weekend walks.
Dean Walker
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Dean Walker
Senior Driver Trainer
Dean has been with us for over 15 years and has progressed from Class 2 driver up to Class 1 whilst he has been with us.
He's one of our Senior Driver Trainers - helping to continually develop our team of drivers - and is also ADR qualified.
Dean is a bit of a superstar and spends time in the office managing and training the drivers and the other half of his time out and about the North West as a Class 1 & 2 Driver!
Dean comes across as the quiet one but has a wicked sense of humour!
Des Yates
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Des Yates
Class 2 Driver
Des is one of our many, friendly Palletline drivers who complete pallet collections and deliveries across North Wales and Cheshire as well as around the Wirral.
Eddie Buckley
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Eddie Buckley
FLT Driver
Eddie is one of our hard working warehouse team who are responsible for handling the thousands of pallets in our warehouse.
A keen golfer, Eddie spends the majority of his day driving his fork lift truck moving pallets into storage locations and then out of storage ready for onward distribution.
Elin Bamber
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Elin Bamber
Head of People & Finance
Elin has been with Edge since 2013 now and has had an incredible journey. Elin has progressed to become our Head of People & Finance after first starting as an apprentice in the Sales team.
During her apprenticeship she found her natural affinity for numbers so later moved to the accounts department where she has progressed from Finance Assistant to Finance Manager. Elin also has a natural ability and conscentious personality to help her fellow colleagues and is perfectly suited to being our Head of People & Finance.
As well as overseeing Finance, Elin makes sure that our culture, vision and values are communicated, understood and demonstrated by every member of Team Edge.
All in all, Elin has achieved so much here at Edge and is a valued member of our Senior Leadership team.
Discover a day in the life of Elin Bamber...Ethan Smith
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Ethan Smith
Business Development Executive
Ethan joined Edge at the beginning of 2023, he is responsible for a variety of commercial task including; Account Management, Customer Queries, Social Media, CRM management.
Fun fact about Ethan, he spent the summer of 2022 travelling around Europe!
Gary Sutcliffe
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Gary Sutcliffe
Transhipment Operative
Gary is one of our hard working FLT drivers in the Transhipment team. He makes sure that all the pallets destined for delivery through the Palletline network are loaded on to the correct trunk trailer and depart on time.
Glyn Williams
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Glyn Williams
Class 1 Driver
Glyn is one of our Class 1 drivers and is out delivering and collecting full and part loads across the North West and the UK.
Jack Jones
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Jack Jones
Transhipment Supervisor
Jack leads the Transhipment operation ensuring that all of the pallets we collect for onward distribution through the Palletline network reach the correct hub and in time for banding.
Jason Clayton
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Jason Clayton
Class 1 Driver
Jason joined us as a Class 2 driver and quickly settled in to the team at Edge.
Edge funded his Class 1 driver training and he's now a Class 1 general haulage driver.
Jason is one of the team who is always happy to support and jump in when needed. When asked, he'll cover in the office, jump on a fork lift or cover the weekend, he's even been known to try and beat the Edge boys at crazy golf.... he definitely let them win!
Jason Yarwood
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Jason Yarwood
Transport planner
Jason is an ex Class 1 driver who joined Edge as a Transport Planner. He looks after the Palletline delivery operation so is here early doors making sure everyone gets away on time.
Jeff Parker
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Jeff Parker
Class 2 Driver
Jeff is one of our many, friendly Palletline drivers who complete pallet collections and deliveries across North Wales and Cheshire as well as around the Wirral.
Jeff mentored one of our van driver apprenticeships, Lewys, and really contributed to his development.
Joe
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Joe
Richards
Joe is one of our amazing class 2 drivers, His friendly personality is a perfect fit for Edge and its rare that you don't see him smiling!
John Livingstone
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John Livingstone
FLT Driver
John is one of our hard working warehouse team who are responsible for handling the thousands of pallets in our warehouse.
You'll know it's John as he's always whistling or singing a tune whilst busy on the forklift!
Johnny Conway
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Johnny Conway
Class 1 Driver
Johnny joined us as a Class 2 multi drop driver covering Palletline deliveries.
Edge funded his Class 1 training and he's now a general haulage driver completing full and part loads all over the country.
Johnny used to work as a pastry chef and if you're lucky to be here when he brings some of his homemade goodies in, then you're in for a treat!
Jonathan Edge
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Jonathan Edge
CEO
Jonathan is our CEO and is the grandson of Alfred Edge who started the business over 90 years ago.
Jonathan is married to Nikki Edge (our Operations Director) and his sister Jenny also worked as Commercial Director for Edge for many years.
He joined the company in 1996 on the traffic desk and when his Dad, Peter, unfortunately passed away in 1999, Jonathan stepped up to lead the company.
Jonathan is also a Non Executive Director of Palletline Ltd, voted on to the board by his fellow shareholders.
Discover a day in the life of Jonathan Edge...Katrina Savage
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Katrina Savage
Senior Driver Trainer
Katrina started with us as a Class 2 driver, obtaining her Class 1 licence in 2017, and is now one of our Senior Driver Trainers.
Always smiling, you might have spotted Katrina on the front of our local papers in her wedding dress. We were so proud when she asked us to take her to the wedding in our 85th anniversary truck.
As Katrina told the Chester Standard, ''I was so happy to be able to go in my truck as it is truly who I am on a day to day basis and I couldn't have wished for a better arrival.''
Katrina works alongside Dean to support and train our drivers.
Keith Young
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Keith Young
Class 2 Driver
Keith has been working at Edge for over 19 years and has watched the business grow from strength to strength.
He started off working as a driver, like many of our team, and then managed our transhipment operation, and is now back out on the road.
Keith is too shy for a photo though!
Laura Cairns
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Laura Cairns
Customer Service Manager
Laura is one of our great problem solvers. After starting with Edge as an Admin Assistant, we quickly saw her potential and she’s now our Customer Service Manager.
Her roles to monitor the level of service for Edge customers and ensure that we’re always offering exceptional service. She is the main point of contact for our customers and goes out of her way to build great working relationships. She also used to be a mid wife so has a wealth of medical experience that we often find useful!
Discover a day in the life of Laura Cairns...Lee Jones
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Lee Jones
Night Trunk Driver
Lee is one of our night drivers who run to and from the Palletline hubs each night. He is responsible for transporting our Palletline freight to the Hubs each evening, returning with pallets for our drivers to deliver across the North West and North Wales. With Hubs in Birmingham, Rugby and Manchester,
Lee Saville
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Lee Saville
Class 1 Driver
Lee joined Edge as a newly qualified driver having worked as a Team Leader in a supermarket RDC. He always wanted to be a professional driver and we're lucky to have snapped him up!
Within 9 months of joining us, Lee has been put through his Class 1 by Edge and passed so now has achieved his ambition of driving artics.
Lee has a great sense of humour and is always happy.
Lee Wells
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Lee Wells
Class 1 Night Driver
Lee is one of our night drivers who run to and from the Palletline hubs each night.
He is responsible for transporting our Palletline freight to the Hubs each evening, returning with pallets for our drivers to deliver across the North West and North Wales.
With Hubs in Birmingham, Rugby and Manchester, you'll see Lee in his double decker on the A41 or M56 most nights.
Lewis Crowe
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Lewis Crowe
Class 1 Driver
Lee is one our friendly Class 1 drivers who completes pallet collections and deliveries for both Palletline and General Haulage within the North Wales and across the UK
Lewys Tudball
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Lewys Tudball
Class 2 Driver
Lewys starting out with Edge as our Van Driver on an apprenticeship scheme.
He quickly and successfully acquired his Class 2 followed by his Class 1 licence.
You'll spot Lewys in one of our artics, out delivering and collecting part loads across the UK.
Mike Chartrey
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Mike Chartrey
Class 2 Driver
Mikey is one of our many, friendly Palletline drivers who complete pallet collections and deliveries across North Wales and Cheshire as well as around the Wirral.
Neil Trotter
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Neil Trotter
Class 2 Driver
Neil is one of our many, friendly Palletline drivers who complete pallet collections and deliveries across North Wales and Cheshire as well as around the Wirral.
Nikki Edge
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Nikki Edge
Operations Director
Nikki is our Operations Director and is married to Jonathan, our CEO.
She used to work for Palletline (that's where she met Jonathan) but has worked for Edge since they started a family.
Responsible for overseeing the Operations of the business, Nikki is a bit of a whirlwind and always juggling at least 3 things at once!
Pete Farrell
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Pete Farrell
Head of Commercial Development
Pete leads our commercial team, responsible for existing customer relationships and bringing on new business to Edge.
Pete is a great ambassador for the Edge culture and values: He genuinely cares about what he does and looks to build long term partnerships with our customers. He’s committed to developing the best storage and distribution solutions that deliver great value to each of our customers, and always strives for sustainable business growth rather than just a quick win.
Since he joined us in January 2024, Pete has slipped effortlessly into Senior Leadership Team. It’s like he’s been here for years!
Rob Taylor
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Rob Taylor
Class 1 Driver
Rob is one our friendly Class 1 drivers who completes pallet collections and deliveries for both Palletline and General Haulage within the North Wales and across the UK
Ryan Jones
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Ryan Jones
Head of Operations
Ryan is responsible for the day-to-day operation at Edge, whether it's being involved with an issue for a vehicle out on the road or a pallet in the racking in our Warehouse - he is in the thick of the action on a daily basis!
Ryan achieved his Transport Manager CPC in 2024 and is a valued member of our Senior Leadership Team, helping Edge to achieve excellence.
Ryan is a football fan and supports Tottenham.
Sara Lund
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Sara Lund
Finance Supervisor (Part Time)
Sara works part time in our accounts team, looking after payroll, central billing and covering Charlie when she's off on day release at college.
Fun fact about Sara, she has lived in South Africa for 30 years of her life!!
Sean Farren
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Sean Farren
Class 1 Driver
Sean is semi retired and one of our ad hoc drivers who supports the team to deliver across the North West and North Wales during peak periods.
Sean drove the Palletline trunks at night for us for many years but now balances the odd shift behind the wheel against the enjoyment of being semi retired.
Simon O'Hara
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Simon O'Hara
Class 1 Driver
Simon is one our friendly Class 1 drivers who completes pallet collections and deliveries for both Palletline and General Haulage within the North Wales and across the UK.
Simon is also ADR qualified so completes some of our special dedicated loads!
Simon Thomas
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Simon Thomas
Class 2 Driver
Simon is one of our Palletline network drivers, making pallet collections and deliveries all across the North West and North Wales.
Steve Prince
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Steve Prince
Class 2 Driver
Steve is one of our many, friendly Palletline drivers who complete pallet collections and deliveries across North Wales and Cheshire as well as around the Wirral.
Steve Tasker
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Steve Tasker
Transhipment Supervisor
Steve is part of our transhipment team who handle all the Palletline and Amazon pallets overnight.
Steve leads the operational team that unload the Palletline trunk trailers, sort the pallets into their routes and then load our Palletline vehicles for their first run of the day.
He will also load out the trailers for the two Amazon FC's that we cover as part of the Palletline-Amazon Inbound Consolidation Partnership Scheme - XUKA and XLP1.
Steve Twells
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Steve Twells
Class 1 Driver
Steve is one our friendly Class 1 drivers who completes pallet collections and deliveries for both Palletline and General Haulage within the North Wales and across the UK.
Teresa Lacek
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Teresa Lacek
Transport Planner
Teresa joined us as a Trainee Transport Planner and quickly stepped up into the Collections Planner role.
She will be planning all our customer Palletline collections, making sure that all freight is back at base ready for onward shipment.
Teresa likes the outdoors & food.
Tom Griffith
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Tom Griffith
Class 1 Driver
Tom is one our friendly General Haulage drivers who complete pallet collections and deliveries within the North Wales and across the UK.
Tom Hayley
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Tom Hayley
Trainee Transport Planner
Tom is a Trainee Transport Planner who joined us in 2023.
Tom looks after all our bookings in, paperwork and is taking on more responsibility as he learns the ropes in the traffic office.
Tom Hughes
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Tom Hughes
Class 1 Driver
Tom is one of our Class 1 drivers and is out delivering and collecting full and part loads across the North West and the UK.
If you've seen our 85th liveried truck out on the road then you will have seen Tom as that's his allocated vehicle!
Tom Kavanagh
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Tom Kavanagh
Warehouse Administrator
Tom joined Edge in March 2024 as our warehouse administrator.
He's responsible for ensuring that we accurately record the flow of goods inbound and outbound via Clarus, our warehouse management system
Tom deals with our customers and other hauliers on a daily basis, arranging goods in movements as well as call off orders.
Tony Quaile
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Tony Quaile
Night Trunk Driver
Tony is one of our night drivers who run to and from the Palletline hubs each night.
He is responsible for transporting our Palletline freight to the Hubs each evening, returning with pallets for our drivers to deliver across the North West and North Wales.
With Hubs in Birmingham, Rugby and Manchester, you'll see Tony in his double decker on the A41 or M56 most nights.
Will Blaylock
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Will Blaylock
Warehouse Operative
Will is one of our hard working warehouse team who are responsible for handling the thousands of pallets in our warehouse.