Inverness Delivery Firm Snapped Up

Inverness based AJG Parcels is being bought over by Menzies Distribution.

It's part of moves by the logistics firm to increase business during the day.

The delivery company employs 140 staff at its bases in the Highlands and Glasgow.

It started 20 years ago as an owner-managed operation delivering 20 parcels a day.

AJG Parcels now makes around 9,000 deliveries and 800 pick-ups daily.

Forsyth Black, Managing Director of Menzies Distribution, said: “The purchase of AJG is an important step in our ongoing journey to build on our newspaper and magazine distribution business.

"It is especially significant because it allows us to participate in the fast-growing market of parcel delivery and collection.

"With our existing geographical reach, especially in harder to access towns, the acquisition further underlines our appeal to companies seeking cost-efficient deliveries to the North and rural West of Scotland. We believe that, by acting as a neutral consolidator in these areas, we can offer a compelling partnership proposition to the UK’s major parcel carriers.”