A BUSINESS with its head office in North Tawton has announced up to 50 redundancies across its business.

Logistics business Gregory Distribution Limited (GDL) has announced up to 50 redundancies across its business as a result of the British Ceramic Tiles business going into administration. The company employs in excess of 2,700 staff at 36 depots across the UK.

Angela Butler, GDL managing director, said: ‘We will redeploy people wherever possible and give staff every assistance in finding new jobs. We very much regret the need for any redundancies as we truly value our loyal and committed people, but it has been necessary to consolidate the position of the company and its remaining 2,700 employees.’

Headquartered in North Tawton, the GDL Group comprises Gregory Distribution (Holdings), Gregory Distribution, Hayton Coulthard Transport and ARR Craib Transport.

It provides transport and warehousing services in many sectors of the market and lists many national brand names amongst its customers. 

The group now operates from 36 sites from Scotland to West Cornwall with over 1,000 trucks, more than 2,700 employees and an annual group turnover of in excess of £230-million.