11/01/12 Why Pay More!
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Christine Green: Commercial Manager
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UK head office: Graylaw Freight Group, Gillibrands Road, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9TA
Manx head office: Spring Valley Ind Est, Braddan, Isle of Man, IM2 2QT
09/01/12 Graylaw paving the way
The government’s investment in the Town and Village Regeneration Scheme was launched in 2009 and made up of £8m available for projects to bring back the buzz to high streets on the Isle of Man. One of the recent scheme's is the new paving on Upper Nelson Street which as just been completed. Graylaw was a key part of the process delivering all the stone from the UK. As you can see from the photo below the new shopping street looks fantastic.
01/01/12 Happy New Year
Happy New Year to everyone! Hope you all have a great 2012.
16/12/11 Isle of Man Ferry update
The Isle of Man ferry Ben My Chree is due go into dry dock for its essential repairs to the bow thrust unit after it has completed the 14-15hrs siling to Douglas on Friday 16/12/11. The next sailing for this vessel will then be Tuesday 20/12/11 at 02-15hrs. In the interim the Manannan will cover VERY limited freight on 14-15hrs sailings.
12/12/2011 Isle of Man ferry disruption update 13/12/11
Sailings on Tuesday 13/12/11 from Douglas to Heysham and its return have been cancelled. Further updates will appear here later or you can follow us on twitter @graylawfreight.
After a window of good weather over the weekend this mornings sailing from Douglas to Heysham has been brought forward and its return sailing from Heysham to Douglas will now depart at 12-00 midday, this is in an effort to ensure the arrival of the Ben My Chree in Douglas before predicted severe weather conditions return. Consequently tonights sailing from Douglas (19.45) and its return from Heysham (02-15hrs 13/12/11) are in doubt and a decision is due to be made by the Steampacket at 17-00hrs today
7/12/2011 Isle of Man ferry disruption update *08/12/11*
***UPDATE 08-12-11
Tonights (09/12/11) 02-15hrs sailing is cancelled from Heysham to Douglas as a consequence of severe gales on the Irish Sea. Friday's scheduled sailings starting with the Douglas to Heysham service at 08-45hrs is currently due to sail as planned. There continues to be significant backlogs of trailers at both Heysham and Douglas Ports in addition to freight backlogs but we will continue to operate a full service (subject to ferry sailings) throughout the weekend in an effort to clear all affected freight.
The adverse weather conditions continue to affect the ferry service between the UK and the IoM. A combination of high winds and bow thruster problems on the vessel (Ben-My-Chree) which operates on this route has resulted in ongoing and unprecedented levels of cancellations, delays and subsequent backlogs in freight. The Wednesday night (02-15hrs 08/12/11) is scheduled to sail departing from Heysham approx 45 minutes early to ensure the vessel can berth within the forcasted lull in the weather conditions.
Further updates will continue to appear here or you can contact us on 01695 729101 for more information.
1/12/2011 Rolls Royce Service
This month Graylaw was entrusted with a Rolls Royce engine for a urgent installation on a plane at Ronaldsway airport in the Isle of Man. The engine was worth a staggering ½ million pounds!!! This just shows our customers trust in our exceptional level of service and assurance that the most valuable goods are in safe hands.
29/11/11 Isle of Man ferry cancellations *UPDATE* 29/11/11 22-00hrs
Due to high winds on the Irish sea further cancellations have taken place between Heysham and Douglas.
Monday night sailing from Heysham CANCELLED
Tuesday 14-15hrs from Heysham is also CANCELLED
Tuesday night (02-15hrs 30/11/11) CANCELLED
Wednesdays scheduled departure from Douglas at 08-45hrs has been brought forward to 07-00hrs.
Wednesday 14-15hrs Heysham to Douglas is now expected to depart at 12-00 midday.
Thursday night sailings from Douglas into Heysham and the return to Douglas are yet to be confirmed however further disruptions and possible cancellations are expected. An update is due Wednesday afternoon.
Obviously there is a significant backlog of freight and trailers at both ports, Heysham and Douglas. If you require any further information please contact us via our mainline number 01695 729101.
28/11/2011 UPN Awards
Graylaw attend the annual UPN award ceremony on the 26th November in Coventry. Joanne and Louise who were representing Graylaw thoroughly enjoyed the event which culminated in Graylaw receiving the award for region of the year for a second year running. Our success and recognition is a consequence of all the hard work shown by everyone involved at Graylaw.
23/11/2011 Graylaw rallies to help Children in Need
(Extract from the local newspaper)
A NUMBER of fundraising activities and events took place across Skelmersdale last Friday to boost funds for this year's BBC Children In Need appeal.
Staff at Graylaw Freight Group, which is based in Gillibrands, raised a massive £1,505.04p.
They had a number of events throughout the day, including: a raffle, a lottery, a quiz, a dress up and dress down day, a cake sale and the company auction off the chance to have a car for the weekend, which Liverpool Audi had donated.
Ryan Matfen had both his legs waxed and the nosiest and loudest member of staff, Denise Wilson, took part in a sponsored silence.
Jennifer Chambers from Graylaw Freight Group, said: “It was a funpacked day and every department got involved. We had never raised so much money before.”
18/11/2011 Children In Need
With it being Children In Need today Graylaw set about trying to beat last years total of £1000 by hoping to raise £1500. With lots of different things going on from a raffle, cake sale and borrow an Audi for the weekend Graylaw hopes to beat this.
17/11/2011 0900hrs Weather disruption to IoM sailings
Severe weather forecast for later today (Monday) has led to the cancellation of the 8.45am sailing of the Ben-my-Chree to Heysham, and the return service this afternoon.
Weathermen are predicting gale to severe gale force winds, with gusts up to 70 miles an hour.
The Steam Packet says Manannan's 3pm sailing to Liverpool, and the return service at 7pm, are also subject to possible disruption.
The Ben-my-Chree's 7.45pm sailing to Heysham, and the service back to Douglas in the early hours of tomorrow morning, may also be affected.
28/09/2011 Customer Newsletter & Contacts Booklet
The seventh edition of our customer newsletter has been completed this month and will be distributed to all our customers over the next few weeks both on the Isle of Man and the UK. This edition has evolved from and expanded to an 8 page publication. The main objectives are to communicate investment in our staff and infrastructure including Twitter and Skype along with a competition to win Liverpool FC tickets. The newsletter will also include a booklet with our latest contacts, services we offer and a dimensions & formulas section for customers.
21/09/2011 Great North Run
Congratulations to Lee Matthews who ran the great north run last weekend. Lee ran the race in a great time of 2hrs 5mins he raised over £300 for the Queens court hospice. Lee would like to thank everybody who sponsored him.
15/09/2011 Graylaw award cheque to Men Aces
Last month 4 members of staff from Graylaw ran in the half marathon on the Isle of Man to raise money for a new mini bus for the Men Aces. The guys managed to raise just over £2000. Below is a segment from the front cover of the local paper.
Further IoM ferry disruption
THE Steam Packet Company has cancelled all of its sailings to and from the Isle of Man this morning.
Due to the severe gales which are affecting the Island sailings to and from Liverpool and Heysham have been cancelled.
A decision will be made later this morning as to whether the sailings this afternoon will go ahead.
Ronaldsway Met Office say wind speeds could reach 50 to 60 miles per hour today but will gradually ease to between 25 to 30 miles per hour tonight
7/09/2011 Gales force Isle of Man ferry cancellations
Gale force winds in the Irish Sea have forced fast-craft ferries to and from the Isle of Man to be cancelled. In addition to the morning cancellations, the 15:00 BST service to Liverpool was axed along with the return trip at 19:00. The Steam Packet Company said the Douglas to Heysham sailing at 19:45 was currently scheduled to go ahead. All ferry passengers due to travel have been advised to contact the Steam Packet Company.
BEN-MY-CHREE SAILINGS REMAIN UNAFFECTED.
2/09/2011 High speed broadband on the way
Internet provider Sure is preparing to launch the Isle of Man's much needed first high speed broadband service. It will give download speeds of up to 40 megabits per second, two and a half times the current maximum of 16 megabits. The new service will be available from the October 1, but customers can sign up in advance. However, only people living within two kilometres of a Manx Telecom exchange will be able to receive the service, which is around 40 per cent of homes on the Island.
24/08/2011 Manx Grand Prix 2011
This week sees the start of the Isle of Man Grand Prix. We wish all the drivers good look. To keep up to date with the latest news about the Grand Prix please follow this link:- http://www.manxgrandprix.org/
17/08/2011 Congratulations
Congratulations to the guys from Graylaw who took part in the Isle of Man half marathon on Sunday all the guys ran it in under 2 hours which is a fantastic time.
10/08/2011 Ben My Chree Maintenance
This weekend the Ben My Chree is undergoing scheduled maintenance resulting in the cancelation of the Heysham to Douglas sailing on Sunday morning at 02-15hrs. The preceding sailing from Douglas to Heysham at 20.00hrs on Saturday evening is also cancelled. All other scheduled departures remain unaffected.
3/08/2011 Youth games bowl opens on the Isle of Man
The new stadium has been completed ahead of the Commonwealth Youth Games in September at a cost of about £3.3m approved by Tynwald The new facilities will benefit the island for years to come.
The brand new facility at the National Sports Centre will be used as the venue for the opening ceremony at the Commonwealth Youth Games on 8 September.
28/07/2011 Cancer Research
Congratulations to all the ladies from Graylaw who took part in the Race for life for Cancer on Sunday the 24th June. The race for life can be either walked or ran. Most of the ladies decided to walk, but a few decided to run with Lynne Hegarty running it in 29mins 50 secs and Sara Boyd and Liz Hughes completing it in 36mins 23 secs. The ladies managed to raise over £1000 which is absolutely fantastic and have all signed up for next year already.
18/07/2011 Google Earth
It's taken quite some time, but this week will see the launch of Google Maps, Street View on the Isle of Man. Street View is free to download and is a great way of seeing local landmarks. It's even better at looking at places of interest our somewhere you might wish to visit. Why not take a look where we our type in Spring Vally Ind Est, Braddon, IM2 2QT
Thanks Google!
04/07/11 Cancer Research
The Graylaw Girls are taking part in Race for Life 2011 to raise money for Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work and we would really appreciate your support. Cancer Research UK is entirely funded by the public so whatever you can give really will make a difference.Please take a moment to sponsor us. It’s really easy – you can donate online by credit or debit card at
http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/
19/01/11 Liverpool Unites Santa Dash
The streets of Liverpool were lined with red as almost 8,000 runners took part in Liverpool’s biggest-ever Santa Dash including our very own Lee Matthews. This year was bigger than last year's 6.900 Santa's and although it did not break the world record, which was smashed in Las Vegas last year with 8,864 runners, organisers hope it will be crowned the biggest Santa Dash next year. A huge thank you to everyone who took part in the Santa Dash for Liverpool Unites. Lee would like to say a big thank you to all who sponsored him.
12/01/11 Graylaw Aerial View
01/01/11 Welcome to 2011
Happy New Year from everyone here at Graylaw we hope you all a great Christmas and New Year and look forward to dealing with you in 2011!!
29/11/10 UPN Region Winners
Graylaw are delighted to announce that as a key member of the North West region won ‘Region of the year’ at UPN’s annual awards ceremony held on Saturday night. The development of the department and UPN as a network, has seen record volumes for inbound and outbound pallet quantities this year with market leading levels of both growth and service.
Congratulations to Joanne and her team, sales, transport and the driving staff at Graylaw.
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
Graylaw are delighted to announce accreditation to the The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. - CILT(UK) - is the pre-eminent independent professional body for professionals associated with logistics, supply chains and all transport.
