Midlands-based truck dealer, the Hartshorne Group has clinched a major maintenance contract to service more than 400 trailers for leading UK retailer Boots. 

The contract - servicing and repairing 430 trailers - will be carried out on behalf of Lawrence David Trailers Asset Management of Peterborough.

Hartshorne - with its major depots in Burton-on-Trent and Walsall - has undertaken the transfer of eight full-time employees to handle the huge contract which will involve work at Boots' headquarters in Nottingham and at Hartshorne's workshops in Stretton, Burton on Trent. Hartshorne will assume total responsibility for all Boots trailers routine scheduled repairs and maintenance.

Hartshorne (East Midlands) director Kevin Taylor said, "Boots trailer fleet is a very important contract for both us and Lawrence David Trailers. We are delighted to be awarded this contract. It is a tremendous vote of confidence in the service we already provide throughout the region via our Volvo Truck and our Truck and Trailer Solutions division in Stretton."

The Boots fleet of trailers are largely supplied by leading UK trailer company Lawrence David. Hartshorne is the main dealer for the whole of central England for Lawrence David and this contract is a welcome boost for Hartshorne Truck and Trailer Solutions and the Hartshorne Group as a whole.

Hartshorne's new Truck & Trailer Solutions division based in Burton on Trent, has recently been awarded VOSA large goods vehicle MOT preparation and test accreditation and can now offer truck, bus and trailer operators full MOT testing as well as the existing range of commercial vehicle repair and maintenance services.