Isle of Wight
Holiday Season Boosts Volumes for IOW Freight
With holiday season at an end, Isle of Wight businesses have been busier than ever, and we’re thrilled to report that this has had a direct knock on effect with the volumes of freight we’ve been transporting to and from the Island. Volumes for our same day and next day Isle of Wight delivery services…
Read MoreAcclaim Gets the Thumbs Up from Island Businesses
We’d like to say a big thank you to all of the businesses that took the time to respond to our recent Isle of Wight customer satisfaction survey. We were overwhelmed with both the level of response, and the positive comments and feedback received, and were particularly delighted to learn that 100% of respondents would…
Read MoreVolumes Hit a Record High for Isle of Wight Festival Freight
What a busy week! Another Isle of Wight Festival done and we’ve been flat out shipping record volumes of freight to and from the Festival site. Working in partnership with Red Funnel Ferries, our hourly shuttle service proved to be invaluable for businesses supplying the Festival, with our guaranteed same day delivery service transporting last-minute…
Read MoreIsle of Wight Festival Freight? No Problem!
With less than three weeks to go, we’re expecting increased volumes of freight going to the Island, as suppliers of the Isle of Wight Festival get stock and equipment over the water and installed on site. Every year Acclaim manage the transportation of large amounts of equipment and produce to this iconic music festival, and…
Read MoreReady Teddy Go!
There was a warm and fuzzy feeling in our Isle of Wight depot this week, after we were contacted by Teddy Aid to help send teddy bears collected on the Isle of Wight to Syrian refugee children. The charity needed to get the boxes of teddies to their shipping point on the Mainland and we were…
Read MoreNew Sales Manager Puts Acclaim in ‘Prime’ Position for Growth
Having spent two years working from Acclaim’s depot promoting pallet distribution services on behalf of Palletways, we’re pleased to announce that John Prime has now joined Acclaim directly in the position of Sales Manager, and will be responsible for selling our full range of services with an emphasis on growing our APC overnight parcel distribution…
Read MoreSame Day Delivery Launch
If you’re an Island-based business and regularly transport goods to/from the mainland, you’ll be pleased to hear that we are cutting the cost of our same day service. From January 30th, we will be offering all Island businesses a free Isle of Wight collection and delivery service for same day deliveries to/from the mainland, courtesy…
Read MoreOpening Times for 2016 Christmas Period
Parcel/Pallet Networks & Isle of Wight Services Please find below our opening hours for the 2016 Christmas period. Should you have any queries regarding the below, or require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us. Monday 19th December 2016: Normal Services Tuesday 20th December 2016: Normal Services Wednesday 21st December 2016: Normal…
Read MoreIsle of Wight Delivery Service Gears Up for Christmas
We’re pleased to have taken delivery of another Luton van, one of two new vehicles to be dedicated to our door to door delivery service for customers shipping furniture, DIY goods and large fragile freight to the Isle of Wight. With the festive season almost upon us, volumes are expected to double over the next…
Read MoreAcclaim’s Capacity Expands to Accommodate Growth
In response to several new contracts and increasing volumes from existing customers, we have now invested in two new double deck trailers to serve the core parts of our business. The first of the new 40ft trailers will be dedicated to the Isle of Wight, which since the launch of our partnership with Red Funnel,…
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