Turners Driver of the Year 2019 competition drew to a close on August 3^rd with the final held at the Newmarket headquarters.

Starting in April and following three competitive rounds, over 1000 drivers battled to be one of the seven finalists representing Crick, Exning, Felixstowe, Bicker, Glasgow, Spalding and Donington depots in this years final.

The competition judges drivers not only on their weekly performance scores but compliance with tachograph infringements scores, Safety, adhering to company policies and procedures along with knowledge of Road signs & markings and EU regulations. The aim being to have the seven most professional all round drivers represented in the Final.

At the end of January 2019 twenty-two successful year ten Business Studies students from Soham Village College were treated to a site tour of our Headquarters in Newmarket, along with an opportunity to meet and listen to Paul Day, Managing Director, explain some of his business strategies and thinking.

Turners have recently reached a landmark with both DAF trucks and Feldbinder who are one of Europe’s leading tank trailer manufactures.

This DAF XF 450 6x2 mid-lift tractor unit with its distinctive registration number is the 800^th supplied to Turners and remains the chosen model for our Tank and payload sensitive operations.

As part of Turners commitment to the environment and reducing its energy usage a major investment has been made with the installation of Solar panels on our new Bicker Cold storage warehouse.

The Solar PV array was commissioned on the 22^nd November following 4 weeks of installation works by Watt Energy Saver. We have installed over 1,100 panels on the roof using a free-standing mounting system which is weighted down using ballast.