After a good performance in its last financial year, Midlands based TML is in now moving forward on developing business plans to increase turnover to more than ?0million over the next five years. In line with market sector pressures and increasing customer demands, TML is responding with a new emphasis on business development. Helping to take plans forward will be TML's former UK operations manager David Bratton who has been promoted as business development director. Supported by other board directors and a newly formed in-house business development team, David will be driving forward TML's pro-active business development programme.

David brings a wealth of knowledge and development skills to the table. His 17 years industry experience includes 11 years with distribution leader Tibbett & Britten, where he worked on retail accounts including Burton Group Distribution and Debenhams. Since he joined TML in 2000, David has climbed the ranks from warehouse operations manager in Milton Keynes where he was instrumental in streamlining operations. Then David became regional manager for six sites within the company's warehouse portfolio, which now comprises around 1.5million sq ft. He became UK operations manager in 2005 responsible for all TML's financial, operational and contractual activities.

David's approach to leadership is to have a clearly defined structure that delivers a results driven, financially focused team with a clear 'customer first' mentality. He said: "The need for a 'customer first' approach, cost initiatives, standards of excellence and 'cutting edge' ambition are now the minimum standard required.
"Our people are the largest single factor that defines us and the way we invest in them with the right tools, support and the passion to deliver 'cutting edge' will have a major impact on the shape our business."
David joins the board alongside Stephen Taylor as chairman and Grahame Taylor who will direct all UK operations.

Stephen Taylor said: "Our customers are changing the way they do business and so are we. It's not enough to meet their changing demands, we must predict them to keep one step ahead.
"As well as building our brand offering with existing customers and established markets-construction, food and drink and packaging-we'll also identify and target new specialist sectors and investigate the potential for distributing imported goods."

Key to its growth plan will be building TML's existing distribution and warehousing portfolio. The next five years envisage a significant increase in the number of contracted vehicles TML operates. The company also plans to take on a minimum of 100,000 sq ft of new warehousing in the West Midlands, an area it sees as central to its national fleet distribution activity.
"These are exciting times for TML," added Stephen Taylor. "We're financially secure, clearly focused on the job in hand and firmly committed to achieving our goals. We have the benefit of a great team and we are in a good position to build on our successes. We are taking some very positive steps forward in our future development for 2007 and beyond."