Malcolm Group

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W. H. Malcolm Ltd
Company type Private
Industry Logistics
Founded1921 (As W.H. Malcolm)
1960 (As W.H. Malcolm Ltd.) [1]
FounderWalter Malcolm (As W.H. Malcolm)
Donald Malcolm (As W.H. Malcolm Ltd.)
Headquarters,
Number of locations
15 Logistics Depots (2022)

2 Construction Quarries (2022)

3 Rail Terminals (2022)
Key people
Donald Malcolm (-2003)
Andrew Malcolm, CEO [2]
ServicesLogistics, Construction, Freight Rail, Vehicle Maintenance
RevenueIncrease2.svg £206 million (2019) [3]
Decrease2.svg£8.9 million (2019) [3]
Parent Malcolm Of Brookfield (Holdings) Limited
Website www.whmalcolm.com www.malcolmgroup.co.uk

W. H. Malcolm Ltd (trading as the Malcolm Group) is a logistics company based in Linwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The company provides logistic services (Malcolm Logistics and Malcolm Rail) including road and rail transport, warehousing, and terminal management. Other group activities include civil engineering, plant hire, construction (Malcolm Construction), primarily groundwork and vehicle maintenance.

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History

The origins of the company trace to the 1920s, [4] when Donald Malcolm left school in his early teenage years and started running his family's small coal business. The business grew and in the 1950s entered a partnership with Grampian Holdings; the company expanded into the road building through an equipment hire business, and a shale bing business. [5]

In 1960, when the company was acquired by the industrial holding company Grampian Holdings Plc, the company's assets included 37 vehicles and seven construction equipment items. [6] Donald Malcolm remained in charge of W H Malcolm after the takeover. [6] Donald Malcolm died in 2003; two of his sons Walter and Andrew took over management of the business. [5]

In 2002 Grampian Holdings Plc which was public listed on the stock exchange, was renamed The Malcolm Group Plc. In 2005 the company was taken back into private ownership by the Malcolm family and the Bank of Scotland plc. [6]

Donald Malcolm Heritage Centre

The Donald Malcolm Heritage Centre was built by Andrew Malcolm in memory of his father, Donald Malcolm. The centre houses a display of fifteen fully operational trucks. The centre is located next to the HQ in Linwood. [7]

Divisions

Logistics

The group provides warehousing at locations in Scotland, and northern and central England, primary and secondary road distribution, [8] and train services in association with Freightliner, [9] as well as managing the rail terminals at Grangemouth, Linwood (Elderslie) and Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal. [10]

Rail

The group's rail division was launched in 2001, which they use for delivery of goods to manufacturers. [11]

Construction

The company's construction division undertakes civil engineering work including excavation and construction of earthworks, roadwork and groundwork, waste recycling, quarrying, [12] and sports pitch surfacing in association with Newark based subsidiary companies Charles Lawrence Surfaces Ltd and Woodholme Construction.

Vehicle maintenance is carried out in house. [13]

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