2010's

Well established, financially secure, profitable and an excellent reputation, Paul Ponsonby Limited Specialist Distribution is exactly where Paul Ponsonby envisaged it would be 19 years on. The company now boasts a settled workforce of 35, and almost a third of these have over 10 years’ service. They now have a reputation in the industry for providing first class service and get a large amount of business through recommendation and word of mouth.

2000's

The company grew steadily, year on year adding additional warehousing sites to their portfolio until in 2004 they consolidated into a modern purpose built facility in Bromford, Birmingham. The fleet expanded year on year too and by the end of the 2000’s Paul Ponsonby Limited had 12 vehicles in a range of sizes. Over these 10 years they gained an impressive portfolio of customers which included many household names such as Claire’s Accessories, IBM & Poundland. During this time we celebrated 10 years in business, Motor Transport & UKWA awards and gained accreditations such as ISO 9001.

1990's

In the early 1990’s DJ Ponsonby & Sons Limited had expanded rapidly with the fleet size peaking around 70 vehicles.. They worked for many blue chip organisations during this time and enjoyed a period of controlled growth. Paul worked in operations during most of this period before concentrating more on sales in his last couple of years at the company. In 1996 his father, Denis Ponsonby passed away and Paul decided that his future lay elsewhere. It was on Paul’s 40th birthday (1998) that Paul Ponsonby Limited was launched.

He decided he wanted to move away from Haulage and concentrate solely on specialist distribution which involved moving fragile electronic equipment. Day one of the new venture started with two small vans and Paul operating from a small office at home.

1980's

1980 – 1987 Paul drove artic vehicles in the family business. During this time he got to know the motorways/roads very well. He regularly worked as a two man team and spent many a night on a ‘night out’ sleeping in the lorry. In 1987 he was promoted and moved into the traffic office to work as a transport controller. It was here he managed the drivers, the routes and the vehicles. At this time there was about 12 vehicles to manage and it was here Paul learnt the admin side of transport.

1970's

Paul Ponsonby left school in 1974, and joined his Father’s business DJ Ponsonby & Sons Limited. He started as a removal man and got his car license 1975. This enabled him to drive non HGV vehicles while working as a removal man. In 1976 he got his HGV license on a young drivers scheme aged 18. After this he started driving removal lorries, undertaking house removals and delivering furniture. In June 1979 aged 21 Paul got his Class 1 license and then started driving arctics for the company.