An Internet Company based in Bolton, Lancashire is helping to make our roads less congested. The website - www.loadup.co.uk is a freight exchange service which gives hauliers, couriers and white van drivers the ability to find a return load from anywhere in the UK and Europe, which needs to be delivered close to the haulier's base of operation.

In light of recent fuel price increases, any haulier who procures a return load for a given round trip is effectively paying only 55%-65% for his diesel (depending on the weight of the return load) when compared to the total cost of returning back empty. From a slightly different perspective, assuming the extra profit for delivering a return load is above the total round trip fuel cost, it can be said that the fuel becomes either free or a non-consideration.

In a recent Daily Mirror article, Sir Alan Sugar writes in his 'Spoonful of Sugar' column, "Your website, loadup.co.uk, offers a great service to the freight transport industry, providing the icing on the cake for hauliers i.e. backloads"

Although there is nothing new in the concept of online freight exchanges, Loadup has become the busiest, due to it's simplicity, speed, ease of use and value for money. The initial philosophy, still adhered to, is:
' Keeping things simple is paramount when presenting a service using technology such as the Internet'

The operation is run by three businessmen with many years experience in the transport industry behind them.
David Kay, Loadup's MD says, "We set up Loadup because we were becoming increasingly alarmed by the overloading of our road network. Loadup's concept is to reduce this congestion and at the same time increase the profits of the beleaguered road haulage industry. The added bonus is that diesel pollution is reduced, helping the environment, and also consequently, less road traffic accidents. The message we are constantly giving to the industry is,
'No Backload?....No Excuse!'."

It is important to note that although the service is subscription-based for hauliers searching for backloads, it is entirely free of charge, for any business or private individual, to place their 'goods to move' on the system.

Recent statistics show that around 30% of all goods vehicle journeys on our roads are empty return trips because they have been unable to procure a backload. The potential for reduction in HGV journeys and therefore traffic on our roads and motorways is huge. This could be good news for the UK's Government Transport Minister who would need to spend less on expanding the network and support communication-based services such as 'LOADUP'.

A conservative estimate of Loadup's contribution to reduction in road usage by goods vehicles in the last 12 months is:
(average loads arranged weekly=450) x (average miles per load=225) x (weeks in year=52)

More than 5 million vehicle road miles per year. 5,000,000 hgv.miles/annum

This also equates to approximately 23,400 vehicle journeys carrying 500,000 tons removed from our roads per year

What our users say (Testimonials)

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WEBSITE EFFECTIVELY CUTS FUEL PRICES AND ROAD CONGESTION

BOLTON-BASED WEBSITE IS A HIT WITH SIR ALAN SUGAR

TAKING A 'LOAD' OFF THE ENVIRONMENT!

LOADUP GETS 'THUMBSUP' FROM SIR ALAN SUGAR

HOW DO WE REDUCE ROAD CONGESTION? LOADUP HAS THE ANSWER!

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LOADUP began development in April 2000, initially operating as a free service until July 2002, when it became a subscription-based business. (There is still no charge to post available loads on the system).

For further information, contact:

Loadup Ltd
133 Old Vicarage
Westhoughton
Bolton
BL5 2EG

e-mail: admin at loadup.co.uk ( Written this way to prevent email spam bots - replace "at" with @ )