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Paddy Spratt: A Lasting Legacy – Part 2

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Paddy SprattThis month marked one year since the passing of our Managing Director Paddy Spratt Snr. Last week we shared part one of an article on Paddy and his legacy which appeared in The Irish Trucker Magazine

Continue below to read through part two. Part one, which is available on Spratt Personal Shipping here, covered the building of Spratt while part two below outlines how Spratt operate and how the Spratt family are continuing to do their Dad proud.

At Spratt, a wide range of services is provided to an ever-expanding customer base. “At present, we operate four rigids (two Scanias, one DAF and one Isuzu) and one van,” explains Pady Spratt. We offer a domestic warehousing and distribution service throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. We also have a network to cover Europe and provide a worldwide personal effects shipping service.

“We use very carefully-selected partners to guarantee the best distribution service possible throughout Ireland. We’d serve Dublin and surrounding counties ourselves but have complete coverage of the 32 counties using our carefully-chosen partners.”

An upturn in the economy has coincided with Pady assuming control of the business and this has resulted in a welcome upsurge in business. “Towards the end of last year and so far this year,it has really taken off,” Pady confirms.

“Our customers are getting busier and, as a result, we are getting busier too. We have so much work at the moment that we will have to consider building a new warehouse. We are not restricted by opportunities, but we are restricted by our capacity and that’s why we’ll take a look at expanding. We’ll look at that this time next year.”

Pady has been thrust in at the deep end as MD of the business but he’s a level-headed and capable young man possessed with a real passion to succeed. He has accumulated great experience of the business from working alongside his father down through the years and is single-minded in his desire to progress Spratt Transport Services further as a tribute to Paddy Snr.

“It’s a good learning curve to take over the business at such a young age and you should come out the other end of it a better person,” he comments. “Dad got us to where we are today, having come from a very poor background. He built the business from nothing, with the sweat of his brow. He was the first man in and the last man out every day and we are very fortunate to have had him. We will do him proud. It’s a family business first and foremost and our sister Kelsey will be joining us soon as well – that has always been part of the plan. Our cousin Sonia also currently works in our accounts department.

“Our goal now is to get bigger and stronger; to make the business as successful as we possibly can going forward and to do Dad proud. We appreciate that we are very fortunate and privileged to be in this position. We have been handed a great opportunity here and we intend to grab it with both hands.

“We work hard and we are dedicated to this business. You think about work non-stop. Even when we are at home, we talk about the business and how we are going to improve it. You never stop.”

Like father, like son…

Spratt Transport Services is in good hands and, with Pady Jnr. and Sam at the helm, the future looks very bright for this proud family operation.

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