Angela Carus Joins Law Distribution As Managing Director

Haydock-based, family-owned Law Distribution has appointed Angela Carus as Managing Director, while former Managing Director, John Law, steps up to the role of Chairman. Working with a variety of business sectors, the company provides UK and European transportation, 350,000 square feet of ambient warehousing space, offers specialist bonded warehousing for alcohol and is a member of the Palletline network.  The company also runs an e-fulfilment operation. Angela joins from Boughey Distribution where she held the position of Managing Director for three years.  Her impressive track-record in the logistics industry began with Wincanton where she worked as a warehouse picker shortly after leaving school.  From the shop floor, she quickly progressed and has held senior positions with a number of the industry's key players over the last 30 years, including Gist, Kuehne + Nagel, XPO, NYK Logistics and Culina.

John is the second generation leader of his family's business and joined the company after leaving school.  His father, David, who passed away in 2021, launched the business in 1994, building it to become a significant local employer and establishing strong partnerships with customers.  John's new role will see him take-up a more strategic position, working closely with Angela. Angela's initial priorities will be developing relationships with the company's management team and colleagues, reinforcing the message that they continue to be valued by the company and ensuring that this is highly visible.  Meeting customers will also be high on her agenda to secure the strength of the business for the future. Speaking about Angela Carus' appointment and his new position, John Law said, "To have secured Angela's services is a real coup for us.  We recognised that, to take our business to the next level and to oversee our ambitious expansion plans, we needed to bring in someone with wide industry experience, plus possessing the drive and ambition to make things happen.

"We were also impressed with Angela's credentials in managing people in an inclusive, respectful and energetic way. "While I will be relinquishing day-to-day leadership of the business, I'm really looking forward to working with Angela." Angela Carus said, "This is a great move for me, and I am excited about the prospect of supporting John to take the business to the next level.  We have a talented team of people here who are passionate and proud of the business they're part of.  There are good standards in place across the sites and we have long-standing, positive relationships with many of our customers.

"It's important that we continually listen to customers and keep pace with the industry's ever-evolving requirements to support business growth.  Caring for the environment, our energy use and working on sustainability and improving our carbon impact are all important focuses on my agenda.

"Finding ways to take costs out of the supply chain by working with customers and partners will also be key to our success.  With significant cost increases year-on-year and difficult industry margins, innovation will be key to controlling costs.

"Family-owned businesses in our industry are becoming something of a rarity these days, but Law Distribution is thriving, and my job is to look after this special company and secure its future which I will thoroughly enjoy."