Pink day
Friday 31st October we donated £2 per person to the Breast Cancer Campaign by all wearing pink for the day!!
New Recruit
Here is the latest addition to the company, 11 week old office dog ShagiB.
An anniversary present from JD - my M8
We have just taken delivery of a Dennison sliding skeletal trailer. The trailer is our Centenary colour, polished aluminium wheels and sign writing to match 100BBT (our centenary DAF).
This was a total surprise organised by James Dennison. A very special thought from a very genuine guy - Thank you.
Truckfest 2008
Here is Martin Benton and Vincente Connolly aka. Chico, in front of N50 BBT
The company had 15 Lorries at truckfest this year, including N50 BBT which was on the Mercedes Benz stand. she is named after our office dog Monty and 100 BBT which was on the Leyland Daf stand.
Again this year the drivers took pride in their Lorries, making sure that there wasn't a speck of dust on them before they all left to travel to the show together.
Martin would like to thank all the drivers who attended this year. The company receives many positive comments about our fleet and it is the drivers who should always take the praise for this.
There are loads more pictures of Truckfest 2008 in our gallery.
New Arrival
We are please to announce that Ian James and his wife Dawn have give birth to a baby girl 16th March at 23.50, weighing 7lbs 5oz. They have named her Carys Lucy.
100 Years of Trucking
In 1908, John William Benton started up J W Benton & Sons. After his death in 1954, his three sons Billy, Ted and George incorporated the company to Benton Bros Transport Ltd in 1958.
For this centenary and 50 year celebration we have Y50 BBT and 100 BBT, which have been designed with different colours, pictures and extra components too.
Here are some pictures below: -
New arrivals for 2008
Our first edition to our fleet in 2008 was 3 Dafs, these were named after our Workshop Managers Wife and two Daughters. Pictures are below.
Sadly our office dog Monty passed away on the 12th April. We have dedicated N50 BBT to him.
It's a hard life working at Benton's, as you can see from our office dog Monty!
The new acquisitions so far for next year are as follows: -
- 15x Mercedes Benz Actros 440 Executive Cabs
- 20x Leyland DAFs XF 105, 460 Super Space Cabs
- 2x Renault 450 Premiums
- 22x Dennison Tautliners
- 20x Dennison Skeletal Trailers
Who needs a limo?!
Driver of P33 BBT Pete Balderson polished and decorated his lorry to take his son to his end of school prom.
Happy retirement to John Gilbert
Mr John Gilbert retired from the company on 2nd July 07 after 35 years working for the company. He was a loyal member of the team and after all his hard work deserves to put his feet up! Martin Benton would like to thank him on behalf of the company for his loyalty over the years, some of the latter years being very difficult for him. We all wish him a very happy, long and healthy retirement.