Davies Turner is an international Freight Forwarding company, based in the United Kingdom and founded in 1870. With a head office in London, other branches are in Dartford, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool (which also has a dedicated case making facility), Southampton, Bristol, Bridgend, Rotherham, an Irish office in Dublin and an international moving division based in Mitcham.
Founded in 1870 by Alfred Davies who would later go on to be an MP, today it has an annual turnover of £140.000.000.00 . The Dartford office is situated virtually underneath the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge whilst the Manchester branch is located next to Old Trafford, home of Manchester United. Other Branches can be found in Bristol (Avonmouth), Birmingham (Coleshill and Hams Hall), Glasgow and Dublin. The joint managing directors, Michael and Phillip Stephenson claim, in press releases, that the company is the largest independent freight forwarding company in Great Britain.
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“And as the sun above the light doth bring,
Though we behold it in the air below,
So from th’ eternal Light the soul doth spring,
Though in the body she her powers do show.”
—Sir John Davies (1569–1626)
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