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When we last spoke with Chris Welch around one year ago , he was the Commercial and Operations Director of Transport at Welch ’ s Transport . As we sit down to catch up on the company ’ s latest developments on the cusp of its 90th anniversary , there have been two key changes : the business has rebranded to become Welch Group ( Welch ), and Chris has taken over as Managing Director .
“ 2024 marks Welch ’ s 90th year in business ,” Chris opens . “ Alongside celebrations , we ’ ve used this milestone to piece together several developments from the last few years , as well as completing an entire rebrand . Personally , I ’ ve changed roles , having taken over from my father as Managing Director in April . Although my day-to-day role hasn ’ t changed too much , it ’ s quite an accomplishment for me to have the title just before my 40th birthday !
“ As a family operation , it ’ s a pleasure to sit in an office with my old man every day , who hasn ’ t fully retired , but instead taken on the role of Finance Director . My younger brother is also now Group Head of Operations , completing his inauguration ; any family member that joins must spend two-to-three years on the floor , spending time in each department to fully understand operations from several perspectives .”
One of Chris ’ first initiatives was to rebrand the business . “ We have multiple logisticsbased businesses within the group , but they
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