A family-run haulage firm with over 50 years of experience in the sector has plunged into administration in a another major blow to the freight industry. J.M. Gorry & Son Limited, a haulage business based in Middlegate, Morecambe, appointed administrators on July 20.
A notice explaining the company’s current position was published in the London Gazette in the early hours of July 22. At this early stage, there is no information on what the news could mean for staff or if there will be any job cuts.
Alan Coleman and Nicola Baker, both of FTS Recovery Limited, have been appointed as the administrators overseeing the business. J.M. Gorry & Son Limited previously explained that they were a “well-established family run general haulage contractor”.
The business states on their social media channels that they have “over 50 years of experience in the transport industry”. The company has previously traded under the name of Pinedeck Services Limited, but Companies House states that J.M. Gorry & Son was incorporated back in 1986.
The Lancashire-based firm specialises in freight transport by road, focussing on general haulage. This is usually considered to be the everyday transportation of standard goods. It’s just the latest freight business to fall into difficulty this summer after a string of businesses have dropped into liquidation or administration.
Just this week it was confirmed that T.M.S Service Provider Limited appointed liquidators on July 13. Earlier this month, S&B Haulage Ltd, a freight firm based in Leicestershire, revealed they had appointed liquidators on July 6.
At this stage, it is unknown the reasons behind J.M. Gorry & Son Limited’s struggles, but the news comes just months after the UK’s Road Haulage Association (RHA) stressed that hundreds of companies were at risk of closing in 2026.
The group explained that the number of insolvencies was “tipped to rise” this year in a major blow for the sector.
The RHA revealed that almost 400 hauliers went out of business last year alone, with 470 firms affected in 2024 and over 500 in 2023.
The RHA predicted: “Higher interest rates, increased regulatory burdens, and ever-rising running costs continue to make trading more expensive, sending many long-established firms to the wall. Sadly, insolvency levels may rise as the impacts of the Middle East conflict continue in the months ahead.”
Express.co.uk has contacted J.M. Gorry & Son Limited for comment.