Eddie Stobart, the founder of the legendary UK haulage firm Eddie Stobart Limited, has died at the age of 95. The company, known for its green and red lorries named after women, grew from a small agricultural business into a national giant under Stobart's leadership.
Eddie Stobart , the founder of the iconic trucking firm, has died at the age of 95, his representatives have confirmed. Mr Stobart, who was born on April 18, 1929, passed away on November 25. The famed businessman grew up on a farm in Hesket Newmarket, south of Carlisle, Cumbria, and initially, in 1946, he set up a small agriculture business that carried out contract work for farms and distributed fertilizer.
In 1960, he bought his first lorry - a Guy Invincible four-wheeler truck - second-hand from a local garage, and had it painted in his choice of colours - post office red and Brunswick green. After winning business collecting and storing basic slag - a waste product of steelworks used as fertilizer - he expanded his firm and it became Eddie Stobart Limited in 1970. The small company had just eight lorries and 12 employees when it launched but it now operates more than 2,500 vehicles. Despite sitting at the head of the company, Mr Stobart had taken a back seat in the business over the last few decades. His youngest son Edward took over the firm in the 1970s aged just 21 while trying to make a name of his own and turned it into the haulage giant it is today. Alongside being one of the best established haulage firms in the country, Eddie Stobart is also famous for allowing drivers to name the truck to which they are assigned - a tradition started by Mr Stobart himself. Mr Stobart wanted his trucks to be known for more than their deliveries and chose to start a tradition of naming them after women. Names like 'Maggie', 'Betty' and 'Rosie' fascinated the general public when they hit the road, with people stopping to take pictures of the vehicles. Modern Eddie Stobart trucks have closer connections to their drivers, and have a much broader range of names that come from multiple countrie
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