Davies Turner Plc, the long-established international freight and logistics company, has again been recognised as one of the UK’s leading independent companies in the latest Sunday Times Top Track 250 league table, sponsored by Grant Thornton and Barclays. Compiled by the Oxford-based research and networking events company Fast Track, the annual table ranks Britain's top performing private firms and entrepreneurs by their latest sales figures and profitability, which sees Davies Turner rising 10 places since last year to reach 216. Says Davies Turner Chairman, Philip Stephenson: “This ranking recognises not only our strong financial performance but the importance of our continuing focus on responding to ever-evolving customer needs and developing our overseas network.  “Top Track 250 companies are an important engine of the UK economy employing altogether around 350,000 employees.  These companies are predominantly owned by entrepreneurs, private equity firms and family holdings.  It’s a prestigious club to be in. “We are one of a handful of logistics companies among Britain’s biggest mid-market independents in the 2015 Top Track 250 listing, which is a testimony to the continuing investment that we have been making in our Distribution Centres, IT systems, services and staff training over the last 25 years.” Davies Turner provides a comprehensive portfolio of multimodal freight and logistics services to a diverse client base including manufacturers, international traders and retailers as well as other freight forwarders, NGOs and state agencies.  In business and under the same family ownership since 1870, it has been Davies Turner’s objective to satisfy the freight transport, customs compliance and supply chain needs of its customers for almost 150 years.  The company operates from more than 20 strategically located freight hubs and branch offices in the UK and Ireland.