News / EXCLUSIVE: Chairman Terry Walpole explains why BRI went for the OIA deal

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This week’s deal that saw UK-headquartered freight forwarder Belville Rodair International (BRI) acquired by its US counterpart, OIA Global, may well be part of increasing trend in the consolidation of smaller freight companies, but senior management have stressed that it needs to be seen as the creation of a “partnership”.

The key motivation for the deal was BRI’s need to extend its depth, chairman Terry Walpole told The Loadstar in an interview this morning.

Mr Walpole admitted that the company had been ...