JKM Transport Solutions Ltd, based in West Lothian, was incorporated in August 2021 and operated as a road freight business from Scotland’s central belt. The company described itself as a small family-run haulage contractor, carrying out both long-distance work across the UK and local store deliveries.
Official records show that the company was placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation on 29 June. A notice published in The Gazette confirms that George Lafferty of BTG Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP in Glasgow has been appointed liquidator.
The case has been reported in some local coverage as an administration, but Companies House and Gazette filings list the process as a creditors’ voluntary liquidation. No confirmed figure has yet been published for the number of jobs affected, although local reports have said staff were placed at risk.
The liquidation comes at a difficult time for smaller hauliers. The Road Haulage Association said earlier this month that insolvency levels in the sector remain well above pre-pandemic norms, with nearly 400 hauliers going out of business in 2025 after 470 failures in 2024. According to the association, around 150 had already failed in 2026.
The RHA has linked the strain to high running costs, weak margins and mounting regulatory burdens. For family-run operators, those pressures can be particularly hard to absorb, with fuel, finance, maintenance, insurance and compliance costs all weighing on cash flow in a highly competitive market.
