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All Contract Wins articles – Page 15
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Bibby Distribution secures one-year Havelock extension
Bibby Distribution has had its contract with retail and corporate interiors fitter and supplier Havelock extended by one year.Deliveries and collections are made using a mixed fleet of standard-length and urban artics to allow easier delivery to city centres. As the goods are often low-weight, Bibby has also added double-decker ...
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Top 10 business wins of 2014
Third-party logistics providers have this year won millions of pounds in business, taking on more work from existing customers as well as winning contracts from new clients. Motortransport.co.uk looks back at some of the highest value and longest contract wins of 2014.Acumen Automotive turnover set to grow following JLR winAcumen ...
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ArticleDownton prepares to deliver nine million Christmas TV guides
CM Downton is set to deliver more than nine million Christmas TV guides to wholesalers and retailers this weekend.The magazine delivery specialist will use fleet of 170 trucks to collect copies of the Radio Times, TV Times, What’s on TV, TV Choice, Total TV Guide and TV and Satellite from ...
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Norbert Dentressangle sets up camp with Go Outdoors
Third-party logistics services provider Norbert Dentressangle has been awarded a contract for warehousing and store deliveries by outdoor equipment and clothing retailer Go Outdoors, replacing former supplier Advanced Supply Chain.Go Outdoors, which provides equipment and clothes for a wide range of outdoor activities including camping, cycling, walking, fishing and skiing, ...
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Norbert celebrates 25 years at Belshill following Morrisons renewal
Norbert Dentressangle’s (ND) has renewed its contract with Morrisons in Scotland for a further five years.Running the Bellshill, Glasgow-based site for the supermarket chain, ND is responsible for managing the supermarket group's 575,000ft² composite DC, along with a further 85,000ft² fresh produce DC - both serving Morrisons throughout Scotland.The ...
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ArticleSainsbury's renews management deal with Fraikin
Commercial vehicle fleet services supplier Fraikin has signed a new two-year contract with grocery retailer Sainsbury’s to manage the supermarket’s home delivery fleet in southern England. The new contract sees Fraikin managing 1,000 vehicles operating out of 120 stores, representing 55% of the retailer’s 1,800-strong 3.5-tonne GVW fleet.Fraikin, which has ...
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Norbert Dentressangle wins Kimberly-Clark contract extension
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has announced an extension to its warehousing and distribution contract with hygiene products manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Professional for a further three years. ND has been providing warehouse and distribution services at Kimberly-Clark Professional’s Flint site since 2000, which operates as the firm’s UK distribution centre.The 3PL also provides ...
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Ceva wins Finning NDC contract
Ceva Logistics has been chosen to operate an NDC for Caterpillar equipment dealer Finning, replacing five in-house operations.Under the deal, Ceva will operate a 120,000ft² site on the Lakeside Estate in Cannock, Staffordshire, for six days a week. The NDC will house all of Finning’s engine stock, plus some 60,000 ...
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Downton wins £500,000 a year DS Smith deal
CM Downton has secured a new contract with the plastics division of DS Smith following a tender process.Under the £500,000-a year deal, Downton will deliver its Correx brand of plastic products across the UK from DS Smith’s manufacturing plant in Gloucester. DS Smith, which separately has its own fleet of ...
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Lavendon moves in-house operation to Wincanton
Mobile elevated-platform supplier Lavendon Group has outsourced its in-house delivery and collection operation to Wincanton.The five-year deal will begin in January and will see the 3PL collect products from Lavendon’s 26 storage sites and deliver them to customers across the UK. Wincanton will make 200,000 deliveries a year using a ...
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ArticleCeva secures Gulfstream Aerospace DC deal
Ceva Logistics is to operate a European parts DC for aircraft manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. Ceva will provide 8,000ft² of dedicated space at its Heathrow Airport site. The DC will replace Gulfstream’s operation in Madrid and will supply parts across the UK, Ireland, mainland Europe and the Nordics.Under the contract, ...
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ArticleHarlequin Logistics sweetens the deal with Tate & Lyle Sugars
Harlequin Logistics has won a contract with Tate & Lyle Sugars to distribute stock from the manufacturer’s Silvertown, East London production site to warehouses across the UK.The five-haulier consortium said its flexibility to provide haulage capacity to match the peaks and troughs of the sugar business was a key factor ...
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ArticleMenzies wins one-year contract with Retailersaver.com
Online group-buying platform Retailersaver.com has chosen Menzies Distribution as its logistics partner.The 12-month contract will be managed from Menzies’ Rushden site, but the operator’s entire network will be used to provide warehousing and fulfilment of stock. It will also deliver products directly to independent high street stores.Also under the deal, ...
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Waitrose awards Wincanton wines and spirits contract extension
Wincanton has won a contract extension with Waitrose for storage and distribution of wines and spirits to 357 UK outlets, which include supermarkets, motorway service stations, Ocado and Waitrose Cellar sites.The extension takes the partnership between Waitrose and Wincanton to more than 20 years.From its HMRC-approved, bonded warehouse facility in ...
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ArticleDHL wins five-year Volvo Cars parts contract
DHL Supply Chain has secured a five-year contract to manage the warehousing and distribution of aftermarket parts for Volvo Cars.It will manage four shared use local DCs on Volvo's behalf, deliveries to which will be made through the night by DHL’s Auto Alliance collaborative network. The network uses ...
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Whistles renews business with Clipper Logistics
Clipper Logistics has had its contract with womenswear retailer Whistles renewed by four years.The deal covers the receipt of products from suppliers at Clipper’s Milton Keynes facility and distribution of its entire product range to 120 retailers and online shopping customers worldwide.Following a review of Whistles’ supply chain, the new ...
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ArticleWilson James wins £10m deal from University College London
Wilson James has won a five-year contract with University College London (UCL) to act as logistics partner for the university’s Bloomsbury Transformation Programme.The £10m contract will be serviced out of its London Construction Consolidation Centre, which last month received the gold award under TfL's Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (Fors).The partners ...
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ArticleSovereign Transport named main haulier for Victorian Plumbing
Sovereign Transport has won a contract to become the sole haulier for online bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing.The Merseyside-based haulier, which is a member of Palletways pallet network, previously did some European work for the bathroom retailer. However, post deal it has taken on responsibility for all of Victorian Plumbing's deliveries ...
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ArticleWincanton wins renewed Total contract
Wincanton has secured a three-year contract renewal from Total, covering the management of its refinery maintenance warehouse.The operator, which won the initial contract in 2007, will continue to manage the warehouse at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire on the fuel supplier’s behalf. It also plans to ...
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PD Portcentric Logistics wins LCL deconsolidation contract with Allport
Allport Cargo Services is to relocate its less-than-container load (LCL) deconsolidation service to the port of Felixstowe after signing a three-year contract with PD Portcentric Logistics.It plans to move all of its LCL deconsolidation operations, currently at Tilbury, into a 500,000ft² site operated by PD Portcentric Logistics. Allport then ...