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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 ...
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ArticleACS&T wins three-year extension with bakery brand Kara
ACS&T has secured a three-year contract extension with foodservice brand Kara to manage outbound storage and distribution.The temperature-controlled specialist will collect frozen burger buns, breads and teacakes directly from Kara’s Manchester manufacturing site for palletised storage at ACS&T’s Wolverhampton hub.Up to 300 pallets per week will then be picked and ...
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ArticleImport Services wins London Gateway warehouse contract
Southampton-based port-centric logistics firm Import Services has been chosen to operate DP World London Gateway’s shared user facility.It will take on a ‘significant portion’ of the 386,000ft² common user facility on the London Gateway Logistics Park, which is due to open in the second quarter of 2015.It will provide devanning, ...
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ArticleCeva Logistics reveals three-year Snap-on Tools deal
Ceva Logistics has been awarded a three-year contract with tool manufacturer Snap-on Tools UK.The $8m (£4.9m) deal will see it provide transport for Snap-on’s UK franchises. It involves making collections from its two product warehouses in Kettering and delivering products to Ceva’s warehouses for sortation, as well as unattended deliveries ...
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ArticleWincanton celebrates two recent business wins
Wincanton has secured two new distribution contracts: a five-year deal with military equipment supplier General Dynamics UK and a three-year contract renewal with Adidas.The General Dynamics deal extends a relationship it has held with Wincanton since 2006, which involves inventory management, storage and dispatch of Bowman secure communications equipment used ...
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Gefco wins Range Rover logistics contract following JLR review
Gefco has won a contract with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), covering the moment of Range Rovers across the UK.The contract was awarded after JLR carried out a review of its domestic logistics providers. It did not disclose which operator held the contract before.The deal, which Gefco claims will increase its ...
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ArticleAKW Group wins warehousing deal with fashion house SRG
Manchester-based AKW Group has won an 18-month 4,000-pallet warehousing contract with fashion house SRG Apparel.Having worked with the menswear specialist for the past 12 months, AKW said the contract, worth £700,000, was a key target for its 500,000ft² warehousing division based at Trafford Park.“This is an important contract for our ...
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ArticleMarks & Spencer extends Norbert Dentressangle relationship
Marks & Spencer has renewed its contract with Norbert Dentressangle for a further five years.The renewal also sees the scope of the partnership increased to include the delivery of a major automation project at the retailer’s Bradford DC, along with the management of the existing ambient food operation at the ...
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Clipper announces new contract with fashion retailer
Fashion retailer ME+EM has appointed Clipper Logistics to provide a multichannel logistics service from its shared-user DC at Enfield.The contract, which Clipper began work on in July, involves storage and pre-retail services including packaging, as well as e-fulfilment and deliveries to ME+EM’s central London retail store by electric vehicle.Cornelia Smith, ...
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Hellmann wins renewal from AGA Rangemaster
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has had its contract with AGA Rangemaster renewed for two more years.The freight forwarder and logistics provider has held the contract, which covers road transport to a number of European destinations, for four years.The deal involves managing the collection of kitchen appliances from AGA Rangemaster’s central European ...
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DHL loses Howdens Joinery contract to Wincanton
Kitchen supplier Howdens Joinery has awarded a three-year contract to Wincanton, after ending its relationship with DHL Supply Chain earlier this year.Wincanton was chosen to operate and manage Howdens’ transport sites in Glasgow, Avonmouth and Radlett in a competitive tender, following a review of Howdens' supply chain.DHL drivers at the ...
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Clipper wins Philip Morris storage and distribution contract
Clipper Logistics has won a UK storage and distribution contract with cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris.The contract involves receiving inbound goods from Philip Morris factories, bonded warehousing and distribution of its cigarette brands, which include Marlboro and Benson & Hedges, across the UK. Clipper will take on responsibility for its products ...
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Great Bear signs new contract with Cott Beverages
Great Bear Distribution, based in Chester, has announced a new contract with soft drinks producer Cott Beverages for warehousing services in the Midlands.The new contract, which extends a longstanding relationship between the two, will see existing operations for Cott Beverages transferred from a Great Bear facility in Derbyshire to one ...
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Harlequin Logistics signs expanded contract with Kimberly Clark
Haulage consortium Harlequin Logistics has won what it describes as a long-term contract with tissue manufacturer Kimberly Clark.The five-member consortium will be responsible for deliveries from Kimberly Clark sites in Chorley and Northfleet to its customer base in the Midlands and the south of England, ranging from retailer RDCs to ...
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ArticleMeachers signs up Southampton council for Sustainable Distribution Centre
Meachers Global Logistics has won a four-year contract from Southampton City Council’s Corporate Records Management Department to store 300 pallets at its Sustainable Distribution Centre (SDC).The 20,000ft² consolidation centre, which Meachers won the contract to operate from the city council in January, opened in February to serve customers in Southampton, ...