All Contract Wins articles – Page 16
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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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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, ...