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Williams-Sonoma chooses Wincanton for UK launch
Wincanton has won a contract with homeware retailer Williams-Sonoma, which is launching in the UK this month.The operator’s two-man delivery arm will assemble and deliver furniture to homes across the country when the US retailer opens its first UK store under its West Elm brand this month.The contract will also ...
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ArticleWincanton wins Paul's Boutique contract
Wincanton has won a warehousing and distribution contract with fashion label Paul’s Boutique.The contract will see the operator deliver products to department stores across the UK, as well as store its range of women’s clothing, accessories and perfume.Paul’s Boutique has taken some space at Wincanton’s 500,000ft² shared-user DC in Greenford, ...
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ArticleCándido Hermida chooses ND for express pallet deliveries
Norbert Dentressangle has won a contract with Spanish yacht furniture manufacturer Cándido Hermida, to transport product between Spain and the UK.ND will provide ‘just in time’ deliveries using a dedicated fleet to Poole, Dorset, where the yachts are produced on tight schedules.Through the operator's Red Europe Express pallet delivery service, ...
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Menzies wins £1.5m final mile contract with WHSmith
Menzies Logistics Solutions has won a three year contract with WHSmith, worth £1.5m.The recently launched division of Menzies Distribution, which is branching out into high street logistics from its background in newspaper and magazines, will deliver goods to stores in the north of England.The deal will cover the transport of ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle has Forbo Flooring contract extended
Norbert Dentressangle has renewed and extended its contract with commercial floor coverings manufacturer Forbo Flooring UK for three years.The new part of the contract will see ND collect products from Forbo’s factories in Cortonwood Retail Park near Barnsley, Ripley in Derbyshire and Telford, before consolidation into the operator’s shared-user ...
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Boughey Distribution resigns "significant contract" with Princes
Boughey Distribution, the specialist food division of NWF Group, has renewed what it describes as a “significant contract” with Princes.It describes the contract, based at its Wardle, Greater Manchester, site as long-term.Boughey MD Keith Forster said: "Princes is one of the UK's most significant food and drink groups and Boughey ...
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Norbert Dentressangle joins sporting tribe
Norbert Dentressangle has been appointed by online sporting community Tribesports to support the launch of its own-brand range of sportswear. ND is providing storage for the range at its shared-user facility in Tamworth and will be responsible for receipt, picking and dispatch of up to 300 orders a day.Tribesports CEO ...
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Hermes wins Cadenzza contract and reveals expansion plans
Hermes chief executive Carole Woodhead has revealed some of its expansion plans for 2014, as it wins a new contract with jewellery retailer Cadenzza.Woodhead told Motortransport.co.uk that it hopes to increase the coverage of its Parcel Shop network, while its Warrington hub is on track to be open in the ...
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Clipper Logistics stitches up competitors with new knitting contract
Clipper Logistics has won a new contract with specialist online retailer Loveknitting.com that will see it store and manage the distribution of a wide range of yarns, patterns, needles and other knitting accessories. The contract, which Clipper has already begun working on, is being handled at its Worsley, Manchester site, ...
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Allport to run The White Company's supply chain
The White Company has chosen Allport Cargo Services to manage its global supply chain.Allport will manage the multi-channel retailer’s international sea, air and overland freight movements using its purchase order management system, LIMA.Clyde Buntrock, ACS group solutions director, said: “We are delighted to be working with The White Company.“Our LIMA ...
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Yusen Logistics renews Nissan manufacturing contract
Yusen Logistics has renewed its contract with Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK), a contract it has held since 2008.As a result Yusen will provide the inbound logistics to Nissan’s plant in Sunderland, providing components for the Qashqai, Note, Juke and Leaf vehicles.Yusen MD Ian Veitch said: “This is great news which ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle takes on e-fulfilment for Surfdome
Online clothing, footwear and lifestyle accessory supplier Surfdome has appointed Norbert Dentressangle to manage its e-fulfilment operation.ND, which took over the management of Surfdome’s Wembley warehouse in late 2012, has since transferred the operation to a new 112,000ft² facility in Wellingborough, handling over 900 lifestyle, fashion, outdoor and sports brands.The ...
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ArticleACS&T plucks new business from chicken supplier
Grimsby, Lincolnshire food logistics specialist ACS&T has extended its contract with Isle of Bute based chicken products supplier Delta Foods by a further three years. The contract extension, which begins in November, involves storage and distribution to wholesalers nationwide of a range of brands including Delta, Malov and Kingarth.A spokeswoman ...
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DHL to operate Hain Daniels' ambient supply chain
DHL Supply Chain has won a new multi-million pound contract with food manufacturer Hain Daniels, whose brands include Hartley’s, Robertson’s, Sun Pat and Gale’s.The deal, which will run until 2017, will see DHL set up and manage a brand-new supply chain for Hain Daniel’s recently-acquired ambient product range.Commencing immediately, DHL ...
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ArticleMeachers wins contract extension from Huhtamaki
Meachers Global Logistics has netted a three-year contract extension with packaging company Huhtamaki (UK).Gosport-based Huhtamaki manufactures plastic and paper packaging for FMCG, fresh foods and the catering sector.The partners have worked together since 2007, and with the latest contract extension Meachers will now provide all of Huhtamaki’s external warehousing requirements. ...
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Potter Logistics in Wagg deal
Potter Logistics has won a storage contract with pet food supplier Wagg Foods.The deal will see Potter Logistics dealing with 450 pallets a week of supermarket branded pet food, delivered from Wagg’s factory in Dalton to its DC in Ripon ahead of onwards delivery to Tesco.The operator’s Ripon DC has ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle signs four-year deal with Toolbank
Norbert Dentressangle has won a four-year contract with hand and power tool supplier Toolbank, covering distribution to stores and Christmas peak warehousing.The contract covers the collection of products from Toolbank’s two NDCs in the Midlands and night time distribution to 11 Toolbank stores using six dedicated vehicles. It will also ...
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River Island extends home delivery contract with Hermes
Hermes has won a contract extension from River Island, covering home delivery of clothes, shoes and accessories ordered online.The carrier will collect parcels from the customer’s Milton Keynes DC on a daily basis, where they will be trunked to Hermes’ Nuneaton hub for processing and sorting.They will then be transported ...
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Palletways wins OrganiCulture contract
Palletways Fulfilment, the warehousing arm of the pallet network, has won a contract with OrganiCulture, a distributor and retailer of organic products from Italy.The award of the contract comes after a trial period.It will see Palletways store, process orders, provide a pick and pack service, and modify/re-work some of ...
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Stobart wins 15 year Welsh biomass contract
Stobart Group’s Biomass division has won a 15-year contract with Western Bioenergy to supply 150,000 tonnes of biomass a year to its plant in Port Talbot, Wales.Furthermore Stobart has invested an £800,000 equity and debt stake in the project, alongside Greensphere Capital, which owns Western Bioenergy.Stobart Biomass will supply approximately ...