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ArticleVindis Group chooses DHL for vehicle distribution
DHL has won a nationwide vehicle distribution contract with car dealership Vindis Group.The new contract will see DHL’s vehicle distribution arm Inside Track handle over 4,000 movements of new and demonstrator vehicles per year from Vindis’ site in Alconbury, Cambridgeshire, while the majority of the deliveries will take place in ...
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ArticleLewis Tankers wins three year Vivergo Fuels contract
Lewis Tankers has won a three year distribution contract with Vivergo Fuels, transporting bioethanol to refineries across the UK.The contract will see Lewis Tankers distribute bioethanol from the fuel firm's biorefinery in Saltend, near Hull, Humberside - which is expected to become fully operational this quarter - to major ...
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Potter Logistics wins ASK Chemicals contract
Hazardous goods supplier ASK Chemicals has awarded a five year contract to Potter Logistics, worth £500,000.The new contract will see Potter Logistics store and handle flammable substances and other hazardous goods at Potter’s Droitwich DC.Some 600 tonnes of ASK products a month will be delivered to the DC, where they ...
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Top 10 contract wins of 2012
Logistics firms have won millions of pounds in new and extended contracts this year from retailers and manufacturers based in the UK and beyond. Here is Motortransport.co.uk's top 10 contract wins of 2012.Ceva Logistics wins five year Silentnight home delivery contractIn June, Ceva revealed that it had won a five-year ...
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Norbert Dentressangle barks up right tree for Premium
Norbert Dentressangle has won a new three-year contract from Premium Timber Products to deliver goods to customers throughout the UK and Ireland.The multi-million pound contract will see ND pick up timber and PVCU products including doors, decking and shelving from Premium Timber’s 140,000ft² warehouse in Somerset and its 160,000ft² warehouse ...
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ArticleGrace Foods extends Jigsaw contract
Bardon, Leicestershire-based Jigsaw has extended its distribution contract with Grace Foods.The logistics network, made up of 10 haulage partners with the majority share owned by CM Downton, improved the consistency of deliveries since it took over transport for Grace from an in-house operation in 2009.Grace produces a range of Caribbean, ...
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ArticleYearsley wins bun fight to take new bakery deal
Yearsley Group has won a new contract with bakery products manufacturer CSM that will see it collect, store and distribute more than 300 finished frozen product lines.The deal involves collections from CSM’s factory at Bromborough, on the Wirral, consolidation of goods at Yearsley’s Heywood cold store in Lancashire, and distribution ...
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ArticleBrose extends Gefco contract
German automotive product supplier Brose has extended its contract with Gefco by three years.The new part of the contract will see Gefco deliver products from Brose’s production site in Coventry to one of its customers in Redditch. The original contract, held since 2005, already sees Gefco deliver vehicle ...
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ArticleGlobal Garden Products extends Wincanton contract
Plymouth-based Global Garden Products (GGP) has extended its contract with Wincanton, which will take the partnership to a decade.Wincanton has provided warehousing and distribution for the manufacturer’s powered garden products since 2003, delivering to the main B&Q DCs, and direct to GGP retailers nationwide.The contract is run from Wincanton’s Rothwell ...
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ArticlePlastic Omnium extends Bibby Distribution contract
Plastic Omnium Auto Exterior has extended its contract with Bibby Distribution for a further three years.The contract has grown to include transport from the firm’s new facility in Edison Road, Hams Hall, in addition to warehousing and transport between its manufacturing plants in Measham, Derbyshire, and Faraday Road, Hams Hall.Bibby ...
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ArticleTotal Sweet contract win for Culina
Culina Logistics has won a national distribution contract with natural sugar alternative firm Total Sweet.The contract, which began in September, will be operated out of Culina’s warehouse in Leighton Buzzard and will see it deliver pallets to retailers such as Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Holland & Barrett, using its shared user ...
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IPS renews DX passport delivery contract
The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has renewed its passport delivery contract with DX Group.The firm will continue to provide secure delivery of UK passports, supporting documents and internal mail for the IPS, a contract it has held since 2004.Since the secure delivery contract began, the firm has reduced ...
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ArticleClipper wins Wilkinson e-commerce contract
Clipper Logistics Group has been awarded a contract with Wilkinson to handle its internet sales operation.It has been offering a range of customer delivery options for the retailer, including home delivery and click and collect from store, since the contract began in early autumn.The retail logistics provider will service the ...
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ArticlePanther wins £9m of new business this year
Two-man delivery firm Panther has invested £1m in new vehicles and premises to handle increased demand from new contracts.As a result from changing its model from general haulage to next day two-man delivery in 2010, it has attracted£9m in new business this year, including homeware retailers such as Bathstore, TC ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle in at ground level with flooring contract win
Underlay and flooring accessory manufacturer Interfloor has outsourced its transport to Norbert Dentressangle, in a three-year multi-million pound deal.The operation involves more than 100 outbound movements from Interfloor’s production sites in Haslingden, Lancashire and Scotland’s Dumfries.ND will use a new fleet of 19 artics with cutainside-trailers and 11 (18-tonne) rigids ...
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ArticleNorbert Dentressangle wins Highways Agency road salt contract
Norbert Dentressangle has signed a four-year contract with the Highways Agency to store and distribute emergency salt for Britain’s roads.The firm is one of five companies responsible for procuring, storing and distributing road salt to the Highways Agency’s service providers across the country.The contract runs until 2016 and builds on ...
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ArticleACS&T wins further deal with Ticco Foods
ACS&T has signed a new five-year contract extending its work for Italian food manufacturer Ticco Foods.The firm, which runs two Ticco-liveried trucks, will receive inbound goods at its Wolverhampton depot from suppliers in the UK and Italy, create consolidated loads and deliver them to customers nationwide in the food service ...
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ArticleBibby Distribution wins Fayrefield FoodTec contract
Bibby Distribution recently had five MAN TGS LS tractive units converted into dual-fuel trucks using LPG for its work with Unipart Rail.Bibby Distribution has reported "a seamless transition" after winning a contract to manage the full logistics programme on behalf of Dairy Crest subsidiary Fayrefield FoodTec.The rolling contract includes the ...
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ArticleUK Mail wins bird feed distribution contract
UK Mail has won a distribution contract with Shropshire-based bird food provider CJ WildBird Foods.The contract, which was effective from July, will see the parcel carrier collect from the wildlife feed retailer every day and deliver its products throughout the UK and Ireland.The retailer switched its distribution contract after reviewing ...
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ArticlePaperchase extends contract with Welch's Transport
Cambridge-based Welch’s Transport has won a three year extension to its contract with Paperchase.The firm, which began working for the stationery, cards and gift-wrap manufacturer in 2007, makes collections from the Paperchase’s Thrapston, Northamptonshire DC and delivers to around 120 outlets.Welch’s sales and marketing manager Mike Bentham said the contract ...