All Contract Wins articles – Page 26
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MT ArticleRoyal Mail wins back British Gas
Royal Mail has won two new contracts with British Gas, delivering mail to customers and parts and equipment to engineers.The five year mail contract, set to begin in Spring 2013, will see it collect, sort and deliver gas bills to households across Britain. It won the contract back from rival ...
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Chemicals storage win for Norbert Dentressangle
Medical and industrial cleaning products manufacturer Ecolab has awarded a contract for the storage of up to 12,000 pallets to Norbert Dentressangle. ND will store Ecolab’s chemicals at its Top Tier COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) regulations-compliant site at Trafford Park, Manchester, where it will receive around 1,900 ...
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Geodis Calberson wins £1m Alpine contract extension
Electronics manufacturer Alpine has extended its nationwide distribution contract with Geodis Calberson in a deal worth over £1m.The two year contract extension will see the firm continue to deliver products such as in-car DVD players, sat-navs, CD players and speakers to vehicle manufacturers Honda and Jaguar Land Rover, as well ...
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Viridor secures Peterborough council deal
Waste and recycling firm Viridor has signed a public private partnership with Peterborough City Council to treat the authority’s residual waste.The 30-year deal will see the development of an energy-from-waste facility at the council’s existing recycling site at the Fengate industrial area.The project will require capital investment of approximately £75m ...
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MT ArticlePaint supplier PPG renews contract with Norbert Dentressangle
Paint and sealant supplier PPG Industries has renewed its contract with Norbert Dentressangle for a further 18 months.PPG, which provides paint, coatings and sealant for the UK Ministry of Defence and customers in the construction, industrial, consumer and transportation markets, has extended the contract to include next day delivery.The new ...
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Wincanton wins Rolls-Royce military contract
Wincanton has won a five year contract with Rolls-Royce, which will see it store and transport generators for the UK armed forces.The firm will store the generators, which are used to power medical and communications equipment, at its shared user warehouse in Middleton, Greater Manchester. It will also pack ...
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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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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MT 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 ...