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ArticleTwo-man home delivery firm Breezemount opts for PodFather live tracking
Breezemount has picked PodFather’s real-time goods tracking system for its two-man home delivery operation following a successful trial.The company will roll out the live tracking and electronic proof of delivery software to its 23 sites in the UK and Ireland, which operate 250 vehicles, making more than one million B2C ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics signs multi-million pound deal with Gower Furniture
XPO Logistics has landed a multi-million pound logistics deal with kitchen manufacturer Gower Furniture.The deal aims to cut Gower’s logistics costs, boost efficiency and allow the manufacturer to focus on expanding its core business.Under the agreement, XPO Logistics will provide Halifax-based Gower with 2,000 timed, full-load deliveries a year to ...
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ArticleFCC Environment buys 12 Dafs after landing five year recycling contract
FCC Environment is strengthening its fleet after landing a major five year recycling deal with three councils.The waste management company, which has operating licenses for around 285 trucks and 130 trailers, has taken delivery of 12 new three-axle Daf tractor units, supplied by F&G Commercials, and 13 new 44-tonne Walking ...
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Arrow XL delivers new contract with Boori
Arrow XL has a new arrival in its books, in the form of a three-year deal with baby furniture retailer Boori.The deal is with Arrow’s Platinum Home Delivery service, which offers full product assembly in predetermined time slots.As well as delivering and assembling products bought online and in-store, Arrow XL ...
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Clipper Logistics signs new British American Tobacco deal
Clipper Logistics has expanded its work with British American Tobacco to cover the whole of the UK, after it signed a new four-year deal with the company.The Leeds-based group, whose clients include John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Asda and Morrisons, said the new four-year contract will extend to the end ...
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Wincanton understood to have picked up Britvic contract from Eddie Stobart
Britvic has ended its distribution contract with Eddie Stobart, and Wincanton is understood to be handling movements from 1 April.The result of the re-tender ends a long-term relationship between Stobart and Britvic: the operator picked up the distribution contract for the soft drink manufacturer in April 2011, breaking Wincanton’s sole ...
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ArticleNFT wins three-year Yoplait supply chain deal
NFT has won a three-year contract with Yoplait UK – the company behind yogurt brands such as Petits Filous – to manage its entire UK chilled supply chain.The deal will see NFT handle and distribute up to 500,000 cases of Yoplait products a week, as well as providing chilled storage ...
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ArticleWincanton to run Coca-Cola warehouse in Northern Ireland
Wincanton has won a three year contract with Coca-Cola to run the confectioner’s warehouse in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.The operator will handle both raw and finished products under the new deal, which it said was based on “shared values and an emphasis on customer service”.Wincanton said that it believed its experience ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics secures Costco UK contract
XPO Logistics has won a contract with Costco UK to handle the retailer’s reverse logistics for its 28 UK warehouses. XPO will receive and unload vehicles containing store waste at its “one-stop shop” site in Lutterworth, as well as handling and loading shipping containers.The operator will also be responsible ...
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ArticleHoyer and Rontec extend contract for five years
Hoyer Petrolog has extended its contract with Rontec to supply over 200 of its forecourts with fuels throughout the UK until September 2021.The deal extends a relationship which began in 2012.As well as the existing contract term being extended Rontec has added 18 additional sites to its network in the ...
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ArticleRyder wins fleet replacement and maintenance deal with Safetykleen
Commercial vehicle rental firm Ryder has won a fleet replacement and maintenance contract with Safetykleen.The contract will see Ryder buy 127 vehicles from Safetykleen’s lease providers and lease them back to Safetykleen, as well as take over the fleet management and maintenance of Safetykleen's vehicles.Delivery of the vehicles to SafetyKleen ...
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Wincanton bags four-year Ikea deal
Wincanton has secured a four-year contract to provide support at two new DCs for furniture and homeware retailer Ikea.Wincanton will lease and fit-out the DCs, which have a combined space of more than 500,000ft², in two locations north and south of the River Thames.The operator said the deal will support ...
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Ceva seals warehousing deal with DIY group Arlec
Ceva Logistics will help Australian DIY group Arlec build up its UK business after sealing a new warehousing deal.Ceva has secured an evergreen contract with Arlec, which designs and manufactures electronic and electrical products for the DIY market in Australia and New Zealand.It is now entering the UK market to ...
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ArticleB&H Worldwide wins Logix Aero aircraft parts contract
Aerospace logistics and warehousing firm B&H Worldwide has won a deal with aircraft parts provider Logix Aero to operate its Heathrow parts facility.B&H Worldwide will use its warehousing and inventory management tool, OnTrack, to support Logix Aero’s global operations, including the management of its aircraft components stock.B&H Worldwide customer solutions ...
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ArticlePalmer & Harvey seals deal with Morrisons
Palmer & Harvey has clinched a deal with Morrisons to provide logistics services to ten Morrisons Daily convenience stores set to open at Rontec filling stations.The contract win follows Palmer & Harvey’s appointment of former Tesco convenience store director Tony Reed in October this year. Reed was responsible for 2,800 ...
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ArticleHastings Freight relishes Henderson's contract
Chesterfield-based Hastings Freight has seen off rivals to win the main logistics contract for Henderson’s Relish. As part of the contract Hastings Freight, which is a Palletways member, will be responsible for timed next-day deliveries of Henderson’s relish to Asda, Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and to JD Wetherspoon pubs across Manchester, ...
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XPO Logistics opens door to Performance Doorset Solutions contract
XPO Logistics has won a new contract with Lancashire joinery specialist Performance Doorset Solutions (PDS) that will see it be responsible for some 50 movements per week.PDS is part of Masonite Group, and XPO Logistics already handles movements for the US door specialist out of sites in Barnsley and Huthwaite, ...
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Eddie Stobart begins work on Aggregate Industries contract
Eddie Stobart has gone live with its Aggregate Industries contract, which the haulier won earlier this year from incumbent XPO Logistics.Since securing the deal with Aggregate's Concrete Products division in June, Stobart has staffed a new traffic office for the contract and recruited drivers to work on it.The five-year deal ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics extends Co-op contract
XPO Logistics has extended its contract with the Co-op, which will see it continue to deliver to stores across the south of England and Wales.XPO runs 180 tractor units on the Co-op contract, which has so far run for five years. It also utilises 300 trailers, 151 rigids and 500 ...
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DPD Pickup fashions deal with Matalan
DPD has added fashion retailer Matalan to its catalogue of DPD Pickup locations, the number of which is set to hit 2,800 by the end of the year. Matalan has rolled out pick up points for the carrier in all 222 of its UK stores, continuing DPD’s trend of selecting ...