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Latest contract news – Page 18
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ArticleWilson James appointed as logistics integrator for Heathrow airport
Wilson JamesWilson James has been appointed as logistics integrator for Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL). The five-year contract will commence in July and includes the provision of construction logistics for Heathrow’s £1.5bn development programme and operational support through the management and distribution of the airport’s engineering materials.The contract also includes the ...
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Ceva signs five-year REHAU deal
Ceva Logistics has won a five-year contract with PVC-U window and door frame manufacturer REHAU.The deal covers transport using a dedicated fleet of REHAU-liveried trucks across the UK and management of its 130,000ft² distribution centre in Runcorn, Cheshire.Ceva makes on average 700 picks per day at the warehouse, which stores ...
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Parcelforce wins Fortnum & Mason Sunday business
Fortnum & Mason has become the first retailer to sign up to Parcelforce Worldwide’s recently-launched Sunday delivery service.The deal will see Parcelforce deliver products after 9am on Sundays, provided they are ordered by 2pm the day before.The company is rolling out a nationwide seven day delivery service later this month, ...
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ArticlePall-Ex member RJ Murray wins £3.6m solar panel contract
RJ Murray & Son has won a three-year contract with solar panel firm Global Heat Source, worth £1.2m a year.The new operation will be based at pallet network Pall-Ex’s northern hub in Carlisle, which is run by RJ Murray, and is expected to boost freight volumes by around 500 pallets ...
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ArticleSpatial Global secures Gruppo Media extension
Publisher Gruppo Media has extended its delivery and warehousing contract with Castle Donington-based Spatial Global.The contract has been extended to include receiving, storing, pick and pack and dispatching merchandise to customers, along with delivering bulk orders to retailers.The operator will continue to provide pick and pack, warehousing, mail delivery and ...
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Clipper to manage Cabbages & Roses supply chain
Clipper Logistics has won a contract to manage the supply chain for fashion, fabrics and homeware brand Cabbages & Roses from its Enfield shared-user site.The contract covers deliveries to stores and worldwide distribution for the retailer’s e-commerce operation, both of which were previously serviced in-house.Clipper will use its returns management ...
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Clipper Logistics secures five-year extension with Tesco
Clipper Logistics has won a five-year extension to its e-fulfilment contract with Tesco and will refit its Daventry DC.The new part of the contract will see Clipper make Tesco’s clothing ‘retail ready’ for deliveries to customers. Clipper has held a contract to provide e-fulfilment for the supermarket’s clothing range since ...
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TNT Express and Palletways win Yankee Candle contracts
Palletways and TNT Express have won two separate European distribution contracts with Yankee Candle.Palletways will transport products for Yankee Candle for three years, making deliveries to 13 countries through its European network of over 300 members and 12 hubs.Commenting on awarding the contract to Palletways, Yankee Candle operations manager Bruce ...
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ArticleNorbert wins five-year deal with Sabic UK Petrochemicals
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has won a new five-year contract with long-term customer Sabic UK Petrochemicals to provide a maintenance, repair and operational (MRO) engineering spares warehousing and stores service.The logistics giant’s tanker division has worked with Saudia Arabian firm Sabic – which manufacturers specialist plastics and chemicals for European markets ...
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Tullis Russell outsources transport and warehousing to DSV Road UK
Tullis Russell Papermakers has awarded a five year logistics and warehousing contract to DSV Road, running out of its mill in Glenrothes, Scotland.The deal expands on DSV’s existing contract to supply freight forwarding services to Tullis Russell throughout the UK and Europe. It sees the papermaking firm outsource its operations ...
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Jigsaw talks multi-million pound Kimberly-Clark win
Haulage consortium Jigsaw has revealed further details about its multi-million pound contract with Kimberly-Clark, which it won and began operating last year. Jigsaw has been making full and part-load collections from Kimberly-Clark’s manufacturing plants in Northfleet, Kent and Chorley, Lancashire. It also provides trunking between the two sites to ...
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ACS&T signs new contract with Michael’s Pitta Bread Group
ACS&T, has signed a one-year deal with two London-based bakeries within the Michael’s Pitta Bread Group.Eghoyan’s Pitta Bakery and Hollyland’s Pitta Bakery manufacture pitta and naan breads, supplying them to retailers, wholesalers and food service providers throughout the UK.As part of the new contract, ACS&T will collect large quantities of ...
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ArticleAcumen Automotive turnover set to grow following JLR win
Acumen Automotive Logistics claims it can triple its turnover in three years after winning a three-year contract with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).The automotive transport arm of Acumen Logistics Group has predicted a doubling its turnover in 18 months based on JLR's current levels of growth.According to Acumen Automotive Logistics most ...
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Multimodal 2014: Howard Tenens wins Costa contract extension
Howard Tenens has won a five-year contract extension from Costa Coffee and will continue to manage the ingredient supply chain for its Costa Express and Costa ‘Proud to Serve’ businesses.The operator won its initial contract with the coffee chain’s self-service operation, Costa Express, in 2012. This has now been extended ...
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Wincanton wins Loaf homeware contract
Homeware supplier Loaf has awarded a new multichannel contract for nationwide storage and distribution services to Wincanton. The contract, which Wincanton will run from its multi-user warehouse in Greenford, West London, involves the 3PL’s two-man “white glove” operation making deliveries of items including beds and sofas to Loaf customers across ...
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Multimodal 2014: Canute reveals Lakeland contract renewal
Essex-based Canute Group has secured a contract renewal from cookware firm Lakeland.The renewed contract involves trunking from Lakeland’s DC in Kendal, Cumbria to Canute’s depots in Warrington, Coventry, Kendal, and Gamston, Nottinghamshire. Products are then delivered to high street retailers overnight so that they are on the shelves the next ...
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ArticleClipper Logistics wins Antler and Go Outdoors contracts
Clipper Logistics has secured two contracts: one with luggage brand Antler and another with camping-equipment retailer Go Outdoors.The operator will provide worldwide warehousing and distribution for Antler from its Wynyard Park, Teesside site.The contract will involve collection from Teesport and handling all order fulfillment for Antler’s customers, which include wholesalers, ...
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ArticleACS&T wins a porker of a deal with Pinnacle Foods
Temperature-controlled specialist ACS&T has won a one-year contract with meat and poultry processor Pinnacle Foods.The contract will see ACS&T providing tri-temperature transportation and storage for Pinnacle’s pork products, collecting goods from a manufacturing plant in Guildford, Surrey and taking them to the logistic firm’s Wolverhampton hub for onward pallet distribution ...
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DHL wins Scania parts distribution deal
Scania (Great Britain) has awarded a three-year contract to DHL Supply Chain to manage its aftermarket parts distribution in the UK.The new contract will cover through-the-night transport for delivery to Scania’s service centres before 8am the following day, provided that orders are placed before 7.30pm.DHL will pick up loads from ...
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ArticleNorbert secures Hyundai parts delivery contract
Hyundai parts supplier Mobis Parts Europe (UK) has chosen Norbert Dentressangle to provide parts delivery to dealerships across the UK.The operator will deliver vehicle parts through the night to around 360 Hyundai and Kia dealerships across the UK.Parts will be delivered in roll-cages before 8am instead of the current pre-noon ...