DHL freezes the way we live now.
The NHS has no doubt made an excellent choice in awarding a 10-year, Pounds 1.6bn contract to DHL to handle its purchasing and delivery of everything from catheters to paper clips.
DHL is, of course, a fearless logistics group that delivers to Afghanistan, Iraq and North Korea. Only problem is that it sometimes refuses to venture into scarier places such as . . . east London.
Not-so-intrepid DHL Express admits it recently decided against sending its vans to Canning Town, which lies within walking distance of Canary Wharf’s gleaming towers. What, one wonders, is the current danger – kids back from summer hols or home games at nearby West Ham?
Fortunately the NHS contract has gone to a separate division – DHL Logistics. Let’s hope it can pluck up courage to bring supplies to hospitals and GP surgeries in the ‘hood.
