Centres in the West Midlands, Nottingham and Northampton, which between them employ 600 people, will close down to make way for the new development at Daventry, Northamptonshire.
This will create almost the same number of jobs at the new centre.
Royal Mail also runs a distribution centre at East Midlands Airport, but this operation will not be affected by the changes.
Read MoreRoyal Mail today announced plans to replace three distribution centres with a new £40 million operation. Centres at Wednesbury in the West Midlands, Nottingham and Northampton, which employ 600 people, will close to make way for the new development at Daventry, Northamptonshire which will create almost the same number of jobs.
Read MoreHays has opened a new parts-management distribution centre in Madrid for Iveco –the £10 million investment in Spain is the latest move in a £200 million, five-year pan-European logistics solution developed by Hays in partnership with Iveco.
Read MoreMeachers Group this week announced it has won a 3 year contract with Southampton based EniChem UK to manage its stock, groupage and full load operation.
Read MoreTesco talked up its project to develop factory-gate pricing this week, which is spreading from the frozen sector to fresh produce.
The supermarket giant says that 90% of its frozen food supply market is now operating under the factory gate pricing scheme.
With 500 primary distributors, and movement of 20 million cases a month, the project is moving ahead after initial opposition from haulies. “This is a collaborative approach. We are working in partnership,” a Tesco spokesman says.
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