Birmingham based JDR Distribution has won a 1 year start-up contract to distribute fruit to schools as part of a new government scheme. JDR will deliver fruit to 400 schools in the Stafford and Sandwell districts 3 times a week for 40 weeks each year. It has also won a similar contract in London to begin later in the year.
Read MoreDTS Logistics has a new contract with the John Lewis Partnership at the clothing distribution centre at Park Royal, London. DTS is preparing consignments of imported brands to the hanging garment quality required by JLP.
Read MoreLanarkshire based Bullett Express has relocated to a new £1m, 12,325 sqm hub in Bothwell near Glasgow, after joining the United Pallet Network and launching a new nightly service to England.
Read MoreDFDS Transport has won a two-year; £5m contract from Rhodia to manage distribution from its UK sites to Ireland, the Continent and Scandinavia. DFDS expects to deliver 7,000 consignments a year.
Read MoreThe Royal Mail has banned the sale of stamps from its own sorting offices and stripped nearly 4,000 post offices across the UK of stamp vending machines.
Customers at most post offices around the country will now have to join lengthy queues if they wish to buy stamps at the counter.
The changes have gone through without any public consultation, leading to criticism of the Royal Mail’s “monopolistic attitude”.
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