Meachers Group has won a five-year warehousing and freight forwarding contract from P&O Cruises to provide 1,200sq metres of purpose-built storage and manage a complete service from supply of passenger amenity packs to container shipments.
Read MoreLDV, the Birmingham-based specialist van manufacturer, has landed a major order worth pounds 4 million from national parcel company Business Express, it was confirmed yesterday.
Based at Drews Lane, it will supply Business Express with 200 3.5 tonne Convoy hi-loaders, boosting the parcel firm’s carrying capacity.
LDV has worked closely with Business Express for a number of years, formerly supplying the company with its Pilot range of vans.
However, a huge increase in Business Express’ third-party business has resulted in greater volumes of parcels being carried.
The company has a nationwide network of 33 depots, stretching from Lands End to the highlands of Scotland. It currently operates a 2,000-strong delivery fleet with 4,000 personnel, providing a home delivery service to its parent company, Littlewoods Retail Group.
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Read MoreMailSource, Swiss Post’s subsidiary for the management of internal company postal services, is building up its market position after a two-year start-up period in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Italy: on 2 September 2002 MailSource took over Mailroom Management Services Ltd (MMS), one of the UK market leaders in its core business of internal postal services. Swiss Post’s foothold in international markets will reinforce its leadership in Switzerland and will enable MailSource to offer both Swiss and global major customers cross-border services.
Read MoreReplacement windscreen specialist Augoglass has appointed Hays Logistics to manage the distribution of stock from its national distribution centre in a 3 year multi million pound contract. Hays will make around 30,000 deliveries a year.
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