Contract Wins

Bartrums opens £7m Suffolk warehouse after signing five-year deal with Aspall Cyder

August 10, 2023 Chris Tindall

Bartrums officially opened its £7m warehousing facility in Eye last week, with help from local MP Dr Dan Poulter. The 70,000sq ft fully racked facility in the Suffolk town can hold up to 9,200 pallets and its new tenant is Aspall Cyder after the haulier won a multi-million pound, five-year contract with the cider brand. […]

Wincanton lands five-year transport and warehousing deal with Segen UK

August 9, 2023 Carol Millett

Wincanton has secured a five-year contract with UK renewables distributor Segen to oversee its transport and carrier network and transform its warehouse capabilities. The partnership will see Wincanton consolidate Segen’s existing multiple warehouse facilities into a single 265,000sq ft national distribution centre in Medway, Kent. The Medway warehouse will operate a “state-of-the-art” warehouse management system […]

PC Howard flushed with success after winning new drainage contract

August 7, 2023 Carol Millett

Peterborough-based logistics firm PC Howard has won a large-scale account with Clark-Drain after impressing the manufacturer with its reliable delivery service. Palletways member PC Howard, which is based in Kings Cliffe, Peterborough, has depots in Corby and Northampton and operates a fleet of around 100 vehicles and 150 trailers. It has depots in Corby and […]

GXO wins New Look click and collect contract

July 31, 2023 Carol Millett

GXO has landed a deal with New Look to manage the fashion retailer’s click and collect network, which covers all mainland UK stores. The deal follows the rapid expansion of New Look’s click and collect offering, which has expanded from covering 17% of ecommerce orders in early 2021 to 31% in early 2023. New Look […]

Wincanton wins five year deal to manage IKEA DC in Dublin

July 24, 2023 Carol Millett

Wincanton has signed a five-year contract with IKEA Ireland to manage the online retail giant’s first customer distribution centre (CDC) in the Republic of Ireland. IKEA products are currently delivered to consumers in Ireland via distribution centres in the UK. The new CDC, located in Greenogue Logistics Park in south-west Dublin, the 280,000 sq ft […]

GXO and Heineken seal multi-year service deal

July 24, 2023 Carol Millett

GXO Logistics has extended its partnership with Heineken which sees it continue to operate the brewing giant’s warehouse, distribution and secondary transport network to retail and wholesale outlets across the UK and to Heineken’s entire UK pub estate. Under the deal GXO will manage more than 500,000 deliveries per year to more than 8,000 customers […]

Kuehne+Nagel to support Team GB at Paris 2024 Olympics

July 11, 2023 Carol Millett

Kuehne+Nagel has seen off competitors to win the role of the official freight forwarding and logistics partner to the British Olympic Association, both during and beyond the Paris 2024 Olympics. The logistics giant said the deal to support Team GB marks a “significant milestone” in its efforts to expand into the expo and events sector. […]

All’s well at Wincanton after major new e-fulfilment deal

July 4, 2023 Chris Tindall

Wincanton has been selected as the dedicated supply chain partner for wellbeing brand NEOM Organics. The three-year contract builds on the logistics giant’s growing health, beauty and wellbeing retail efulfilment portfolio, which includes Molton Brown, Neal’s Yard Remedies, Sephora and Huda Beauty and makes use of Wincanton’s fleet of autonomous mobile robots. It will fulfil […]

Wincanton boxes clever with defence contract extension

June 29, 2023 Chris Tindall

Wincanton has extended its contract with defence engineering firm Rheinmetall BAE Systems Lane (RBSL) that sees it supporting the manufacture of Boxer MIV fighting vehicles for three more years. The contract renewal and expansion means Wincanton will continue delivering warehouse operations at RBSL’s warehouse in Telford, which also involves the upgrade of Challenger 3 vehicles […]

GXO inks e-fulfillment and returns deal with Abercrombie & Fitch

June 27, 2023 Carol Millett

GXO has expanded its partnership with Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F Co), managing the fashion retailer’s UK e-commerce fulfillment and returns from its dedicated, newly refurbished 170,000-square-foot facility near London. The expansion follows the success of GXO’s partnership with A&F Co in the United States, where the company operates a high-tech distribution centre featuring advanced automation […]