UK parcel firms extend networks ahead of festive peak
Parcel services DPD and Hermes were both helping to open new deposits them cope with the rise of the next party packages.
Leeds-based Hermes, which is part of the Germany-based Hermes Logistik is. Opened Carlisle deposits in the north of England and Coventry in the English Midlands, which is now put into operation
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DPD, which is part of the La Poste Group GeoPost subsidiary, has opened new offices in London, Southampton and Dundee, which is to be fully operational later this month.
Hermes
Hermes has opened up two packages of deposits in the south of England earlier this year, and earlier this month said it was expanding the processing capacity of its plant in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
His new bail in the amount of 4,923 square meters in the Coventry area and a 1467 square meters of land in Carlisle bring their network to a total of 24 locations.
The new plant will. On Coventry Road in Binley progress, near Coventry ring road and access to the M6 motorway, which will connect the northern and national hub of the company The deposit is about 24,000 packages per day, but is capable of 43,000 per day during the high season Christmastime managed.
The smaller plant in Carlisle Kingstown Industrial Estate traffic management packets for Cumbria, North Lancashire and Dumfries & Galloway.
Hermes said it would create more than 100 new jobs with new deposits - 61 full-time and 10 part-time at Coventry, with about 30 new jobs in Carlisle. Other temporary jobs will be created for the holiday season.
Carole Woodhead, the Hermes UK CEO, said series of openings in recent months deposit "clearly demonstrates our commitment to invest accordingly in order to support current and future growth."
She said that the new facilities: "They will build in key areas and to ensure that we are best suited to meet the requirements of home delivery of our retail customers."
DPD UK
Meanwhile DPD said yesterday an investment of EUR 4.3 million on three new repositories, making 150 new jobs in the process, as it expands its network of 42 depots.
The French company said the additional capacity was due to the significant increase in consumer prices of activity volume he says was caused to react by "huge success" Predict service, which offers consumers a delivery time window for delivery of their purchases online.
The 4500 square feet of new depot on London Mandela Way, Southwark, as the center of the British capital. The £ 1.5 system is to relieve pressure on existing sites DPD London Bridge and Kings Cross.
The installation of EUR 2.3 million in the Hamilton Business Park in Hedge End, near Southampton M27 exit offers 4,000 square feet of space, replacing existing installation DPD in Chandler Ford, north of Southampton near Eastleigh. DPO said that the new facility would provide an improved transport links, making it easier for customers to visit the depot when removing packages.
Installing new expansion Dundee in Scotland DPD network at five sites - two in Glasgow, as well as facilities in Edinburgh and Aberdeen - with 2,700 square meters of capacity on the way in the Western Fowler Pitkerro industrial site. The facility will serve up to 50 routes GBP 500,000 new customers in the area of Dundee, Perth, which was already served by the Edinburgh facility 60 miles.
Dwain McDonald, CEO of DPD said that it had an "unprecedented" increase in parcel volumes of business in recent years.
He said it was "primarily" through service, which was launched in March 2010 to life for customers through make sure that, when your package will be delivered to customers Predict an SMS sent one with a niche delivery of hour, they can then either accept or reorganize.
DPD UK service attributes to more than £ 50 million in new business.
"Focusing on the delivery on behalf of the e-commerce industry is now half of our business, and we expect this growth in retail sales continue to get better and better," said McDonald.