Advanced Supply Chain Group (ASCG) – part of the Reconomy Group – has recruited former Wincanton head of operations Keith Lawrence (pictured) as its new business operations director to support long-term growth. Lawrence brings two decades of sup…
Wincanton has extended its contract with omnichannel home furnishings retailer Loaf. The additional three-year deal builds on six years of collaboration between the companies, which has seen Wincanton support Loaf’s omnichannel growth across the…
Wincanton Group business Cygnia Logistics has renewed its contract with consumer goods manufacturer Kao. The extension builds on 14 years of collaboration between the two companies, with Cygnia providing a range of multi-channel logistics, picki…
The United Road Transport Union (URTU) said Wincanton’s delivery work for Wilko would be affected after members voted to strike in a dispute over a staff sacking. Industrial action is due to take place on 18 July and URTU said store deliveries s…
Wincanton has made a multi-million-pound investment in 48 autonomous mobile robots to accelerate its e-commerce capabilities. It said the new AMR fleet would provide it with greater flexibility in its operations, enabling it to better manage the…
Wincanton has revealed the five global start-ups that will take part in its 2022 W2 Labs programme. The five firms are French digital fulfilment company Find & Order, Polish business No Magic, Manchester-based Automedi, US company Navflex an…
Tiger Trailers has pounced into action and manufactured 40 box vans within three months for a Primark contract won by 3PL Wincanton. The five-year deal will see Wincanton make more than 50,000 deliveries to 191 Primark stores across the UK each …
Wincanton increased revenues by 16.3% to £1.4bn and saw underlying profits before tax soar to £58.1m, preliminary results showed. For the year ending 31 March 2022, the logistics group said it had achieved growth across all four sectors; eFulfil…
Wincanton has won a five-year contract providing services for luxury lifestyle retailer The White Company. The contract starts immediately and sees Wincanton provide multi-channel fulfilment services, including international e-commerce order ful…
Wincanton has secured a two-year contract extension with the Co-op after it delivered a new 340,000sq ft regional distribution centre in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire for the retailer in under six months. Co-op and Wincanton have worked in pa…
Wincanton’s group revenue is forecast to rise by 12% in Q4, helped by a slew of new retail and public sector contracts and the acquisition of e-commerce specialist Cygnia last year. In a trading update, Wincanton reported “excellent” growth in a…
Wincanton has launched the fourth edition of its annual brainstorming programme W2 Labs. This year the programme aims to seek out innovative start-ups that can work with Wincanton on developing digital fulfilment, ESG, and technology and robotic…
Wincanton increased revenues by 19.3% in the six months ending 30 September 2021 compared to the same period last year and it said the pipeline for further opportunities continued to grow. H1 turnover was £690.3m, compared to £578.7 in 2020/21, …
Wincanton has won a five-year contract with fashion retailer Primark for the provision of transport services to all its UK stores. The partnership begins early next year and will see Wincanton make more than 50,000 deliveries to 191 stores acros…