White Arrow to sub out heavies
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• Home delivery specialist White Arrow Express says it will consider subcontracting out its heavy direct dispatch work if a haulier comes forward with an exceptional offer" before it moves the operation to Edmonton, London.
It took the distribution of heavy goods such as furniture in-house in April, after its subcontractor Flockvale Distribution went out of business. And it plans to move the business from Tamworth in January.
WAE's commercial director Eddie Bentley says that it could not find a sub-contractor who could meet its service and cost demands for the 350,000 deliveries a year.
business outside home deliveries for its parent GUS Home Shopping. It plans to increase outside business from over 10 million parcels to 65 million in the next five years, now that it has completed a sixyear £65m modernisation at its 50 sites. WAE distributes 75m parcels a year.