DATE: 23 August 07
Business Direct Group plc. has set up a subsidiary company in Germany in a Business Direct GmbH has already opened an office at the local airport Niederrhein Weeze on the Dutch-German border for the 5 times a week nightly air bridge service into Coventry airport in the UK. Negotiations are at an advanced stage for a dedicated charter aircraft ready for the launch of the new service that cannot be achieved using scheduled services. The new 'high speed' through the night service offers, computer, electronics and materials handling manufacturers with European-based distribution centres very late cut off times of 8pm for pick up and delivery into the UK before 8am the next morning. Niederrhein has been chosen as the European hub of this new through the night service as its location is near several hundred major distribution centres in Holland and North Western Germany and provides a straightforward collection opportunity. Business Direct's inbound European air service provides a completely seamless service linking directly in to its national network of over 300 Parcel Exchange facilities throughout the UK, in-boot service and next day technical courier services or direct into the manufacturer's parts dealerships. The other major advantage of this through the night service is that it will enable major suppliers of spare parts into the UK from central stocks in Europe to eliminate the need to hold stocks in the UK and therefore significantly reduce inventory, warehousing and distribution costs. "The unique benefit of this new European through the night service, is that we can tailor make it to meet the exact needs of each customer and add significant value to their UK operation." commented Paul Carvell Chief Executive of Business Direct. "With a high quality infrastructure and reputation for service excellence in the UK this is a major development of our business targeted at those companies who have large scale service engineer and parts delivery requirements in the UK."
dvance of the launch of a dedicated inbound European 'high speed' through the night logistics service into the UK.
For Further Information: Alison Brindley
Head of Marketing
Business Direct plc
T: +44 (0) 7962 649 629
E: alison.brindley@bdpx.com
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Head of Marketing, Business Direct Group plc +44 (0)7962 649 629 or +44 (0)1788 821 228. alison.brindley@bdpx.com For supporting text and image files: Rachel Parry, Marketing Executive, Business Direct Group plc +44 (0) 1788 821 235 rachel.parry@bdpx.com |
