The Logistics of Transport Efficiency

Posted on 21 Oct 2009
Kevin Lawrence, Network Manager at Tradeteam, discusses the importance of efficiency in transport operations and the technology and logistics behind making it...

Tradeteam raises £30,000 for good causes

Posted on 21 Oct 2009
The UK’s leading drinks logistics company Tradeteam has announced it has distributed an impressive £30,000 to charities across the...

Tradeteam in Double Win at Top Industry Awards

Posted on 01 Sep 2009
The UK’s leading drinks logistics company Tradeteam is celebrating after winning two awards at the prestigious Motor Transport Awards.

Charity Bike Ride Success for Tradeteam

Posted on 01 Sep 2009
Employees from the UK’s leading drinks distribution company, Tradeteam, swapped trucks for two wheels as they successfully completed a demanding 100-mile charity bicycle challenge.

New Managing Director Appointed at Tradeteam

Posted on 01 Sep 2009
Tradeteam, the UK’s largest drinks logistics company, has appointed Gavin Murdoch as Managing Director with a remit focussed on maintaining Tradeteam’s reputation for service excellence and its position as market leader.

Tradeteam's latest contract win is a ‘no-brainer’

Posted on 07 Jul 2009
Tradeteam has announced a long term 8 year contract with Wales’s biggest brewer SA Brain and Co Ltd.

Birmingham Students Face Dragons’ Den

Posted on 20 May 2009
Information and communication technology students from Kingsbury School and Sports College, Erdington, this week took part in a Dragons’ Den style business challenge organised by...

Tradeteam Crowns Driver of the Year 2008

Posted on 20 May 2009
Tradeteam, the UK’s leading drinks logistics company, has announced the winner of its annual driver of the year competition, which recognises and celebrates its top performing drivers.

The six finalists were shortlisted from more than...

Tradeteam earns £500m contract boost

Posted on 05 Feb 2009
Drinks logistics provider Tradeteam has secured a 10-year contract with Coors Brewers Limited worth more than £500m. This distribution agreement marks an extension of a successful
13-year partnership between the two companies

Childhood Cancer Sufferers Benefit from Special Delivery

Posted on 22 Jan 2009
Young cancer suffers on the Piam Brown Ward at Southampton General Hospital were all smiles over Christmas, thanks to a donation from staff at the local Totton distribution centre of drinks logistics specialists Tradeteam.
Tradeteam staff swapped their usual drinks delivery role to play Santa for the day by giving games and toys to the under 18s being cared for at the hospital’s Child Oncology and Haematology Centre.
The distribution centre, which has more than 69 staff based on Nutsey Lane, raised £210 to buy the presents by...

5 percent cut in CO2 emissions

Posted on 22 Jan 2009
A series of initiatives over the past year mean the UK’s largest drinks logistics company Tradeteam is on track to achieve its target for cutting C02 emissions.

Schemes have ranged from investment in natural light sensors to
aero-dynamic spoilers on vehicles and mean the firm is well on course to cutting emissions by five per cent by the end of 2009.

Tradeteam is now being used by its parent company DHL to demonstrate best practice among fellow divisions after cutting around

InBev Outsources its Distribution to Tradeteam

Posted on 17 Nov 2008
The UK’s number one drinks logistics provider Tradeteam has announced a 3 year contract with InBev in Northern Ireland creating 70 jobs.
The contract was secured following a successful 6 year relationship elsewhere in the UK, and will see them provide a...

Brewers call 'time please' on PCNs

Posted on 17 Nov 2008
With the majority of pubs in London established long before road legislation was introduced, the requirements imposed on brewery delivery firms by the Health and Safety at Work (HSAW) Act can enforce behaviour contrary to parking legislation.

For the safety of the public, it is imperative that dray vehicles park next to the delivery point irrespective of traffic regulations that...

FTA reveals penalty charge hot spots

Posted on 17 Nov 2008
The FTA has sent a clear message to London boroughs to get their houses in order regarding parking problems, with the publication of a penalty charge notice (PCN) hotspot map. An in-depth commissioned study of 29 transport firms across the capital has enabled the FTA to produce a list of what it terms Critical Delivery Zones (CDZs) where traffic authorities need to focus resources on...

Ed Coppinger puts licensees first

Posted on 17 Nov 2008
It says everything you need to know about the growing significance of keeping customers happy that six months ago my job didn’t exist. Now I’m heading a 40-person department where the whole aim is to improve the level of service we offer to landlords and licensees.

That itself is a reflection of the climate in which on-trade delivery firms are operating - the 'customer is king', they must come first and...

It’s not just about delivering beer

Posted on 17 Nov 2008
Customer service forms the basis of many daily headlines. If a company’s customer service is poor, everyone will soon know about it.

The service customers receive first hand from suppliers can literally make or break that company’s success, particularly for those operating in declining industries where price is no longer enough to set...
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