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Wincanton Logistics Wincanton has acquired CEL Group, the container logistics firm with 470 staff at eight sites, for an initial £20m. 07-Nov-2008 Wincanton is to close its dairy distribution depot at Farlington in Portsmouth, with the loss of up to 32 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Aldermaston in Berkshire. 08-Sep-2008 Wincanton has acquired Product Support Holdings, the defence logistics firm with 25 support centres and 422 staff, for £27m. 30-May-2008 Wincanton is seeking permission to build a £5m electrical waste recycling plant in Daventry. 27-Mar-2008 Wincanton has acquired HeBo, the German logistics firm with about 50 staff, for an initial £2.2m. 05-Mar-2008 Asda is to create up to 450 new jobs at its Wincanton-run distribution centre at the Redhouse Business Park in Doncaster. 05-Feb-2008 Wincanton has acquired Hanbury Davies, the Suffolk-based container logistics firm with 780 staff and 480 vehicles at 21 locations, for an initial £25m. 18-Jan-2008 Wincanton has acquired Swales Haulage, the Berkshire-based building materials distributor with 11 sites throughout the country, for £5.3m. 09-Nov-2007 Wincanton is to create a further 300 jobs at its recently-opened distribution centre at Woodlands near Doncaster, having won approval to operate a night shift. 18-Sep-2007 Tesco and Wincanton are planning to close their dry groceries distribution centre in Middleton in November with the loss of about 400 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Livingston and Lichfield. 13-Jul-2007 Wincanton has confirmed plans to close its distribution depot in Tewkesbury in June, and expects to transfer at least 30 of the 180 jobs to sites in Brockworth and Bridgwater. 07-May-2007 Wincanton has won a distribution contract from electrical retailer Comet, with the transfer of 150 staff at depots in Skelmersdale, Corby, Harlow, Westbury and Bellshill. 01-May-2007 Wincanton is to create 200 new jobs at its 500,000 sq ft Argos distribution centre in Corby by the end of summer, due to the relocation of the Wolverhampton operation. 19-Mar-2007 Wincanton is considering plans to close a distribution centre in Rugby with the loss of up to 200 jobs, following a decision by Woolworths to withdraw from the site. 08-Mar-2007 Wincanton Logistics is considering plans to close its Morrisons distribution centre in Bathgate, West Lothian, with the loss of up to 319 jobs. 14-Feb-2007 Wincanton is to close distribution depots operated on behalf of Somerfield in Ross-on-Wye and Tewkesbury, with the possible loss of up to 510 jobs. 01-Feb-2007 Wincanton is to acquire RDL Holdings, the provider of supply chain services to the building industry with 350 staff at 38 sites, for £22m, as well as Lane, the Bristol-based home delivery company, for up to £2m. 12-Oct-2006 Sainsbury's has selected Wincanton to control warehouse and transport operations for 220 northern convenience stores, including a new distribution centre in South Yorkshire. 02-Oct-2006 Morrisons and Wincanton are conducting a review of their depots across the East Midlands, which could lead to the loss of some of the 350 jobs at sites including Northampton and Coventry. 25-Aug-2006 Wincanton is to recruit up to 300 staff for a new 700,000 sq ft Argos distribution centre in Kettering by September. 06-Jun-2006 Wincanton has acquired a division of Premium Logistics for £21m, in order to strengthen its position in the French market. 11-Oct-2005 Wincanton may have to close its distribution centre at the Centrum Business Park in Burton, with the loss of 388 jobs, following the acquisition of Littlewoods shops by Primark. 06-Oct-2005 Wincanton is expected to shed up to 184 jobs at its distribution centre in Winsford, following a decision by owner Woolworths to close the site. 17-Mar-2005 Wincanton is to close its chilled food depot in Milton Keynes this summer, with the loss of 352 jobs. 19-Jan-2005 Wincanton is to acquire MidiData, the German logistics company with 300 staff, for about £7m. 27-Dec-2004 Wincanton, the logistics company, is to relocate its headquarters and up to 400 staff from Trowbridge and Somerset to the Turnpike Industrial Estate in Chippenham early next year. 21-May-2004 Wincanton is to close its fuel oil depot in Stallingborough depot by the end of April, with the loss of up to 12 jobs. 08-Apr-2004 Matalan has outsourced its Skelmersdale-based logistics operation to Wincanton in a £65m five-year deal, with the transfer of about 140 staff. 04-Aug-2003 Wincanton is to close the head office of its Trans European logistics business in Ipswich, with the loss of more than 100 jobs. 03-Mar-2003 Wincanton is to acquire the P&O Trans European logistics business, which employs 7,000 people, for £152m. 10-Dec-2002 Wincanton is seeking acquisitions to expand its logistics business into continental Europe, and has also announced joint ventures with Genco and Kuehne & Nagel. 07-Nov-2002 Wincanton is to operate a new national distribution centre for Argos in Wolverhampton. 03-Jun-2002 Wincanton Logistics is to shed 80 jobs in Wellingborough, due to the changing distribution requirements of a client. 27-Apr-2001 More from the Transport sector Related pages: BMI Leeds Bradford Airport KLM Network Rail Stobart Group Wincanton Logistics website: www.wincanton.co.uk The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. 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