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■ Newsdesk May
Farewell, John
A new era beckons
The chief executive officer
ShD has bid a fond farewell to John of the European division
Garnett, an industry stalwart who one of the world’s largest
retires to Spain leaving behind many trading groups has
friends in the materials handling officially opened major
industry, latterly as Joint Director of new warehousing facilities
Publishing & Exhibitions at Quartz, at the UK’s largest third
publisher of ShD. John is well-known in party toy distributor.
the industry, having worked across Amethyst Group Ltd,
several materials handling titles in his formerly known as CPD
time. His enthusiasm, sense of humour Logistics Ltd, has opened
and kindness will be sorely missed not new offices and
only by those of us who have had the warehouse space totalling
pleasure of working with him on a daily 160,000 sq ft in
basis, but as well by those with whom Wellesbourne, in
he has forged a professional Warwickshire.
relationship. We wish him and partner Jan a long and happy retirement. Takeyoshi Ide, chief
John with colleagues Christine Attew and Rob Fisher. executive officer of Itochu
Europe plc, declared the
buildings open for business at a special ceremony attended by officials
and representatives of some of the world’s leading toy brands.
The new property is now the headquarters of Amethyst’s consumer
products division in Amethyst House on Fletcher’s Way, Wellesbourne.
The state-of-the-art new warehousing facilities has increased the
company’s capacity at Wellesbourne by 40 per cent, giving Amethyst a
further 20,000 pallet spaces and creating a further 100 jobs over the
next 12 months.
The two units of 100,000 sq ft and 60,000 sq ft have eaves
heights of 12 metres and will enable Amethyst to take on new
business.
TNT just has to Yell
New president
One of Britain’s leading supplies we could deliver for
internal mailroom experts Yell and supplies for hot drinks
for FTA
TNT has won a contract with was an obvious addition. Our
international directories network capabilities in the UK
business Yell to handle mean that it’s no problem for us
Andy Haines, head of logistics internal mail deliveries. to deliver them, along with
at Tate & Lyle Sugars Europe, TNT’s mailroom arm won the stationery and Yell’s other key
is the new President of the three-year contract for the daily daily supplies.
Freight Transport Association, collection and delivery of all “The business model we
succeeding John Russell of internal mail to almost 50 Yell presented offers a platform
John G Russell (Transport) Ltd business locations throughout which delivers significant
of Glasgow. Haines has been a the UK. savings through overall delivery
Vice President of FTA for the In addition to mail, TNT will efficiencies for Yell.”
last twelve months. also deliver stationery, In addition to collecting the
Andy Haines’ whole career has consumables and coffee supplies internal mail, TNT will collect
involved the supply chain in for Yell’s 3,750 UK employees. external second class mail for
some form or another, never far Bruce McDonnell, business Yell from all locations,
from trucks, trains and ships in development manager, TNT consolidating it and delivering
various forms, and by virtue of Freight Council and has been a Managed Services, said: “People to sister TNT company – TNT
his roles he has travelled member of the FTA National know TNT for our expertise in Post – the main rival to the
extensively. His association with Executive Board since 2004. managing internal mail, but our Royal Mail in the UK.
FTA began in the early 1990s in www.fta.co.uk services can include delivering The Yell contract went live at
the North West, and he has Also see page 12 for further details whatever the customer requires. the end of March 2007.
subsequently played an active of the FTA’s National Executive “We suggested that there www.yellgroup.com
role on the Greater London Board for 2007/08. might be some ancillary www.tnt.co.uk
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