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King of the ales
Greene King Brewing Company has maintained its local roots to provide an improved
service to the Midlands and the North by investing £4.5m in a new Nottinghamshire depot.
Greene King has bought a new depot in equipped Greene King
Nottinghamshire to meet the increasing distribution centres in the
demand for Greene King beers in the country, featuring state-of-
Midlands and the North. Around 25 the-art facilities and energy
million pints of real ale consumed in the efficient storage for both
region over the course of the next year will key and cask Greene King
have been supplied from the company’s beers.
new distribution centre. In total the Steve Magnall continues:
purchase will create around 50 new local “This signals our
jobs – predominantly in dray crews and commitment to the region’s
sales teams. pub-goers and beer-lovers
Greene King Brewing Company brewing as well as our determination
and distribution director, Steve Magnall, to keep local roots in what
says: “The £4.5million new distribution was Hardys and Hansons’
centre in Eastwood is an example of our heartland. We have some
focus on cask as well as on customer service. fantastic pubs in the region
Cask beer is a live product and needs to be and are looking to provide them with the best They have a brilliant reputation, will be our
kept between a cool 11°C and 13°C possible service. ambassadors and play a key role in growing
throughout its journey along the supply “We will continue to carry the torch for our future in the midlands and the north. With
chain. We focus heavily on quality at Greene hand pulled beer, investing heavily, building their knowledge of the region and local
King and the new depot will have a state-of- brands and increasing sales”, Steve markets, they can help ensure that our
the-art cold storage facility, which will continues. “Hardys and Hansons Olde Trip existing customers receive the best service.
ensure our beers are stored and delivered to has doubled its sales since Greene King took Just as importantly, they can develop contacts
our customers in peak condition.” it over in September last year”. with new customers and ensure that even
The new depot in Eastwood, Steve adds: “It’s really good news that the more people in the region who love our beers
Nottinghamshire, which is now up and warehouse, dray and sales teams from Hardys at last have the opportunity to drink them!”
running, is one of the biggest and best- & Hansons have decided to stay with us.
www.greeneking.co.uk
Yards better
A new report from Capita Symonds has recommended that new shopping centre service
areas must consider space provision and better management control among other
factors to help minimise their impact on service yard operations.
The space given over to service yards has interest in the management retail environment. demonstrated that they can operate with even
been significantly reduced over the past 10 The new report says that centres with a smaller service yards, provided these are tightly
years but new centres must continue to give reduced provision down to 4.3 spaces per managed.”
consideration to matters such as headroom, 10,000 sq m can still operate satisfactorily but The new study takes into account factors
better management control, waste disposal only with high levels of management control. such as Sunday trading and waste recycling –
and remote storage, according to research Anchor department stores should not be both of which can impact on service yard
carried out for retail property organisation included within the calculations but allowances operations but which are seen as having ‘minor’
BCSC. should be made in case they are converted into effects at the moment.
The new research document, Servicing Areas unit shops at some future date. A more significant impact was seen from the
for Shopping Centres, was produced for BCSC Comments report author Peter Mynors of implementation of more uniform management
by Capita Symonds. It takes forward research Capita Symonds: “Until 1995 we were in a of service areas, the use of entrance barriers and
last conducted in 1995 on 13 centres which situation where local authorities often wanted CCTV, and communications with shop staff via
recommended that new and refurbished centres very large service yards. The 1995 study mobile phones in order that delivery vehicles
should aim for a provision of between 5.5 and identified the amount of space needed to deal can be met and despatched more efficiently
6.5 spaces per 100,000 sq ft GLA (5.9 to 7.0 with unconstrained demand, which was Copies of the report are available to BCSC
spaces per 10,000 sq m). BCSC represents generally a lot less than previous requirements. members by visiting
retailers, owners, developers and others with an Since then, a number of centres have
www.bcsc.org.uk
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