Europa Air & Sea renews contract with The Works

Europa Road has announced a new partnership with Gardner Distribution, strengthening its logistics operation by expanding its reach across the South West region.

Europa Air & Sea, a division of Europa Worldwide Group, has been re-awarded a long-standing contract with The Works, a UK retailer of value books, arts, crafts, toys, gifts and stationery.

The Works, which employs more than 3,000 people and operates 500 stores across the UK, serves 22.5m customers each year, with more than 40,000 different products sold annually.

Europa Air & Sea has worked with The Works for 5 years and as of March 2020 will continue to oversee and manage its inbound movements for another term. Since the contract was last renewed, Europa Air & Sea has handled The Works’ inbound supply chain from various worldwide origins, utilising Europa’s Order Management system, claiming that it gives The Works full transparency from supplier to final destination.

Mark Haywood, Procurement Manager of The Works, said: “Europa performed beyond expectations during a busy peak trading period for us in 2019, including in their inbound management at both Felixstowe and Southampton ports and at the rail head in Coleshill”.

Angus Hind, Europa Air & Sea Director, stated: “I am delighted that we have been able to continue our partnership with The Works again following an exciting period of growth for the business as it opened 50 new stores in 2019. At Europa Air & Sea we’ve invested heavily in our IT infrastructure and services. With the recent uncertainty caused by Brexit and Coronavirus, the supply chain must be as transparent and versatile as possible. This remains a priority for us.”

Europa Air & Sea has offices in the UK and Hong Kong and a turnover of £35m. In the past five years, it has centralised its Air services in Heathrow and its Sea services in Birmingham. The division aims for further growth this year, with the intention of embedding at least one Air & Sea Business Development Manager at each of Europa Road’s 13 European road freight branches throughout the UK.

Source: Europa Worldwide Group