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New DPD hub keeps it in the capital

[ November 10, 2023   //   ]

Parcel delivery company DPD has officially opened a new £40m regional sorting centre in Bromley-By-Bow, East London that will deliver up to 80,000 parcels into the capital each day.

A 430 metre long conveyor system will automatically sort all intra-London parcels for next-day delivery on-site, instead of trunking them to the Midlands and back for sorting.   

The  ceremony was performed by the Secretary of State for Transport, The Rt Hon Mark Harper MP (pictured left). 

The new facility, the size of 8.5 football pitches, will create 650 new jobs when fully operational early in the new year and will mean that DPD’s delivery service within London’s North and South Circular roads will be all-electric.  

DPD UK chief executive Elaine Kerr  (pictured right) commented, “This investment represents another huge step towards our net zero goals and, I believe, demonstrates the new gold standard for a green parcel delivery operation in London, or any city. It is also great to be able to share our vision with so many of our retail partners, who have backed us on this journey to create genuinely cleaner and greener solutions for their customers.”

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