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Dave O’Brien joins Davies Turner board

Davies Turner has appointed Dave O’Brien to the board of directors at its surface freight subsidiary, Davies Turner & Co.He joined the company in 1990 when he joined as Turkish import manager and helped grow traffic from a few trailers per week to over 110 currently, making it one of Davies Turner’s major trade lanes.In 2024, he became head of global accounts, whilst maintaining his oversight of the company’s Turkish ... [+]

Davies Turner soups up car-maker’s supply chain

High-end automotive firm Great British Sports Cars says that its continuing logistics partnership with forwarder Davies Turner is allowing it expand into global markets.  Davies Turner recently handled the shipment of two of its Zero vehicles from the UK to the US.The Zero is a beefed-up version of Colin Chapman's ... [+]

Medical firm signs up for three more years with Davies Turner

Medical device company Owen Mumford has renewed its long-standing logistics partnership with Davies Turner for three years. Under the renewed contract, Davies Turner will provide UK logistics, EU exports and NHS fulfilment services. It will service the business from one of its logistics fulfilment centres in Bristol.Global logistics manager at ... [+]

Davies Turner is perfect fit for clothing brand

Following the opening of its logistics fulfilment centre at Atherstone in the Midlands, clothing and fashion brand Lyle & Scott has selected Davies Turner Logistics to provide third party warehousing, and management of final mile logistics fulfilment in the UK for the next five years. The omnichannel contract encompasses all of ... [+]

Davies Turner goes 7UP with Atherstone hub

UK freight forwarder Davies Turner has opened its seventh bespoke third party logistics facility at Atherstone in the Midlands.The multi-user hub is fully Customs-bonded, with 140,000 sq ft of warehousing, incorporating a high bay fully racked area. With an eaves height of 17 metres, is is suitable for VNA (very ... [+]

Türkiye trade deal is good news for UK says Davies Turner

Davies Turner has welcomed a commitment by the UK and Türkiye (Turkey) to negotiate a new Free Trade Agreement. A tariff-free arrangement with the EU, which had signed a customs union with Türkiye, was rolled over after Brexit but this covered only trade in good, not areas such as services, digital ... [+]

Davies Turner extends point of origin control service to Morocco

Davies Turner is launching point of origin quality control and compliance procedures in Morocco, a service first developed for clients sourcing from Turkey The forwarder is opening an inspection facility with its partner in Morocco for a large online fashion retailer, which sources product from the country, for shipment to fulfilment ... [+]

Davies Turner welcomes closer Türkiye ties

Freight forwarder Davies Turner welcomed the news on 18 July that the UK and Türkiye (Turkey) have committed to negotiate an updated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and deepen the relationship between the two countries. Tariff-free arrangements like the one signed in 2020, which was rolled over from when the UK left ... [+]

Third safety gold in a row for Davies Turner

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has awarded forwarder Davies Turner a Gold Award for the third consecutive year. Group health and safety, insurance and environmental manager, Carl Inman, said: “In a very competitive awards scheme, to receive a Gold Award once is an achievement. To score a ... [+]

DT’s DDP offers smooth sailing for exporters

Davies Turner says it is seeing excellent results from the full Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) solution for UK to EU export service introduced after Brexit. The DDP solution is available to most EU countries. Head of European network, Danny Southby,  explained that the service can simplify shipping for some EU-based businesses ... [+]