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Europa gets urgent beds to new hospital

Europa Warehouse and its transport team in Dartford jumped into action this weekend to deliver beds to the NHS Nightingale coronavirus hospital at ExCel in East London. Europa's client Accora UK received a call at 8pm on Friday evening from the NHS requiring specialist beds urgently Working through the night Europa's team of 10 worked closely with Accora to pick and despatch 300 specialist beds with a team of four drivers. Europa Warehouse ... [+]

Italy normal for now, says Europa

Group operations director at Europa Worldwide Group, Dan Cook, said the groupage operator was, in late March continuing to operate three scheduled round trips per day between Como and its 1Hub in Dartford. He commented: “The drivers are therefore consistently on the route, and testament to them, we have had ... [+]

If it works for you…

Europa Air & Sea has been re-awarded its long-standing contract with The Works, a UK multi-channel specialist retailer of value books, arts, crafts, toys, gifts and stationery. The forwarder has worked with The Works for five years and will continue to oversee and manage its inbound movements for another term. [caption ... [+]

Watson to head up Europa Corby sales

Europa Warehouse has appointed Sally Watson its first head of sales at its Corby, hub which is set to open this summer. She joined Europa as a senior account manager in 2014. [caption id="attachment_29249" align="alignleft" width="300"] Picture by Edward Moss[/caption] [+]

Leeds seven celebrate sixth birthday

The Leeds branch of Europa Road is celebrating six years since it opened in December 2013. Driven by branch manager Stuart McKie, the team of seven - which is based at Calder Park in Wakefield - offers a comprehensive import and export road freight service with Europe and has celebrated ... [+]

Europa sets sights on a billion

Europa Worldwide Group managing director Andrew Baxter says the Dartford-based groupage and logistics operator hopes to hit a turnover of £1bn by 2027 through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth. The company reached turnover of £205m  and a profit of £6m in its annual financial results for the year ending 31 December 2019. Since Baxter acquired ... [+]

Europa appoints IT chief

Europa Worldwide Group has appointed Chris Mitchell as head of IT. He previously held a similar position at a major Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) provider in the hospitality and retail sector. He will be responsible for Europa’s IT helpdesk and infrastructure teams and is already involved in launching the ... [+]

Europa thinks outside the box

Europa Worldwide Group’s Europa Road arm has set up a non-network solutions department at its Sheffield branch, focusing on import, export and cross-trade full and part loads. It will work alongside the existing team in Birmingham which focuses on the dedicated express van work and management of full and part load ... [+]

Ex-Aldi man to run Europa property

Europa Worldwide Group has appointed Alec Kirkbride as its first head of property to lead construction of its new £60 million, 715,000sq ft third party logistics facility in Corby, due to be completed next year. He brings experience in managing large-scale infrastructure construction projects and experience in negotiating complex procurement contracts and previously worked ... [+]

Europa breaks ground on Corby hub

Europa Worldwide Group has started work on its £60 million, 715,000sq ft  logistics facility at Midlands Logistics Park in Corby, due for completion in June 2020. It will become the company largest facility in the UK and will form part of its Europa Warehouse arm’s 3PL logistics offering. The company says it will double ... [+]

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