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Woodland Sport sponsors golf star

The Woodland Sport arm of Essex-based forwarder Woodland Group has signed a sponsorship agreement with rising pro golf star Chloe Rogers to act in an ambassador role for 2016. Chloe Rogers is currently best known for her international hockey career, capped 162 times for the England and Great Britain women's hockey teams and she won an Olympic Bronze Medal at London 2012. Woodland Group provide financial and logistical support as she ... [+]

No need to be stumped by logistics problems

Essex forwarder Woodland Group has launched a dedicated sports logistics division,, including a members-only buying consortium for cricket clubs. Woodland Sports Logistics is headed by Deborah Smith, who joined the Woodland Group from Essex Cricket Club, and is the first forwarder to offer a buyers’ club to its clients. It has already ... [+]

Fulfilment centre satisfies logistics need

Freight forwarder Woodland Group has opened a 155, 000sq ft fulfilment centre at its Chelmsford, Essex headquarters. The multi-million pound investment has been made to satisfy client demand for third party logistics (3PL) services, says fulfilment manager, Luke Fermor. “We took what was a small, clean yet basic transit shed ... [+]

Vinyl fuels airfreight boom

Sales – and airfreighting - of vinyl records are booming, says Woodland Entertainment, a specialist division of Essex-based specialist publishing forwarder Woodland Group. With the launch of the UK's first weekly vinyl chart by the Official Charts Company in April, director of Woodland Entertainment, Maurizio Piroddi, says: “Despite predictions ... [+]

Woodland blooms in New York

Essex-based Woodland Group has moved its Woodland Media arm's US operation to larger premises in New York. Woodland Media, which provides specialist logistics services to the print and publishing sector, has opened a 22,500 sq ft warehouse facility in Kearny, New Jersey, close to Newark Liberty International Airport and headed ... [+]

Oiling the wheels of trade

Freight forwarder Woodland Group has signed a new three-year deal with automotive aftermarket supplier Comma to distribute lubricants, chemicals and ancillaries – the first time the Essex-based company has been appointed to work for a large chemicals industry player on a sole supplier basis. Woodland will move 10 million litres ... [+]

Woodland Media opens in Hong Kong

Essex forwarder Woodland Group's Woodland Media publishing division has opened a new office in Hong Kong. The new Hong Kong operation, which officially opened earlier this month, has been established with the support of Woodland's long-term agency partner IFB International Freightbridge. Former Activair (Hong Kong) managing director of Activair (Hong Kong), ... [+]

It’s game on around the world, thanks to Woodland

Essex forwarder the Woodland Group is to handle all international logistics for SOS Kit Aid, which recycles sports kit for the benefit of young people in the UK and overseas. Established by rugby-mad dad John Broadfoot, it gives kids the opportunity to play and enjoy sport using kit that would ... [+]

Strange behaviour of the Woodland folk

Staff at an Essex freight forwarder Woodland decided to have a go at the Internet phenomenon, the Harlem Shake, raising £1,000 for Comic Relief. The bad news for anyone who took part and since regretted it is that the clip has been posted on Youtube and sent to clients and ... [+]

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