B&M quarduples port throughput
B&M RETAIL, the Liverpool-based company owned by Simon and Bobby Arora, has announced plans to quadruple the amount of goods it ships through Liverpool’s port after agreeing a deal with Peel Ports.
The firm will now be importing around 12,000 container units of consumer goods a year – largely from the Far East – to Liverpool in 2012, as opposed to using ports on the south of England.
B&M Retail moved its own headquarters and distribution depot to a 600,000 sq ft building, The Vault, at Speke in south Liverpool in 2010, which is just 14 miles from the Port of Liverpool.
Managing director Bobby Arora said: “Our partnership with the Port of Liverpool has been pivotal to our supply chain and I am in no doubt their cooperation, hard work and dedication to B&M has played a significant part in our success.
“Our relationship will continue to grow along with our business.”
Paul McCoy, business manager at Peel Ports Mersey, which operates both the Port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal, said: “This is further proof that the strategy of importing through the Port of Liverpool offers real benefits to UK importers.
He added: “Liverpool is the most centrally positioned deep sea port in the UK, ideally situated to serve all cargo bound for Northern Britain. We are delighted that this has been recognised by B&M Retail.”