Stobart wins three-year Britvic contract

TRANSPORT business Eddie Stobart has secured a new three-year distribution contract with soft drinks firm Britvic.

Under the terms of the deal Carlisle and Warrington-based Eddie Stobart, part of the quoted Stobart Group, will make UK deliveries to Britvic’s factories and to customers.

Stobart said the multi-million pound contract was the largest awarded by Britvic in the UK and cemented a 20-year relationship between the two businesses.

Chief executive Andrew Tinkler said: “We’re extremely pleased to have this opportunity to build upon our long-term partnership with Britvic. Our multimodal logistics offering will help deliver efficiency benefits and, through our rail freight network, Stobart Group can help Britvic meet, and even exceed, its carbon reduction targets.

“Our business model and tracking systems increase client confidence by providing operational information that most other companies can’t deliver.”