JCB says hundreds of jobs secured with global logistics deal
JCB says it has guaranteed the future of hundreds of jobs after signing a deal with a new global logistics partner.
The UK digger maker said it has awarded a multi-million pound five-year contract to make Danish transport giant Maersk Logistics its new lead logistics provider.
The global contract will start early next year and will see Maersk collaborate with Unipart Logistics in keeping JCB’s 10 UK production sites in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham supplied with parts from the JCB World Logistics Centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
JCB said the number of jobs at the main logistics centre had grown more than fourfold since opening in 2013 and the new contract secured the jobs of the 260 people working there. It also supports an additional 160 people working across JCB’s Staffordshire plants.
JCB recently revealed that sales and profits were up after taking a big hit during lockdown, though management warned of po
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