Courier lands big drinks contract

PARCEL firm CourierForce has won a national contract with one of Europe's biggest drinks delivery companies, Kuehne and Nagel.

The firm, based in Lee Mill, will be delivering alcohol to pubs and clubs in the UK from 10 K&N depots, including in London, Liverpool, Newcastle and Birmingham.

All the bookings will be handled from CourierForce's Lee Mill head office.

CourierForce, which was established in 2007 and has more than 250 courier drivers nationwide, beat more than 20 other UK companies to secure the deal.

Managing director Ross Mackenzie said: "I'm delighted that CourierForce has shown we can successfully support, on a national basis, a European supplier on the scale of K&N.

"I'm equally delighted that a Plymouth-based firm has managed to beat competition from a number of major UK delivery names in the process.

"That doesn't happen every day – but this fully supports our growth ambitions to diversify the business over the next 12 months," he said.