Our Acer Notebook Competition has now been drawn. There were as expected few entries with the correct answers. Almost without exception entrants believed TNT and DHL were British. There are in fact only a few British owned carriers left.
APC Overnight are of course British. UK mail (Formerly Business Post Group), Nightfreight, Tuffnells, The Royal Mail/Parcelforce, XDP, and to a lesser degree the Home Delivery Co, and Hermes, who are really developments of the Catalogue delivery people.
We had four entrants who got it right, The winning entrant was drawn out by Colette in our depot .
Andrew Barnes who is employed by the Teacherboards company on Skiptons Airedale Business Park, Was the lucky winner and Andrew will hopefully receive his notebook before the christmas break.
A new competition will be launched in the new year.
Meantime thank you for entering, May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and
a Prosperous new Year.
David Howson and all at the Euro-Tran Team in Skipton.
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Northumberland photographer wins national photo competition – Surprise winner in the APC Overnight National Photography Competition.
Press Release:
The Stunning Winner
Andrew Cogan of Haltwhistle, Northumberland, was a surprise winner in a hotly contested national photography competition sponsored by the UK’s largest parcel network, APC Overnight. The competition centred on local themes picturing the best of Britain for a 2009 Calendar. Andrew’s photograph of St. Mary’s Lighthouse north of Whitley Bay features as the August 2009 calendar page. The calendar is being sent free to companies around the country via the APC Overnight parcel network.
The competition was open to APC Overnight’s own staff and depots as well as their customers working for thousands of companies around the UK, whether or not they were professional photographers or keen amateurs. The winners each receive a framed copy of their winning photograph, copies of calendars to give to family and friends, as well as a celebratory bottle of champagne.
“We were delighted with the response to our first national photography competition. Judging the competition was not an easy task as the standard of entries was outstanding. Andre Cogan thoroughly deserves this accolade and we are pleased that his work features in the calendar,” said Jon Barber, Marketing Director, APC Overnight.
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APC OVERNIGHT BUYS FREEHOLD OF NATIONAL SORTATION CENTRE AT ESSINGTON
- second site also leased to increase capacity
- volumes up 17 per cent
APC Overnight has acquired the freehold of its National Sortation Centre at Essington, as it continues to expand its operation with volumes up 17 per cent since April.
Part of the Essington operation
Furthermore, as a direct result of continued and future projected expansion, the company has leased a second site adjacent to its main hub at Essington. Vince Friery, Director of Communications for APC Overnight commented: “The decision to acquire the freehold of our National Sortation Centre enables us to plan for the long term. We had previously outgrown hubs four times in nine years. We are in our eleventh year in business and can now consolidate our headquarters at our National Sortation Centre for many years to come.”
APC moved into its new National Sortation Centre just over two years ago but further growth of the business also led the company to lease the second facility which has enabled APC to separate out its ever-increasing traffic bound for Scotland. He added “We decided to put our Scottish bound consignments into this second building to allow faster turnarounds for the longer distance trunking routes and the benefit of increased efficiency has already been felt. “In addition the site also offers us a larger marshalling area for our trunking vehicles and this too has helped improve efficiency.“Outgrowing our facilities is a wonderful problem to have and whilst the second building at Essington does currently meet our requirements, we are mindful that we must also accommodate further growth in the years ahead. We are already looking at other suitable regional hub sites, both in the North and in the South.”
ENDS
Editor’s Note: For further information please contact Century Public Relations Tel: 024 7622 8881.
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