Premier has opened a new regional distribution centre in the North West. It’s the third expansion by the company since 2019, when it opened a centre in Dartford, followed by another in Bristol last year.
The new 2,787m2 branch at Haydock, near St Helens, will enable Premier to offer a faster and more efficient service to customers across the region. It will also support other Premier branches in the north of England and Scotland.
Mike Banks, northern operations director, said: “Our Liverpool and Manchester sales teams will continue to operate independently, based at the new regional facility, which is just 20 minutes drive from both Liverpool and Manchester city centres.
“We believe that Premier already offers industry leading service, but we are always looking at how we can do things better as our customer base develops and service requirements change. With a vehicle fleet made up of 10 trucks and an articulated lorry, the location will enable us to improve our logistics service across the North West.
“The new branch will keep extensive stocks of our core paper products, such as our Essential range and the UPM Finesse and UPM Fine ranges that we have recently added to our portfolio. In addition Haydock will also be a regional stock centre for our other products and materials. A range of transit packaging will be held on site, together with our growing range of roll and sheet media for the sign and display market. Our aim is to offer the widest choice of products coupled with an industry leading service that continues to meet the changing needs of our customers.”
