Logistics firm Wincanton has been awarded a multi-million pound five-year contract by supermarket group Morrisons to operate its first ever dedicated UK convenience distribution centre in London. The contract is for combined warehouse and transport operations, supported by Wincanton's system platform.
Plexus Holdings, the oil and gas engineering services business, is to pocket £1.15m from Talisman Energy, which wants to use Plexus's proprietary POS-GRIP high pressure/high temperature and standard pressure POS-GRIP wellhead and mudline suspension equipment for two wells in the Norwegian North Sea.
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