Woodland Group secures second facility at iPort Logistics Park in Doncaster

The new 130,458 sq ft distribution facility was secured on a 10-year lease and is now fully operational with 6 clients under contract already.

The iPort location in Doncaster has provided us the space to successfully deliver on our significant growth promise and develop sustainable, forward thinking supply chain solutions, and the ability for our clients to scale their businesses successfully.

iPort’s on-site multimodal freight terminal, iPort Rail, has been instrumental in allowing our growing carbon-conscious solutions to cut carbon across our own and our clients’ supply chains, with us even having launched a dedicated new rail service through iPort Rail for our onsite clients.

This latest addition to the Woodland Group facility portfolio was designed with e-commerce in mind, resulting in the layout, design and material handling in the building all having been carefully thought out to allow us to offer clients a solution which is fit for purpose, not just today but for many years to come.

Having secured several high-profile brands that have requirements from full pallet picking to single order or subscription picking, we have already recruited 40 new team members with a second round of employment planned later in the year.

We are proud of our innovative, easy to do business approach which sees us help brands scale their businesses, not only in the UK but across the globe with the same integrations and core values across all warehouses and distribution centres.

Luke Fermor, Global Head of Fulfilment, Woodland Group, commented: “The Woodland fulfilment business is seeing large growth with strategic clients who trust us with their complete end to end supply chain solutions. It has been a pleasure working with Verdion to deliver a second facility on the iPort estate which allows us to continue to expand our services out of Doncaster. This new dedicated e-commerce facility gives us the ability to store over 15,000 pallets and 12,000 pick locations all being managed by our state-of-the-art, in-house built WMS. This facility will further drive our aim to deliver sustainable supply chains, and we have extensive plans in place to make it our flagship for sustainable development. The investment we are seeing in the South Yorkshire and Doncaster area is very exciting and we are pleased to be a major provider and employer in the area.”

Paul Boughtwood, Chief Operating Officer, Winning Moves (UK) Limited, added: "We are excited to be partnering with Woodland group for our UK warehousing and distribution needs. UK retail is a hugely important part of our business, and we are confident that the new, carbon-conscious, facilities in Doncaster along with the expertise of Woodland group, will facilitate a first-class service for all our clients. We're looking forward to Doncaster enabling the continued availability of everyone's favourite games and puzzles for many years to come."

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