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Briggs Equipment wins major contract with Peel Ports Group

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Briggs Equipment wins major contract

with Peel Ports Group

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Landlocked Cannock may not have many associations with the sea, but a major employer in the town has secured a £38million contract with one of the UK's largest port groups.

Briggs Equipment is now the primary supplier of materials handling services to Peel Ports Group, which owns and operates seven of the UK and Ireland's most important ports.

This success builds on the long-standing relationship between Briggs and Peel Ports, through a partnership at the Liverpool operation that spans 22 years. The contract was secured with a compelling proposition that demonstrates value and innovation.

Jamie Gardner, Group Procurement Manager at Peel Ports Group, said: "Briggs Equipment was able to demonstrate a strong track record of delivery during the tender process which was supported by an attractive commercial proposal that delivered the best overall value for Peel Ports.

"The new agreement will deliver a significant fleet refresh to Peel Ports with embedded flexibility to account for growth and changing business conditions in the years to come. We look forward to developing our partnership with Briggs across the Peel Ports Group and maximising our materials handling capability to meet the needs of our customers."

The seven-year contract includes a three-year extension option and is across 10 sites. Briggs will provide full service and maintenance support for in excess of 400 materials handling assets, the majority of which have been acquired on a long term rental basis.

Gary Clements, Strategic Development Director at Briggs Equipment, said: "We look forward to adding considerable value to Peel Ports operations through innovation and long term collaboration. Leveraging our differentiated offering and placing our customers at the heart of everything we do reinforces our position as a unique supplier within the UK marketplace."

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Editor's Notes

About Briggs Equipment

Briggs Equipment is a unique engineering and equipment provider, which relishes delivering innovation. With a team of more than 600 engineers throughout the UK, the company also provides global equipment and maintenance support though its partnership with the Ministry of Defence.

In addition to being the sole UK distributor for Yale and Hyster forklifts, Briggs enjoys strategic partnerships that offer customers a total solution and services all the equipment it sells. So, whether it's new, used or short-term hire equipment, Briggs has a proposition far more reaching than materials handling.The company's market leading fleet management tool, BE Portal, plays a pivotal role in driving up standards of customer service and its in-house financing capability, BE Finance, offers customers greater flexibility. Briggs is transforming the industry by placing customers at the heart of everything it does.

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About Liverpool2

Liverpool2 will allow global shippers ‘ship-to-door' access to the UK's major import centres via the most economic and lowest carbon route, and provide northern UK-based exporters with a more competitive route to market. The £300m construction programme comprises a new quay wall, land reclamation to create the 16 hectare site, dredging of a new 16.5m deep berthing pocket, installation of eight 24-wide ship-to-shore quay cranes and 22 cantilever rail mounted gantry cranes, and associated supporting infrastructure works.

www.liverpool2.com

About Peel Ports and the Peel Group

Peel Ports is one of the UK's largest port groups, owning and operating seven of the UK and Ireland's most important ports. It handles 70 million tonnes of cargo every year. It is headquartered in Liverpool and employs around 1200 staff. Peel Ports is part of the Peel Group, one of the UK's foremost privately-owned investment enterprises. Our strategy embraces a broad range of sectors - land and property; transport and logistics; retail and leisure; energy and media, with assets owned or under management of more than £5 billion. Group investment policy is focused on actively managing our diverse portfolio, enhancing the quality of our assets and recycling capital over the long-term.

http://www.peelports.co.uk/

www.peelgroup.global

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