JOINT MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT Embargoed until 16.00hrs on Monday 2nd March 2015 CLC INTERNATIONAL (UK) – the Hampshire-based Christian wholesaler and retailer is pleased to announce that premises have now been identified in the city of Chester in northern England for the relocation of its Alresford warehouse. The property search criteria used for the new location was ‘to be within two hours of the main parcel carrier hubs (FedEx, UPS and DPD) in the West Midlands’. Chester is also just two hours by train from London Euston. CLC’s property search has concentrated in the Chester, Runcorn and North Wales area, following discussions with Eden.co.uk, its major Christian internet customer. Eden, which has seen revenue growth of 25% throughout 2014, had already been searching for larger warehouse premises when CLC announced its plans to relocate. EDEN.CO.UK - the Chester-based Christian internet retailer - will take a lease of part of a new CLC warehouse facility from which to further develop their business. Both entities will remain respectively as an independent business and as a charity. Eden.co.uk is currently providing the ecommerce fulfilment platform for the CLC consumer website at www.clcbookshops.com, and is also a major customer of CLC Wholesale. In our joint view, locating CLC and Eden.co.uk together in the Chester area will bring important synergies to both entities, and also to the wider UK trade. Eden.co.uk and CLC International (UK) will continue to explore ways of working together, and aligning their two operations more closely through the use of their shared resources and expertise. Eden.co.uk and CLC International (UK) would commend this important venture, and the hurdles still to be overcome, to your prayers. It is hoped that the move from Alresford to Chester will be completed during 2015. For further information, contact: Gareth Mulholland (for Eden.co.uk) at gareth.mulholland@eden.co.uk Eddie Olliffe (for CLC International UK) at eddieolliffe@gmail.com ENDS
Joint Announcement: CLC and Eden, March 2015
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