( Left to right ): North East England Chamber of Commerce chief executive John McCabe , The Children ’ s Foundation chief executive Sean Soulsby and Stiller managing director Matthew Stiller .
STILLER HELPS SMALL BUSINESSES AND CHARITY WITH FULFILMENT CENTRE SERVICE
Enabling local businesses to grow and supporting a North-East charity to help more families in need are among the first benefits of Stiller Warehousing and Distribution ’ s new designated fulfilment facility .
The 68-year-old Newton Aycliffe firm has provided a fulfilment service for numerous suppliers for many years , but has never had a designated fulfilment location before now . It has opened its fulfilment service at the centre of Stiller ’ s main site on Aycliffe Business Park , completing all the processes that happen after an order has taken place , from accepting the order to storage , picking , packaging , shipping , and handling returns .
Thomas Prentice , business development manager at Stiller , said : “ We used to give our customers a fulfilment solution upon request , but it wasn ’ t a service we wanted to distinctly offer before .
“ Now , we are offering this to all clients because we have got the designated fulfilment facility to do this .”
The fulfilment centre is already helping the firm ’ s chosen charity – the Newcastle RVI ’ s Children ’ s Foundation – by storing its MaM boxes and all the items needed to care for a new baby that go in them , before assembling and distributing them to selected new mums across the North-East . The box itself transforms into a cot for newborns .
The initiative also has the support of John McCabe , chief executive of the North East Chamber of Commerce , who is in training to do the Great North Run for the Children ’ s Foundation .
John added it was “ fantastic ” to see two Chamber members , Stiller and Amazon , working together to give our region ’ s children the best start in life .
“ The MaM Baby Box project is outstanding ,” he said .
“ I ’ m looking forward to giving the Children ’ s Foundation North East my own support , by doing the Great North Run on its behalf , helping to raise much-needed funds .”
Sean Soulsby , chief executive at The Children ’ s Foundation , said : “ Caring for babies is a really important , but very difficult job , and it takes the whole community , including the business community , to make a difference .
“ Stiller ’ s commitment in-kind to support our project via their new fulfilment centre in terms of safe storage , assembly and distribution of our Baby Boxes is flagship in terms of cross sector commitment to local children and families , ultimately the future workforce . “ Throughout the pandemic babies and new parents have often been overlooked . The North-East ’ s child poverty figures speak for themselves .
“ Our baby boxes are unique and a first to take a developmental approach to the child . We want to remind new parents and families that they are cared for , and to promote a best start in life for all children born here in the North-East .”
Stiller ’ s new fulfilment facility is also boosting the local economy , helping small businesses grow significantly by removing the hassle of storing their products and picking and packing each order .
Thomas added : “ The service completes the circle , especially for our e-commerce clients , making us a one stop shop when it comes to warehousing , picking and packing and distribution .
“ We ’ ve had at least six or seven new startups contacting us recently that previously didn ’ t fit our business model .
“ One was working out of his garage of two pallets of stock and he can now grow his business with our help on the fulfilment side . “ We are pleased to be able to offer this service to businesses of all sizes .”
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