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Stiller Warehousing and Distribution
warehouse manager Gary Auston and
AddCore head of sales Pamela Pllu inside
Stiller’s new warehouse, which stocks
accessories for Scarborough-based
AddCore as part of a £150,000 deal,
including upside down wine glasses.
Stiller to store upside down wine
glasses as part of £150k deal
By Martin Walker
A thriving warehousing firm is stockholding thousands of items including upside down
wine glasses as part of a new six-figure deal.
S
tiller Warehousing and Distribution
is holding 800 pallets of goods –
weighing an enormous 400 tonnes – for
Scarborough-based import and distribution
firm AddCore.
The new £150,000 contract involves
storing AddCore goods in Stiller’s new state-
of-the-art warehousing facility, which was
completed in 2017, and distributing them
around the UK.
The deal has enabled the family-run firm
to increase turnover, with 2017 sales at the
end of December touching £15m – up from
£11.9m in 2016.
Founded in 2013, AddCore is a small
innovative import and distribution company
specialising in novelty gifts, glassware
and novelty lighting, supplying both multi-
channel retailers and high street businesses
throughout the UK and Europe also with
customers as far away as Dubai.
Stiller managing director Matthew Stiller
said: “AddCore is the perfect client for us
because they’re utilising both sides of our
business.
“We’re both storing goods for AddCore as
well as distributing them around the whole
of the UK via the Palletline network, of which
we’re members.
“Our team began working with AddCore
towards the end of last year to support
them in the busy run-up to Christmas and in
December we were shipping on average 10
pallets a day, involving five tonnes of goods,
so it’s a good contract win for us.
“This and other significant contract wins
last year has enabled us to increase turnover
and we expect our final sales figure for 2017
to be just short of £15m, which is an excellent
financial result.”
Stiller completed a new 40,000 sq ft, 10
meter tall warehouse at its premises in March
2017 costing £750,000, adding to the firm’s
impressive facilities at its 22-acre site in
Aycliffe.
AddCore head of sales Pamela Pllu said:
“We chose Stiller for our warehousing and
distribution needs because they have the
capabilities to help us grow our business.
“The large modern warehousing facilities
are the perfect solution to fulfil our customer
service guarantee, offering a 24-hour dispatch
of our products and our aim is to reach a
better than service standard of same day
dispatch.
“The team at Stiller are willing to adapt
and change to the needs of our business.
Although our relationship is in its infancy we
are showing positive signs of this relationship
growing with our business.”
She added: “The future is certainly bright
for AddCore, with our ever growing product
range and our team of product designers
developing our in house designs which are
growing year on year, we are now able to
offer an even wider range of products.”
Stiller’s staff numbers climbed to 170
in 2017 and the firm expects to create
more jobs with the creation of a new £2m
distribution centre, set to be completed later
this year and take staff numbers to 190.
The 50,000 sq ft palletised distribution
centre will be the largest of its type in the
North East and will allow Stiller to load 30
vehicles at any one time.
Stiller has invested almost £9m in
equipment, people and facilities over the last
three years, including warehousing facilities
and a fleet of new vehicles.
Stiller provides cost-effective warehousing
and distribution services to businesses in
the North-East region as well as commercial
property lettings and is also a member and
major shareholder in Palletline, a national co-
operative network of 70 companies.
More about Stiller can be found at
www.stiller.co.uk