New optical distribution and delivery service

11 April 2014

Our Healthcare business took another important step forward today with the announcement of a new optical distribution and delivery service.

This service will offer optical manufacturers, wholesalers, laboratories and opticians a credible and flexible alternative delivery option to what is currently available.

The new service, being announced at the Optrafair trade exhibition, Olympia, will include:

  • Choice of flexible and scalable delivery options
  • Secure and cost effective solutions
  • Next day timed delivery
  • Same day delivery
  • National network of 39 service centres across the UK and 2,500 plus trained couriers

The optical service builds on our growing presence in the healthcare arena, with delivery services established in pathology, pharmacy and pharmaceutical R&D.

Collaborate UK 2014  How are Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business networks shaping the nation? Download this year's report now to discover more about how SMEs who are ready for growth are improving their competitiveness, as well as more about small businesses' hiring intentions, international opportunities and outsourcing priorities. It’s also diversification of our business in line with the findings of the Collaborate UK 2014 report which we published last month. This discovered that nearly one quarter (24%) of SMEs, like CitySprint, thought diversification important to success in 2014.

We’re diversifying in Healthcare, but with strong foundations and an appreciation that distribution and delivery when connected to people’s health and wellness needs a very different approach. Our highly trained healthcare teams working from a network of 37 service centres across the UK will be ensuring this is the case with our new optical service.


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