As a way of offering practical help, and with the cost-of-living crisis affecting everyone in the UK, family business and total supply chain solutions provider Oakland International has launched a subsidised employee Food Box scheme. Oakland International Chief
With sustainability top of our agenda Oakland International is delighted with employee uptake of our latest employee ‘Cycle2Work’ scheme. Offering a range of financial and health benefits, the scheme is open to all Oakland employees. Statistics indicate that
Having completed a major transition to a dedicated purpose-built hub in 2022, Oakland International’s accredited distress load management (DLM) service is continuing to enjoy increased demand with plans to expand the team over the coming year. A service
A new work-skills training initiative, designed to help adults affected by homelessness, between the ages of 18 and 35, has launched and will run for a period of 8-weeks based at Oakland International’s Redditch HQ. The ‘Work It
Continuing their focus of introducing sustainable initiatives wherever possible, total supply chain solutions specialist, Oakland International, is seeing their electrification plans expand as uptake grows amongst employees. Introducing electric vehicles (EV) to their fleet some ten-years ago, Oakland
A delighted charity cyclist-team of Oakland International colleagues and friends have raised an amazing £10,000 for children’s charity Molly Olly’s after completing a gruelling 180-mile bike ride. Cycling from York to Warwick as part of the charity’s 10-year
Total supply chain solutions specialist, Oakland International, has demonstrated its commitment as a business to benefit people, communities, and the planet, by taking the first step in the B Corp certification process and joining this fast-growing movement of
A mix of Oakland International colleagues and friends are preparing to take part in a 180-mile bike ride from York to Warwick (8th to 10th July) to raise funds for Molly Olly’s Wishes as part of the charity’s
Total supply chain solutions specialist, Oakland International, has appointed Vera Bruntink as Sustainability Manager to drive forward their programme of sustainable and environmental initiatives throughout its group of businesses. Having studied economics in the Netherlands and a marketing
Having previously financed and sent fifty trucks full of aid into Ukraine, total supply chain solutions specialist Oakland International focussed its efforts on packing up to 20,000 boxes full of food daily from their Leicestershire depot in Bardon
Since launching in 1998, Oakland has grown substantially to a group of businesses which expect to break through the £100m turnover hurdle by the end of 2022 through core activities including temperature-controlled supply chain and case consolidation, co-packing,
Total supply chain solutions specialist Oakland International has launched a sustainable, fully reusable temperature-controlled packaging unit, for home and business direct delivery. The OakRA unit (Oakland Returnable Asset). The purpose of the OakRA is to replace large quantities
A 1,608-solar panel system developed, designed, and installed by BeBa Energy has been completed at Oakland International’s Bardon facility in Leicestershire. Producing enough power to run 265 2-bedroom homes and reducing Oakland’s carbon emissions equivalent to taking 12.19
With sustainability being top of the agenda, Oakland International’s distribution business doubled in 2021 with further investment planned in sustainable technologies and electric vehicles over the coming 12-months set to bring their fleet to over 100 prime movers.
Oakland International, confirming our environmental commitment, has joined the Business Ambition for 1.5oC Campaign of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and, as a result, has also joined the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Race