DHL is planning to spend £190m creating 10 new collection and delivery depots across the UK.
The plan is part of a £482m investment pledged by the German logistics firm across its UK e-commerce operation, DHL Parcel UK. Under the plans a further 20 existing sites will be expanded.
The locations of the new sites have been chosen to reduce the distance required to serve customers, enabling further roll-out of electric vans and improving speed of service, the company said.
Nearly half of the overall investment will go towards building a new 250,000 sq ft hub in a SEGRO warehouse park south of Coventry Airport, which will be able to handle more than 500,000 items a day and is expected to create more than 600 new jobs.
The hub will have a 48-door, cross-dock facility so that products from a manufacturer are distributed directly to customers, with little or no storage required. The hub will also use high-speed equipment for automatic sorting of items of different sizes and weight.
