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"Being near Lode Lane is essential for us. We sequence parts to JLR from a base off the M42 and the just-in-time timing has to be perfect. Solihull's road access makes that reliable every single shift."
Freight forwarding for Solihull importers — air, sea and road arranged door to door, customs documentation handled, delivered into Solihull or straight into our warehouse.
Freight forwarding for Solihull: collection at origin, main carriage by air, sea or road, customs documentation prepared and checked, and delivery into Solihull or straight into our Golden Triangle warehouse for unloading and QC from £75 per container. Reached via M42 (J4–J6), M40, A45 and A34, 30 minutes from the DIRFT core. Quote in 2 hours.
Most freight problems happen in the handover between suppliers. The fix is for the handovers to be internal.
The right mode for the cargo and the deadline — air when it has to be there, sea for volume, road for Europe — arranged as one movement rather than three bookings.
Commercial invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin and customs entries prepared and checked before the goods move, not after they are held.
Most forwarders hand you cargo at a dock. We can take it straight into our own building, unload it, check it and hold it.
Freight is quoted per movement because the routing, mode and commodity decide the cost. What is fixed is the handling at this end — unloading, checking and storage all run on the published WSUK rate card.
Pay-per-use published rates with no commitment.
Locked-in rates on multi-year SLAs.
Full and part container loads, port to door.
Deadline-driven air freight and European groupage.
Unload, count against PO and QC before put-away.
Indicative ranges based on standard requirements. Bespoke / hazardous / temperature-controlled goods are quoted separately. Get an exact quote for your volumes →
Solihull occupies a well-heeled slice of the West Midlands across the B90-B93 postcodes, and its logistics story is inseparable from three landmark neighbours: Jaguar Land Rover's Lode Lane plant, the NEC and Birmingham Airport, all strung along the M42. That motorway, running J4-J6 through the borough, is the spine, joined by the M40, the A45 and the A34. The result is a place where advanced automotive manufacturing, aerospace and business services generate a steady, high-value flow of freight rather than sheer pallet volume alone.
The estates reflect that premium character. Blythe Valley Park is a polished business-park setting off the M42, Birmingham Business Park sits close to the airport and NEC, Cranmore serves established industrial tenants, and JLR's Lode Lane operation anchors a whole automotive supply ecosystem around it. Just-in-time delivery is the watchword here - components arriving to a schedule, not a warehouse - so storage and logistics around Solihull often serve as buffer and sequencing space for demanding manufacturing lines rather than long-term bulk holding.
Solihull lies roughly thirty minutes from the DIRFT and Rugby core, connected through the M42 and M40 toward the heart of the Golden Triangle. That positions it on the triangle's western, Birmingham-facing side, where motorway-box access to the M6, M5, M42 and M40 opens up. For businesses needing to serve JLR, feed the NEC's events calendar or move air-freight through Birmingham Airport, a storage footprint near Solihull combines proximity to those anchors with fast onward reach across the wider Midlands.
Freight forwarding is mostly about owning the handovers. For Solihull businesses that means one point of contact for the vessel, the customs entry and the delivery — and, because the warehouse at this end is ours, no argument about booking slots when a vessel runs late.
M42 (J4–J6), M40, A45 and A34.
~30 min from the DIRFT / Rugby Golden-Triangle core.
Automotive (jlr), aerospace and business services.
Operating from the Golden Triangle on M42 (J4–J6), M40, A45 and A34 — around 30 minutes from the DIRFT core, and within easy reach of Birmingham, Coventry and Warwick.
From first contact to live operation, our typical onboarding takes less than a week.
Volumes, SKUs, peak season, integrations. One 10-minute call is enough.
Transparent line-item pricing on a single page — no hidden fees, no jargon.
Walk the floor with our ops team. Bring your operations lead, not just procurement.
Stock in, scanning live, integrations active. Daily standups for the first two weeks.
Local answers for Solihull, plus the questions every freight forwarding client asks.
Its M42 access (J4-J6) plus the M40, A45 and A34, sitting beside JLR's Lode Lane plant, the NEC and Birmingham Airport. That combination suits automotive supply, event logistics and air-freight-linked storage across the B90-B93 area.
Very much so. With JLR's Lode Lane plant on the doorstep, storage near Solihull frequently acts as buffer and sequencing space, feeding components to production lines on schedule via the M42 rather than holding long-term bulk.
Blythe Valley Park offers premium space off the M42, Birmingham Business Park sits near the airport and NEC, and Cranmore serves established industrial tenants. The right choice depends on whether you prioritise prestige, airport access or straightforward industrial units.
Both are right beside the M42 within the borough, minutes from the main estates. Storage near Solihull is ideal for event stock feeding the NEC or time-sensitive goods moving through Birmingham Airport's cargo operations.
Around thirty minutes via the M42 and M40. That places Solihull on the western, Birmingham-facing edge of the Golden Triangle, with quick onward access into the M6/M5/M42/M40 motorway box.
Yes — collection at origin, main carriage by air, sea or road, customs documentation, and delivery into Solihull or straight into our Golden Triangle warehouse. One point of contact and one invoice for the whole movement.
Usually Felixstowe, Southampton, London Gateway, Liverpool or Immingham by sea, and East Midlands, Birmingham or Heathrow by air — all of which feed the motorway network serving Solihull directly.
Yes. Commercial invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin and import or export entries are prepared and checked before the goods move, and we coordinate clearance with the broker.
Freight itself is quoted per movement, since mode, routing and commodity decide it. Handling at this end is published: container unloading and QC from £75, palletising from £12.50, storage from £4.50 per pallet per week.
Yes, and most Solihull importers prefer it. It is unloaded, counted against your PO, inspected, palletised and put away ready to pick — no second company and no waiting for a booking slot somewhere else.
| What you get | WSUK | Generic 3PL / DIY |
|---|---|---|
| Quote returned within 2 hours | Yes | Rarely |
| Air, sea and road arranged as one movement | Yes | Rarely |
| Customs documentation checked before departure | Yes | Rarely |
| One point of contact, one invoice | Yes | Rarely |
| Delivered into our own warehouse | Yes | Rarely |
| Container unloaded and QC-checked from £75 | Yes | Rarely |
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