Whistl, the second largest postal operator in the UK, has officially opened its new Scottish depot.
The company has moved its existing Coatbridge operations to a 54,000 sq ft 'Super Depot' in Tannochside, Uddingston, triple the size of its former home.
Whistl CEO Nick Wells was joined by newly-elected MP Phil Boswell to celebrate the event.
“The tripling of our capacity in Scotland with Tannochside will allow Whistl to further expand our customer base and continue to provide a high quality and cost efficient service,” Wells said in a company statement.
“We are delighted to be investing further in Scotland, enabling more businesses and the public sector to benefit from our cost efficient postal solutions and dedicated Account Management. This investment demonstrates our commitment to and leading role within the UK postal market,” Wells said in a company statement.
Formerly known as TNT Post, Whistl has operated in Scotland over the past nine years and collects and sorts an average of two million items of mail a week before handing over to Royal Mail for delivery.
Across the UK, the company handles 3.75 billion items of mail per year.
Whistl collects mail and packets from 250 individual collection points across Scotland, with 1,200 clients in the public and private sector including Aegon and Standard Life.
There are daily collections from as far as Inverness and Elgin, with the Western Isles Council being the most remote customer, using Whistl for its Hybrid Mail services.
The Tannochside depot is highly-automated and the site employs 150 people in a wide range of jobs including operations and transport. It has developed roles for young people starting out in work through the Whistl apprenticeship scheme, the statement added.
