hi,

Can anybody help me with this one. Its for Smith news newspaper Depot in harlow.
The website is http://www.smithsnews.co.uk
The phone number is: 0845 121 8652

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~ Edited by Dave: Thread title amended

In the title of this thread you have put Harlow and Stevenage. The Depot Directory gives this 0845 number for Stevenage but none for Harlow. In your posting you said it's for Harlow.

So which is it and why have you mentioned both?  :-?

We have a number for Smiths News Croydon depot and that's it. Some others have be requested but we haven't worked them out. I note that Smiths News uses 0845 numbers for all contact, including the head office, 0845 123 0000. A proper number for head office might be 01793 563999. Feedback on this number will be appreciated.

I noticed you asked for the number for a Menzies News Distribution depot to which that underlying number has been found. So have you switched providers?

I've come across a number for Stevenage depot on Smiths News' website which now no longer exists, but Googled cached on 6 October:

http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:qIucUUA3XcMJ:www.smithsnews.co.uk/smithsnews/do/getHouse%3Fid%3D59%26name%3DStevenage+site:smithsnews.co.uk+01438

Telephone number is 01438 365395.

The depot address for Harlow is given as:

Units 1 & 2,
Scmitar Park,
Roydon Road,
Harlow,
CM19 5GU


I think that this report in the Harlow Herald of 3 August 2009 might be useful:

http://www.harlowherald.co.uk/content/hlwherald/news/story.aspx?brand=HLHOnline&category=NewsHarlow&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestHLH&itemid=WEED03%20Aug%202009%2015%3A12%3A57%3A387


Quote:

Smiths News steps in as Dawson News goes into administration 15:09 - 03 August 2009 SMITHS News, the UK's leading wholesaler of newspapers and magazines, has taken emergency action to safeguard the supply of newspapers and magazines in Harlow. Dawson News previously distributed much of the area's newspapers and magazines. Unfortunately, Dawson News went into administration today (Monday). With such a sudden development, newsagents across the area could have stopped getting daily newspapers as well as weekly and monthly magazines. […]

The fact that this depot is a new one in Smiths' network might explain why the website doesn't list a contact telephone number yet. No doubt that they will be ordering new 0845 numbers for what were Dawson's depots.

Dawson's website is still up at the moment and lists a number for Harlow: [url=www.dawsonnews.co.uk[/url]]www.dawsonnews.co.uk[/url]

Sure enough, a search of BT Phonebook for dawson in cm19 returns three results:


Quote:

1. Dawson News Tel: (01279) 454546 Scimitar Pk, Harlow, CM19 5GU 2. Dawson News Tel: (01279) 424606 Scimitar Pk Roydon Rd, Harlow, CM19 5GU 3. Dawson News Tel: (01279) 626789 Unit 1a Roydon Rd, Harlow, CM19 1XX

I also came across this page that has since been removed from Smiths News' website, but is cached by Google:

http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:CXUmr0-sfeAJ:www.smithsnews.com/smithsnews/jsp/SN_DawsonDepot_Page.jsp+%22smiths+news%22+harlow


Quote:

Dawson Dept Directory Coventry The Leofric Business Park, Progress close, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 2TF 02476 650595 Shrewsbury Unit 1 & 2, March Way, Battlefield Enterpise Park, Harlescott Lane, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3JE 01743 446044 Aberystwyth (sub-depot) 01743 446044 Bristol North Unit A, B and C, Riverside Business Park, St. Annes Road, St. Annes, Bristol, BS4 4ED 0845 389 3828 Swindon (sub-depot) 0845 389 3828 Brislington Unit 11, Unicorn Business Park, Brislington, Bristol, BS4 4EX 0845 3893828 Taunton (sub-depot) 0845 3893828 Yeovil (sub-depot) 0845 3893828 Exeter A1 2 & 3 Kingfisher Way, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, Devon. EX2 7NW 01392 258427 Barnstaple (sub-depot) 01392 258427 Bournemouth Yeomans Industrial Park, Yeomans Way, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 OB 01202 538822 Salisbury (sub-depot) 01202 538822 Lincoln Kingsley Road, Lincolnfields, Lincoln, LN6 3TA 01522 686870 Mansfield (sub-depot) 01522 686870 Harlow Units 1 & 2, March Way, Battlefield Enterprise Park,Harlescott, CM19 5GU 01279 636268 Luton (sub-depot) 01279 636262 London Premier Park Premier Park abbey Road, Park Royal, Harlesden, London NW10 7NL 020 8389810, 0208 8389820, 0208 838 9830 Southampton Mauretania Road, Nursling Industrial Estate, Nursling, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 OYS 02380 747900 City News 27 Webber Street, London SE1 8QW 020 7928 6126 Lancing 10 Chartwell road, Churchill Industrial Estate, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 8UE 01903 890125

Please post back letting us know how you get on as it will help others with the same query.