Bloomsbury now distributed by Hachette UK Distribution

4 April 2025 – Bloomsbury today announced that it has completed moving its UK distribution to Hachette UK Distribution, the biggest distribution move in UK publishing history.

The benefits and efficiencies in streamlining Bloomsbury’s logistics, increases agility and responsiveness in the supply chain, provides best in class customer services and aligns with Bloomsbury’s sustainability objectives.

Simon Robson, Director of Global Operations at Bloomsbury said, “Hachette UK Distribution are perfectly positioned to support our long-term ambitions.  A change of this size and scale can only be delivered with huge commitment, support and expertise from the teams across both companies”.

Nigel Newton, Founder and Chief Executive of Bloomsbury said, “I want to thank Matt Wright, Joanne Westbrook and everyone at Hachette UK Distribution for being such great partners over the last 13 months planning this. We look forward to the years ahead of working together.”

7 million books and over 16,000 stocked titles were moved. Hachette UK Distribution has expanded by 250,000 feet of warehouse space including opening an extra warehouse. Over 110,000 pieces of data have been sent, tested and ingested across systems.  A team of nearly 100 people from HUKD and Bloomsbury have been working on the project since its announcement in early 2024.

Matt Wright, CEO Hachette UK Distribution said: “The successful go-live on 1^st April represents the next stage of a brilliant partnership between Bloomsbury and Hachette UK Distribution, and I feel extremely privileged that Nigel Newton and the team at Bloomsbury have put their trust in us. This move has been planned and delivered with extreme care over the last year. It is unprecedented in its scale and ambition, and I am immensely grateful to all of those involved in making it happen.”

David Shelley, CEO Hachette UK and Hachette Book Group said: “We couldn’t be more thrilled to have reached this milestone. This is the biggest distribution move in UK publishing history and we feel very honoured that Bloomsbury made the decision to trust us with their business. Our aspiration since launching the new warehouse in 2018 has been to offer the best service in the UK market to our client publishers and bookshops alike and we’re looking forward to helping Bloomsbury – the fastest growing major publisher – reach millions of readers in the years to come.”