About Us...
Willis News Distribution Limited was established in 1922 and has been at the forefront of corporate news delivery for almost one-hundred years and remains the largest independent newspaper distributor in London delivering to both corporate and residential sites.
As an entirely family-owned organisation, Willis News takes great pride in ensuring it responds quickly to industry changes, clients’ requirements and adopts an extremely proactive approach. Willis News offers an unparalleled service to its customers and has grown to a size where it is capable of handling all sizes of accounts ranging from residential deliveries requiring only a few titles, through to SMEs and extremely large organisations requiring more complex deliveries, i.e. multi-departmental accounts and individually labelled copies.
Operating from a purpose-built warehouse unit in Central London, we are ideally located for the numerous organisations we supply throughout the West End, City and Canary Wharf. Our location has a positive impact not only in terms of delivery time for our customers but also in terms of the environment as it reduces our fuel consumption and therefore our carbon footprint.
The Willis News philosophy is having professional yet warm, individual customer relationships. Our aim is to retain all of our customers and through an effective customer relationship management strategy this is achieved whilst also winning new business. Our customers appreciate and value dealing with the same team member on a regular basis.
Willis News management and staff work cohesively together. We offer a premium delivery and subscription service backed up by faultless administration and support. We do not use sub contractors - all our drivers and packers are employed by our organisation ensuring total commitment and a positive working environment. This makes for total commitment and a positive working environment. At Willis News we endeavour to ensure a smooth operation, continuity of service and good communication between colleagues and clients.
What our clients say...
"As Head Concierge of a five-star hotel in St. James’, I need a newspaper company to provide a first-class, efficient, professional yet friendly service. We have been using Willis News Distribution for many years and have always found them to be all of the above. We look forward to our continued excellent working relationship. "
Joe Rodrigues
Head Concierge, Sofitel London St James
"Willis have managed our subscriptions for quite a few years now and they do a fantastic job for us. They are always quick to respond, super-efficient, flexible and helpful. I know that they are proactively managing our account and are always on top of all of our subscriptions. I only ever have to ask once to get anything set up or changed. We take a lot of varied international titles and it makes my job so much easier knowing that Willis are handling it all for us."
Debbie Pindura,
Library Subscriptions Manager, FIL Investments International
"Willis News has been our agent since 2002 which speaks volumes. They provide a professional, one-stop service with friendly staff, regular review meetings, deliveries direct to the office before 8:00 a.m. therefore ensuring publications on clients’ desks before 9:00 a.m. I would highly recommend their corporate delivery service as they always aim to put the customer first which is a rare"
Vennette Thomas,
Accounts Administrator, Henderson Global Investors
"We enjoy a great relationship with Willis News Distribution. Not only do they get the i to a large number of both residential and corporate customers on time every day but they are always on hand to solve any distribution problem"
Paul Bacon
Sales & Marketing Manager, i newspaper
"Willis News Distribution has been our newspaper supplier for over forty years which speaks volumes in itself. We have built a great relationship with Willis News and continue to enjoy working with them as they have always provided a reliable, efficient and professional service."
Barbara Baenninger, Regional Circulation Director
"Willis News has been our newspaper suppliers for a number of years now and has always provided an excellent service. Reliable, fast and efficient distribution is combined with friendly and yet professional communication at all times. They have always met our needs and we look forward to doing business with them for many years to come."
Rachel Barker,
Research Manager, Economist Intelligence Unit
"I have been using Willis News Distribution for as long as I can remember (and I have been working at Mintel International for some 23 years!). Throughout this period, Willis News has provided an excellent service and Mintel has no desire to move its account elsewhere. The team is more than helpful with any problem or request I have – in a nut shell...a good, friendly and efficient service."
Steven Mayles
Research Analyst & Librarian Mintel International