Gist Limited
| Subsidiary | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Integrated Transport Logistics |
| Founded 📆 | 1961 (as GL Baker) 1969 (as BOC Transhield) |
| Founder 👔 | GL Baker |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England |
Area served 🗺️ | United Kingdom, Ireland, France, USA |
| Owner | Linde plc (100%) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| Parent | Linde plc (100%) |
| 🌐 Website | www |
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Gist Limited (commonly known as Gist) is a British multinational company headquartered at Chineham Business Park, Basingstoke, offers supply chain services including end-to-end management and customer fulfilment through transport and warehousing. The company employs approximately 6,000 people in 40 locations in the UK, France, the Netherlands, and the USA, with customers including Marks & Spencer, Waitrose & Partners, Tesco, Starbucks, Morrisons,[1] EAT, Young's Seafood[2] and Arla Foods.[3]
Gist also manages cargo movements across the world for a variety of clients, including Intergreen and Manchester Tank.
In partnership with Brake, Gist's Child Road Safety scheme, established in 2011, has seen more than 120,000 safety sessions delivered to children across the UK, warning of the dangers of HGVs on the road.[4]
In 1969, The BOC Group acquired GL Baker, after it expressed interest in its use of liquid nitrogen in chilled containers. The company was renamed BOC Distribution Services in 1991, before being rebranded as Gist Limited (Gist being the 'heart of logistics') and moving its headquarters to Chineham in 2001.[5]
Gist was acquired by Linde as part of its 2006 acquisition of BOC.[6] Following the group's merger with Praxair to form Linde plc, Gist continues to operate as a separate entity under Linde.[7]
On 21 July, 2022 Marks and Spencer Group plc agreed to buy Gist Limited for £145m. [8] Gist has been supplying Marks and Spencer for over 86 years. [9]
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- ↑ Shone, Emma (2 October 2015). "Gist wins Morrisons primary deal and extends flower contract". Motor Transport Magazine.
- ↑ "Gist expands supply chain partnership with Young's Seafood - GIST LIMITED". www.gistworld.com.
- ↑ "Gist's new contract with Arla Foods UK in Northern England and Scotland". www.gistworld.com (Press release). 5 October 2019.
- ↑ "Child Road Safety Programme". www.gistworld.com. Gist Limited.
- ↑ "Our History". www.gistworld.com. Gist Limited.
- ↑ Gow, David (6 March 2006). "Germany's Linde acquires BOC to create world's biggest gases group". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
- ↑ "Linde abandons plans to sell Gist". Logistics Manager Magazine. 25 July 2018.
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/britains-ms-buy-logistics-firm-gist-2022-07-21/
- ↑ https://www.gistworld.com/Who-we-are/Our-History
