About Us
Bookpoint is part of the Hachette UK publishing group and has over 30 years’ experience servicing the publishing industry. With our sister company, LBS, we provide comprehensive distribution services for over 45 publishers shipping in excess of 60 million books globally each year. We supply 1 out of every 4 books to the UK trade. Our ethos is one of partnership with a service tailored to your needs; Bookpoint remains the market leading choice for physical and digital book distribution. Bookpoint is fully committed to continuous improvement to the benefit of our clients and customers alike. To this end we practice lean 6sigma across all areas of the business. We are also a member of the Institute of Customer Service, a professional body dedicated to the promotion of customer service excellence. Our client portfolio gives us a heavy presence in Trade, Academic, Educational, Children’s and Illustrated markets.
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Matt Wright

Paul Gibbon

Vicky May

Ray Webb

James Linney

Jon Swan
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JOBS / CAREERS
We are rapidly growing and expanding our service and distribution business, which means you can look forward to a secure and rewarding future in an increasingly successful company aiming to be the best in the business. At Bookpoint we truly believe our employees are key to this success by providing a first class service to our customers and clients.
WHY JOIN US?
We offer competitive salaries, rewards and benefits in addition to comprehensive induction, training and development programmes. This includes apprenticeships in our admin and operational departments.
Benefits Include:
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- Holidays commencing at 25 days p.a. plus bank holidays
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- Group Company Pension Plans, sick pay and life assurance schemes
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- Variety of full-time working patterns
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- Offices work 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday to Friday
- Operations shift patterns, Monday to Friday 6 a.m.– 2 p.m., 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. and 10 a.m.– 6 p.m. and a nightshift Sunday – Thursday 10 p.m.- 6.a.m
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- Free car parking/tea and coffee
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- Full training and development – with opportunities to progress
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- Hachette Rewards – offering discounted shopping or cash back from over 900 national retailers including high street brands, supermarkets, internet retailers and travel/hotel operators
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- Generous staff discount on books we publish
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- Cycle to work schemes
- Social club and company events programme. Recent events include summer and Christmas parties, fish and chip day, quiz nights, annual employee awards ceremony, charity and sporting events and more…
COME AND JOIN US!
We do not currently have any vacancies, however, this page is updated regularly so please do revisit soon. Thank you for showing an interest in being part of our team.
Can’t find the opportunity you were looking for!!!
Why don’t you visit our careers page at Hachette UK Distribution our state of the art distribution centre is located just a mile from our Bookpoint site. https://www.hachetteukdistribution.co.uk/
Interested? Send us your CV or completed Application Form stating the role you wish to apply for to hukd.resourcing@hachette.co.uk
Contact Us
Bookpoint Ltd
130 Park Drive
Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxon
OX14 4SE
Telephone:
+44 (0)1235 400 400
Customer Services Telephone Numbers:
Customer Services Telephone Numbers:
UK trade: +44 (0)1235 400 580
Export Trade: +44 (0)1235 827 828
Primary Education: +44 (0)1235 400 555
Secondary Education: +44 (0)1235 827 720
Mail Order: +44 (0)1235 827 702
Credit Services:
Tel + 44 (0) 1235 400 571
RETURNS - Hachette UK
130 Park Drive
Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxon
OX14 4SE
By Road:
M40 Travelling South - Exit at JUNCTION 9
(A34 Southbound)
Head southbound on A34 towards Newbury for Approx. 23 miles. Ignore Abingdon North and South Exits.
Take the Didcot/Milton Interchange exit off the A34 and drive in the left-hand lane off the slip road. This road will lead you straight into Milton Park, which is very clearly signposted.
M40 Travelling North - Exit at JUNCTION 8
Head on A40 for 5 miles and then turn off onto A4142 south for 4 miles.
Take the A34 southbound (as detailed above).
M4 - Exit at JUNCTION 13
(A34 Northbound)
Head northbound on A34 to Oxford for approx.10 miles. Didcot Power Station (with three giant cooling towers) will be ahead on your right-hand side.
Take the Didcot/Milton Interchange exit off the A34 and follow signs for Milton Park Estate (third exit off roundabout).
At Milton Park Trading Estate
Travel past the Information Centre (on the left next to a large lay-by) and straight over the first two roundabouts. You will now be on a straight road and 130 Park Drive is a short distance on your left. Please stop at the gate and make yourself known to security.
Link:
By Rail
If travelling by train you will need to go to Didcot Parkway station.
Didcot Parkway's railway station is easily accessed using Milton Park's free shuttle bus and provides frequent and fast rail connections to many destinations, including direct services to:
London Paddington - 42 minutes
Oxford - 12 minutes
Reading - 13 minutes
Bristol - 43 minutes
Shuttle Bus
A dedicated shuttle bus runs between Milton Park and Didcot Parkway train station at peak hours. There is a £2 charge for a single trip and a £3 for a return.
A number of local bus services run throughout the Park and information of these services can be found at: www.thames-travel.co.uk
There is also a taxi rank outside the station entrance. Bookpoint is located approximately 2 miles from Didcot Station