The move follows the August 8 arson attack on Sony's Enfield warehouse, which completely destroyed millions of CDs and vinyl product kept there by hundreds of indie labels.

It has been planned that 80% of the Enfield volume will now be managed out of Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire where Cert Octavian has offered Sony DADC use of storage and distribution facilities at their main hub, just 10 miles from Sony DADC's Enfield distribution centre. The Hoddesdon operation is manned by Sony ...