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Online electrical retailer AO has expanded its logistics network with a new depot in Leeds – its 24th depot nationwide. It has taken Unit 3 totalling 35,838ft2 at Total Development’s 16-acre Total Park scheme on Pontefract Lane, Leeds in West Yorkshire. This latest depot follows the opening of other outbases in Crawley, Newport and Bracknell….
Ahead of the 25th Supply Chain Excellence Awards, LogisticsManager.com caught up with PEOPLE, nominee in the Sustainability category at the Awards Taking place on 8th November at the Hilton on Park Lane in London, the Supply Chain Excellence Awards are set to be a night of celebration, as the best in the logistics industry gather together on…
Knight Frank’s latest research predicts that the increase in online shopping will it will fuel an additional demand of 12 million ft2 for urban warehouse space by 2025. E-commerce sales are forecast to rise from 27% to 30% by 2025, resulting in an additional £37 billion worth of online retail sales. With every billion pounds…
Next-generation DCs will combine robots with people in ways that are far more fluid and dynamic than traditional automated facilities. Warehouse operators face new challenges in coordinating and optimising the work of humans and their robotic coworkers. This presentation will: 1. Provide an overview of the principal tasks and workflows that will combine robots and…
Ahead of the 25th Supply Chain Excellence Awards, LogisticsManager.com caught up with Supply Chain Operations; Best Use of People and Process, Supply Chain Excellence Award nominee Wincanton with EDF Energy. Taking place on 8th November at the Hilton on Park Lane in London, the Supply Chain Excellence Awards are set to be a night of celebration, as…
DP World has launched its new digital logistics platform, designed to provide a single-window solution to enabling a more ‘seamless’ movement of cargo. Through the Cargoes platform customers can choose from multi-modal logistics options to be delivered by ship, road, or rail freight. The platform allows customers to book the best option through which they…
Legal & General’s Industrial Property Investment Fund (IPIF) has bought Nuffield Trade Park in Oxford, after buying it for £20 million. The site consists of 18 trade counter and industrial units, providing a total internal area of 88,117ft2 with individual unit sizes ranging from 2,879ft2 to 17,608ft2. Located on the south side of Oxford’s Eastern…
UK-based electric van maker Arrival has secured a 198,750ft2 warehouse at Tritax Symmetry’s Central M40 Banbury scheme in Oxfordshire. Arrival has signed a 15-year lease to support its ongoing expansion plans in the region which has seen the company doubling its capacity within 18 months. Only in July last year did the manufacturer secure a…
Mixed use developer and member of the Berkely Group, St George and SEGRO, have formed a 50:50 joint venture to bring forward their first urban multi-storey industrial development in North West London. The development is set to measure 134,500ft2 of light industrial space over six storeys, and will support up to 500 jobs and apprenticeships….
Ahead of the 25th Supply Chain Excellence Awards, LogisticsManager.com caught up with Retail Supply Chain Excellence Award nominee Maersk, with Pure Electric. Taking place on 8th November at the Hilton on Park Lane in London, the Supply Chain Excellence Awards are set to be a night of celebration, as the best in the logistics industry gather together…
In an open letter, Europa Worldwide CEO has called on the the RHA’s chief executive to resign after fuel shortage rumours. In a scathing criticism, Andrew Baxter, CEO of Europa Worldwide said: “I am appalled by the way the RHA has conducted itself over recent years. It is no longer an adequate representative organisation for the…
Online grocery delivery service Weezy has snapped up a depot in Norbury in an off-market deal as it gathers pace to fulfil its vision of 40 fulfilment centres before the end of the year. The app based delivery service was launched in London last year and has a series of hyperlocal fulfilment centres in London,…
Warehouses vacancy rates have hit a record low in the UK as CBRE reports only 7.1 million ft2 of warehouse space over 100,000ft2 with 10m + eaves readily available at the end of Q3 – representing a record low vacancy rate of 1.53%. This compares to a vacancy rate of 5% in Q3 2020, which…
Fine wine merchant Lay & Wheeler has taken the first unit at Pigeon Investment Management’s A14 roadside and logistics scheme near Wherstead in Suffolk. The facility just off Junction 56 of the A14 totals 73,990ft2 and is part of a four unit development being built speculatively. Work on the Lay & Wheeler unit will begin…
Online retailer Ocado is planning to build a new customer fulfilment centre at Eurocentral, just outside Motherwell in Scotland. A planning application has been submitted to North Lanarkshire Council for a facility totalling 312,153ft2 with adjoining two storey offices employing up to 1,700 people in roles such as drivers, warehouse operatives, office and administration staff…
Pall-Ex Group has announced its partnership with addressing system what3words, with technology going live this month. The two companies intend on improving the reliability of deliveries, with more precise location services, after a surge in online retail orders drove a necessity for goods to be delivered more quickly. Pall-Ex Group’s core operational system, Nexus, which…
Home Deliveries – How to make a customer focused proposition the reality. Since the start of the Covid pandemic there have been many challenges created in delivery and fulfilment. The massive increase in eCommerce sales has greatly increased the number of packages that need to be handled, customer expectations have also increased and this has…
Warehouse innovation provider Locus Robotics has opened its European Headquarters in Amsterdam to better serve its European customers. The autonomous mobile robot, (AMR) provider for warehouses and distribution centres has formally opened its new European headquarters. The new facility will support Locus’s existing EU and UK customer base, and is intended to develop new opportunities…
Volocopter and DB Schenker have jointly launched VoloDrone and it successfully takes its first flight. The heavy-lift drone is capable of carrying up to 200kg over a 40km range. The three minute test flight reached an altitude of 22 metres after demonstrators secured a Euro-pallet sized load to the box under the VoloDrone. After this,…
Panattoni and Legal & General’s Industrial Property Investment Fund (IPIF) have begun speculatively developing three targeted net zero carbon logistics facilities, totalling 213,350 sq ft, at V Park in Basingstoke. The three units of 39,500ft2, 77,550ft2, and 96,300ft2 will be built to net zero carbon with a BREEAM rating of ‘Very Good’ and an EPC…
A 2.5 million ft2 logistics and manufacturing park is planned for a 195-acre brownfield site just off the M1 motorway in the East Midlands, which could provide up to 4,000 jobs. The site at the former Stanton Ironworks is being promoted by Verdant Regeneration a private joint venture, which acquired the site from previous owners,…
Asda has announced that it will be extending it one-hour express delivery service to 96 of its stores. The service gives customers access to Asda’s full online range of more than 30,000 grocery products for delivery within one hour if they live within a three-mile radius of an Express Delivery store and order up to…
Specialist in artificial intelligence enabled robotic systems, Berkshire Grey has partnered with Atos, to accelerate the automation of supply chain processes. The two companies are set to bring Intelligent Enterprise Robotic systems to retail, transportation, and logistics (RTL) customers, to allow them to overcome currently strained supply chains. The partnership has surfaced after a surge…
Newark & Sherwood Council has deferred a decision on proposals for a 398,000ft2 warehouse development despite it being recommended for approval by planning officers. The council’s planning committee could not go ahead with a decision because of opposition from the local parish councils of Coddington and Winthorpe regarding potential tenants of the site, loss of…
Yodel is set to recruit 4,311 new employees as the company anticipates a busy holiday season. The demand for logistics employees is being driven by current shortages, as well as the growth of online retail. There are a variety of roles available, which include couriers, parcel sorters, and warehouse operatives at one of the company’s…
NHS Supply Chain logistics provider, Unipart Logistics is enhancing its fleet of sustainable vehicles across the UK to help reduce its carbon emissions. The new vehicles which produce a lower level of carbon emissions, are being rolled out for use within the NHS Supply Chain. The new fleet allows for a reduction of 2.1 tonnes…
The Port of Poole, in Dorset is anticipating its first delivery through a new shipping route facilitated by United Seaways, from Tangier, Morocco. A shipment of 100 loads of organic seasonal fruit and vegetables is shortly scheduled northbound. The route will now run once a week and largely comprise the transportation of dry and refrigerated freight….
FedEx Express has launched a new intercontinental flight between Europe and Japan, with additional capacity to Northern China. The flight which is operated by a Boeing 777, adds 440,000 pounds of additional capacity each week. It departs from Charles-de-Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, and will fly four times a week directly to Kansai International Airport…
3PL Eddie Stobart is to get a 1.1 million ft2 logistics site in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The 3PL has agreed to lease two 565,000ft2 units which will be delivered by next summer. Logistics Manager broke the story that the 3PL would be taking space at Mulberry Developments’ 2.5 million ft2 Mulberry Logistics Park Doncaster in South…
Logistics giant Maersk has acquired European Logistics company B2C for $86m. B2C specialises in European logistics for business to consumer deliveries. The acquisition of B2C Europe will allow Maersk to offer Europe-wide last mile rates to customers in Europe, North America, and China through one interface. B2C’s offering consists of labelling services, pick-ups, sorting parcels,…
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