Lees of Scotland, which makes meringues, teacakes and snowballs, has chosen Fowler Welch to handle its core distribution involving delivery of more than 60,000 pallets a year. The operation is based at Fowler Welch’s depot at Heywood north of Manchester. Steve Purves, Lees of Scotland supply chain director, said: “Fowler Welch were identified as a…
Marks & Spencer has chosen P2P Mailing to provide it with tracked international mail and parcel services. The retailer’s international ecommerce deliveries are to be processed via P2P Mailing’s TRAKPAK service. “We have selected P2P to support with our tracked international mail and parcel services based on their strength of service and innovation,” said James…
Increasing air cargo volumes at Heathrow Airport is “exacerbating age-old problems for companies that have to use the airport’s cargo centre,” the British International Freight Association has warned. Director general Robert Keen said: “Congestion at the horseshoe, [the cargo centre], is as bad as it has ever been and the local police are now turning…
Global airfreight demand in September 2017 increased by 9.2 per cent compared to the same time last year, according to the International Air Transport Association. This was the slowest pace of growth seen in five months. However, it was still significantly higher than the five-year average growth rate of 4.4 per cent. European airlines saw…
SEGRO has acquired Legal & General’s single let warehouse at G Park, Crick, and Legal & General has acquired SEGRO’s Kingsland Business Park multi-let industrial estate in Basingstoke in a property swap transaction. The 390,000 sq ft warehouse acquired by SEGRO is located in Crick and is let to Butcher’s Pet Care Limited for a…
Advanced Supply Chain has brought in Chris Moran from Provident Financial to be its new head of IT delivery. He will lead the implementation and continued development of the company’s bespoke IT solutions. “What attracted me to Advanced Supply Chain is the focus on technology and innovation at the core of their business model,” he…
Hyster has launched a ‘cool truck’ package for its H2.0-3.5FT lift truck series to extend run time and enhance dependability in extreme operating environments such as paper bale handling and recycling. “The package is designed to reduce the amount of debris entering the engine compartment and getting stuck on the transmission or in the radiator,”…
Central and Eastern Europe are set to drive growth in the European grocery market, with sales in the region expanding nearly three faster than Western Europe over the next five years, according to the IGD. Research by the IDG found that Central and Eastern Europe will experience dynamic growth over the five-year period, growing 6.5…
In Berlin-Tegel wird es ab sofort wieder grün-weiße Flugzeuge der Germania zu sehen geben. Nach drei Jahren Abwesenheit ist die unabhängige deutsche Fluggesellschaft an den Flughafen im Norden Berlins zurückgekehrt und hat die Basis mit einem Erstflug nach Gran Canaria eröffnet. Germania nutzt neben Berlin-Schönefeld die freigewordene Lücke in Tegel, um das Flugangebot in die…
The November 2017 edition of Logistics Manager is now out in print, online and for iPad and Android. Cover story: Skills saviour With the labour shortage hot on the heels of the logistics industry, will automation intercept to save the day? Analysis Robotics is becoming critical Brexit: who will blink first? The three “Ps” of…
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