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Same day delivery specialist MSC Express has joined the United Pallet Network. MSC Express specialise in parcel and freight logistics, offering a diverse range of services. David Brown, managing director of UPN said: “With the obvious energy and commitment that MSC Express are showing to succeed in a sector as competitive and challenging as same…
The largest speculative warehouse to be built in Telford for a decade has reached practical completion. The warehouse built by Trebor Developments, with partner Hillwood, hit PC this week and totals 70,841 sq ft with offices of 3,679 sq ft. It has 12m, eaves as well as six 6 loadings and two ground level doors…
Regular readers of Logistics Manager will know that I love a statistic, and August has been full of remarkable ones. Firstly, we’ll have all seen by now the depth of the recession in the UK during the second quarter of this year. But it is worth repeating as sometimes news of such magnitude takes a…
The UK logistics industry has seen a 50% fall in activity in Q2 of 2020, despite notable transactions. Transaction volumes across the logistics industry have fallen by 50% according to national accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP. The ‘UK Logistics: Building Resistance’ report revealed that eight deals were completed from April to the end…
The UK logistics industry has seen a 50% fall in activity in Q2 of 2020, despite notable transactions. Transaction volumes across the logistics industry have fallen by 50% according to national accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP. The ‘UK Logistics: Building Resistance’ report revealed that eight deals were completed from April to the end…
Selfridges has today launched its sustainability initiative ‘Project Earth’, to transform its supply chain and the way its customers shop. The retailer has said that it aims to change the way its customers shop in three ways; by addressing the materials used in products, launching new retail models such as repair and resell, and engaging with…
With turmoil in the property markets, property investors are turning to industrial and logistics property to provide safe secure income further supporting the strength of the logistics market as a stalwart fore he economy. Specialist commercial property investment manager Orchard Street Investment Management paid £14.9 million for St James’s Place Property Unit Trust’ 63,000 sq…
Cargo service provider Zim has developed a new software that highlights mis-declared and hazardous cargo before it is loaded onto a vessel. The ZimGuard system uses machine learning to scan shippers’ cargo declarations at an early stage, and flags potential cases of wrongly declared cargo. The ZIMGuard system is already in use in major ports…
Amazon is building a state-of-the-art robotics fulfilment centre on Sladen Estates and Peverill Securities’ Summit Park in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands. The 1.752 million sq ft property will have a 550,000 sq ft floorplate and several mezzanine floors. It will have up to 20m eaves, high specification office, secure yard, generous car and trailer parking and…
Natural stone and concrete supplier Marshalls has take a 10,260 sq ft site at St. Modwen’s £260 million Park Access 18 industrial and logistics site in Avonmouth, Bristol. s Marshalls said the move would create 2,200 jobs once complete. The St. Modwen scheme is also home to Ocado Retail, Hermes Parcelnet, Peugeot, and healthcare distributor Movianto….
With the Rugby Premiership set to resume today after lockdown Yodel has signed a deal with Leicester Tigers to become the official delivery partner of the club’s online store. The deal also sees the courier sponsor the coaching staff’s matchday laptops ahead of the team’s first match back tomorrow (Saturday), away at Exeter. Yodel will also…
Freight forwarder KLG Europe is to roll-out Descartes e-customs software to support the impending compulsory customs declarations processes post-Brexit. Some 95% of operations at KLG Europe have been conducted within the EU, meaning that prior to the end of the Brexit transition period on 1 January 2021, customs declarations have not been necessary. KLG Europe…
Allgroup – which trades as Allpack Packaging – has signed a three-year lease for a 48,632 sq ft unit at St. Modwen’s Watling Street Business Park in Cannock. Allpack Packaging is expanding from its unit in Aldridge, West Midlands, and is the final letting at the scheme. Bob Clarke, operations director at Allpack Packaging, added: “Allpack…
Food retailer, wholesaler and distributor A.F. Blakemore has acquired online wholesaler and retailer Vegan Store. The acquisition adds a purely online division to Blakemore’s portfolio, which includes owning 280 SPAR stores and distributing to more than 950 in total across England and Wales. Jerry Marwood, group commercial managing director at Blakemore, said: “The vegan or vegetarian lifestyle…
Asda has renewed its reverse logistics contract with XPO Logistics for a further three years – extending a partnership that goes back to 2002. XPO will continue to manage the logistics of Asda’s product trays across nine sites. The returned assets will be washed, inspected, and then reused for product distribution, while some may be…
Major retailers including Tesco and Ocado have defended trading practices at a meat supplier an animal rights group has accused of abusing chickens. Animal Equality investigated eight different chicken farms across Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire run by Moy Park and said it had obtained undercover footage showing animals being deprived of water and chicks being crushed…
Meal kit Hello Fresh has taken 230,384 sq ft of logistics space at Goodman’s Nuneaton 230 development on Bermuda Park in the West Midlands. The Nuneaton site will become HelloFresh’s second UK production facility, and will receive produce and packaging from local and national suppliers, assembling the ingredients in the meal kits and distributing these across…
The impending no-deal Brexit dilemma is drawing closer each day. Fewer than 5 months to go until Great Britain could be excluded from the European customs union. This will bring about great problems that a Dutch 3PL has the solution for. Freightways It is called Freightways and has been in business since 1986 doing freight…
APC is looking to hire more than 100 new members of staff for the upcoming peak period. The permanent positions vary from drivers to warehouse operatives, to customer service and IT roles. Jonathan Smith, chief executive of APC, said: “The last five months have seen unprecedented demand for our delivery services, as the whole team…
Andrew Spencer has returned to Pallet-Track after an 11-year stint as regional director at United Pallet network, this time as network development director. It is the second time that Spencer has made the switch between the two networks. He previously worked for Pallet-Track as sales and marketing director between 2005 and 2009, and was sales…
Last-mile logistics real estate company Mileway has extended a lease with DHL Supply Chain for a further four years. Blackstone Real Estate launched Mileway in September 2019 and owns and operates over 1,000 industrial properties across the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and the Nordics. The new contract will include the addition of…
ASOS expects to close its financial year with turnover growth 17% to 19%, and a pre-tax profit of £130 million to £150 million, due to a surge in demand during lockdown. The e-commerce fashion retailer told investors that the improvement in expectations was also down to a change in customer behaviour when it came to…
Pall-Ex Group has confirmed the long-standing industry rumour that it has acquired the Fortec Distribution Network, formerly part of Geodis. Geodis had confirmed to Logistics Manager back in June that it would discontinue distribution and express activities that are carried out by partner companies as part of a focus on fully-owned contract logistics and freight forwarding…
UK real estate investment trust McKay Securities has bought a 2.7 acre freehold estate consisting of two, self-contained units totalling 54,157 sq ft for £10 million in Bracknell, Berkshire. One unit is being let to Acal BFI UK and the other to Accident Exchange, and McKay said the combined contracted rent of £594,722 per annum provided…
Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis has said that “constant alignment” with health authorities and agencies to ensure correct demand and supply balance had helped supply chain resilience in pharmaceutical companies during the height of Covid-19. Speaking exclusively to Logistics Manager Steffen Lang, global head of technical operations at Novartis, said that the Covid-19 pandemic had…
XPO Logistics has signed a three-year contract with building materials group Etex to provide transport across the UK. The network will be managed by an XPO team managing 60 staff who have transferred to XPO under TUPE as part of the agreement. Paul Noble, regional operations manager – North Europe, at Etex, said: “We put…
Here’s a number for you: 0.8%. What could it be? The Covid-19 infection rate? Donald Trump’s popularity outside of certain parts of the USA? You’re in the right country though…. It’s the market share of e-commerce in the USA in the first quarter of the year 2000. The very height of the dot-com boom. Of…
One of the fastest growing 3PLs in the UK, Clipper Logistics, has joined the growing number of sponsors of the Logistics Manager Top 50 Service Providers. Clipper, which also became the official logistics partner and training kit sponsor of newly promoted Leeds United this month, joins 3PL Kinaxia Logistics and IT distributor and supply chain…
There’s no way around the fact that Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) are the most exciting development in logistics for a long time. And with good reason. They are no longer an immature product, the benefits and ROI are real. They are no longer the ‘expensive, unobtainable’ option. Costs are down. They really could be within…
The Pallet Network (TPN) operations at Slough-based KPI Transport are to begin on 17 August. The move follows a change of management in June at KPI Transport. KPI has traditionally consolidated loads into Ireland, as well as offering general haulage, ADR, and international transport. Ray Burke, director at KPI said: “The other networks we interviewed were…
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