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Urban Outfitters has signed a contract with TGW to automate its new fulfilment centre in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. TGW will install its FlashPick system, which sees cartons emptied into totes and then transported to the mini-load warehouse, which is used to feed its ‘Stingray’ shuttle. Totes are then transported to 15 goods-to-person workstations, and items will be…
Ocado has taken a warehouse formerly occupied by DIY retailer Homebase on Merton Trade Park, south London, as a spoke hub for its distribution network in the capital. Ocado has taken a 10-year lease on the 32,600 sq ft property from landlord Aviva Investors. Merton Council approved changing the use of the 1.6 acre site…
DHL Supply Chain has urged for “collaboration and a coordinated response” when it comes to risk management in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 has transformed risk in the supply chain, adding a huge number of variables and additional risks to business continuity. To that end Logistics Manager spoke to Phil Roe, chief customer…
Retail sales showed signs of recovery throughout June with e-commerce driving volumes, despite the easing of lockdown measures in the UK. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) retail sales increased by 13.9% month-on-month in June, primarily driven by non-food stores re-opening. Overall retail sales were just 0.6% below those in February it reported,…
One judge for the Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2020 has said she anticipates ‘amazing entries’ that demonstrate the way supply chains have stepped up to the challenges posed nationally and globally this year. Sue McGeorge, supply chain director, UK & Western Europe, EMEA Logistics at Kimberly-Clark is one of 32 experienced judges for the awards, and…
DPD has called on the government to make it easier for fleet operators to run electric vehicles “at affordable prices” after it admitted that is now running some 700 electric vans, some 10% of its fleet. The parcel courier said it started the year with just over 130 electric vehicles on its van fleet, and…
The Public Accounts Committee has attacked the government for “fundamental flaws” in central procurement and local distribution of vital goods and equipment in the response to the coronavirus pandemic. In its report ‘Whole of Government Response to Covid-19’ – published today – the Committee said that despite a pandemic being identified as the government’s top…
E-commerce lettings make up 40% of international developer GLP’s portfolio, a proportional rise of 15 percentage points since 2015. The revelation comes as GLP, which acquired industrial developer Gazeley, announced that it signed 96 million sq ft of lease agreements on a global basis in the first half of 2020 – up 41% year-on-year. GLP…
3PL Bullet Express has gone live with Microlistics’ Express warehouse management system (WMS) in its 210,000 sq ft warehouse in Glasgow, Scotland. The deal to deploy the WMS at the 3PL was originally announced back in September 2019 with Bullet Express targeting growth in pharmaceutical and e-commerce markets. Bullet Express said it wanted a highly-scalable…
While urban logistics seems to be a firm favourite with investors it looks like the rest of the urban population regards industrial as a dirty word – Liza Helps reports. As online shopping continues increasing, more and more pressure is being heaped on urban logistics and in particular, last mile delivery. It is likely that…
Extended supply chains have huge benefits for businesses and for the consumer, but currently face pressures from Covid-19, global trade wars and sustainability concerns. But is a global recession the right time to future-proof supply chains? Christopher Walton investigates. Extended supply chains, predominantly a supply chain with multiple tiers of suppliers and/ or multiple geographies,…
FTA’s industry leading conferences are back for 2020. Over 1,500 delegates attended our nationwide venues last year, hearing from key industry speakers and experts. Our industry-leading Transport Manager conferences are back for 2020, providing you with the latest information and guidance on relevant legislation to help you manage the safety and compliance of your operation:…
German e-commerce giant Zalando has rolled out a warehouse control system from Körber Supply Chain division Inconso across its 1.4 million sq ft fulfilment centre in Lodz, Poland. The Lodz site, Zalando’s third in Poland, opened in February is run by DHL Supply Chain and home to some 1,200 staff. It is equipped with a four-aisle shuttle…
The proportion of women in senior supply chain professional roles has increased by six percentage points in the past 12 months, from 11% to 17%. However, the number of women employed across the supply chain workforce stands at 39%, a proportion that has stayed static over the past 12 months. According to the Gartner’s 2020…
Wincanton has seen improved levels of demand across “most areas of the business” particularly across its home delivery and 3PL operations. However, chairman Martin Reed told investors at its AGM today that volumes in construction and fuel distribution remained below prior year. But Reed’s statement to investors said that Wincanton expects full-year underlying profit before…
Europa Worldwide Group saw turnover rise 16.5%, and pre-tax profit rise 15.4%, in 2019 as it crossed the £200 million turnover mark for the first time. Turnover at the 3PL rose from £176 million in 2018 to £205 million in 2019, while net pre-tax profit rose to £6 million from £5.2 million the year before….
SEGRO has completed the development of a new 177,500 sq ft warehouse distribution facility for Games Workshop at SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway ahead of the planned schedule. Games Workshop, the British manufacturer of fantasy miniatures, signed a 15-year lease for the unit which will become the main distribution hub when it is operational…
Landlord Schroder UK Real Estate Fund has secured 24 transactions, totalling 328,582 sq ft of floor space, in the past three months despite Covid-19. The 24 transactions included new long- and short-term leases as well as lease renewals at Hartlebury Trading Estate, Acorn Industrial Estate in Crayford, Arenson Way in Dunstable, and Woking Business Park….
Pharmacy and digital healthcare company HubRx, is aiming to create the UK’s first automated dispensing hub purpose built for independently owned community pharmacies in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The company is investing some £8 million in a 40,000 sq ft hub, which will be able to dispense up to one million prescription items each month using…
Apple has set out a plan to become carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life cycle, over the next ten years. The technology giant said it had also secured commitments from over 70 suppliers to use 100% renewable energy for Apple production — equivalent to nearly 8 gigawatts in commitments…
Groupe PSA division Peugeot has signed a ten-year lease to operate a warehouse distribution facility from a 44,640 sq ft unit at St Modwen Park Access 18 Avonmouth. Some 16 businesses are currently occupying space at the 1 million sq ft of warehouse and industrial space at St Modwen Park Access 18 including Ocado Retail,…
IntraLogisteX 2020 will now take place on 1st and 2nd October at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, following the government’s easing of restrictions on exhibitions taking place. IntraLogisteX was originally scheduled to take place on 31 March and 1 April, but in the light of UK government advice regarding Covid-19 Logistics Manager publisher and show organiser Akabo Media…
Anyone who has ever had an operation of any severity will know that it’s not the initial treatment that hurts, it’s the long, slow recovery to full health. As the world recovers from the collective shock of Covid-19, they key word there is recovery… because nations, economies and industrial sectors will recover at a different…
Ted Baker has reduced the number of suppliers in its supply chain by a third, as it looks to concentrate negotiating power and buying efficiencies. In a statement to investors the fashion retailer said that its Spring Summer 2021 collection would be sourced from fewer than 100 suppliers, where it had previously over 150 suppliers,…
Double-digit growth in air cargo turnover at Kuehne + Nagel helped to offset falls in sea, road and contract logistics during the second quarter of 2020. Turnover at the global 3PL fell 8.7% in the second quarter, to CHF 4.9 billion (£4.1 billion) while first half turnover fell 7.5% to CHF 9.8 billion. EBIT fell…
A mid box scheme in Yorkshire has been fully let at record rental levels according to scheme agents CBRE. J Pullan & Sons’s Whitehall Point scheme in Leeds has seen the last unit of 13,500 sq ft let to cleaning product supplier Parc Supplies on a 10 –year lease at a record rent for similar…
Wincanton has opened a 128,000 sq ft distribution centre in Prologis Park, Stafford, for Screwfix. The 3PL said that the DC was in addition to volume that Wincanton has taken on through its shared user network during Covid-19, and would look to support the delivery of seasonal products. Paul Taylor, contract general manager at Wincanton,…
The coronavirus crisis has left many companies in a worse position to prepare for the end of the Brexit transition period on 1 January 2021 than they were ahead of a possible no-deal outcome in 2019, a think-tank has warned. According to the Institute of Government report titled ‘Preparing Brexit : The scale of the…
UPS is to launch a Saturday service in eight European countries later this month, following a surge in e-commerce during lockdown. The service will apply to the UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Poland, with parcels carried at the same cost of weekday transit. UPS cited research by IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index which said…
Chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee Philip Dunne MP has written to BooHoo chief executive John Little to dispute a claim from the e-commerce fashion retailer that it was not aware of working practices at factories making the firm’s garments. The Committee said that Boohoo should have been aware of allegations of poor working practices in…
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