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The logistics and supply chain sectors have called on the newly elected Conservative government to face up to the challenges the industry faces – including Brexit, skills and the environment. Richard Burnett, Road Haulage Association chief executive, said: “Over the past three years we have highlighted the risks and impacts of whatever Brexit approach is…
Lithium battery manufacturer and distributor OXIS Energy has taken 96,521 sq ft warehouse at the South Wales Distribution Centre industrial estate in Kenfig from landlord M7 Real Estate. OXIS Energy will use the facility as its main manufacturing plant in the UK. South Wales Distribution Centre was acquired on behalf of a major fund in…
NNR Global Logistics has pre-let at 130,080 sq ft warehouse at Prologis’ Prologis Park Wellingborough West scheme in Northamptonshire. It has secured the bespoke DC on an 11 year lease and will move in by mid-2020 at the same time as Northamptonshire haulier Linkline Transport which has also pre-let a similar sized unit. Prologis’ James Wright said:…
CM Downton has won contracts with Rolawn, 2XL, Berry Global, Pet Foods UK and Smiths News totalling £40 million The Gloucestershire-based company will undertake deliveries direct to wholesale garden outlets and manage consolidation by using local delivery partners for Rolawn. Downton has also extended its partnership with container manufacturer Berry Global, and the extension will…
Jigsaw has won a contract to import and distribute glass bottles across the UK which will see it utilising transport and storage solutions from EV Cargo. A current shortage of glass bottles in the UK has enabled the development of a new supply chain flow, which will see glass bottles from the Middle East travelling…
WWF and Tesco will track the environmental impacts of a sample of regularly bought products, to better understand the impact of food production. The WWF and Tesco partnership calls on the food industry to provide consumers and stakeholders with transparent data on sustainability criteria, including climate change, deforestation, food packaging, and waste. Tesco and WWF…
Wincanton has renewed its warehousing and transportation contact with organic health and beauty retailer Neals’s Yard Remedies. Wincanton will provide a warehouse and transport fulfilment service from its shared-user facility in Greenford, London, for the next two years. The fulfilment services stretch across Neal’s Yard Remedies’ stores, wholesale and retail partners, as well as its…
Coventry-based Hambridge Transport and Stevenage-based Big G Logistics are set to join Eddie Stobart Logistics subsidiary The Pallet Network (TPN) in January. TPN MD Mark Duggan said that the network had had “a very strong year in 2019” both operationally and in terms of member recruitment. “We are very pleased to be starting 2020 with such…
Convenience retailer McColl’s Retail Group has warned that its EBITDA will be below expectations as the combination of unseasonable weather and lower consumer confidence led to ‘softer market conditions’ in the second half of the year. Adjusted EBITDA for FY19 is expected to be £32 million, while turnover was down 1.9% for the full year,…
Saint-Gobain has hired Knight Frank and JLL to lead the marketing of a 140,646 sq ft warehouse in North Nottinghamshire. The distribution unit forms part of Manton Wood Enteprise Park in Worksop, close to the A57. The site has existing occupiers such as B&Q, Wilkos, DHL, WS Transport, and Greencore. Manton 140 is fitted and…
Watson Fuels has awarded Wincanton a new, five-year contract to run all of its artic fuel activity across the UK. As part of the contract, Wincanton will use its specialist shared-user EnergyLink tanker fleet to deliver fuel into Watson Fuels’ national depot network, as well as directly to artic customers. Wincanton will manage artic vehicle…
Commercial vehicle and industrial engine manufacturer Scania, part of VW Group, has signed a deal with JDA to deploy its Transportation Management software across its supply chain operations. Hans Ekman, manager outbound development, at Scania Logistics, said: “We selected JDA as a partner to support Scania Logistics in optimising our flows by merging production planning…
Pan-European investor and asset manager M7 Real Estate has put a massive chilled and frozen warehouse on the market in the South West. The investor bought the fully equipped chilled food manufacturing facility in Launceston, Cornwall, for an undisclosed sum on behalf of M7 Real Estate Investment Partners III. The property is situated on the …
Bathroom and tile product specialist Cubico has taken a 55,000 sq ft warehouse at Towngates’ Copperworks2 scheme in Leeds. It has taken a three-year lease on Unit C, which it will use as additional storage and distribution space in addition to its existing 110,000 sq ft warehouse in Birstall. The acquisition follows a 60 per…
Logistics Manager understands that food manufacturer Kelloggs is set to take a pre-let on a massive new warehouse in Haydock. The company is thought to have signed an agreement with developer Bericote for Haydock525, a 525,600 s ft speculative warehouse on the developer’s M6Major scheme in St Helens. The warehouse boasts 15m eaves, 56 dock,…
Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT fund has signed a pre-let agreement with its long-standing customer, dnata, promoting the continued growth of its air cargo facility at dnata City East, located immediately south of Heathrow Airport. The proposed 115,000 sq ft facility has been designed to operate in conjunction with a newly-completed 250,000 sq ft warehouse (also…
Trebor Developments, with partner Hillwood, are developing a 70,540 sq ft warehouse in Telford the biggest spec development in the area for a decade. The partners have appointed Morris Property as main contractor to construct the industrial unit, which is in a single building and is available on competitive lease terms, 25% less than prime…
SEGRO has exchanged contracts to sell a portfolio of UK big box warehouses totalling £241m to a fund advised by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing. The portfolio comprises of seven separate big box warehouses with a total floor space of 218,937 sq ft, and are located in Warth Park, Raunds; DIRFT, Daventry; Rye Park, Hoddesdon;…
Europa Road has bought 30 new forklifts worth £1.5m for its Dartford hub. The 1.6 tonne CAT trucks have a triple stage mast to reach the warehouse’s five metre transit racking area, and will be delivered to the site in time for Christmas. Rob Yates, transit warehouse manager at Europa’s Dartford DC, said: “Technology improves…
The new head of Mainland Europe at DHL Supply Chain has said he hopes that the UK avoids no-deal Brexit, and for a deal between the UK and EU that continues to facilitate international and global trade. Speaking exclusively to Logistics Manager Hendrik Venter, chief executive for Mainland Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: “We…
When you see the statement “trading over… the Black Friday period was below expectations” you start to pay attention as a journalist in the world of logistics and supply chains. The words Black Friday are normally followed by “particularly busy” (John Lewis); “biggest ever” (Boots) or “record volumes” (DPD). It would be incredibly simplistic to…
Supply chain struggles at retailer Ted Baker have seen chief executive Lindsay Page resign and the firm issue a profit warning. Ted Baker said that trading through November and the Black Friday period was below expectations, with lower than anticipated margins and sell through. It has now reduced its profit forecast to £5 million for…
In the second of a series of profiles on speakers at the Supply Chain Conference 2020 we meet Dr Jonathan Gorst, principal lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. The Supply Chain Conference 2020 takes place on 17 and 18 March 2020 at ETC. Venues Monument, 8 Eastcheap, London. This two-day conference brings together the most influential and…
DFDS has acquired 100% of the share capital of Dutch logistics company Huisman Group as it looks to enhance its part-load offering. Huisman Group provides part-load transport and contract logistics focused on time-critical freight between the UK and Republic of Ireland and continental Europe. Operations include warehouses and cross-docking facilities in Wijchen, the Netherlands, and…
Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL), the management function of NHS Supply Chain, has appointed Colin McCready as its chief financial officer. McCready joins from NHS Professionals, where he was chief financial officer and most recently interim chief executive. In this position, he led a transformation programme, delivering revenue growth, improved service delivery through technological investment…
Wincanton’s fully managed order and delivery e-fulfilment contract with Homebase has gone live. The deal, agreed in April, will see Wincanton handle over 300,000 customer deliveries from various Homebase distribution centres in its first year of operation. Stuart Tosh, director of distribution at Homebase, said of the e-fulfilment content management system: “It’s also helping us…
One billion metrics tons of emissions savings could be made if suppliers to 125 of the world’s largest companies increased their use of electricity generated by renewables by 20 percentage points. According to a survey by charity CDP Global of 125 large corporate buyers – including Walmart, L’Oréal and Samsung Electronics – the average proportion…
Pan-European real estate investment firm Patrizia has bought 16.1 million sq ft of warehousing, totalling 42 separate sites in four countries. Located in France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, the portfolio comprises over 15 million sq ft of existing lettable area as well as a further 1.4 million sq ft of lettable space for the…
Eddie Stobart Logistics has been granted a reprieve by its former owners after shareholders voted for an injection of cash from DouglasBay Capital. Under the transaction DouglasBay Capital (DBAY) will acquire a 51% stake in the company as well as providing a £55million loan through an interim payment in kind facility (which accrues interest at…
Logistics Manager understands that acquisitive developer Panattoni has snapped up the 100-acre former Aylesford Newsprint site in Kent for £75 million from the receivers. The site could accommodate up to 1.6 million sq ft of logistics space. The 100-acre plot between the M20 and the River Medway has been derelict since Aylesford Newsprint went into…
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