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Indigo Software will be previewing its next generation warehouse management software (WMS) at IntraLogisteX, in what it describes as a unique opportunity to showcase its applications to the logistics sector. While it will reveal more details about the next-generation platform at the show – which takes place at the Ricoh Arena on 1st and 2nd…
Swiss sanitaryware specialist Geberit UK has secured a five year lease renewal on its prime national distribution centre in Alsager, near Crewe in he Northwest. Landlord Moorfield Group agreed the deal this week on the 325,000 sq ft property, which it acquired in 2018 for £16.25 million. The building has 10.2m clear heights, 11 dock…
Winvic has been appointed by IM Properties to construct Mercia Park, the 238-acre north west Leicestershire scheme which was subject to a 2.94 million sq ft pre-let by Jaguar Land Rover last year. Winvic’s £21 million civils and infrastructure contract comprises an extensive earthworks programme, where over 1 million cubic metres of material will be…
Kuehne+Nagel has opened airside pharmaceutical and healthcare hubs in Brussels, Belgium, and Johannesburg, South Africa, adding to its GxP-certified network of temperature-controlled facilities for the distribution of vaccines and other products. K+N said that the proximity of the hubs to the tarmac at the airside facilities minimised the risk of temperature changes, ensuring the integrity…
Whistl has revealed details on new contract wins and renewals with e-commerce customers. New contract wins include Monster Books, Goldstone Books, secondhand book e-tailer Alex the Fat Dawg, online pet suppliers National Very Services, and Itchpet. General mechaniser STC stores and Nottingham Rehab Services which provides mobility products for the elderly are also new customers….
There will be plenty to C at IntraLogisteX 2020, as the Ricoh Arena in Coventry is home to the only intralogistics and materials handling exhibition to take place in the UK in 2020. The A to Z of IntraLogisteX 2020 continues with the letter C as we carry on the countdown to the 1st and…
Opus North has snapped up a 38-acre site near Harrogate in North Yorkshire where it plans a 580,000 sq ft mid box scheme to fill a supply void in the county. Development director Ryan Unsworth said: “We bought the site with the knowledge that there are three or four estates in the area that are…
Freightport Logistics said it has than doubled turnover at its London depot since it became a Fortec member in June. Freightport said it was approached by “several pallet networks”, before deciding to join Fortec at the end of June. “ Joining a pallet network was not something we had considered before but now we see…
Armstrong Logistics has taken an additional warehouse at Magna Park Lutterworth in order to satisfy growing demand within its contract with Aldi. The 3PL is an approved UK logistics partner to Aldi, delivering around one third of the ambient goods on Aldi’s store shelves and working with over 100 of Aldi’s key suppliers. It has…
The director of Walker Logistics has said that the 3PL is ready to deal with the consequences of a potential second wave of coronavirus cases this winter. Charlie Walker, director of Walker Logistics, said the business had grown its warehouse workforce by 20% over the summer to handle increases in e-commerce volumes. “We’re working closely…
Digital and e-fulfilment volumes at Wincanton continued to drive profitability at the 3PL throughout July and August. In a statement to investors today Wincanton said it was benefitting from an increase in demand for online retail, and revenue was significantly ahead of pre-Covid-19 levels. It added that volumes in its two-person home delivery business had…
IntraLogisteX is the place to ‘B’ for logistics and warehouse management professionals as the Ricoh Arena in Coventry hosts some 125 exhibitors from across the world of materials handling and intralogistics on 1st and 2nd October. The show will ‘B’ bubbling over with the best, brightest and biggest suppliers of automation, packaging, warehouse management, software,…
XPO Logistics has won a contract with Beko which will see it provide transport services for the home appliance company across the UK . XPO will manage all UK distribution of appliances to independent stores and retail chains, operating from Beko warehouses in Tamworth, Staffordshire, and Hams Hall, Warwickshire. The contract will see XPO handle Beko…
This week is always an exciting week at Logistics Manager: it’s the start of the Supply Chain Excellence Awards judging, as we crack down to the hard business of finding a winner among the incredibly impressive businesses shortlisted in 2020. There’s a lot of talk these days about the new normal these days… but the…
BITO Storage Systems is set to throw a spotlight on order picking at IntraLogisteX 2020 as it looks to help delegates meet the challenges of the ‘new normal’. Experts from BITO will be on stand 116 answering questions about its product range, including shelving and racking, live storage and bins and containers. Visitors can hear from BITO’s…
Royal Mail delivered 177 million more parcels in the five months to 30 August 2020 than it did in the same period last year, a volume increase of 34%. The B2C and e-commerce rise in parcel volumes during lockdown had also driven first half turnover up 33.1% but Royal Mail said that the volume shift…
DHL has snapped up two new warehouses to act as parcel hubs: one in Southampton and one in Dinnington, South Yorkshire. DHL has taken Trebor Developments and partner, Hillwood’s speculatively developed Atomic at 31 East facility on Kingfisher Way in Dinnington which totals 78,458 sq ft. While in Southampton it has taken an 84,000 sq…
IntraLogisteX 2020 will bring the most innovative and cutting-edge intralogistics technologies to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on 1st and 2nd October in an essential exhibition for logistics and warehousing professionals. With over 125 exhibitors from across the world of automation, warehouse management, picking and sortation, software storage, transport management and more there’s plenty to…
Construction of some 200,000 sq ft of shed space at St. Modwen Park Basingstoke is to commence this month. The site will consist of three speculative units of 36,987 sq ft, 51,572 sq ft, and 97,781 sq ft which are scheduled be available in Q3 2021. The Basingstoke site, owned freehold by Basingstoke and Deane Borough…
IntraLogisteX exhibitor Exporta is expanded its Eurocrates range, with three new sizes and five crates made entirely from recycled material. Exporta said that its recycled crates are available in black “making them easily recognisable in transition within the supply chain”. Exporta said that the recycled crates are ideal for non-food usage – or when food comes…
3PL Gist has appointed Michael Chambers as its chief executive following the retirement of Martin Gwynn. Chambers has served at Gist for 25 years, starting out as an operations manager at its Barnsley site in 1994. Most recently he was chief operating officer, a role he was appointed to in 2016. “It is a privilege…
Logistics Manager is to bring you a free webinar looking online fulfilment, picking accuracy and omnichannel strategies for success on Tuesday 15 September at 11am, with unique insight from sponsors GreyOrange and BS Handling. Covid-19 was a curve ball nobody could have predicted. And now, it’s a shock to the system that’s impacting your fulfillment operation…
DFDS has launched a climate action plan to “consistently reduce” carbon emissions and ultimately become carbon neutral by 2050. The plan focuses on three key areas with a particular focus on the next ten years, with DFDS aiming to reduce emissions across its ferry fleet by 45% from 2008 to 2030: 25%-35% of that reduction…
The early re-opening of high street and out-of-town stores has seen Primark reduce the size of its inventory which built up during lockdown by a “significant proportion”. In a trading statement to investors Primark parent company Associated British Foods (ABF) said that while it had recognised an exceptional charge of £284 million” against inventory in…
Packaging company Allpack Group has bought the freehold of a 60,000 sq ft warehouse on Kingswood Lakeside Business Park in Cannock, Staffordshire to use as its new national distribution centre and headquarters. The NDC, which is being developed by investor developer Barberry, was pre-sold to Allpack in a multi-million deal. The facility is expected to…
The British ports Association has welcomed the new legislation introduced to fast track planning for Brexit, however, warns that there is still more to be done before the transition deadline. There remain concerns that there is still a lot more to be done before Brexit is finalised, despite new legislation that fast tracks planning processes…
Temperature controlled supply chain specialist Oakland International has taken property investor Logicor’s 225,000 sq ft warehouse in Bardon. Leicestershire. The warehouse known as 225 at Interlink Bardon has been taken on a 15-year lease and has undergone a £4 million fit out. It will be used by the company to pack and distribute meal delivery…
Research conducted by vehicle tracking specialist Quartix, shows that UK fleet activity levels are returning to “normal”, following the Covid-19 peak. The UK-based vehicle tracking company provides more than 17,500 businesses worldwide, with real-time GPS fleet tracking and has been closely monitoring its customer base during the global pandemic. The company has said that its…
A Tristan Capital fund has bought a logistics portfolio worth £68 million developed in partnership with St Francis Group, from the Richardson family. The logistics portfolio includes Cransley Park, Kettering, and Velocity 42, Redditch. The portfolio which also includes a unit of 105,000 sq. ft in Avonmouth developed by Curtis Hall, consists of 11 new-build…
The September 2020 issue of Logistics Manager Magazine is now available to read online! Inside you’ll find detailed analysis on the future of intralogistics – form sortation to packaging, order picking to forklifts – as well as an in-depth preview of IntraLogisteX 2020, which takes place on 1st and 2nd October. IntraLogisteX Preview: One Great…
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