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The August 2020 issue of Logistics Manager Magazine is now available to read online! Inside you’ll find detailed analysis on supply chain risk management; IT supplier relationship management and an in-depth report on international logistics. Cover story: International logistics – a wake-up call? The global economy was pretty choppy even before Covid-19 caused its chaos….
John Lewis Partnership is to ramp up its use of electric vehicles across its commercial vehicle fleet, trialling a small number of vans in early 2021 and, subject to its success, rolling out more widely in 2022. While John Lewis Partnership would not reveal which vehicle manufacturer it would work with on the trial it did say…
IAG Cargo saw second quarter turnover rise 33.1% year-on-year has seen a €369m (£333m) as customers paid extra for cargo-only flying and dedicated charters. The one-third rise in turnover during a quarter dominated by reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic followed a Q1 that saw turnover fall 11.6% to €246 million (£214.8 million) while sold tonnes…
Costain Group chief financial officer Anthony Bickerstaff is to join 3PL Wincanton as a non-executive director from 1 September 2020 The move comes as Wincanton said that Paul Dean is to step down as non-executive director at Wincanton from the end of February 2021. Bickerstaff will take over as chair of the audit committee on…
Pets at Home is to open a 670,000 sq ft national storage and distribution centre in Redhill Business Park, Stafford. Earlier this month the retailer took on a further 141,000 sq ft warehouse at LondonMetric’s scheme in Stoke-on-Trent. Pets At Home signed a conditional agreement for a 20-year lease for a proposed 670,000 sq ft…
Lidl is to open its £70 million regional distribution centre in Peterborough tomorrow (1 August) with the build and installation completed on time despite the impact of Covid-19. The 484,37545 ft2 RDC will replace an existing smaller warehouse at Lutterworth, which Lidl will continue to operate as a non-food warehouse. With the discount supermarket chain…
P&O Ferrymasters has taken up occupancy at a 231,000 sq ft distribution centre at DP World London Gateway Logistics Park LG231. P&O has moved in immediately to manage and operate the new distribution centre, after securing the five-year lease. The focus of the facility is FMCG and food and beverage, and FMGC industries but P&O…
Autonomous mobile robots (AMR) manufacturer Locus Robotics and supply chain software integrator Balloon One have signed a strategic partnership targeted at e-commerce fulfilment. Through the partnership, Balloon One will offer Locus Robotics’ warehouse fulfilment AMRs alongside the Körber/HighJump warehouse management system (WMS). Ballon One will also offer the Locus Robotics-as-a-Service model, designed to reduce start-up…
Two-person home delivery specialist Arrow XL is expanding into a new prime urban logistics development at Enfield Distribution Park, East London. ArrowXL, based in Wigan, has agreed a 10-year lease with global asset manager, Aberdeen Standard Investments for an 85,000 sq ft distribution warehouse unit at the industrial park in north London. Known as Urban…
One in five manufacturers are concerned about the rising cost of logistics, with one in three concerned about the cost of raw materials in the supply chain in a post-Covid-19 economy. According to a survey commissioned by IT service provider Delaware 33% of mid-market manufacturers said that the rising costs of raw materials and components…
Average daily volumes at UPS were up 20.9% year-on-year during a second quarter of the year that was defined by the global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Turnover in the second quarter increased 13.4% year-on-year to $20.5 billion (£15.7 billion) while operating profit rose 7.4% year-on-year to $2.3 billion. UPS chief executive officer Carol Tomé…
Leading 3PL Kinaxia Logistics has become the latest sponsor of the Logistics Manager Top 50 Service Providers. As revealed earlier this month, the Logistics Manager Top 50 Service Providers will launch on 30 November with a week of webinars and analysis that will showcase the fastest-growing 3PLs in the UK. The Logistics Manager Top 50 Service…
The White Company is to implement Quadient’s fit-to-size auto-boxing system, CVP Everest at its Northampton fulfilment centre. The installation will take place throughout August which is capable of tailor-making over 1,100 e-commerce packages per hour. Rob Gascoigne, DC continuous improvement manager at The White Company, said: “To meet the uplift in e-commerce order volumes and…
Boohoo has promised to “act decisively” on an independent review of its Leicester supply chain, after publishing the terms of reference. The e-commerce fashion retailer, which also operates Prettylittlething, said that the purpose of the review was to consider the obligations and relevant duties of care in relation to the workforce in its Leicester supply…
The International Trade Committee has urged government exercise caution over onshoring as a potential solution to the supply-chain vulnerabilities exposed by Covid-19 A report from the cross-party committee warned that onshoring may not be easy to achieve and could replace one vulnerability with another. It also called on the government to investigate the possible benefits…
OW Robotics has opened a demonstration centre designed to showcase the application of robotics and automation in warehousing and logistics operations. The facility, based in OWR’s Lincoln headquarters, has a fully functioning goods-to-person robotics grid which includes pick stations and multiple rack combinations. It also demonstrates OWR’s WMS and RCS systems, which guide the robots. Joe…
Joint venture partners St Francis Group and iSec have secured planning consent for a second phase at Markham Vale’s Horizon29, totalling 579,000 sq ft . The scheme just off junction 29a of the M1 between Sheffield and Nottingham, now has planning for three more industrial units ranging in size from 113,000 sq ft to 250,000…
UK-based electric van maker Arrival has taken a 168,000 sq ft unit at Albion Land’s Link 9 scheme in Bicester – doubling its capacity. The company, which secured the new space on a 15 year lease, now occupies units 1A and 1B totalling around 300,000 sq ft, Arrival’s relocation to Bicester follows the company achieving…
There has been a see change in attitude towards big box warehouse development on the lower end of the A14 in East Anglia. According to Phil Dennis, director, commercial at Savills: “It used to be very much about churn and any new stock was not of any scale. It was thought that the demand was…
The East Midlands dominated take-up levels in 2019 according to property consultant Avison Young, accounting for 7.4 million sq ft of activity – nearly one third of the total take up of 22.1 million sq ft nationwide. And the first quarter of 2020 does not seem to have shaken confidence in the region with CBRE’s…
Goplasticpallets has said that UK exporters should now consider non-wood alternatives to pallets to avoid falling ‘victim’ to Brexit. Last month the UK Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation warned that the UK would not have enough wooden pallets that comply with ISPM15 heat treatment regulations, which come into effect on 1 January 2021 for all…
Lancashire-based 3PL Kammac has joined United Pallet Network (UPN) to cover the PR and FY postcodes. The move comes after UPN began operations at its 250,000 sq ft hub in Fradley Park Lichfield, Midlands on 11 May, while in June it revealed it had partnered with Trafertir Group to provide a range of palletised freight…
Wincanton is to open a shared-user e-commerce facility in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, by the end of the month after signing a five-year contract extension with online furniture retailer Loaf. Loaf will be the first occupants of the new facility, alongside health and beauty company Neal’s Yard Remedies – with which it signed a two-year contract extension…
Yesterday chancellor Rishi Sunak was reportedly considering a 2% levy on e-commerce in a bid to create a £2 billion a year revenue stream for the Treasury. Reading between the lines the assumption would be that the expected tax take from bricks and mortar is way down on any projection, given well, you know… and…
Amazon is making deliveries of groceries free to Prime members in 300 postcodes in London and the south -east as it ramps up the pressure on the £119 billion grocery market. Customers subscribing to Amazon Prime will be able to order groceries through Amazon Fresh with free delivery on orders over £40 from today. Prime…
Tesco and Waitrose have suspended goat milk provider St Helen’s Farm, after an investigation by animal rights group Surge. Workers at Far Marsh Farm – associated with A&K Wielkopolski and Yorkshire Dairy Goats in East Yorkshire, operator of the St Helen’s Farm which supplies major UK supermarkets including Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, and Tesco, were filmed kicking…
The Rail Industry Association has set out four ‘asks’ for the government, as the UK looks to develop an independent trade policy. The RIA has urged that rail continues to be included in the negotiation of free trade deals, as the UK separates from the EU after Brexit. Damian Testa, senior policy manager at the…
St Modwen is on track to deliver 2.7 million sq ft of industrial and logistics space in the next 18 months. In its latest half year report the developer noted that it was on track to deliver 1.2m sq ft of new space this year, and was preparing to grow its committed pipeline to c….
The South Yorkshire Pension Fund together with the SCR JESSICA Fund have provided £15m to support a new 1.4 million sq ft logiscs and industrial development off the M1. The funds have provided a £15.25m senior and mezzanine debt facility to support the development of infrastructure, which is set be the catalyst for a strategic…
A survey conducted by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), found that nearly half of businesses believe it will take 12 months or more before supply chains return to pre-pandemic levels. The CIPS survey found that the effects of Covid-19 could lead to permanent changes in supply chains, with nearly half (46%) of…
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