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The FTA has said that were the government to include part-time working as part of the current furlough scheme from the end of May, rather than waiting until August, it would ensure the future security of businesses across logistics in the UK. FTA chief executive David Wells said: “The furloughing scheme has been a lifeline…
Marks & Spencer has snapped up Logicor’s MK360 warehouse in Milton Keynes to service its food division. In a statement yesterday the company said it would be looking to cut £500 million of costs, including £60 million in its clothing and home logistics functions, as it anticipates a 70% reduction in volume in some areas…
IT and communications equipment vendor Cisco Systems has topped Gartner’s annual rankings of supply chain excellence through a combination revenue growth, strength in environment, social and corporate governance and a recognition of leadership in the community. Cisco hit the top spot for the first time, and was closely followed by Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson, Schneider…
Electric van maker Arrival has acquired an additional 30,000 sq ft warehouse in Bicester just three months after setting up shop in an adjacent unit. The company has taken Unit 6, at Network@Link 9 in Bicester for its composites production facility The deal was agreed by VSL & Partners and White Commercial for landlord Barings…
There has been a 24% increase in the number of business demanding suppliers publish environmental data, according to a study conducted by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The CDP, which counts companies such as Nike, Airbus and Sainsbury’s as members, said that more businesses were using its environmental disclosure platform to measure environmental impact, risks,…
Pall-Ex has appointed a new owned operations director in the wake of its acquisition of Cranleigh Freight Services in February. Colin Hawkins has been promoted to the newly created position of owned operations director and will oversee all of Pall-Ex’s owned operation depots including: Cranleigh Distribution Services, Pall-Ex London, Cornwall-based Intercounty Distribution and Shears Bros…
Sheffield-based wholesaler and distributor Pricecheck has doubled its warehouse after leasing an additional site to cope with demand. The deal, brokered by joint letting agents, Knight Frank and CBRE, sees Pricecheck take a lease of the 197,425 sq ft former Maplin building on Brookfields Park in Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham. The additional space means Pricecheck now…
Marks & Spencer has unveiled plans to cut £500 million of costs, including £60 million in its clothing and home logistics functions, as it anticipates a 70% reduction in volume in some areas of its business due to the impact of lockdown. Forecasting sales volumes for the remainder of the year M&S said that in…
Follingsby International Enterprise Park Ltd (now NCL1 Ltd), which is majority controlled by Amazon.com, has been given the go ahead for a reserved matters application for a 148,725 sq ft warehouse on Plot B at Follingsby Max in Gateshead in the north-east of England. The 95-acre site secured planning in 2018 for up to 2.5…
With the rate at which technology accelerates, we ask ourselves what the next step is in the warehouse, in the supply chain, and in the world of logistics in general. Businesses need to focus on keeping up with this acceleration, while keeping sustainability in mind. So, can they do this with the help of robotic…
IntraLogisteX, the only materials handling and intralogistics exhibition to be held in the UK in 2020, will now take place on 29 and 30 September in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The show was originally scheduled to take place at the Ricoh Arena on 31 March and 1 April, but in the light of…
Menzies Distribution has delivered food products to over 500 of One Stop Stores’ 900 UK convenience store outlets, in addition to the daily newspaper and magazine service. Menzies said that diversifying its mix of products to deliver to the West Midlands-based convenience store chain was the result of a rapid change in customer buying habits…
Independent plastics distribution business Vink has taken a 21,600 sq ft warehouse unit at Aviva Investors’ Riverside Way industrial scheme in Uxbridge. The warehouse will be used to assist in the company’s expansion strategy. The letting along with two others equating to over 40,000 sq ft of space, mean that the scheme is now fully…
It seems like an age ago that the cream of the supply chain sector gathered at the London Hilton on Park Lane last November to celebrate a year of successes. Yet it was just six months ago. In that time the world has changed enormously. We all now understand what lockdown means; that logistics workers…
E-commerce retailer N Brown, the company behind brands such as Jacamo and Simply Be, has said it will continue to pay its product suppliers to terms despite the slump in sales during lockdown. In a statement to investors N Brown said that throughout the pandemic it would continue to pay product suppliers to contractual terms…
More than 6,500 people have objected to the development of a warehouse scheme in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Buccleuch Property had put in an application to Kettering Council for five warehouses and a manufacturing unit at its Kettering North site totalling 432,870 sq ft in February this year. The warehouses would range in size from 35,000 sq…
United Pallet Network began operations at its self-proclaimed ‘smarthub’ in Fradley Park Lichfield, Midlands on 11 May. The new hub, of which UPN did not immediately provide details of size or operational capacity, has been, UPN said, ‘designed to fulfil the needs of the pallet network’. UPN said that its self-tilted ‘smarthub’ technology means it…
Container volumes at the world’s largest container shipping company, A.P. Moller – Maersk, are expected to drop by anywhere between a fifth to a quarter in the second quarter of 2020. A.P. Moller – Maersk chief executive Søren Skou said that visibility remained low for April, May and June of 2020 as a result of…
Developer investor Gazeley has submitted plans for the redevelopment of a warehouse to provide two new warehouses in Milton Keynes. Currently the 13.28-acre site known as Willen House is occupied by a single 215,000 sq ft warehouse. The proposal is to demolish the ‘outdated’ warehouse and replace it with two new units totalling 254,859 sq…
EV Cargo division Allport Cargo Services has developed a new reverse logistics software platform for skiwear retailer Perfect Moment. Allport Cargo Services built an online returns portal for the retailer, linked to its e-commerce site. Products are now individually tracked back to the ACS returns centre, where items are returned to stock inventory and are…
Volatile markets are a challenge to forecast but new developments in demand sensing are enabling a more nuanced approach. Johanna Parsons investigates. Consumer behaviour has always been somewhat unpredictable, but increasing market volatility is being driven by factors from viral marketing to actual viruses, and forecasting can seem futile. The demand for responsive solutions has…
The ceremony, sponsored by Clipper Logistics, DP World and Unipart Logistics, will also reflect on what has been achieved in 2020 in the light of the most trying of circumstances. To that end the Supply Chain Excellence Awards have been relaunched for 2020 with a host of new categories, to reflect the depth and breadth…
DB Cargo UK and Puma Energy (UK) have signed a three-year contract for rail haulage that will see the transportation of more than one million tonnes of fuel per annum from Milford Haven and Immingham to Theale and Westerleigh fuel terminals. DB Cargo UK will provides trains of up to 30 rail wagons which are…
Network Space and Caddick Construction finished construction of a mid-box warehouse known as Central 23 in Liverpool. The 23,500 sq ft unit has been built on a 1.75 acre site and has been forward funded by investment manager Infrared Capital Partners. The plot sits off the junction with the A5038 Vauxhall Road and Leeds Street….
Palletforce member BM Stafford & Sons has taken the last available unit at Pan-European investor and asset manager M7 Real Estate’s North Point Units 1-3 at Belmont Business Park in County Durham. The final unit totalled 20,216 sq ft and has been let on a 5 year lease to the north-east haulier. Other occupiers at…
From coronavirus to Brexit, sustainability to e-commerce market, risk management is at the centre of a stable chain. How supply chain practitioners cope with these dangers depends on how robust risk management systems are. The world is heading in a new direction and supply chains need to be able to survive in order to overcome…
Dramatic changes in consumer buying habits during the coronavirus pandemic will have substantial supply chain implications, a survey has found. According to software vendor Blue Yonder , which surveyed 6,000 European consumers in April and 1,000 U.S. consumers in both March and April, online grocery had been a major beneficiary of Covid-19 impacts on consumer…
Organic cleaning product manufacturer and distributor Organica UK has snapped up a warehouse in the North West to consolidate and expand its business. The company has consolidated its operations from three buildings to one, taking property development and investment company Glenbrook’s 22,505 sq ft refurbished industrial building on Dock Road, Wallasey near Birkenhead. It has…
Industrial property developer Chancerygate has secured £11.26 million to develop a mid-box warehouse scheme in Knutsford, Cheshire. Investec Structured Property Finance has agreed a 24 month loan with the developer in order to build the 252,000 sq ft Novus site Expected to complete in late 2020, Phase 1 of the site totals 130,000 sq ft…
Turnover at Wincanton fell 15% year-on-year in April, with a 70% fall in its construction logistics division, as lockdown hit volumes at the 3PL. The 3PL had been forced to furlough 15% and temporarily cease operations in its two-person home delivery network to meet safety guidelines – which has subsequently restarted following the recent change…
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