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Industrial occupiers are selecting sustainable properties as part of a shift in overall business practices. But will it be a trend that lasts? Christopher Walton investigates. As an occupier of industrial and commercial property Philip Stephenson, chairman of the Davies Turner group, says that its nationwide network of hubs and branches, are almost all built and located on reclaimed…
Achieving sustainability throughout a supply chain could appear to be a never-ending task, and some supply chain professionals are calling for radical alterations to well-established business practices in order to make the changes required, writes Christopher Walton. Mark Morley, director of strategic product marketing at enterprise information management software firm OpenText, says that in today’s market sustainability and ethical business are key differentiators. “To remain…
Until coronavirus reared its ugly head 2020 was set to be the year of sustainability. It’s not as if the small issue of saving the planet has gone away after all: sustainable business practices will change the way that logistics, supply chains and industrial property work. Christopher Walton investigates. Many in logistics will environmental or sustainability policies in place…
A month after it sold irregular dimension and weight (IDW) specialist Tuffnells to investment vehicle Palm Bidco, Connect Group has described the self-proclaimed Big Green Parcel Machine as a “drag on profitability and cash”. As Connect Group revealed a 45% drop in turnover and 12.6% drop in pre-tax profit for the first half of its…
Urban Logistics has submitted plans for a 40,000 sq ft warehouse on an infill site in Nottingham. Urban Logistics bought the 2.13-acre former Corsland Filters site in Glaisdale Drive East alongside the adjacent Hillary’s Blind warehouse in 2018 which was part of a warehouse portfolio deal acquisition from LondonMetric. The investor intends to develop the…
Online organic food specialist Riverford Organic has taken a warehouse in Almondsbury, Bristol to help it grow its home delivery service. Riverford has leased the 7,963 sq ft mid-terrace Unit 2 at Orpen Park, Almondsbury on a ten-year lease. Landlord HCP Properties was represented in the transaction by the Bristol office of property consultancy Knight…
XPO Logistics has won a contract with Japanese beauty and personal care company Shiseido to provide omnichannel logistics. The contract will see XPO carry out the business-to-business replenishment of brands such as bareMinerals, NARS, Laura Mercier, SHISEIDO, Serge Lutens, Dolce&Gabbana Beauty, Narciso Rodriguez, Issey Miyake, Elie Saab and Clé de Peau Beauté as well as…
Warehousing automation integrator Conveyor Networks has signed a deal with Geek+ to become an official UK and Ireland distributor for its robotics and AI logistics. Last month Geek+ appointed AMH Material Handling as an official distributor for its robotic products in the UK, and this week launched the C200M, an extended-depth bin-to-person AMR. Simon Houghton,…
Healthfood and health supplement company Holland & Barrett has had to expand its distribution centre in Burton-on-Trent to deal with a 400% spike in orders. It is currently hiring 200 temporary warehousing staff just to fulfil the online orders at its DC in Burton on Trent. Dedicated space within the building, which had been earmarket…
Hikrobot and OW Robotics are to target SME customers with a new partnership designed around the integration of warehouse management software and warehouse robot technology. The partnership will see a range of four Hikrobot goods-to-person, a-to-b and production line units will be available including Hikrobot’s CTU robot and omnidirectional Forklift Mobile Robot (FMR). OWR is the…
A Development Consent Order by the Secretary of State has been granted for a 7.9 million sq ft strategic rail freight interchange in Staffordshire. Joint venture company Four Ashes was granted the order for its 735 acre West Midlands Interchange scheme near Junction 12 of the M6 last week. There is now a six week…
EV Cargo has strengthened its executive team with the appointment of three executive vice-presidents across business development, marketing and communications, and technology. Previously a senior advisor at EV Cargo, Ross Eggleton becomes executive vice-president, business development, while long-standing Palletforce directors Dave Holland and Dean Hughes have been appointed as executive vice -presidents of marketing and…
DB Cargo UK has opened a £7 million rail freight terminal in Cricklewood – its third facility in London – specifically to handle volumes of materials for construction supply chains. Operations at the 16.2 million sq ft North London site have already begun off of Edgware Road and will facilitate the movement of large volumes…
Geek+ has launched the C200M, an extended-depth bin-to-person AMR, which it claims can increase warehouse storage capacity by 2.5 times compared to that of a manual warehouse. The C200M uses a 1.4m telescopic fork to access two rows of containers from one side of the shelf and operates on 1m wide aisles. The AMR also has…
A tile importer is set to relocate its warehouse from London to North Yorkshire due to increased demand for residential space in the capital. European Heritage has agreed a deal to take an 11,250 sq ft warehouse at Potter Space Business Park near Ripon. Peter Hutchinson, who founded European Heritage with his wife Helen in…
We’re in a period of extended crisis at the moment, with businesses facing challenges the likes of which they have never faced before. For supply chains it has meant that links, both weak and strong, have suffered as a result of coronavirus. In some quarters, the call has been to introduce more resilience into supply…
Manufacturer and wholesaler of Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment Beeswift has taken CBRE Global Investors 120,000 sq ft warehouse known as Hub 120, in Birmingham, West Midlands as it s new corporate headquarters and national distribution centre. The company has secured a 16-year lease on the property located at junction 6 of the M6 motorway….
SEKO Logistics has distributed over 28,000 face masks and over 138,000 gloves to their frontline teams in North America who enable their clients’ supply chains during the coronavirus crisis. To ensure the health and welfare of SEKO’s consignees and shippers, the company has invested in additional MedTec Driver PPE kits to continue their support of…
CNH Industrial has selected Luminate Control Tower as the backbone for its customer-centric aftermarket supply chain for its parts business. CNH Industrial was looking for solutions to optimize its spare parts management business throughout the 12 brands within the group and chose Blue Yonder for its processing, SaaS-based solutions that can support the end-to-end supply…
The British Property Federation has responded to the Prime Minister’s lockdown statement, calling for clarity surrounding back-to-work measures.Melanie Leech, Chief Executive, British Property Federation said: “We urgently need the Government to publish the detail in its back-to-work papers and what public health guidance will apply as more people return to their places of work and…
A 216,347 sq ft warehouse in Nottingham has been sold to a property investor for redevelopment as a nine unit multi-let scheme. Ivygrove Developments paid £4.32 million for the 11.54 acre former Crystal Martin site on Kirkby Road in Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottingham. Following the acquisition, the Derby based commercial property investment firm will redevelop the site…
While it’s easy to write about the negative aspects of the all-consuming global pandemic – such as the substantial disruption to supply chains, or a capacity crunch that threatens e-commerce… my eye was caught by a story on our sister title Citti. Coronavirus allows us to rethink long-held assumptions. We’ve always done it this way…
Revolution Transport Services has taken a 116,995 sq ft warehouse in Warrington in the North West for expansion purposes. The company took a ten year lease on the property from Homes England as an additional unit to its main facility as the company expands. Guy Jackson, director at Lambert Smith Hampton who advised on the…
Maritime Intermodal has launched a new rail freight service from DP World Southampton to its terminal at East Midlands Gateway. Maritime’s eighth service, which will be hauled by DB Cargo and with the capacity to move up to 74TEU each way, will be travelling from Southampton to East Midlands Gateway and will eventually be utilised…
Turnover fell 11.6% at IAG Cargo in the first quarter of 2020 as the air cargo market faced “unprecedented challenges”. For the period from January 1 to March 31, 2020 turnover fell to €246 million (£214.8 million) while sold tonnes were down 14.9% and cargo-tonne kms volumes were down 15.7% while capacity declined 13.8%. Lynne…
Ocado Group has said it expects the long term shift towards online grocery to accelerate post-crisis after a start to 2020 that saw it enable the delivery of over 40% more groceries in the UK than before the impact of Covid-19. In a trading update to investors Ocado group said that turnover in its retail…
Linde Material Handling has introduced a “Truck Call” app to support social distancing protocols in the warehouse. The app features include remote communication with suppliers, reduction of direct contact between logistics staff, and offers digital call functions, and the option to repeat jobs based on a predefined favourite option. Hoyame Saber, business solutions director at…
Superdry is install 46 Hikrobots in its Burton-upon-Trent DC this spring, in an expansion of the retailers’ existing goods-to-person systems, following a pilot project in 2018. The enlarged operation will handle the entire picking and put-away of womenswear for retail, e-commerce and wholesale at Superdry. Over 80,000 sq ft of the warehouse is being set…
AMH Material Handling has appointed Aaran Konarczak as senior design engineer. In the role Konarczak assist in the design and development of new automation systems and components as well as designing, researching and developing new product ideas and production methods. Konarczak said: “Previously I was at Interroll for five years handling conveyor projects and technical…
Waitrose is opening a 110,000 sq ft Customer Fulfilment Centre in Enfield, North London, to double its online grocery orders in the capital by September. The site will be adding 13,000 weekly delivery slots for London customers as it splits from Ocado for home delivery. The centre is part of a £100m investment in its…
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