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St. Modwen has secured detailed planning permission from Mid Sussex Council for a 64,752 sq ft unit at St. Modwen Park Gatwick. The new unit will form the second phase of development at the site. The first phase, a 100,000 sq ft unit pre-let to Gatwick Airport, is currently under construction and will be ready…
The impact of Covid-19 dragged profit levels down 15.1% at UPS in the first quarter of the year, to $965 million (£772.8 million), with its international business seeing an increase in operating profit despite a 1.8% decline in volumes. UPS saw Q1 turnover increase 5% to $18 billion (Q1 2019: $17.1 billion) driven by growth…
Fashion supply chains have been urged to use the global coronavirus crisis to take stock of existing business models and create more stable and sustainable supply chains. Research firm GlobalData claimed that global clothing supply chains had “unravelled” in the face of the crisis and it said that trust and goodwill had also eroded between…
Demand for short term space surged in March and April this year as the impact of Covid-19 was acutely felt by the logistics sector, according to new data from Cushman & Wakefield. Richard Evans, head of UK logistics and industrial at Cushman & Wakefield, said: “New demand continues to be above average since the lockdown…
A supply chain operation that would normally take six months to put in place has been set up by DHL Supply Chain in two weeks to support the build and running of the emergency Nightingale field hospitals across the country. To support the regional emergency hospitals, operations have been set-up in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, and Liverpool,…
JLL is expecting a “wave of demand” for warehousing as grocers increase online shopping capacity. According to the ONS online sales as a proportion of all retailing reached a record high of 22.3% in March 2020 as consumers switched to online purchasing during the pandemic. Overall online retail sales accounted for 22.3% of all retail…
St Modwen has secured detailed planning for a warehouse at its Stoke Central scheme on Stoke-on-Trent, which has been pre-let to an offsite construction specialist. A 133,670 sq ft facility will be built on a 12.25 acre plot at the developer’s 46-acre scheme after securing detailed planning consent from Stoke Council. It will have 120,753…
Amazon is to open a new delivery station in Redruth, Cornwall. The 43,056 sq ft facility is located on Parc Erissey Industrial Estate. It will employ 20 people directly with a further 80 – 100 drivers expected to be employed through independent Amazon Delivery Partners Packages will be shipped to the delivery station in Parc…
Polyco Healthline has hired an additional four trucks from Narrow Aisle to support increased demand from the NHS for its Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). Polyco, which has a distribution centre near Peterborough, has used a fleet of Flexi VNA warehouse trucks for over 14 years. Steve McCarthy, logistics manager at Polyco said that hiring additional…
Developers and investors are looking further east as pressure on land supply continues, but does it matter? Liza Helps reports. Take up of warehouse space in 2019 surpassed 5 million sq ft in the region, and almost 50% of the figure was Grade A space and there seems to be no let-up in terms of…
DX (Group) has reported record volumes in its DX Express division as a result of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The express courier said that deliveries to medical laboratories, independent pharmacies and central government departments amongst other customers, has “stepped up provision to accommodate the material rise in volumes” over the last six weeks….
Global 3PL Kuehne + Nagel has warned that it will face major challenges in the coming months as its performance dropped during the first quarter of 2020. Globally turnover fell 6.2% year-on-year to CHF 4.9 billion, while EBIT fell 24% to CHF 184 million – a clear reflection of the economic impact of measures to…
Bathrooms, appliances, sinks & taps supplier PJH Group has taken a warehouse at the Logistics North site in Bolton, Lancashire. PJH, which is already a tenant of site co-owner Multiply Logistics, has agreed a new ten year lease on the 55,600 sq ft warehouse, while extending the lease on its existing 63,000 sq ft unit,…
Ferry routes between Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Europe have been offered a £17 million support package from the government. The support package will cover seven routes between Great Britain and Northern Ireland; routes to the Isle of Wight; the Penzance-Scilly ferry; and European routes with up to 31 routes eligible for support, subject to discussions…
Co-op expects additional costs associated with Covid-19 to be in excess of £200 million, although these will, in part, be offset by increased food sales and business rates relief in 2020. Group chief executive Steve Murrells said that 2020 would be a year of “hugely significant disruption” adding that there was “a dramatic increase in…
Hemp and cannabidiol product manufacturer CBDfx has appointed Walker Logistics to provide storage and fulfilment services in the UK. Walker Logistics will receive inbound goods directly from the USA, store and then fulfil all distribution channels from its facilities in Membury, Berkshire. William Walker, sales director at Walker Logistics, said: “We expect rapid growth for…
Warehouse space levels may increase this year, according to the latest research from Colliers International. In terms of new supply, Colliers has tracked 4.4 million sq ft of speculative space under construction. This is on top of the space already or soon to be completed in 2020, which amounts to 3m sq ft but when…
Amazon is thought to be the main beneficiary of a recent planning approval at developer PLP’s Gateway 45 scheme in Leeds. The internet giant is believed to be the reason behind a reserved matters application proposing a single 2 million sq ft distribution warehouse at the scheme that recently scored approval from Leeds Council. The…
Businesses throughout the UK, and the wider world, are all facing supply chain issues. Some supply chains have more inventory than they expected to have at this stage of the Spring, some are scratching around the world to keep on top of demand. Some businesses have lower, or non-existent levels of demand, some have hit…
Hermes has seen a 100% year-on-year increase in volumes for SMEs and is currently delivering around 700,000 parcels a week for customers in the sector. The parcel delivery giant said it had adapted a number of its services to support SMEs, increasing contact-free collections and doubling the number of parcel lockers available. Jon Oldroyd, head…
Online fashion retailer boohoo has joined a number of businesses setting up emergency funds to pay suppliers affected by the economic slowdown of the Covid-19 pandemic. Boohoo told investors that it was “standing alongside our suppliers, continuing to pay them promptly with industry-leading payment terms for all of their orders”. It revealed it had set…
Concrete and cast stone manufacturer and distributor Amber Precast has taken Clearbell Property Partners II’s warehouse at its Davy Markham site in Sheffield. The company has taken a 10-year lease on the 75,000 sq ft facility, which is currently undergoing refurbishment at present, with a new roof being installed to improve its energy efficiency. The…
Online retailer Anything 4 Home has bought the 104,000 sq ft Fenton 104 warehouse in Stoke-on-Trent from specialist real estate investment and asset manager Catella APAM for an undisclosed sum. Fenton 104, Stoke-on-Trent The group is relocating from Birmingham to Oldfields Business Park where Fenton 104 is located. The facility is close to the A50/A500…
Unilever is to offer €500 million (£438 million) of cash flow relief to what it describes as its “most vulnerable small and medium sized suppliers” in its supply chain. The food and goods manufacturing giant also sought to reassure investors that it had been able to maintain the supply of product to factories throughout its…
Yorkshire and the north-east of England proved the most popular region for take-up of warehouse space in the first quarter of 2020 . According to latest research figures from CBRE nearly half of all warehouse lettings and sales (46.7%) took place in the region accounting for 2.923 million sq ft. Nationally total take-up reached 6.26…
The Cold Chain Federation has warned that excess demand for frozen and chilled storage could lead to a warehousing shortage in the sector within two weeks. Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, said: “With frozen and chilled food products still coming into store at a high rate but demand all but gone…
Icon Industrial, a joint venture between developer Stoford and US investor TPG Real Estate, has secured detailed planning consent for two different schemes site at its Icon Manchester scheme at Manchester Airport. The 18.81 acre plot is known as Unit 2 at the World Logistics Hub near Manchester Airport and the developer put in two separate applications for…
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has become the first British airline to resume scheduled services to China, operating three flights a week from Heathrow to Shanghai. Two of those flights will to be used exclusively by the Department of Health and Social Care, to increase deliveries of PPE for the NHS. Virgin Atlantic has so far completed…
Unipart has said it expects to see “continued growth in sales and profitability in 2020” despite the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Revealing results for the year-ending 31 December 2019 John Niell, Unipart Group chairman and chief executive, said: “We expected to see continued growth in sales and profitability in 2020, and while some…
Three deals have been completed on Zone 2 of Deeside Industrial Estate in North Wales following the latest phase of refurbishment. The Temporary Kitchen Company has taken Unit 37, measuring 12,178 sq ft, for an NHS contract while utilities contractor MJ Quinn Integrated Services has taken the 20,050 sq ft Unit 3, for a local…
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