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At the Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2019 the winner of the Rising Star Award was Charlotte Thomas, warehouse operative, at Magna Park Distribution Centre for BT Supply Chain. The Rising Star Awards celebrates the achievements of an individual under the age of 35 for their outstanding work in the supply chain. Rising Star winner Charlotte…
LondonMetric Property has sold two mega box sheds and two regional distribution warehouses in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire for a combined value of £145.3 million. The FTSE 250-listed REIT has sold a 726,000 sq ft warehouse in Newark to an international investor for £80.8m. The asset will be let to Dixons Carphone for a further 14…
Dino Rocos, formerly operations director at John Lewis Partnership, is to join Clipper Logistics as an independent non-executive director. Rocos retired in May after 43 years at John Lewis. He won the Individual Contribution Award in the 2013 Supply Chain Excellence Awards. Dino Rocos, independent non-executive director at Clipper Logistics At John Lewis Rocos was…
Amazon is to open a new fulfilment centre in Darlington, County Durham – its 22nd fulfilment centre in the UK and first in the north-east of England. As a result Amazon is recruiting for 1,000 permanent jobs at the fulfilment centre, including engineers, HR and IT professionals and operations managers. New employees will start in…
Barry Byers, formerly network development manager at Pall-Ex, has been appointed as UK MD at the network. Meanwhile Martin Rantle has been named non-executive chairman: he previously held the role of vice president of sales for DHL. Byers said: “Leading Pall-Ex in the UK is a fantastic opportunity and I am delighted to be part…
Freight forwarder WE Deane has increased its warehousing capacity opening two new units in Birmingham. The two units both have a footprint of 4,000 sq ft, an intentional footprint to maintain a tight control of the flow of goods. By adding extra capacity WE Deane now has three depots, and the two new sites will…
GBA Services has signed a two-year partnership deal to become the official logistical and courier supplier for Premiership and European Rugby Champions Cup winners Saracens. It is the first formal sports sponsorship agreement for Preston, Lancashire-based GBA Services and will result in visible branding at Saracens home venue Allianz Park in North London as well…
In our series of profiles on speakers at the Supply Chain Conference 2020 we meet Tony Bury, group supply chain director at Lactalis. The Supply Chain Conference 2020 takes place on 17 and 18 March 2020 at ETC. Venues Monument, 8 Eastcheap, London. This two-day conference brings together the most influential and inspiring supply chain leaders…
A flurry of big warehouse deals in Ipswich has helped bolster confidence in the region among developers with FDS Corporation, Magnus Group and GMA Warehousing & Transport have all taken warehouse space in Suffolk in the last few months, writes Liza Helps. Chinese online specialist FDS Corporation has pre-let a 144,000 sq ft at Curzon…
LWC Drinks has purchased the Galaxy 173 warehouse and manufacturing facility in Chaddetton, Oldham for £8.5m from a private vendor, with Savills acting as an agent.. The drinks wholesaler purchased the 173,000 sq ft unit, which is located on the 496,584 sq ft Chaddetton site. Galaxy 173 is located 1.5 miles from junctions 20 and…
It seems that warehousing in the region can only go from strength to strength, reports Liza Helps, with take up in the East Midlands up to the end of September 2019 above its five-year average according to research by Cushman & Wakefield. Indeed, Robert Taylor, associate partner at DTRE, says: “In terms of numbers the…
A decreasing labour pool, increasing levels of e-commerce and a desire for high storage utilisation in the warehouse means articulated forklifts are in demand. Michelle Mooney investigates the highs and lows of forklift articulation and strips apart the features of Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) trucks. The articulation of forklifts means optimising their size, making them…
Hines Global Income Trust has bought a Royal Mail sorting warehouse in Edinburgh for £25m. The 215,745 sq ft space occupied by Royal Mail, is located on Edinburgh’s Sighthill Industrial Estate adjacent to Hermiston Gait Retail Park in the West of the city. The site acts as the collection and sorting point for all mail…
The warehousing and logistics functions at House of Fraser have now been fully integrated into Sports Direct Group following the purchase of the business last year. In July chief executive Mike Ashley said that Sports Direct had invested almost £90 million to kick-start the House of Fraser supply chain following the purchase of the struggling…
Year-on-year supermarket sales growth slowed again during the 12 weeks ending 1 December to 0.5%, with average consumers making one fewer visit to the shops over the past three months than this time last year. There was also evidence of suppressed Christmas spending with sales of Christmas puddings and seasonal biscuits down 16% and 12%…
Independent dealer group TrustFord has taken 239,580 sq ft at St. Modwen’s Meon Vale Business Park. TrustFord, part of the Ford Retail Group and wholly owned by Ford Motor Company, has signed a seven year lease and becomes the largest occupier at the site. The deal means St. Modwen has now let over 500,000 sq…
William Stobart has returned to Eddie Stobart Logistics, with current chief executive Sebastien Desreumaux to leave at the end of the month. Stobart has been appointed as executive chairman of Greenwhitestar Acquisitions, which indirectly holds 100% per cent of the interests in the trading entities which were formerly subsidiaries of Eddie Stobart Logistics. He will…
British International Freight Association has appointed David Stroud as its policy and compliance advisor, with the responsibility for logistics issues relating to air freight, security and sustainable logistics. Stroud has previous held roles with DHL Global Forwarding, Tigers Global Logistics and NNR Global Logistics. Much of his career has entailed air freight and aviation security…
NWF Group subsidiary Boughey Distribution has taken a 12-year lease on a 237,734 sq ft warehouse at developer Panattoni’s Crewe Commercial Park. Ambient grocery distribution and storage specialist Boughey will provide a new consolidation hub for a major new customer contract. Dan Burn, development director at Panattoni, said “We are delighted to have secured a letting to NWF Group, so…
Nestlé is to use 100% recycled plastic for bottles of its Buxton water. Products across the whole Buxton range will be made from 100% recycled plastic (rPET), while remaining 100% recyclable, by 2021. The 75cl and 1 litre bottles made from 100% rPET were launched in November this year and the rest of the range, currently…
As the year draws to a close, it’s time to look back on all we have learned in the past 12 months. Sustainability isn’t just a buzzword As Logistics Manager reporter Michelle Mooney reports in the January 2020 issue, there are huge strides being made in retail and manufacturing supply chains to make business more…
Quality Freight UK has overseen the delivery of three megamax quayside cranes to Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal. The company’s ships aided the arrival and departure of the ZH25 transporter vessel. The ship left from Shanghai on 15 September passing south-east Asia, India, the Arabian Peninsula and Africa via the Cape of Good Hope en-route to…
CMA CGM Group company, ContainerShips has introduced its fourth container ship powered by liquified natural gas. The 1,380-TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) ContainerShips ‘Arctic’, is the latest addition to the existing three containerships powered by liquified natural gas, (LNG), and will carry out its first bunkering in Rotterdam. From there, it will fuel approximately 200 metric…
Fashion retailer Superdry has said that it is “pleased with the progress” it has made in ‘comprehensively resetting’ the business. Turnover at Superdry fell 11% year-on-year in the 26 weeks ending 26 October to £369.1 million, while pre-tax profit slumped 96% year-on-year to £200,000 (from £12.9 million a year ago). Julian Dunkerton, founder and chief…
In the third of a series of profiles on speakers at the Supply Chain Conference 2020 we meet Tom Rose, head of international operations at SPAR International. The Supply Chain Conference 2020 takes place on 17 and 18 March 2020 at ETC. Venues Monument, 8 Eastcheap, London. This two-day conference brings together the most influential and inspiring…
The growth of convenience retail makes it a tantalising market. But the competition is tough and it’s inspiring a re-think of replenishment logistics. Johanna Parsons investigates… The UK convenience retail market is set to grow to £48.2 billion by 2024, according to forecasts by IGD, and the competition to take a bite of that market…
The personalisation of e-commerce is putting even more pressure on the warehouse and supply chain, meaning that warehouse management systems will have to react. Is artificial intelligence the answer? Christopher Walton investigates… If racking, shelving and forklifts are the muscles and bones of intralogistics then a good Warehouse Management System (WMS) is the nervous system….
Delivery management software supplier Sorted has won contracts with retailers Mulburry and Homebase. Mulberry, which operates 120 stores in 20 countries, said it chose Sorted to help drive its international growth and improve web conversions. It will use Sorted software to unify its order processing system and upgrade its delivery proposition. Meanwhile Homebase is using…
The Freight Transport Association has warned that if the new government does not pass the Withdrawal Agreement through parliament, there is still a risk of a ”no-deal Brexit”. The FTA has said that if the UK leaves the European Union on 31 January 2020 without a deal, then it would spell chaos for for the…
2019 may well be remembered by many in the distribution sector as the year political procrastination played havoc with the supply pipeline – from product sourcing to warehouse management, from demand forecasting to actual sales… writes Penelope Ody. Way back in spring 2018 – writing about Brexit planning – I was variously told of supermarkets…
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