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Former TPN chief executive Adam Leonard is to join Palletforce in January as member relations director. Leonard takes over from David Breeze who becomes commercial and international director, a new position in the pallet network. “There are significant areas of the supply chain with further growth potential for pallet networks,” said Leonard, “so I look…
Two-thirds of British businesses (67%) have said that a focus on reducing supplier costs is blocking innovation. According to research conducted by spend management software provider Ivalua, 60% of UK businesses consider the role of suppliers important when it comes to pushing innovation, but 55% said that cutting costs was more important than innovation. Alex…
Amazon has struck a deal for a new lease and a new rent at the 300,000 sq ft warehouse known as Unit 1 Faulds Park, Gourock, where it has been trading since 2004. Earlier this year the property was sold by Scottish Enterprise to new owner M7 who gave the internet retailer six months notice…
Fortec member Linkline Transport is set to move to a “state-of-the-art” 140,000 sq ft site in 2020. The Northamptonshire-based company will be moving into a new facility in Prologis Park Wellingborough West early next year. The site has the capacity for 31,000 pallets, and will also feature a fully covered loading and unloading canopy. The…
E-commerce fulfilment and a click and collect service into Waitrose for third-parties helped drive double-digit turnover and profit growth at Clipper Logistics in the first half of its financial year. Turnover rose 11.7% to £254.6 million for the six-months ending 31 October (H1 2018: £227.9 million) while EBIT grew 13.5% to £12.1 million. Clipper said…
Wincanton has renewed its storage and distribution contract with Waitrose and Partners. The three-year contract renewal will see Wincanton continue to manage the storage and distribution of wines and spirits for Waitrose from its HMRC-approved bonded warehouse facility in Greenford, London. It will co-ordinating the transportation of some 12.5 million cases every year to 365…
The UK manufacturing downturn continued in November, as businesses were forced to respond to the delay to Brexit and a fresh injection of uncertainty from the forthcoming general election. According to IHS Markit output, new orders and employment all fell, while de-stocking activity resumed as firms depleted buffers built-up in advance of the postponed exit…
All sites in Gist’s temperature-controlled network have been awarded the BRC Global Standard for food safety certification. Gist’s newest site in EuroCentral, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, is the largest site to receive the accreditation after a recent audit. The site, part of the company’s temperature-controlled network, manages the warehousing and transportation of chilled and ambient food…
The Port of Tyne’s container terminal has increased its capacity by 40% to 753, 473 sq ft, which will see annual capacity increase to 100,000 TEUs. A 25% increase in container volumes over the past five years has seen the Port invest £2 million in extending its 20 acre container terminal. The port handles 30%…
GEFCO Group has received Good Distribution Practice (GDP) compliance certification for the road transportation of pharmaceutical products in nine countries. As a result GEFCO is GDP certified in 15 countries including the United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria, amongst others. The audits were conducted by international certification agency Bureau Veritas. The certification demonstrates that GEFCO fulfils…
DPD UK has recorded its highest ever ‘Cyber Weekend’ with parcel volumes up 13% from last year. The company’s four automated sorting hubs saw the highest concentration of parcel volumes every night of the week leading up to Black Friday, and through the weekend. DPD also said it had a record number of delivery vans…
CEVA Logistics has won a multi-year contract with bathroom products manufacturer Ideal Standard to provide regional logistics services in Europe. As part of the contract, CEVA will operate a 187,022 sq ft regional distribution centre in Bielany Wroclawskie, Poland, which can handle up to 150,000 pallets per year. From the Polish RDC CEVA will manage…
Medical manufacturer and distributor Arthrex has pre-let the last 45,000 sq ft unit on the first phase of PLP Properties 850,000 sq ftscheme in Sheffield. The company has signed a 15 year lease on the unit. In July PLP pre-let a 134,000 sq ft unit to ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company…
Value retailer B&M’s 1 million sq ft mega hub in Bedford is due to go operational in Spring 2020 following a £30 million fit out. The complex fit-out of the building, equivalent to 12 Premier League football pitches, has been delivered by UK-based Pentadel Project Management to meet B&M’s rapid UK growth plan. Pentadel has…
Supply chain and logistics leaders have seen major disruption from e-commerce, and they know they must be prepared for unexpected changes. Today’s supply chain looks vastly different than yesterday’s. Logistics leaders must be prepared for unexpected changes from e-commerce to compliance, and an integrated supply chain execution platform helps adapt to these shifts. A platform…
Manchester-based order management systems software developer Maginus has been acquired by Finnish developer Digital Goodie. Maginus specialises in software for mid-market retailers and distributors and customers include Joe Browns, Smeg and International Decorative Surfaces (IDS). Simon Weeks, CEO of Maginus, said: “Our proven order management system platform and our e-commerce integration capabilities for the retail…
Last week I was lucky enough to visit DHL’s Innovation Centre near Bonn in Germany (it’s one if three sites it has globally, the other two being Chicago and Singapore). If you’re in any way remotely interested in logistics, then you could have a very pleasurable afternoon looking at what the future may hold. Some…
Retailer Ted Baker has said that it may have overstated the value of the stock on its balance sheet by £20 million to £25 million. The company has appointed legal firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and will be appointing independent accountants, to undertake a comprehensive review. The board at the company said that any adjustment to…
BMW Group has set a target of using zero-emission cargo vessels from 2030, as part of a wider pledge to reduce emissions across its value chain. The German car manufacturer said that maritime transport currently accounts for half of the CO2 emissions across its transport chain, and it wanted to achieve a total elimination of…
CHEP has appointed Matt Quinn as vice-president for Northern Europe. The new role will see Quinn leading the country leadership team for the UK and Ireland. Quinn said: “This is an exciting time for the supply chain sector as retailers, manufacturers and logistics specialists collaborate to tackle challenges related to climate change, sustainability and how…
NGC Logistics has become the first Amazon delivery partner in the UK to put a fully electric van into service. Operating out of Amazon’s Northampton delivery station, NGC used an all electric Renault Trucks Master Red EDITION ZE van powered by a 57kW ZE engine with 33kWh Lithium-ion battery to make deliveries on Black Friday….
Getlink, formerly Groupe Eurotunnel, has appointed Sandrine Prieur as director of corporate social responsibility. Prieur was previously the deputy director of environmental and sustainable development at French airport operator Groupe ADP. Prieur will report to François Gauthey, deputy chief executive at Getlink, who said: “Creating this function within Getlink’s executive committee underlines the group’s intent…
Bathroom and tile product specialist Cubico has taken a 55,000 sq ft warehouse at Towngates’ Copperworks2 scheme in Leeds. It has taken a three-year lease on Unit C, which it will use as additional storage and distribution space in addition to its existing 110,000 sq ft warehouse in Birstall. The acquisition follows a 60% increase…
3PLs bought and leased 8.3 million sq ft of warehouse space by the third quarter of 2019, the highest level of take-up since records began. Property consultant Savills said that there has been “little empirical evidence” of Brexit stockpiling, but did say that 3PLs could be seen to be capitalising on the continued uncertainty, taking…
William Stobart will return to manage the company that bears his name should an offer for a 51% stake in Eddie Stobart Logistics from DBAY Advisors be successful. Stobart stepped down as director in April 2017 as the business floated on the AIM exchange, but recent months have seen Eddie Stobart Logistics lose its former…
Peel Developments has put up a 75-acre site near Manchester capable of accommodating a 1 million sq ft warehouse for sale. Port Cheshire is a 75-acre site that sits between the Manchester Ship Canal and junction 7 of the M53 motorway. It is the only permitted site in the region with the potential for a single…
Work has commenced on a Haverhill industrial development being brought forward by Trebor Developments and its partner Hillwood. “The Ridge” on Haverhill Business Park is a five multi-unit scheme. McCoy Contractors has been appointed as specialist groundworks contractor and will be on site until March 2020, followed by the main contractor, A&H Construction, which will implement…
Bolsover Council has granted planning permission for the final phase of Park 38 a £46 million mixed retail and industrial scheme at South Normanton. The development, off Cartwright Lane, would see a more than 500,000 sq ft of logistics space as well as a new retail park created on farmland. Limes Development is intending to…
The logistics industry is on the ‘brink of a major disruptive wave’ driven by digitalisation and innovation, that will transform the way services are delivered in the sector according to the largest supplier of third-party logistics in the world. DHL Supply Chain laid out its ambitions to be a “leader” in digitalisation and innovation –…
The sale of Pall-Ex Group to its membership and senior management team has been finalised, with 70 per cent of the network’s members becoming shareholders. RUN D.M.C Investments funded the initial membership part of the acquisition. The company was created by Dave Fairbrother, Maggie Larimore and Craig Stevens, founder members of Pall-Ex. Larimore : “We…
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