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The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, it is information. In the digital economy, information is currency and separates the leaders – who capture, leverage and secure information to deliver insights and sources of value – from laggards. To innovate, deliver new sources of value and increase agility, organizations must have accurate, complete,…
The government has now had three years to prepare for leaving the European Union, so it is quite shocking to find that the government’s own analysis, which was leaked to the “Sunday Times”, suggests that the UK could face months of disruption after a no-deal Brexit. The report was quickly dismissed as “old” and a…
DSV completes its takeover of Panalpina today, creating DSV Panalpina, which will have sales of some £14.5 billion and employ 60,000 people in 90 countries. It said appointment of a new executive management team is likely to occur within the next week. The integration will then move in to the regions and countries as well…
Speciality chemical company Croda Europe has pre-let a 376,150 sq ft distribution warehouse on the Goole 36 Enterprise Zone in East Yorkshire. The property is to be developed by Tritax Big Box REIT’s dedicated logistics developer, db symmetry. The facility is being let on a 20 year lease at a rent of £1.3 million a year…
Tigers South Africa has opened a dedicated e-commerce centre at its warehouse in Johannesburg, South Africa, to meet the growing demand for online retail. Managing director Paul Lawrence said: “The new e-commerce facility will take Tigers South Africa to the next level, as the online retail market continues to be a key focus for us….
St Modwen has started work on the first phase of development at Chamberhall Business Park, Bury, with the build of 130,000 sq ft of industrial and logistics space underway. It will deliver 14 units ranging from 2,500 – 25,000 sq ft, with the first phase due to complete in September.
Yodel, has appointed Jayne James as director of international services, following the opening of its first international office in Chengdu, China last year. James was previously with Deutsche Post DHL Group, where she focused on cross border ecommerce growth to Europe and America. She will report into chief commercial officer Sam Holden, and will work…
The Department of Health and Social Care has set out plans for a £25 million express freight contract to deliver medicines and medical products into the country after the UK leaves the European Union on 31st October. The fact that the DHSC was working on a plan was revealed last month in a notice in…
Yodel has partnered with trailer manufacturer Cartwright to develop a safety gate to protect workers from falling items when trailers are opened. These gates have been fitted to 50 new trailers. The gate uses two bifold mesh gates which can be opened individually, replacing the standard fabric net. It allows workers to open the back…
AP Moller – Maersk increased EBITDA by 17 per cent to 1.4 bn in the second quarter, on revenue up slightly at $9.6bn. The Ocean business continued to recover with enhanced unit cost, utilisation and reliability and revenue grew 2.9 per cent to $7.2bn. EBITDA in the Ocean business was up 25 per cent to…
MPs are to look at how the growth of international trade is affecting the environment – including the impact of transporting goods. The House of Commons International Trade Committee will examine how the government should address environmental issues in its trade and investment policy – including at the WTO and in future trade agreements. Committee…
Gazeley has started construction on two new speculative logistics warehouses at its G-Park Biggleswade site in Bedfordshire. The two warehouses, of 85,000 sq ft and 61,000 sq ft, will be constructed in parallel with a 152,000 sq ft built-to-suit warehouse at the park and will be practically complete and available from January 2020. Each warehouse…
The heavy goods vehicle market jumped 46 per cent in second quarter as operators went on a buying spree ahead of the mandatory fitment of smart tachographs in June. As a result, registrations in the first half of the year were up 34 per cent on 2018 at 27,464 units, according to the Society of…
Keswick Enterprises, the group chaired by John Harvey, made an operating profit £984,000 last year, up from £241,000 the year before, while turnover was up marginally to £35.5m. Spatial Global, the freight forwarding and international transport business, increased turnover by 3.9 per cent with strong growth in both the mail and e-commerce businesses. Freight operations…
The Competition and Markets Authority is considering launching a full investigation into plans by Amazon to take a stake in Deliveroo, on the basis that it might result in a substantial lessening of competition. In June, the CMA served an enforcement notice on Amazon and Roofoods (Deliveroo’s parent company) to stop the deal while it…
AP Moller – Maersk increased EBITDA by 17 per cent to 1.4 bn in the second quarter, on revenue up slightly at $9.6bn. The Ocean business continued to recover with enhanced unit cost, utilisation and reliability and revenue grew 2.9 per cent to $7.2bn. EBITDA in the Ocean business was up 25 per cent to…
MPs are to look at how the growth of international trade is affecting the environment – including the impact of transporting goods. The House of Commons International Trade Committee will examine how the government should address environmental issues in its trade and investment policy – including at the WTO and in future trade agreements. Committee…
DFDS has cut its growth forecast for the year by four percentage points, blaming uncertainty over Brexit which it says is currently reducing UK trade and visibility. For the first half of the year, revenue increased ten per cent to DKK 8.1bn and EBITDA before special items increased eight per cent to DKK 1.7bn. It…
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The NHS has renewed its contract with Fraikin for the management of 350 Blood and Transplant vehicles including emergency response cars, vans and 7.5 tonne reefers. The three year contract specifies some tough KPIs, including a minimum 98 per cent vehicle availability, a 100 per cent MOT pass rate and a first-fix rate for any…
Grant Schapps, who has taken over as transport secretary from Chris Grayling, has a “totally different, pro-active” approach, according to RHA chief executive Richard Burnett. Following a meeting with Schapps, Burnett said: “This has a totally different feel in terms of the Government listening to the haulage and logistics sector and I’m really looking forward…
Waberer’s, the giant Hungarian logistics operator, has blame a 6.4 per cent sales fall on lower volumes in the aftermath of the end-March Brexit date, which offset growth in the rest of the business. Chief executive Robert Ziegler said: “The whole industry was severely impacted by the aftermath of the end-March Brexit date, when demand…
The UK convenience market is set to grow by £6.9bn in the next five years, to reach £48.2bn by 2024, the IGD has forecast. Total convenience sales are expected to grow by 2.6 per cent in 2019, following 3.2 per cent growth last year. “This growth is being led by the co-operatives segment above all,…
Laurence Drake has been appointed managing director of DAF Trucks, succeeding Robin Easton who is promoted to the role of assistant general manager operations for PACCAR Financial Corporation. Russell Patmore succeeds Drake in his current position of truck sales director. Drake has held a wide range of management positions at DAF in sales, credit, operations and…
MPs have called on the government to consider tougher restrictions of driving while using a mobile phone – including hands-free devices. The House of Commons transport committee said there were 773 casualties, including 43 deaths, in 2017 where drivers were using mobile phones. The number of people killed or seriously injured has risen steadily since…
Suttons International has supplied Border Force with a tank container designed to help train officers to detect illicit goods entering the UK. The training tank that can be used to demonstrate where contraband items might be hidden to aid detection when freight enters the UK from overseas. Barry McNally, managing director of Suttons International, said:…
Amazon is poised to open its latest site at Gazeley’s 574,000 sq ft Altitude mega-shed in Milton Keynes – the largest and tallest speculative logistics warehouse in the UK. Amazon has been linked with warehouse since the end of last year but as yet there has been no official announcement. Signage outside the development in…
Global sportswear company Puma has taken Barwood Capital’s 261,000 sq ft ‘Super G’ speculative warehouse at Glasshoughton, near Castleford in Yorkshire. The building has been taken on a 15-year lease at a rent of £5.75 per sq ft. The company has commenced a fit out of the building and taken occupation from 1 August 2019….
More than fifty major retailers have called on chancellor Sajid Javid to reduce the burden of business rates on high street stores which are struggling to compete with online specialists such as Amazon. In a letter to Javid co-ordinated by the British Retail Consortium, they point out that retailers account for five per cent of…
Adoption of blockchain technology is gathering pace. In liner shipping, more companies have been joining the TradeLens initiative, which now covers more than half the world’s container cargo. Nestlé said recently that it is collaborating with OpenSC – a blockchain platform that allows consumers to track their food back to the farm. Malory Davies, Editor….
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