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Steve Gunning, who for many years was chief executive of IAG Cargo, is to become chief financial officer of IAG. He will replace Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, when he steps down in June. Gunning has been British Airways CFO since January 2016 and acting director of IAG Global Business Services since December 2017. He joined…
Hachette UK has opened its 242,000 sq ft Hely Hutchinson Centre near Didcot for the distribution of books of all the publishers within the group. The distribution centre has 25-metre-high eaves and provides 35,000 bulk locations, including with the capacity to double within the existing footprint. It will dispatch 65 million books and stock 150,000…
Gateshead-based OSE European has joined the Fortec Distribution Network covering the majority of the NE postcodes. OSE has two bases, one in Gateshead as well as one in Belgium, and handles goods from a wide range of sectors including pharmaceutical, engineering, automotive and food. General manager Dominic Wintrip said: “Not only will joining Fortec allow…
Nagel Langdons, the temperature controlled distribution specialist, has ordered a total of 205 rigid and articulated trucks from Scania which will be used on a variety of temperature controlled distribution and trunking operations. A total of 56 artics will be delivered in 2019. The G 450 6×2/2s will operate on distribution work during the day…
The prospect of improving yields is attracting investors back into the prime retail warehousing sector, according to Savills. Yields on open A1 retail warehouses currently stand at 6 per cent, having risen from 5 per cent a year ago and 175 basis points since 2015. However, increasing demand signalled by a series of recent deals…
Electric Assisted Vehicle has launched a cargo bike which it says has been “engineered down” from a light commercial vehicle rather than “engineered up” from a bicycle. The quadracycle can carry 150 kilos of parcels is peddled and steered like a traditional bike. It has an electric motor that enables the rider to press a…
Paragon has enhanced its fleXipod proof of delivery system to enable logistics operations to provide customers with access to live status updates on the progress of their delivery. Operators using Paragon’s proof of delivery software have the option to upgrade the system to include a link to the new driver tracking functionality in both emails…
The European Union and the UK government have agreed a Brexit delay until 31st October. However, if the UK could be booted out on 1st June if it fails either to ratify the withdrawal agreement by 22nd May or hold elections to the European Parliament by 26th May. The agreement was greeted with relief by…
CMA CGM says it will hold 97.89 per cent of CEVA’s outstanding shares 16th April – settlement day for its bid. It plans to set up a CEVA operational centre in Marseilles (CMA CGM’s headquarters) to bring together the management teams and support functions. It has set out plans for: – improving productivity by investing…
Pets at Home has ordered 11 stepframe double deck curtainsiders from Cartwright which feature Cheetah aerodynamic profile, a Moffett at the rear of the trailer and buckleless curtains. The curtains use an air operated tension system with no buckles on the outside to enable drivers to secure the curtains more quickly and efficiently. Steve Travis,…
ASOS saw its profits squeezed in the first half by increased costs due to investment in logistics and IT combined with a fall in gross margins despite a strong increase in sales. The online retailer increased sales by 14 per cent to £1.3 billion, but pre-tax profit was down 87 per cent to £4 million….
Tesco has made savings of £112 million in logistics and distribution since the first half of 2016-17, it has revealed in its results for the year to 23rd February. The retailer set a target of reducing operating costs by £1.5 billion by full year 2019-20, and it said that it had now made savings of…
Only 14 per cent of workers in transport and logistics voted in favour of Brexit, according to a survey of 5,000 employees across a range of industries by WMB Logistics. Logistics workers, along with those in healthcare were the least enthusiastic for Brexit, while construction workers were the most pro-Brexit (71 per cent in favour)….
Magazine distributor Marketforce has agreed a five year contract renewal with Smiths News worth some £130 million a year. Marketforce distributes a range of magazines including Private Eye, Hello! and The Beano. It is part of TI Media and its portfolio accounts for some 38 per cent of the UK magazine market. As well as…
Synergy has launched a robotic fulfilment cart, SnapCart, to help small parts picking and e-commerce fulfilment centres streamline picking operations without requiring any infrastructure changes. SnapCart works alongside manual carts and operates under a cellular picking model. Warehouse pickers are assigned to smaller cells which are serviced by an autonomous cart working on a pick-to-light system….
Luxury brand Mulberry has implemented an agile supply chain initiative enabling it to reduce inventory and improve visibility throughout the supply chain. It has implemented Aptos solutions for its pre-season and in-season planning and is now focusing on PLM and supply chain management to manage product development and sourcing faster and more efficiently in the…
Debenhams has been sold to a new company controlled by its lenders in a pre-pack administration process. It will now push ahead with plans to close up to 50 stores and develop a lower cost approach for another 20 stores. The company’s directors rejected an investment from Sports Direct which owned some 30 per cent…
Newsprinters has awarded a five year contract to Menzies Distribution to provide primary logistics trunking services. The printer, which is part of News International, prints the Financial Times, Daily Mail, and The Telegraph as well as The Times and The Sun. It has sites at Broxbourne, Knowsley and Eurocentral. Menzies provide bulk distribution of newspapers…
The Ministry of Defence has launched a £2 million competition to find ways to defeat hostile drones. The competition run by the Defence and Security Accelerator will support the development defensive capabilities drawing upon “autonomous decision-making mechanisms and networked sensing systems capable of detecting, tracking, identifying and defeating hostile unmanned aerial systems over complex and…
How do you recruit your employees: advertising, agencies, social media? Malory Davies, FCILT, Editor. There are well publicised staff shortages in key areas of logistics and with Brexit looming these are likely to increase. For example, in November last year, the Freight Transport Association produced a report highlighting the fact that EU workers made up…
Nik Scott-Gray, chief executive of Montrose Port Authority, is to become general manager for Port of Dover Cargo in July. This year, the port is opening a multi-purpose cargo terminal as part of its £250 million Dover Western Docks Revival development. Barbara Buczek, Dover’s chief commercial officer said: “This is a very exciting year for…
The Mayor of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone is punishing the road haulage industry, according to the Road Haulage Association following the introduction of the scheme on Monday. RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said: “Approximately 188 thousand HGVs deliver into London each year – many making daily deliveries – but only about 50 per cent meet…
The Supply Chain Excellence Awards entry process is now open, and the entry deadline is 28 June. Award winners will be announced at a ceremony held in London at the Hilton on Park Lane on the 5th November, attended by hundreds of supply chain leaders. Since they were launched in 1997 the Awards have become…
Rhenus Contract Logistics has started using an AutoStore system at its new 60,000 sq m distribution centre at Tilberg in the south of the Netherlands. AutoStore uses robots that run on an aluminium grid. The robots stack bins in the storage system grid, and then transport items for delivery to the order picking stations. Aisles…
Sport equipment and sportswear company Decathlon has extended its contact with GEFCO until 2020, marking the third year of partnership between the two organisations. GEFCO will continue to transport goods to nationwide Decathlon stores from its Northampton logistics centre. In 2018, it was granted three additional lanes to optimise and expand supply routes for deliveries…
Langtree and Panattoni have submitted a planning application for a £180 million logistics development in south Warrington. The 288,000 sq m development named Six 56 Warrington is next to J20 of the M6 and J9 of the M56. The scheme will focus on providing space for logistics businesses, said John Downes, Langtree’s group chief executive….
Swedish fashion group Lindex has recruited Johan Engen to be its new director of logistics from August 2019. “Effective logistics is crucial for our continued profitability and sustainable growth. Johan, with his solid expertise and background, will be a very valuable addition to our business and have a key role in Lindex continued business development,”…
Three men convicted of “industrial scale” tachograph manipulation and money laundering offences have been sentenced to a total of nine years in prison at Preston Crown Court. The convictions were handed down on 5th April and followed a lengthy and complex investigation by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and Lancashire Police. The men produced,…
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has hired Kantar Worldpanel to study shoppers’ buying trends in the run-up to Brexit in case it needs to take action to deal with food stockpiling.The government’s contracts finder web site said: “The agri-food chain analysis team need to be able to monitor trends in households…
LondonMetric Property has exchanged contracts with Argos to extend the lease at its 656,000 sq ft Bedford distribution warehouse by a further 12 years. The new lease runs without a break for 15 years at £4.1 million per annum, subject to five yearly inflation linked uplifts. Oak Furniture Land has also exchanged contracts to extend…
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