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Tilemaster Adhesives has signed a five-year lease on a 47,500 sq ft warehouse at Chancerygate’s new Grade A 101,000 sq ft development at Chorley, Eaton Point on Matrix Park. Tilemaster Adhesives’ refurbished warehouse, Unit One, is the largest onsite out of 13 other new warehouse and industrial units which range individually from 3,300- 6,630 sq…
UPS is enabling its U.S. customers schedule a Saturday pick-up from the U.S. to 57 key international markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, enabling them to sell products globally with the same delivery speed as domestic shipments. Businesses will be able to have their shipments processed and shipped on a Saturday and delivered…
With Brexit right on our doorsteps many people, including retailers, have turned to stockpiling ahead of March 29 due to concerns that time-critical supplies could be left to go bad on vehicles that get stuck at customs as port delays become an all too real threat. Manufacturer Emergency Food Storage has even gone as far…
IM Properties has submitted plans for the 165 acre Peddimore site in Minworth, Birmingham. The application envisages the development of 2.657 million sq ft of warehouse space, which could create up to 6,500 direct new jobs and up to 3,000 supply chain jobs to support the site’s potential occupiers across the manufacturing and logistics sectors….
SEKO Logistics has opened a new office and warehouse facility based at Dublin Airport, Harristown as part of its core market investment strategy as it aims to serve the growing number of multinational companies operating in Ireland. “The amount of trade in and out of Ireland – accelerated by the strength of the Irish…
Almost seven in ten UK SME retailers have expressed confidence that sales will increase in 2019 and are looking overseas to increase said sales, according to a study commissioned by the Royal Mail. The study found 70 per cent of UK SME online retailers currently sell overseas, mainly to Europe, USA and Asia. And 69…
EV Cargo has made series of executive and management appointments following the successful group-wide festive trading period. EV Cargo has four operating segements: express, global forwarding, technology and logistics. Following the consolidation of six UK logistics businesses in November 2018, the chief executives of each segment take a place on the group board while still…
inotec UK has completed a large warehouse finishing project for a leading chilled and ambient food manufacturer at its warehouse and distribution site in Leicester. inotec replaced 2,824 metres of line marking with its DURAline Rapid Shield UV cured top coat solution. It also designed and installed 80 overhead wire hanging warehouse signs with retro-reflective…
Natural stone importere and distributor Nile Trading has taken an 11,4012 sq ft warehouse at Prologis’ Prologis Park Hemel Hempstead. The company has signed a ten-year lease on one of the four terraced warehousing units available on Prologis Park Hemel Hempstead. The Park , which offers buildings from 8,700 sq ft to 171,000 sq ft,…
CML has acquired two new contracts with leading fashion brand LOST INK and footwear brand Butterfly Twists. CML is to take over storage, order fulfilment and returns management for LOST INK. It will also provide a fully integrated Warehouse Management System (WMS). Butterfly Twists will make use of CML’s 60,000 sq ft e-commerce ‘pick-tower’ to…
DP World has invested in two new Hyster empty container handlers which will allow it to create more capacity in the terminal’s empty park. The container handlers can tandem lift two empty 40ft containers and stack higher than the terminal’s current machines. The Hyster machines are compliant to the latest euro emission standards and will…
John Lewis Partnership gross sales were up by 1.4 per cent for the seven weeks to 5 January 2019. Waitrose & Partners sales were up 0.3 per cent on a like-for-like basis whilst John Lewis & Partners sales were up 1.0 per cent on a like-for-like basis. Waitrose & Partners online sales increased by 12.8…
Southampton’s charging Clean Air Zone has been rejected which is a win for the port and local businesses, says the FTA. According to the Freight Transport Association, the CAZ would have damaged the local economy and vital port as well as failing to actually improve air quality. “The proposed charging CAZ would have brought thousands…
Siemens has opened a fully refurbished digital experience centre in Manchester to demonstrate to its industrial customers how they can utilise digital technologies. The demonstration centre uses ‘digital twin’ simulation technology to showcase fully operational examples of transformative digital technologies to show users how they can enhance productivity, optimise performance, support flexible manufacturing objectives, and…
Like-for-like sales in the UK grew by 1.2 per cent in 19-week period to 5 January 2019 whilst Booker grew by 9.6 per cent. Tesco UK business third quarter like-for-like sales increased by 0.7 per cent, reflecting Tesco’s twelfth consecutive quarter of growth. The Christmas period saw a 2.2 per cent growth in like-for-like sales….
The Road Haulage Association has called out Port of Calais president Jean-Marc Puissesseau after he made claims that Port of Calais will not be carrying out any more vehicle checks than are already being carried out, apart from those for food, livestock and migrants, post-Brexit. Puissesseau claimed on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme that…
EV Cargo subsidiary NFT has invested in 82 Renault Range T460 6×2 tractor units with sleeper cabs. The range T vehicles enable NFT to achieves its safety and efficiency goals with minimum environmental impact. The vehicles are equipped with the latest safety technology and enable for optimum fuel consumption with the Fuel Eco Pack that…
The Weetabix Food Company has awarded two five-year contracts to Wincanton which will provide transport, warehousing and co-packing services. Wincanton will operate four warehouses where goods are stored and co-packed for retail promotion and provide nationwide transport for the delivery, management and transfer of finished goods and stock. “We are thrilled about this new partnership…
Hines European Value Fund has acquired Cribbs Causeway Distribution Centre in Bristol which contains 423,000 sq ft of logistics space. The 423,000 sq ft of logistics space is let to a single tenant whose lease expires in 2020. The space is subdivided into a refrigerated storage section and conventional stacked storage space. “The pending lease…
Rhenus Logistics has acquired warehousing, pre-retail, freight forwarding and distribution services provider Core Management Logistics as of January 3rd 2019. Rhenus Warehousing Solutions Europe managing director Andreas Plikat said: “We view the acquisition of Core Management Logistics as an investment in our expansion strategy in Great Britain”. The new UK facility adds to Rhenus’ portfolio…
Fowler Welch has taken on cheese and charcuterie importer Pimpernel Wharf’s chilled storage, picking and distribution from its Nuneaton distribution centre to major retailers and wholesalers across the country. Fowler Welch will store between 3-400 pallets on-site at any given time, with a total throughput of two million cases per year. The contract was originally…
Walker Logistics has entered a partnership agreement with German sales and fulfilment services supplier for consumer goods Limal. William Walker, sales and marketing director Walker Logistics The partnership will allow Walker’s clients to hold stock at Limal’s storage facilities, utilise its in-house sales platforms and fulfil orders bound for mainland Europe from these sites. In…
BlackRock UK Property Fund has acquired 27,215 sq ft Forest Trading Estate in Walthamstow, London from CBRE Global Investors for £11 million. Forest Trading Estate is fully let to three tenants with a passing rent of £404,665 pa, equating to £14.87 psf. The estate directly adjoins BlackRock’s existing ownership at Uplands Business Park which it…
European cash & carry and wholesale supplier Transgourmet has purchased five Allison transmission-equipped CNG-powered Iveco Stralis NP trucks to distribute food goods in and around the southern German city of Ulm as it aims to become more environmentally friendly. Iveco’s natural gas engines reduce particulate emissions by 95 per cent, nitrogen oxides by 60 per…
Ocado has invested £3 million in an onsite natural gas refuelling station at its Hatfield Customer Fulfilment Centre which will reduce its HGV fleet CO2 emissions by 29 per cent annually. The site launched with 29 heavy goods vehicles powered by compressed natural gas, blended biomethane replacing existing diesel vehicles. 20 per cent of Ocado’s…
Trailer and commercial vehicle body manufacturer the Cartwright Group has invested in a fully programmable robotic welder at its South Manchester production facility, as well as other investments to boost productivity. The robotic welder enables components to be manufactured to tolerance of 0.2mm. “The quality of components that are welded by the robot is tremendous;…
FuturMaster has outlined its 5 key supply chain trends to look out for in 2019 which includes AI, collaboration, IoT and cloud solutions, as well as Brexit. Artificial intelligence and machine learning: a concept widely spoken about but very few are yet to fully utilise this in their operations. Futurmaster predicts this will change in…
P&O Ferrymasters has launched new intermodal services from Pendik, Ambarli, and Mersin in Turkey to the Free Port of Trieste in Italy, with rail links to its Rotterdam and Zeebrugge hubs. The new services with onward rail links will provide transit times of less than a week between Turkey and Europe’s principal logistics hubs. Departures…
Air freight demand was flat in November 2018 compared to November 2017 according to data from the International Air Transport Association. November is the slowest rate of growth since March 2016, following 31 consecutive months of year-on-year increases. Freight capacity growth continues to outstrip demand for the ninth month in a row, rising by 4.3…
With more and more cities and councils enforcing ultra-low emission zones, bringing in higher congestion charges and all together banning cars in some areas, it is all the more pressing that businesses think alternative strategies and going green right now. Tottenham Court Road in London is one of the many examples of changes that are…
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