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Facts & FiguresSome key statistics on supply chain trends to watch in 2024. News & AnalysisNews highlights include the increase in paid returns after Black Friday 2023 and reactions to the 2023 Autumn Statement from key figures in logistics. Additionally, Logistics Manager’s expert columnists delve into sustainability and digitalisation trends in the supply chain. The Big…
A 72,176ft² distribution centre in Hayes, West London has been let to Panalux, a provider of lighting equipment to the film, television and media sectors. Royal London Asset Management Property is refurbishing the site, known as Pasadena Distribution Centre. Once the refurbishment is complete in early 2024, Panalux will relocate from its Waxlow Road and…
A 240,000ft² warehouse and office complex is to be built at Aerodrome Business Park in Baldonell, Dublin. The site will be occupied by logistics solutions provider PRL Logistics. Glencar Construction has been awarded the contact, which will see it ‘undertake full fit-out works on the new warehouse development which was developed by Exeter Ireland’. The…
A survey by driver risk management and road safety training provider TTC has found that one in 10 respondents admitted to having ‘knowingly driven after having more than the legal limit’. With the Christmas period quickly approaching, it is important that drivers of fleet vehicles understand the importance of appropriate driving behaviour, especially concerning the…
Construction of the final warehouse at Rhenus Warehousing Solutions’ 1 million ft² logistics campus in Nuneaton, West Midlands has been completed. The scheme was developed by Baytree Logistics Developments and is known as Baytree Nuneaton or the ‘Rhenus Campus’. It is comprised of two warehouses, the first of which being 210,000ft² in size, and the…
American autonomous trucking firm Torc Robotics (Torc) has collaborated with Uber Freight, a logistics and freight solutions provider, to support the establishment of a network of self-driving freight vehicles. Trough the agreement, Torc will leverage Uber Freight’s logistics network, which includes more than 100,000 digitally-enabled carriers, to achieve greater insight into the future deployment of autonomous trucks. “As we…
Japan Tobacco International (JTI), a manufacturer of tobacco and vaping products, is set to replace stacker cranes at its Crewe distribution centre with a new automated storage and retrieval (AS/RS) system. The new system is to be installed by automation solutions provider Swisslog, with the project beginning in May 2024 and scheduled to be completed…
Warehousing solutions provider Lucas Systems has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to research software and data solutions to cut down the environmental footprint of the logistics industry. Some of the technologies that will be used as part of the research include 3D visualisation frameworks, mobile applications, Core CS and web/Angular/JS environments and will be conducted in…
DHL Parcel UK, the parcel delivery arm of DHL Group in the UK, has announced that is rebranding to DHL eCommerce in order to “better reflect the company’s core focus”. It adds that this change should also contribute to “maintaining a cohesive brand identity and visibility across all the countries in which the company operates”….
A new area has been added to the Sustainable Supply Chain Exhibition in 2024, which will highlight innovation from start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in improving sustainability within the supply chain. In the centre of Hall 7 at the NEC, Birmingham, a new ‘Start-up Hub’ will give new and smaller businesses the opportunity…
A new 632,000ft² beverage can manufacturing facility has reached practical completion at Delta Park in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The unit is a bespoke design for Crown Packaging Manufacturing and is the company’s “largest beverage can manufacturing facility in Europe”. It is hoped that this development will provide “hundreds of jobs” for those in Peterborough and the…
A collaborative new scheme will see Tristan Capital Partners and Canmoor develop a £32.9m logistics park Birmingham. The project will be completed in partnership with regeneration firm St Francis Group, with GMI Construction Group (GMI) being awarded the contract to deliver the 400,000ft2 warehousing and logistics hub. Situated off Eckersall Road, the 29-acre brownfield site sits adjacent to the A441 and…
Coventry-based Bromwich Hardy has let two units at St Modwen’s Meon Vale Business Park in Stratford-upon-Avon in the West Midlands. The company has likewise negotiated the re-letting of two additional bays; Bromwich Hardy will also act as joint agent for the site with Darby Keye. One of its partners, David Penn, explained that the firm was also…
Sensor technology provider Balluff has expanded its fulfilment offering in Veszprém, Hungary, by merging four warehouses in an effort to establish a more centralised logistics operation. The company, which provides smart devices for logistics processes, has said its new operation will provide increased capacity. Read more: Balluff to expand with new production site in Mexico A major part…
Grocery retailer Albert Heijn’s has announced that it will soon be opening a new Home Shop Center (HSC), which has been developed in partnership with warehouse automation company Swisslog. An AutoStore system has been used to automate processes in the HSC, where bins of peanut butter and tubes of toothpaste automatically roll along an automated network of rails…
The December issue of Logistics Manager is out now! News & analysisBig news from the past month including an interview with FedEx Express about the upcoming peak season, revelations about the use of supply chain data, and a look ahead to Logistics Manager’s 2024 events. Plus, Logistics Manager’s expert columnists dive into trends within the industry. Supply Chain Excellence Awards: Winners…
Tesla has initiated legal action in Sweden amidst a strike that has halted the delivery of its license plates. The strike, called by the industrial labour union IF Metall, aimed to secure improved working conditions for its members, as stated in an official release by IF Metall. The union’s decision to take industrial action against…
The Green Finance Institute (GFI) has released a report on the eve of COP28 [29 November] outlining how the slow transition from diesel to zero carbon trucks (ZET) is exacerbating climate breakdown. The decarbonisation of the freight and logistics sector, which contributed £127 billion to the UK economy in 2022, is critical to achieving the…
President Biden has announced nearly 30 new actions aimed at strengthening supply chains that are crucial for the economy and national security of the US. These actions encompass various initiatives, including the establishment of the Council on Supply Chain Resilience, utilisation of the Defense Production Act to facilitate investment in domestic manufacturing of essential medicines to…
According to data from returns technology provider ZigZag, 43% of UK returns in the wake of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2023 were paid for by the consumer. Over the past year, there has been a trend amongst retailers of moving away from the free returns model that has been very popular up to…
Research conducted by an international team of scientists unveils groundbreaking potential for reducing food loss and slashing carbon emissions. By adjusting frozen food storage and transportation temperatures from -18 degrees Celsius to -15 degrees Celsius, a transformation with the potential to cut carbon emissions by 17.7 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually has been discovered….
Real estate investment and asset management company Valor Real Estate Partners is to develop “four brand-new Grade A speculative warehouse units” in Beckton, East London. Valor has appointed Glencar Construction for the project, which will see a total of 223,230ft² in warehousing space developed. Units range in size from 27,223 to 81,842ft². Glencar’s Managing Director…
The UK automotive industry has seen a significant surge in private investment, securing an approximate £20 billion in 2023, marking a substantial increase compared to the £16.2bn amassed from 2016 to 2022, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a UK trade association and key advocate for the UK automotive sector. These…
At 11am on 6 December 2023, join Logistics Manager for the official countdown of this year’s ‘Top 50 Logistics Service Providers’. Register for free here The ‘Top 50 Logistics Service Providers’ is a trusted reference guide for supply chain decision-makers looking to take their business forward. It is the definitive ranking of the UK’s top performing 3PLs and…
Jason Rockett, Managing Director of industrial and logistics property company Potter Space, shares his view on the small to mid-box (sub-100,000ft²) property market in light of the company’s new research report, ‘BIG Things in SMALL Boxes’, conducted in collaboration with Savills. Our latest research has shone a light on the increasing lack of land that…
SEGRO’s multi storey development “Grand Union” at Park Royal, London, will have units available to let in Q1 2024. SEGRO V-Park Grand Union is one of London’s most sought-after industrial areas. The building fronts onto the North Circular Road, and the nearby A40 road, a major trunk road connecting London and Wales. The M25 motorway orbiting…
Be First has completed Industria, a new multi-storey industrial building that will bring well specified logistics floorspace to East London. The development in Barking was part of a Local Authority lead scheme, in response to the Greater London Authority’s updated London Plan to encourage ‘industrial intensification’. The scheme comprises two parallel rectangular wings containing a…
Retailer The Range has unveiled its new 1.17 million ft² warehouse at the Gateway 14 scheme in Stowmarket, Suffolk. The planned development was announced in June 2022 and in October 2022, detailed planning consent for the unit was granted. One year on in October 2023, Logistics Manager reported that Investec Real Estate had provided Norton Group with an £80 million financing…
Intralogistics solutions provider DistriSort has integrated a Cross Tray Sorter from Eurosort to automate sortation processes for Logistar, the third-party logistics provider (3PL) of SportVision in Serbia. The automated sortation system has two induction areas and is equipped with internal conveyors, a Value Added Services (VAS) area and end-of-line sorting conveyors. DistriSort provided a turnkey solution, with the sorter…
UPS Supply Chain Solutions (UPS SCS) has announced a new agreement with developer of autonomous mobile robots Geek+, which will see the robotics company outfit its new warehouse near Louisville, Kentucky with automated picking technology. The robotics company’s Shelf-to-Person PopPick solution, with more than 700 robots set to be deployed at the US$79m (£63m) facility, named the ‘Velocity’…
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