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XPO Logistics has been awarded an exclusive contract to manage the distribution of kitchen products for all Nobia brands in the UK. The Nobia brands XPO will be handling will include Magnet, Magnet CKS, Gower, Rapide, Commodore and CIE. Nobia and XPO began working together in 2017 when XPO won the transport contract for Gower…
Last year rents increased 8.7% on average the highest growth in over 30 years according to the latest research by Collieries International. This was prompted by a record low supply of 18.1 million ft2 (down 34% year-on-year) triggered by a new record take-up of 50.7 million ft2 and a record annual share of online sales…
Royal Mail has revealed plans to cut 700 managerial positions to make an annual saving of £40 million. The company released its trading update today where it was announced that hundreds of jobs would be cut in an effort to save costs. Royal Mail revealed that 439 million parcels were handled during Q3 2021, with…
SEKO Logistics is launching an e-commerce business unit to grow its international logistics offering. The company is expanding its international cross-border shipping, global fulfilment, last mile, and returns and re-commerce offerings into a ‘multi-billion’ US dollar business by 2025. Now accounting for 40% of SEKO Logistics’ annual revenues, SEKO’s e-commerce operation has more than doubled…
Final Destination Logistics exhibitor DHL Supply Chain has invested in 13 new bio-LNG trucks to fleet as part of its ‘GoGreen’ commitment to reducing its environmental impact. The new additions are part of the company’s existing gas truck fleet. The Volvo FH 6×2 tractor units are equipped with Globetrotter cabs and specified with 155kg LNG…
Solent Stevedores which operates at the Port of Southampton saw a record-breaking year in 2021 of bulk shipments with more than 1.2m tonnes handled. Since 2016, the dry bulk terminal operator at the Port of Southampton has been handling more than 1 million tonnes of bulk each year with the latest figures reaching 1.257 million…
ABE Ledbury, part of Palletline, bought the 2.5-acre site on Bromyard Road in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Following continued growth which has seen the company expand into the site’s warehouse, offices, and workshops – a space totalling 30,000ft2, ABE has purchased the site. ABE Ledbury joined Palletline in 1994 before being acquired by the company in 2017….
Wilton Development has secured outline planning consent for a 3.52 million ft2 industrial and logistics scheme near Doncaster in South Yorkshire. Doncaster Council approved the application this week which will see the development of the scheme on a 180-acre plot adjacent to Junction 6 of the M18 at Thorne, Doncaster. Jason Stowe, Managing Director of…
Investor developer Harworth Group has secured planning for 110,000ft2 of industrial & logistics space as part of Phase 2 of its Gateway 36 development in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The next phase of the scheme will see the direct development of three buildings ranging from 23,000ft2 to 49,500ft2, which will include up to 10% office space…
Investor developer Logicor has launched its 170,598ft2 Wellingborough distribution and production facility to the occupier market, appointing Burbage Realty and DTRE as letting agents. Wellingborough170 is located on Park Farm Industrial Estate to the West of Wellingborough, a strategic logistics location in the East Midlands between London and Birmingham. Set on a 22-acre site, Wellingborough170…
Work is set to begin on a 260,000ft2 industrial unit at Wakefield Hub following a forward funding deal and land sale between Newmarket Lane – a joint venture partnership between developers HBD and Yorkcourt – and investment company Aberdeen Standard. The deal will see work begin within weeks on the new unit, which will be…
Real estate investor and developer, Firethorn Trust, is set to develop its first last-mile industrial scheme, following the acquisition of a 4-acre site in Belvedere, South East London. The speculative development marks Firethorn’s first venture into London’s logistics market, where it will deliver 94,000ft2 of Grade A last mile logistics space. The acquisition has now…
The deployment is set to accelerate Bolt’s mission to be carbon negative by 2023 and IKEA Canada’s goal to reach 100% ‘zero-emission’ deliveries by 2025. Canadian technology-enabled e-commerce fulfilment and last mile delivery partner Bolt will be deploying 30 electric vehicles across the country in 2022 for IKEA. Bolt’s first zero emission delivery trucks have…
The company has said that it will be changing the way its operations are carried out to better suit ‘customer needs’ and will be digitising its supply chain. Part of the initiative to transform its supply chain includes the introduction of regional service centres to increase speed, precision, and ‘sustainability’, the company has said. Part…
Deutsche Post DHL Group is introducing a global ‘DHL Green Carrier Certification’ to reward road transport subcontractors for their efforts to become more sustainable. The group aims to reduce GHGs to below 29 million tonnes by 2030 and net-zero by 2050. Ground transport accounts for 21% of the group’s total CO2e emissions. Accordingly, in addition…
Warehouse developer Tungsten Properties has sold its three-unit industrial development at Eastways Industrial Estate in Witham, Essex. The site which was sold to a private investor for £7.25 million and is pre-let to online discount stationary store OMG How Cheap, consists of three high specification logistics units totalling 45,000ft2. The sale represents a net yield…
Hundreds of people are objecting to a key logistics development proposal being promoted in Newcastle-under-Lyme Council’s latest Local Plan. The Local Plan, set to cover projects until 2040, earmarks land for housing and other uses. The 173-acre plot of land being promoted is south east of Junction 16 of the M6 motorway near Audley, and…
Royal Mail is planning a new state-of-the-art parcel delivery hub in Brighton on a derelict site in Patcham. The move comes as parcel volumes have soared and the existing hub in Brighton is no longer fit for purpose. The site, part of the former Patcham Court Farm, was subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening…
Swedish ferry company Stena Line has signed an agreement with Associated British Ports for a new £100 million ferry terminal at the Port of Immingham. The agreement will see the ferry company operate the new terminal for the next 50 years. It is a major long-term commitment and boost for the region. Stena Line operates…
Leading High Street retailer River Island has partnered with Segura, a platform for next-generation supply chain transparency, to ensure its suppliers are ethical, sustainable, efficient and compliant. The solution is claimed by Segura to be the only one on the market that enables companies to continuously map and monitor their multi-tiered supply chain and will…
StayLinked has today launched ‘Evolve’, a robust and highly secure integration platform for UK warehouse and logistics providers. Evolve provides a low-risk, no-code integration path enabling supply chain organisations to future-proof their legacy warehouse management systems (WMS). Supported by StayLinked’s SmartTE advanced terminal emulation (TE) software, Evolve delivers seamless integration with new and emerging Industrial…
Following the successful completion and occupation of Crewe 240, Panattoni has further expanded the Crewe site with the development of Crewe 305, a second warehouse that will provide 305,000ft2 of built-to-suit logistics space. Hörmann UK has supplied full loading bays for the project, with safety and operational equipment including dock buffers, dock lights and traffic…
The Chief Executive of one of the fastest-growing UK pallet networks says there are some promising signs that the worst of the driver shortage crisis could be over as the new year gets underway. Pallet-Track’s Caroline Green said she had seen the “noise decrease” over the chronic lack of HGV drivers which plagued the industry…
Property developer Firethorn Trust has hired Winvic to deliver the UK’s largest speculative warehouse this year at its Link Logistics Park in Ellesmere Port. More than 760,000ft2 is set to be created on brownfield site, including an individual unit of 655,000ft2, which will make it the largest single cross-docked warehouse being developed this year in…
Dedicated parcel company, Hermes UK, is opening a new distribution depot in Westhoughton, Bolton. More than 100 full time jobs will be created at the substantial 77,800ft2 warehouse, which will be operational later this month. The new facility will be able to handle over 220,000 parcels each day, three times as many as its previous…
Jerseytex, a manufacturer, importer and supplier of fabrics to the fashion industry, has developed a new very narrow aisle high-density storage solution at its Midlands warehouse facility based on Flexi Truck articulated VNA forklift technology from Narrow Aisle. Jerseytex uses its Flexis to support the unloading of textile rolls from incoming vehicles before delivering the fabrics…
Unifeeder is fast-tracking its green agenda by deploying a carbon-neutral towage service on London’s River Thames. The EcoTow service, developed by towage operator Svitzer, has seen its whole fleet of 10 towage tugs converted from marine fuel oil to sustainable Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO), which reduces towage CO2 emissions by approximately 90%. Unifeeder will initially…
Air cargo specialist B&H Worldwide has said that its customers are turning to on-board courier methods as a means to securely delivering critical aircraft on-the-ground shipments. The move to OBC deliveries from traditional freight shipments saw a rise during the initial months of the pandemic, and this trend is continuing as previous flight routes begin…
CMC, part of the KKR Global Impact Fund Portfolio and manufacturer of automated, ‘right-sized’ packaging machines for e-fulfilment, has announced that it is opening three new subsidiaries in the UK, France, and Germany. The expansion is a result of a growing demand for packaging automation in these countries where e-commerce sales are at their highest…
DP World has said that 11 sustainable straddle carriers will go into operation immediately at its Southampton port, completing a £40 million investment over the past 12 months in the UK’s second largest container terminal. The straddle carriers which lift containers moved by quay cranes and then transport them onward via either road or rail,…
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