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Clowes Developments has been granted reserved matters planning permission for several industrial and logistics units at Stud Brook Business Park in Castle Donington, Derbyshire. The units will range from 1,500ft² to 45,000ft² in size and will be used for “employment, amenity, office, and industrial” purposes. James Richards, Development Director at Clowes Developments, said: “After a…
Today is an exciting day as the official judging for the Supply Chain Excellence Awards, the biggest night in the logistics calendar, has begun! Logistics Manager HQ is buzzing with activity today as the first categories go through the judging process, and everyone is excited as we get closer to the night of the Awards….
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has confirmed that 269 members of staff at Wilko’s Support Centre in Worksop will be made redundant by close of business today [4 September], with “further redundancies across the two distribution centres” in Worksop and Newport to be announced this week. This follows the announcement in August that Wilko had gone into administration, appointing administrators from…
International express delivery service provider DHL, has relaunched its international same day service for customers in the UK with emergency delivery needs, or with items that cannot be sent through the Express network. The service will give the company’s customers service gives customers access to a number of features to customise the delivery process based…
Logistex and Hai Robotics have begun a ‘strategic’ partnership to transform warehouse automation. The collaboration will allow the two companies to deliver new solutions which aim to optimise warehouse operations, and could increase productivity. The integration of Hai Robotics’ ACRs will enable a more efficient movement of goods, streamlining of processes, and a reduction of…
Ge-Be Transport, a member of the Palletways network has recently expanded into a new 435,600ft² site. The new facility can accommodate more than 2,000 pallets and already serves several companies including clients from the pet food, paper, and catering equipment suppliers sectors. The new site has a large forecourt area that will accommodate Ge-Be’s growing fleet of…
Aerospace logistics company B&H Worldwide has completed its first engine transportation as well as storage on behalf of Singapore Airlines. B&H was recently commissioned by Singapore Airlines, to transport a GE90 engine from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Singapore. The company spent three days to complete the 10,700 kg engine delivery, and it is…
Watch this webinar by Zebra Technologies and Logistics Manager to learn about how warehouse modernisation is driven by advancements in technology. Zebra’s latest vision study survey looks at how warehouse modernisation is driven by advancements in technology and its impact on warehouse transformation, productivity optimisation, process improvement and cost reduction. Zebra’s 2023 Vision Study addresses three key topic areas:…
Shipping solutions provider Marcura has bought maritime online procurement platform ShipServ. The Marcura Group announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ShipServ and this will be finalised in the next few weeks. When the two companies fully merge, both will receive a shared workforce, and a ‘broadened solutions portfolio’ to deliver a…
Huel, best known for its meal replacement powder, has agreed to lease a 71,000ft² manufacturing and distribution facility at PLP MK in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Construction is currently underway and is expected to be completed in December 2023. Once open, the unit will be used to serve Huel’s “growing customer base across the UK and…
CoolKit has teamed-up with London-based cupcake company, Lola’s Cupcakes, to create an ‘industry-first’ van conversion operation. The company will showcase the cakes as Lola’s Cupcakes delivers to outlets across the capital and nationwide, while maintaining a temperature controlled environment to uphold food hygiene regulations. Additionally, the vans will comply with low emission zones. CoolKit, which…
UPS’ dispute with US-based labour union the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Teamsters) appears to have come to an end as a deal has been ratified, avoiding a potential nationwide strike. In July, Logistics Manager reported that the company was facing its first strike since 1997 as negotiations with Teamsters over pay and benefits broke down. Shortly afterwards, talks re-opened…
A Savills report has found that the retail warehousing sector is on track for another positive year, with 510 new openings in the first half of 2023. If the second half of the year follows this trend, it will mark the third consecutive year in which over 1,000 warehouses have been opened by operators in…
Rapid delivery company Getir has said that that it is cutting 2,500 jobs across five countries it operates in. The company said in a statement sent to Logistics Manager that it will continue to operate in Turkey, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States. It last month announced its exit from Italy, Spain, and Portugal….
Royal Mail has made an agreement to lease two units at SEGRO Park Deptford, in South East London, that will become the company’s new delivery office. The new office, made up of two units totalling over 9,000ft², will replace its existing facility in Deptford – currently located on Creek Road. With each unit being recently…
Mitsubishi Corporation’s Pyxis Ocean cargo vessel has set sail on its maiden voyage powered by WindWings – a “ground-breaking” wind propulsion system. Chartered by Cargill, the Pyxis Ocean has been retrofitted with two 37.5m-tall sails that harness wind power to fuel the vessel. The wings were developed by BAR Technologies and Yara Marine Technologies, with…
Delivery service provider DX Group has opened a new 23,913ft² depot in Norwich, Norfolk. The site, just outside of Norwich city centre, will support DX’s Parcels network as part of the DX Express division. With the new facility dedicated to this aspect of the company, DX has been able to convert its existing site in…
Real estate developer Panattoni has secured planning consent to speculatively develop two new warehouses as part of a 200,000ft² logistics scheme in Crawley, West Sussex. The larger facility will be 134,012ft² and will be joined by a smaller 65,660ft² facility. They will be built on a 10-acre brownfield site near Gatwick Airport. Panattoni is targeting…
In an email sent to Prime customers, delivery giant Amazon has implemented a new cost affecting its ‘Same-Day’ delivery. As of 18th September all orders will automatically be delivered with the ‘fastest available free option’, Amazon told Logistics Manager, with free One-Day delivery unless the customer manually selects the Same-Day delivery option. The company will…
Parcel delivery company Evri has continued its nationwide rollout of e-cargo bikes with the introduction of 15 new bikes at its Wimbledon depot. Having already started using e-cargo bikes in Bristol, Edinburgh, and Manchester, the new additions in Wimbledon are part of Evri’s commitment to “triple its parcel deliveries by e-cargo bikes to over 500,000…
EMED Group, which provides healthcare logistics services to the NHS, recently partnered with Skyports Drone Services on a proof-of-concept trial using drones to transport samples. The four-week trial, launched in June, saw over 400 pathology samples ‘successfully transported’ between two sites occupied by the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). EMED Group’s…
Construction of two new warehouse units has begun at Canmoor’s 13-acre site next to Glasgow Airport. Muir Construction has been appointed as the main contractor for the new £25 million speculative development project at Canmoor’s Westway scheme. It will see the development of an 86,630ft² warehouse to be called ‘Westway 90’ and a 202,230ft² unit…
A total of 62,000ft² of warehouse space at St. Modwen Park Broomhall in Worcester has been leased to two businesses in the local area. Meanwhile, planning permission for the development of a further 72,000ft² of warehouse space at the site has been secured. OBEX Protection, a manufacturer and distributor of protective construction solutions, has agreed…
Nestlé UK and Ireland has successfully completed its first delivery to supermarket chain Tesco using a ‘first-of-its-kind’ rail container, as part of a new rail freight trial. The container features a roof-raising mechanism allowing products to be “double-stacked from floor to ceiling operating at full capacity before the roof is lowered for transit”. The appeal…
Real estate company Savills is anticipating that the global industrial property investment market will “return to normal” before the end of the year. This, it says, will come “as the interest rate hiking cycle bottoms out and global inflation cools”. According to Savills, global investment volumes in the industrial and logistics property sector were 10%…
DHL Supply Chain has deployed a batch of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, the first of many in the company’s plan to expand its use of robotics in that part of the world. DHL says that it intends to deploy 1,000 robots across several sectors in APAC by 2025, representing its…
The shortlist of finalists for this year’s Supply Chain Excellence Awards has officially been revealed! This is a record-breaking year for the awards, with the highest number of entries ever received and a bigger shortlist than ever before. In its 27th year, the Supply Chain Excellence Awards promise to be the biggest and most exciting yet. From…
DHL Supply Chain and Eve Air Mobility have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct “a study of key demands and supply chain characteristics for Eve’s electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) operation”. The study will investigate how essential components for repairs and maintenance can be distributed in the most efficient way possible….
11 trucker and shunter drivers have today [11 August] gone on strike at A.G. Barr’s production and distribution centre in Cumbernauld, Scotland. Trade union Unite has organised the strike, believing that the company’s offer of a 5% pay increase “equates to a significant real-terms pay cut with the broader cost of living measurement (RPI) currently…
Popular social media platform TikTok has launched a logistics offering for merchants using TikTok Shop in the UK to sell goods. The latest version of TikTok Shop was launched in the UK as an in-app e-commerce platform earlier this year, with vendors being invited to join its beta version in April. Now, TikTok Shop has…
