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GEODIS has upgraded its AirDirect services between Europe, the USA and Asia with its own leased A330-300 full freighter aircraft. Operating between Amsterdam, London, Chicago and Hong Kong, and flying under the GEODIS brand, the aircraft will also serve the China-Europe route for the peak season. The first flight will take off in September. “With…
The North-West office of family run business, Caddick Construction, has been appointed by Redsun to deliver AVIATOR Phase II, which comprises two new build warehouses with integral mezzanine offices. Caddick Construction successfully completed phase one in February last year, delivering a 125,000ft2 warehouse which was let to Survitec Group on a 20-year lease just after…
A joint venture between Chancerygate and Bridges Fund Management has submitted a planning application for 200,000ft2 of industrial and trade counter space in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The 8.63 acre £25m scheme – branded Bourges View – will consist of eight industrial units from 3,831ft2 to 34,368ft2 and nine trade counter units ranging from 3,907ft2 to 7,943ft2….
The Very Group has extended its next day delivery cut off time for customer orders through automated technology at its Skygate fulfilment centre in East Midlands. The new cut off time, from 7pm to 10pm has been introduced before the ‘Golden Quarter’ of the year, which comprises of Black Friday and the Christmas season. Skygate’s…
Logility has partnered with Körber to expand its suite of customer offerings. Since partnering, Logility customers now have access to Körber’s warehouse and transportation management systems, which allows companies to optimise their end-to-end supply chains, and increase revenues. Through Körber’s warehouse management system, Logility will be able to mandate shorter delivery times with 100%. Following increasing demand from…
The transport and logistics sector in the UK is under attack and road freight crime is costing the UK economy a staggering £250 million every year according to a Home Office report of Lorry Crime Prevention. As more high-value goods move through the supply chain the problem is expected to escalate. Cargo theft has been…
Brexit has caused employee shortages across the supply chain, as EU workers leave the UK. There are fresh talks of driver strikes amid empty grocery store shelves, as the full effect of Brexit becomes more apparent every day. Several companies are experiencing disruption, including grocery store giants Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, and the Co-op. In a…
Manufacturer of rugged mobile computers, Handheld Group today announced its RS60 Ring Scanner, a hands-free scanning product that can be used in warehouses, general supply chain, and retail. The device has the efficiency of a traditional scanner, while benefiting from being a hands-free wearable, and features a 2D-imager which accurately captures barcodes. The scanner is also…
Bericote has pre-let its 450 unit thepowerhouse warehouse unit on the former Littlebrook power station site in Dartford to a well-known high quality retailer widely tipped to be Ikea. The unit which is being built through a joint venture with Tritax Big Box, boasts a 427,490ft2 warehouse with 22,510ft2 three storey office and welfare space….
Sustainable packaging company DS Smith has invested in a fleet of ten automated guided vehicles, (AGVs), to increase efficiency at its Kemsley Paper Mill in Kent. The electric Rocla vehicles by AGV manufacturer Mitsubishi Loginext Europe Oy, can operate 24/7 and perform several tasks around the fully automated warehouse, including collecting reels from production conveyors,…
The UK Government has said that longer transport vehicles could be rolled out across the UK, to help cut emissions following a nine-year trial. After the nine-year trial of the longer vehicles, the Department for Transport plans on introducing more onto UK roads as early as next year, after it was found that they could…
Basingstoke Council has revoked the planning consent for a 2.3 million ft2 Amazon warehouse at Newlands Developments’ Equites Park Basingstoke. The scheme had been given the go-ahead by the council in April this year but no decision notice had been signed as the government’s Planning Case Work Unit is still considering a request to the…
Planners have given IM Properties the green light for a 2.3 million ft2 multi-storey warehouse at its Peddimore scheme in Birmingham. Earlier this year, Logistics Manager reported that the developer was seeking to increase the amount of space allocated to accommodate the new end user – widely rumoured to be Amazon. Originally the total floor…
US-based developer and investment manager Bridge Industrial has secured its fourth Greater London site in four months. The 2.6-acre site on Factory Lane, Croydon, has been acquired from a private investor and will be redeveloped to provide a speculatively built 62,000ft2 industrial/warehouse to serve the last-mile logistics sector. Planning for the scheme – to be…
Goplasticpallets.com has released further details of its mission to reduce plastic waste from going to landfill. The company has lessoned the burden of responsibility from buyers by taking control of the buying process, supplying pallets manufactured from used pallets and delivering them to the buyer. At the end of the pallet’s life, Goplasticpallets.com resumes its…
Sick has developed LiDAR detectors ‘Tim 1’ and ‘Tim 2’ for general area monitoring, presence detection, and collision avoidance in the warehouse. The LiDAR sensors have been developed to be small enough to fit into tight spaces, and can fit in the palm of a human hand. The systems offer industrial performance when used for…
Jaynic has been appointed as land promotion partner on a 39-acre prime site that could house up to 580,000 ft2 of warehouse/business space in Cambridgeshire, East Anglia. The site at Boxworth Road junction with the A14 at Boxworth to the south of Cambridge Services is identified in the Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment…
Multi-carrier delivery provider Parcelhub has expanded its localised collection service to South East London and Essex, with a new collection point in Basildon. The launch of the single daily parcel collection service for SME and mid-market retailers, wholesalers and brands will enable them to access more than 600 delivery service options for their customers through…
A 2.45 million ft2 industrial and logistics scheme in Suffolk has been given the go ahead councillors this week. The Gateway14 development is adjacent to Junction 50 of the A14. The mixed-use park will comprise high-specification space, with potential to build E(g), B2 and B8 units and will be available on a bespoke and speculative basis. Gateway…
Parcel delivery and 3PL business DX Group has opened three new sites as it accelerates its depot network expansion programme, in line with its ambitious growth plans which have seen nine new depots in 2021 alone. The three new depots, at Dewsbury, Grimsby, and Luton, add further capacity to both of DX’s divisions, DX Freight,…
As customers demand more & networks feel the pressure, take 4 easy steps to build in efficiency. The global pandemic changed the way we shop, overnight, on a global scale. Customers want more variety, more volume delivered to their home, and they want it right now. Such a rapid exponential increase in demand has outstripped supply with T&L businesses left creaking…
Average land values across the UK jumped 40% year on year to July 2021 as demand for warehouse space goes unabated according to the latest research from Colliers. “We’re not seeing a situation of this magnitude anywhere else in Europe,” said Andrea Ferranti, Head of Industrial & Logistics Research at Colliers. “Sustained demand for logistics…
Chinese e-commerce retailer MH Star has taken the whole of Firethorn Trust’s 37-acre Northampton Cross scheme in the East Midlands. The e-commerce retailer has signed a 15-year tenancy on the two units, which span a total of 354,000ft2. MH Star UK, a specialist in home, outdoor, office, pet, and children’s products sold by several in-house…
The Post Office has partnered with DPD in its first external partnership in 360 years. A new partnership between the Post Office and DPD will see goods delivered directly to its branches providing a faster and more convenient location for people to collect their parcels. The ‘Click and Collect’ service will initially be available across…
Yodel has partnered with specialist sortation company Hexapole to optimise sorting capability for small parcels at its Shaw sortation centre in Oldham. The partnership was brought about by increasing demand from e-commerce orders. Hexapole has previously worked with Yodel and supplied the business with the first small parcel sorter (SPS) on site at its Hatfield…
International warehouse management system specialist Indigo Software has partnered with soft contact lens manufacturer CooperVision to implement its a WMS at its Kent bottled solutions production facilities. CooperVision has chosen Indigo WMS to streamline and improve component issuing and traceability processes inside its Ashford manufacturing complex, and distribution centre at Sevington. The facility’s focus is…
Real estate investor and developer Firethorn Trust has acquired a 37 acre site at Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds. The new site is part of a wider Sherburn2 scheme which spans across 75 acres and is owned by Glentrool Estates Group. Firethorn has now exchanged contracts with Glentrool, in a deal that will allow the delivery of up…
AMR developer Geek+ has announced the launch of a new technology for smart mixed case palletising, which has been co-developed with warehouse management tools provider WSR Solutions. The solution combines Geek+ autonomous mobile robots and WSR’s palletising algorithm to assist warehouse operators handle the processing of multiple outbound orders in an more efficient, safe, and…
Agility Logistics has announced that it expects to complete the sale of its Global Integrated Logistics, (GIL), business to DSV Panalpina today. The all-shares transaction gives Agility 19,304,348 DSV shares upon full completion of the deal, representing approximately 8% of all post-transaction shares of DSV, making Agility the second largest DSV shareholder based on today’s…
John Lewis Partnership has snapped up Tesco’s 1 million ft2 warehouse at Fenny Lock in Milton Keynes. It has secured the facility on an 11-year lease to meet growing customer demand for online orders. Since the start of the pandemic, online sales have grown from 40% to over 60% of John Lewis’s total sales. Andrew…
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