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If any of these situations sound familiar, then this webinar is for you. Hand scanners causing accuracy issues? Missing-in-action inventory with no explanation? Delivery sent to the wrong location? Or wrong items sent in a delivery? Customers increasingly asking for high mix orders that are time-consuming to fulfill? Coping with labour shortages? Human error on…
Fashion retailer Gap is reviewing its warehouse and distribution model and company-owned e-commerce operations in Europe, which could result in the possible the closure of its EU distribution centre in Rugby. In a statement Mark Breitbard, Head of Gap Brand Global, said: “As we conduct the review, we will look at transferring elements of the business…
Total Developments snapped up a former manufacturing site in Crewe in an off-market deal to develop a mid-box warehouse scheme. The 2.84-acre site has been vacant since For Farmers consolidated its operations to one of its bases in Newcastle-under-Lyme late last year. A planning application for a four-unit scheme comprising two 10,000 sq ft units,…
Growth in retail sales “is beating even the most optimistic expectations” as consumers have increased spending despite pandemic. According to the latest figures from the ONS, retail sales volumes in September increased 1.5% month-on-month; a fifth consecutive month of growth and an increase of 5.5% when compared to February’s pre-pandemic level. The proportion of online…
Furniture retailer Swyft Home has appointed Panther Warehousing as its sole delivery and warehousing supplier. Panther will supply services including nominated day delivery and full track and trace from point of order to Swyft Home. The two-man delivery specialists will store, pick and pack Swyft stock as well as providing a late cut off for…
Manufacturing output volumes at their slowest pace since March 2020 in the three months to October. According to the latest CBI quarterly Industrial Trends Survey UK manufacturing output dropped in 10 out of 17 sub-sectors, with declines driven by the aerospace sector. Its survey of 310 manufacturing firms found that total new orders were broadly…
Bradda Capital has obtained planning consent to redevelop and expand its warehouse at 1 Church Manorway, Erith in London. Originally the warehouse totalled some 37,000 sq ft the new consent means that it can be demolished and redeveloped to provide a building with 54,164 sq ft warehouse space; and 4,650 sq ft of ancillary office…
GB Railfreight has extended its European freight operation partnership with Lineas, which comprises a rail freight line between Antwerp, Belgium, and Irvine, Scotland, for a further two years. Trains will arrive in Calais from the LINEAS Rail operation, consisting of 20 ICA Tank Rail Wagons carrying 1,200 tonnes of product per train. The service will…
Forth Ports’ Port of Tilbury is anticipating the amount of materials moved by rail to increase by 900,000 tonnes per annum within the next five years as the construction of HS2 frees capacity on existing lines. Carole Cran, Chief Financial Officer at Forth Ports, said: “HS2 will give us the headroom to grow our network…
Coming into 2020 and the West London warehouse market could only be described as robust with more than 1.7 million sq ft of space snapped up in 2019, the highest level since 2014 and the second strongest year on record according to Gerald Eve’s Prime Logistics report. Then lockdown struck says Sarah Downes, director, Heathrow…
SEGRO has acquired the 13-acre Electra Park warehouse estate in Canning Town, London, from Schroders for £133 million. Electra Park provides 228,194 sq ft of lettable space across 10 units of which nine are already let, with the final unit currently under offer. Alan Holland, Business Unit Director for SEGRO’s Greater London portfolio, said: “Situated…
The winners of the Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2020 will be revealed in a virtual ceremony broadcast on 12 November. Sadly, due to government public health guidelines, the traditional ceremony at the Park Lane Hilton in London is unable to take place as planned on the evening of the 12th November but Logistics Manager is delighted…
Royal Mail has launched a doorstep parcel collection service across the UK as part of the existing daily round of deliveries. The ‘Parcel Collect’ service will see postal workers collect mail directly from a customer’s door for a charge of 72p in addition to postage costs. The service is also available at 60p for pre-paid…
The number of purchase orders and invoices made across global supply chains rose by 15% in Q3 2020, but post-Covid-19 recovery in the UK lagged behind the rest of the world. However, according to research by TradeShift, which analysised transaction data flowing between buyers and suppliers, the recovery of supply chain activity in the UK…
Investment in members, hubs – both national and regional – and swathes of technology have changed the way that pallet networks do business in the UK, meaning that they entered lockdown in good health. But with the sector consolidating, what does the future hold for the hub and spoke model? Christopher Walton finds out. Last…
Kuehne+Nagel said it is already prepared for the distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine, and the first contracts related to production of a potential vaccine have already been signed by its contract logistics division. The Swiss-3PL giant also said that distribution of a vaccine by its air and road logistics division was expected to start in…
Drink company Britvic has said that it will move to 100% recyclable plastic bottles in Britain by the end of 2022. The move will cover the entire Great Britain portfolio of the Britvic-owned and PepsiCo brands. Britvic said it had already removed more than 1,500 tonnes of primary plastic from its supply chain since 2017…
On 12th November the 24thSupply Chain Excellence Awards will be held… even though government guidelines mean that it sadly cannot take place, as usual, in the Park Lane Hilton. However, we’re delighted to bring you a virtual ceremony on the same day in what promises to be a true celebration of all that the industry…
Europa Road has launched a new customs product to preserve transit times and the flow of goods between the UK and Europe after the Brexit transition period comes to an end on 31st December. Europa has spent the last 12 months developing this simple and effective customs process designed to minimise transit time delays. The…
Conveyors and sortation systems are the core of intralogistics operations, and their versatility is meeting increasingly complex demands. Johanna Parsons investigates. Conveyors and sortation systems are the backbone of the warehouse, connecting all the extremities of the intralogistics operation. But there is far more at stake than just moving stuff from A to B. Escalating…
Hermes dedicated parcel hub in South Yorkshire has been given a resolution to grant by planning officers at Barnsley Council. The proposals for the 339,827 sq ft building are part of an overall hybrid application being put forward by developer Newlands for a larger scheme, which includes a further 770,000 sq ft of distribution and…
Wincanton has agreed a lease on a 250,000 sq ft warehouse near Bristol to support its contract with EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project. The 3PL is the official ‘tier 1’ warehouse and transport service partner for the project and throughout the construction process, it is providing storage, handling, asset tracking and transportation…
Banana supplier and ripener Compagnie Fruitière UK has taken a ripening facility at DP World London Gateway Logistics Park. The 69,718 sq ft ripening centre will replace Compagnie Fruitière’s existing operation in Dartford, Kent. The space is expected to be fully operational by 2021. The warehouse has received both a BREEAM Outstanding rating and an EPC rating…
Boots UK, the UK’s largest pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer, noticed tremendous growth in e-commerce sales over the last year, with extreme surges during the holiday season. To successfully meet the growth of online purchases and seasonal spikes, while providing customers with quality service and timely delivery, Boots looked to innovate their picking operations. Locus…
Mid Counties Co-op has secured a sale and leaseback with Goold Estates on its Masonary Trading Estate site in Walsall, West Midlands. The property was bought for an undisclosed sum in a competitive tendering process. The site consists of four industrial units, totaling 77,725 sq ft of space, and over 6,000 sq ft of offices….
A record number of deals for warehouses above 500,000 sq ft have already taken place this year as occupiers deal with unpredictable inventories and surges in e-commerce. According to the latest research by Colliers International, some 17 distribution warehouses in the 500,000 sq ft+ size band have been transacted so far this year. “Occupiers are…
John Lewis Partnership – parent to Waitrose and John Lewis – has outlined plans to improve the sustainability of its supply chain as well as a £1 billion investment in improving e-commerce capacity. The retailer said it was targetting net zero carbon emission in 15 years including a commitment to source only from net zero…
A record number of e-commerce start-ups registered as a business during lockdown. According to research by the Royal Mail and Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) e-commerce led the way with 16,000 business registration between March and July 2020. Some 315,000 companies were registered during the period, a 7% increase on the same period…
Port of Tilbury has opened a paper and forest product handling centre – the UK Paper Hub. The hub covers Tilbury’s handling, storage and distribution services for paper and related forest products, including newsprint, packaging paper and hygiene products. Paul Dale, Asset and Site Director at the Port of Tilbury, said: “We believe this is…
The government has signed contracts with four ferry operators to provide short-sea capacity for some 3,000 HGVs per week. Brittany Ferries, DFDS, P&O, and Stena have collectively signed contracts worth £77.6 million to increase ro-ro capacity, with nine routes serving eight ports (Felixstowe; Harwich; Hull; Newhaven; Poole; Portsmouth; Teesport; and Tilbury). Transport Secretary Grant Shaaps said:…
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