Chilled logistics specialist NFT has appointed Ross Eggleton chief operating officer tasked with ensuring operational excellence across NFT’s transport and warehouse operations.
Eggleton was previously logistics and supply chain director at Morrisons. He has significant expertise in the food retail and logistics arena and prior to working with Morrisons, his roles included senior positions in both retailer (Asda) and 3PL (Lloyd Fraser Group) environments.
The NHS Business Services Authority is targeting £150m savings from a two year extension to its NHS Supply Chain service contract with DHL. As part of the agreement to extend the contract, revised terms will apply from 1 October 2015 and operate for three years until 30 September 2018. DHL will be incentivised to deliver…
The month of September has shown a strong growth on intermodal traffic for Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT), recording a 30,2 per cent increase in traffic compared to last year’s figures during the same month. The overall growth during the first nine months of the 2016 is +16 per cent, confirming the positive trend with high…
See how using AI-Based travel optimisation can double productivity – Inside Stories From Three DCs. Join us to hear the inside story of how three DCs used AI-based optimisation tools to increase picking productivity up to 122 percent by dramatically reducing travel. The three facilities profiled in this webinar are a multinational medical products distributor;…
Clipper Logistics has signed new multiyear contract with luxury department store Liberty. Clipper, one of the five sponsors of the Logistics Manager Top 50 Service Providers, has been providing logistics for Liberty since 1997. Under the new agreement, the contract renewal will see Clipper continue to provide multi channel fulfilment and returns operations for Liberty’s…
John Lewis & Partners has warned of a worst-case economic scenario that would see sales declines of 35% in its John Lewis retail division, while Waitrose could fall 5% in a weakened economy despite strong gains in recent months. It said that Waitrose had see sales grow 8% year-on-year since 26 January, with items such…
Take up of warehouse space in warehouse units larger than 50,000 ft2 reached a record 30.8 million ft2 in the first half of 2021, double that recorded in the first half of 2020 – itself a record breaking year according to property consultant Knight Frank. Retailers and distribution companies collectively accounted for 76% of take…
