France has imposed a 48 hour travel ban on all UK nationals travelling to France, including HGV drivers, in a move which has seen the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel suspend all services for freight. Yesterday France – which is in national lockdown – said it was restricting travel from the UK from midnight CET on…
Online retailing accounted for 31.4% of total retailing, compared with 28.6% in October 2020, according to the latest figures from the ONS, with overall growth of 74.7% compared with November 2019. As non-essential retailers were forced to closed their doors for the majority of November, particularly during the second national lockdown in England, the month…
John Lewis Partnership is rolling out NHS Test and Trace lateral flow Covid-19 testing, partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care, following a pilot scheme in November. Covid-19 testing was introduced initially to the national John Lewis distribution centre at Magna Park, Milton Keynes, in November via a pilot scheme. This was in response…
Developer Chancerygate has paid in the region of £3 million for a 5.4 acre plot in Wigston, Leicestershire, which it intends to speculatively develop as a mid-box warehouse scheme. The 127,925 sq ft project will comprise 16 units ranging in size from 3,725 sq ft to 18,350 sq ft and have a gross development value…
Handelsverband und WIFO präsentierten Prognose für Gesamtjahr 2020 und Weihnachtsgeschäft. Aktionstage (Black Friday) kannibalisieren klassisches Weihnachtsgeschäft. Packerl-Flut im Dezember sprengt alle Rekorde. Das Weihnachtsgeschäft gilt als „5. Quartal“ für den Einzelhandel, es entscheidet darüber, ob das Geschäftsjahr erfolgreich endet oder nicht. Im Corona-Jahr 2020 gilt dies mehr denn je, wenngleich die Ausgangslage heuer aufgrund des…
A major global retailer, understood to be Amazon, has been linked to a new mega warehouse development in East Yorkshire. Wykeland Group has submitted a detailed planning application to East Riding of Yorkshire Council for a development at its Melton West business park. Campaigners ‘Save Ferriby 2020’ – which is against the development – said…
Real estate investment manager Barings has agreed to forward fund Panattoni’s 358,500 sq ft warehouse scheme in Bolton to the tune of £42.5 million. The project is being delivered on Wingates Industrial Estate, an established logistics and light industrial location, and once completed will comprise of approximately 358,500 sq ft of new Grade A space…
Primark said that it took a £430 million hit on trading as stores were forced to close during the second lockdown. However the retailer said that despite the loss, all orders placed with its suppliers would be honoured. Chairman Michael McLintock, told investors today: “Stores in our major markets of the Republic of Ireland, England, France…
Ist die Kultur der Binnenschiffe nur ein Fall für die touristische Vermarktung und „Museumifizierung“? Nein, es gibt durchaus positive Entwicklungen im Sinne einer kulturellen Wertschätzung. REDAKTION: PETER BAUMGARTNER. Anders als in Österreich, gibt es in Europa und weltweit zahlreiche Beispiele, wo sich die Politik und die Öffentlichkeit bewusst sind, dass das kulturelle Erbe nicht bei…
Real estate investor and developer Firethorn Trust has bought a 42.5 acre multi-modal site in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, from Peel Ports. The site can provide up to 750,000 sq ft of logistics and warehousing space in one or multiple buildings. Adjacent to Junction 7 of the M53, the site has a direct rail link, a…
A desire to reduce road miles, logistics costs and warehousing overheads could see a structural shift to port-centric logistics in the UK. According to a new report by Savills, when comparing a central 500,000 sq ft distribution centre in a traditional location, with two sites of 250,000 sq ft at both London Gateway and the…
A desire to reduce road miles, logistics costs and warehousing overheads could see a structural shift to port-centric logistics in the UK. According to a new report by Savills, when comparing a central 500,000 sq ft distribution centre in a traditional location, with two sites of 250,000 sq ft at both London Gateway and the…
AutoStore has said it has filed an entitlement action in the UK to confirm that it is the inventor and rightful owner of certain patents filed by Ocado Group. It said that the action was filed in the Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom, the standard procedure before transfer to the High Court of…
Xpediator has secured nearly £3 million on the sale and leaseback of the former Nidd Transport distribution centre and HQ in Ripon, North Yorkshire, following the acquisition of the Yorkshire-based transport company last month. The deal sees Nidd Transport taking a 15 year lease as part of a sale and leaseback arrangement with specialist property…
With a second national lockdown set to begin in England tomorrow, non-essential retail could see a £6.8 billion decline in sales over the next four weeks and logistics operations have been warned of a strain on warehouse and delivery capacity in December. According to research by Retail Economics, the second lockdown will cause the UK…
When the Prime Minister squeezed in an announced about lockdown two in between England v Italy in the Six Nations and Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night, there was little evidence of the hidden impact that such measures will have on businesses in England. But the British Beer & Pub Association were quick to the…
Parcels carrier Yodel has said it expects to make a pre-tax profit in the financial year-ending June 2021, after revealing details of a 16% increase in volumes between July and September of this year. In what is the first quarter of its financial year 2020 Yodel said that as a result it was projecting revenues…
Prologis has sold 4.3 million sq ft of industrial property in England to real estate funds managed by investment firm Blackstone for £473 million. The portfolio also comprises of 22 stand-alone buildings located in the Midlands, as well as in the South West and North West. It also includes approximately 31 acres of consented development…
DP World has been transforming the shape of logistics in the UK for the past five years. Park Development Director Oliver Treneman told Logistics Manager how it is planning for the future. DP World London Gateway opened in 2015, and its port-centric logistics approach changing supply chain flows. Its combination of deep-sea port facilities and…
Lockdown created seismic shifts in consumer behaviour, and the early evidence is that traditional buying patterns will not return. As a result, the demand for logistics space to serve an unsated appetite for e-commerce is high as market trends were accelerated. But are there enough big sheds to satisfy demand? Liza Helps investigates. At what…
The NHS has been hit by shortages of products relating to the treatment of cancer, cardiac and infectious diseases after Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche faced dispatch delays on goods from its new NDC. In response to national media reports of shortage Roche told Logistics Manager that it went live with the distribution of goods from its newly…
Sea, air and rail ports in England will be invited to bid for freeport status before the end of the year, with the government aiming for the first freeport in the UK to be open for business in 2021. Under the freeport structure, a firm can import goods into a freeport without paying tariffs, process…
Stellwagen Group, ein spezialisierter Vermögensverwalter für die Luftfahrt mit Sitz in Dublin, hat die Umbenennung der Marke in „Seraph Aviation Group“ ab dem 6. Oktober angekündigt. Seraph Aviation Group ist ein führender Anbieter von Dienstleistungen für Flugzeugmanagement. Zur Dienstleistungspalette des Unternehmens gehören Flugzeugmanagement und Flugzeug-Leasing für Kunden in den Bereichen Luftfahrt, Fertigung und Finanzen. Nach…
Xpediator has acquired North Yorkshire-based freight forwarder Nidd Transport for £4.6 million. Established in 1984 Nidd specialises in daily express deliveries to mainland Europe by road with a focus on France, Spain, Portugal and Germany as well as providing distribution in the North of England. Nidd generated revenue of £11 million and an operating profit…
AutoStore has said it has filed three separate complaints against Ocado – including one in the High Court of England and Wales – alleging that the online retailer and technology firm had infringing technology patents central to the Ocado Smart Platform. AutoStore said it was seeking court orders barring Ocado and its partner Tharsus Group from…
Take-home grocery sales rose by 10.8% during the 12 weeks to 6 September, according to Kantar, but slowed down during August at the Eat Out to Help Out scheme skewed food and drink volumes in the supply chain. Furthermore, the retail research firm said that in the most recent four weeks year-on-year sales growth decelerated…
Amazon has secured two new delivery stations: one in Exeter and one in Horley near Gatwick Airport. The internet giant has take 41,524 sq ft at Hillwoood and Goya Devlopment’s 170,000 sq ft North Gatwick Gateway scheme in Horley, Surrey, three miles north of the airport. The speculative mid-box warehouse development consists of five units…
Yodel is planning on making a long-term strategic investment on a Northern super-hub. The investment aims at protecting existing jobs and also creating new opportunities for the wider region, and will see a five-year transition from the company’s existing Shaw hub. Yodel decided to expand due to growing e-commerce demands, and therefore rising parcel numbers,…
Die Stellwagen Group, ein spezialisierter Vermögensverwalter für die Luftfahrt mit Sitz in Dublin, hat heute den Aufkauf seines Mehrheitsaktionärs und Gründers Douglas Brennan durch ein Konsortium von neuen und bestehenden Aktionären, bestehend aus der ECN Capital Corp, SPF Investment Management, Almada Inc und Medalist Partners, bekannt gegeben. David Butler, Group Chief Executive von Stellwagen, sagte:…
Food retailer, wholesaler and distributor A.F. Blakemore has acquired online wholesaler and retailer Vegan Store. The acquisition adds a purely online division to Blakemore’s portfolio, which includes owning 280 SPAR stores and distributing to more than 950 in total across England and Wales. Jerry Marwood, group commercial managing director at Blakemore, said: “The vegan or vegetarian lifestyle…
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