Property investment company Picton has secured an 11% uplift on the rent of a warehouse property let to DHL on Magna Park Lutterworth. During the summer, Picton restructured the lease and secured a further three-year term certain until a tenant break option in December 2022. As part of the same transaction, the December 2019 rent…
Strong volume growth in the US led by Amazon offset declines in international package and supply chain and freight divisions at UPS during 2019 – in a year that saw a 3.1% increase in turnover to $74 billion (£56 billion). Turnover in its US domestic division rose 6.7% in 2019 to $46.5 billion, while international…
With the logistics sector requiring new skills for a new decade where digitisation and automation will change the way it works, can the sector plug its current skills gap, let alone bring in the new skills required to drive the change? Michelle Mooney investigates… Recruiting new talent into logistics has always been a major concern….
Amazon is set to get a £3.2 million rates rebate from Cannock Chase Council following a successful challenge regarding the rateable value of its massive warehouse in Rugeley, Staffordshire. The refund back dates to the Rugeley fulfilment centre opening in August 2011. The warehouse was built in 2009 with a Rateable Value of £3.18 million…
If there is one buzz-word for 2020 already it is sustainability. You can’t avoid yet another multinational making one claim or another about making its supply chain sustainable. All, I am sure, are well-meant and heartfelt by those at the very top. You just hope it isn’t lip-service to a more eco-conscious consumer. I was…
For SMEs, an investment in materials handling equipment means an investment in the future of the business. So, how does and SME benefit from increased operational efficiency? Christopher Walton investigates… When it comes to buying and operating materials handling equipment SMEs require one thing above anything else: flexibility. This flexibility manifests itself in the ways…
ORBIS begleitet mittelständische Unternehmen sowie internationale Konzerne bei der Digitalisierung ihrer Geschäftsprozesse: von der gemeinsamen Ausarbeitung des kundenindividuellen Big Pictures bis hin zur praktischen Umsetzung im Projekt. Die Digitalisierung und Automatisierung der Geschäftsprozesse über die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette hinweg sichern die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit unserer Kunden. Das tiefe Prozess-Know-how und die Innovationskraft unserer 550 Mitarbeiter verbunden mit der…
4Sellers zeigt mit ELEMENTS CRM den WELTWEIT ERSTEN HYBRID AUS ERP- UND CRM-SYSTEM. Kundenservice ist für alle Unternehmen ein großes und wichtiges Thema. Gerade Händler stehen bei der Bearbeitung von Kundenanfragen immer vor einer großen Herausforderung. Kunden erwarten heute eine schnelle und kompetente Antwort – eigentlich sofort, nachdem sie sich gemeldet haben. Doch wie soll…
Bei der SMB Group in Quickborn entstehen ausgeklügelte Systemlösungen für den weltweiten Einsatz. SMB International ist führend bei der Planung, Entwicklung und Herstellung maßgeschneiderter Be- und Entladesysteme, Abfüllanlagen, Palettierer, Fördersysteme, Kompaktlager und Schiffsbeladeanlagen. MBA Instruments ist der Spezialist für die digitale Füllstandmesstechnik und die Leitfähigkeitsmessung in Kerosin (Jet-A-1). Ganz bewusst haben sich beide Unternehmen für…
ASOS burst through the £1 billion turnover barrier for the four months ending 31 December 2019, up 20% year-on-year. Total group turnover, including UK and international sales, hit £1.106 billion in what ASOS described as a “better than expected sales performance” largely driven by the Black Friday weekend. It also said it made improvements in…
6 River Systems wurde 2015 in Waltham, Massachusetts, gegründet. Das Unternehmen ist Teil des globalen Handelsunternehmens Shopify und bietet eine führende kollaborative Robotik-Fulfillment-Lösung an. Die Gründer Jerome Dubois und Rylan Hamilton waren zuvor im Management bei Kiva Systems (heute Amazon Robotics). Die 6 River Systems-Lösung ist in mehr als 40 Standorte in den USA, Kanada…
Railway pension fund RPMI Railpen, has bought a 5.85 acres plot in Waltham Cross, London to speculatively develop a new, Grade A, warehouse and logistics scheme with development partner Wrenbridge. Alastair Dawson, senior asset manager at RPMI Railpen, said: “The purchase of this Waltham Cross site reflects our appetite and ability to commit to large…
Frozen food retailer Iceland has taken a 284,000 sq ft warehouse in Livingstone, Scotland. It has taken a 20 year lease on the unit at Houston Industrial Estate, paying a rent of £6 per sq ft. Owned by RPMI Railpen (Railpen), the investment manager for the £30bn Railways pension schemes, the Livingston site will serve…
Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) has won planning permission from Slough to build a speculative warehouse at Blackthorne Point industrial estate in Poyle. The high-spec, 27,760 sq ft ‘Black Arrow’ warehouse development will occupy a vacant brownfield site, immediately across the M25 from Heathrow’s Terminal 5. Black Arrow will be…
XPO Logistics has said it is reviewing “strategic alternatives” which include the possible sale or spin-off of one or more of its business units. It said there was no set a timetable for completion of the review process and it not determined which, if any, business units would be sold or spun off. However, it…
Real estate fund manager Moorfield has sold a 385,000 sq ft shed in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire for £29m to REIT W.P. Carey. The unit had been let to Poundstretcher on a 25 year lease that started in December 2017 but was subsequently sub-let to Buy It Direct in 2019 on a 10 year sub-lease. The…
Die digitale Transformation ist unerlässlich für den Geschäftserfolg von morgen. Sie ist keine Option mehr, sondern Notwendigkeit. Alle Geschäftsfelder sind betroffen, insbesondere der Einkauf. Beitrag: Thomas Kofler. Als Einstieg in die digitale Transformation eignet sich vor allem die Kreditorenbuchhaltung (AP Accounts Payable), d.h. die Buchführung der Kontokorrentbeziehungen zwischen dem eigenen Unternehmen und externen Lieferanten und…
Clipper Logistics has been revealed as the unnamed 3PL that will provided fully-outsourced logistics services to retailer Joules. Joules said on Friday (10 January) that it had chosen a then unnamed 3PL to operate its UK logistics operations after a Christmas that saw stock availability issues hit e-commerce conversions. That 3PL, now revealed as Clipper Logistics,…
Could you imagine, that Bruce Dickinson (singer of Iron Maiden), Lars-Johan Jarnheimer (Chairman of Ikea), Porter Erisman (former VP of Alibaba Group) and Formula 1 legends David Coulthard & Mark Gallagher are MOVING the future of the supply chain? We do, which is why we are looking forward to the participation of these cross-industry experts,…
Orchard Street Investment Management has completed two lettings totalling 63,000 sq ft at Gildersome Spur industrial estate in Leeds. Five lease agreements were signed at Gildersome Spur over 2019 with the two newest lettings completed towards the end of the year. ARC Building Solutions, – specialist in fire barriers and a tenant at Gildersome since…
Over 20% of Christmas trading at Sainsbury’s Argos was conducted online, but the retailer saw total retail sales drop 0.7% in the 15 weeks to 4 January. While in-store groceries grew by 0.4%, online grocery sales were up 7.3% and clothing was up 4.4%. However general merchandise sales dropped 3.9%. Chief executive Mike Coupe said:…
Tritax Symmetry’s 134-acre Symmetry Park Wigan scheme has been recommended for approval at Wigan Council’s planning committee next week. The scheme on Junction 25 of the M6 motorway is set to provide 1.44 million sq ft of logistics employment space and will create 1,650 high-quality jobs when operational, along with 1,200 construction jobs. Symmetry Park…
New car registrations in the UK fell for the third consecutive year in 2019 despite a 144% year-on-year increase in the sale of battery-powered cars. According to data released by the SMMT new car registrations for 2019 stood at 2.31 million, down 2.4% from 2.36 million in 2018. Registrations in the UK peaked in the…
„Wir bringen ihre Produkte in Bewegung – ob in Österreich oder ganz Europa.“ Mit diesem Anspruch ist die Q Logistics GmbH mit Wirkung per 1. Jänner 2020 unter das Dach der Mutares SE & Co. kGaA Industrie Holding (München) gewechselt. Nach dreijähriger Marktpräsenz als Q Logistics GmbH tritt das frühere Geschäftsfeld Stückgut und Warehousing der…
The January 2020 issue of Logistics Manager is out now online as well as for the iPad and Android. Cover story: Size isn’t everything A supply chain can make or break an SME and the 2020s offer more challenges – and more opportunities – than ever before. Materials handling equipment for SMEs: Flexibility is key How can SMEs benefit from…
Die Mutares SE & Co. KGaA (München) hat zur Wochenmitte den Erwerb des Geschäfts der Q Logistics GmbH, einer Logistiktochter der Österreichische Bundesbahnen – Holding Aktiengesellschaft (ÖBB), abgeschlossen. Die Transaktion unterstreicht die Positionierung und Expertise der Industrieholding als Partner etablierter Konzerne für die Übernahme von Firmenteilen mit operativem Verbesserungspotential. Q Logistics habe sich mit einem…
Private Risikokapitalgeber aus Europa investieren neuerlich in der aktuellen Finanzierungsrunde, die zu den höchsten heimischen Fintech-Investments des Jahres 2019 gehört. Mit dem Wachstumskapital treibt Bluecode den nationalen und internationalen Ausbau der in Österreich entwickelten, europäischen Zahlungslösung für iPhones und Android-Smartphones voran. Nach der Wachstumsfinanzierung in Höhe von 11,2 Millionen Euro im Herbst 2018 und der…
It seems that warehousing in the region can only go from strength to strength, reports Liza Helps, with take up in the East Midlands up to the end of September 2019 above its five-year average according to research by Cushman & Wakefield. Indeed, Robert Taylor, associate partner at DTRE, says: “In terms of numbers the…
Neue Gesellschaft wird über die Führung, die Ressourcen und die Größe verfügen, um an der Spitze einer neuen Ära nachhaltiger Mobilität zu stehen. Kombiniert die umfassenden, wachsenden Fähigkeiten beider Unternehmen, die Herausforderung zu meistern, eine neue Ära der nachhaltigen Mobilität zu gestalten Mit einem Jahresabsatz von 8,7 Millionen Einheiten und einem kombinierten Umsatz von fast…
Independent dealer group TrustFord has taken 239,580 sq ft at St. Modwen’s Meon Vale Business Park. TrustFord, part of the Ford Retail Group and wholly owned by Ford Motor Company, has signed a seven year lease and becomes the largest occupier at the site. The deal means St. Modwen has now let over 500,000 sq…
