Global sportswear company Puma has taken Barwood Capital’s 261,000 sq ft ‘Super G’ speculative warehouse at Glasshoughton, near Castleford in Yorkshire. The building has been taken on a 15-year lease at a rent of £5.75 per sq ft. The company has commenced a fit out of the building and taken occupation from 1 August 2019….
Amazon is to open a 270,000 sq ft fulfilment centre dedicated to beers, wines and spirits in Rugby later this year. The building is in final stages of completion. It will employ 400 permanent staff and offer a wage of £9.50 per hour as well as a comprehensive benefits package, including private medical insurance, life…
Sports Direct has raised £120.05 million from the sale and leaseback of its 1.8m sq ft headquarters and distribution centre at Shirebrook in Derbyshire. The 75-acre site was acquired in an off-market deal by an international pension fund, which was advised by CBRE Global Investors, represented by DTRE and Clifford Chance. Gent Visick, CBRE and…
An un-named online retailer has secured a 731,000 sq ft mega shed deal at Logistics specialist Verdion’s iPort scheme in Yorkshire. The facility which will be built on the 300-acre second phase of the iPort logistics hub in Doncaster is set to complete in the Spring of 2020. iPort spans 800 acres next to the M18 motorway in Doncaster,…
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) can look back on a very successful financial year 2018, beating the previous year’s already strong result. Container throughput went up slightly, despite a more subdued market environment in the second half of the year. This increase was also due to the successful integration of the new acquisition, Estonia’s…
According to preliminary unaudited figures, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) increased its Group revenue by 3 percent to € 1.29 billion in the 2018 financial year (previous year: € 1.25 billion). The Group’s operating result (EBIT) of € 204 million (previous year: € 173 million) represents an increase of 18 percent. The listed Port Logistics subgroup generated…
Lidl has opened a 58,000m² distribution centre at iPort, Doncaster to initially service 53 stores across South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the Midlands. The site represents a £70 million investment in Lidl’s expansion and logistics. The distribution centre expects to process 3,900 pallets of products every day and create 400 jobs. Warehouse and store employees will…
Lidl has opened a 58,000m² distribution centre at iPort, Doncaster to initially service 53 stores across South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the Midlands. The site represents a £70 million investment in Lidl’s expansion and logistics. The distribution centre expects to process 3,900 pallets of products every day and create 400 jobs. Warehouse and store employees will…
In den Teilkonzernen der ÖBB wurden von den Aufsichtsräten die wichtigsten personellen Weichen gestellt. Dabei gingen alle vakanten Vorstandsjobs an Fachkräfte aus dem Unternehmen, berichtet die Tageszeitung „Kurier“ in ihrer heutigen Ausgabe. Im ÖBB Güterverkehr scheidet Erik Regter aus dem Top-Management aus. Ihm folgt Dr. Imre Kovács als neuer Vorstandsdirektor in der Rail Cargo Group….
In den Teilkonzernen der ÖBB wurden von den Aufsichtsräten die wichtigsten personellen Weichen gestellt. Dabei gingen alle vakanten Vorstandsjobs an Fachkräfte aus dem Unternehmen, berichtet die Tageszeitung „Kurier“ in ihrer heutigen Ausgabe. Im ÖBB Güterverkehr scheidet Erik Regter aus dem Top-Management aus. Ihm folgt Dr. Imre Kovács als neuer Vorstandsdirektor in der Rail Cargo Group….
The second phase of Multiply at Harworth’s Logistics North site in Bolton – has practically completed, delivering six units totalling 270,848 sq ft. The second phase includes a 149,300 sq ft unit aimed at manufacturing and logistics businesses. Multiply is a joint venture between Harworth and the Lancashire County Pension Fund. “New high-quality commercial development…
Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board, which bought out its co-shareholder in Forth Ports last week, has now sold a minority stake in the business to a number of long term investors including GLIL Infrastructure, First State Super, and Construction and Building Unions Superannuation. Forth Ports owns eight commercial ports including Tilbury, Grangemouth, Rosyth and…
Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board is to buy out its fellow shareholder in Forth Ports Ltd, Arcus European Infrastructure Fund. After completion of the deal it plans to partner with other long term investors in the business. Forth Ports owns eight commercial ports including Tilbury, Grangemouth, Rosyth and Dundee. It is building a new…
Amazon is to raise the minimum wage it pays all its employees, including full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal, to £10.50 for the London area and £9.50 for the rest of the UK. The new minimum wage will be effective from November this year and will benefit over 17,000 Amazon employees, alongside over 20,000 seasonal holiday…
Hersteller fahrerloser Transportsysteme stellt Geschäftsführung neu auf. Seit 1. September 2018 bilden DI Manfred Hummenberger MBA und Ing. Wolfgang Hillinger MBA die Geschäftsführung der DS AUTOMOTION GmbH. Der Mitgründer und langjährige Geschäftsführer Ing. Arthur Kornmüller tritt in den Ruhestand, bleibt der Branche jedoch als Vorstand der Fachabteilung FTS im VDMA erhalten. Ziel der neu formierten…
Wincanton is to pay some £200 million into the Wincanton Pension Scheme between now and 2027 under a recovery plan agreed with the trustee of the scheme. It said the scheme currently has an actuarial deficit of £190m. Under the plan, Wincanton will pay £17.3m a year into the scheme until March 2021. After that…
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Wincanton, which is under pressure from activist investor Gatemore, has appointed Martin Read, the former chief executive of IT group Logica, as chairman. He takes over from interim chairman Stewart Oades on 1st August and will need to address the concerns of Gatemore, which hit the headlines in April when it called for the business…
Segro hat Jim Hartley zum neuen Business Unit Director Northern Europe ernannt – und damit für Deutschland, Österreich, Belgien und die Niederlande. Hartley, der bereits 2001 als Absolvent zu Segro gekommen ist, war zuletzt Joint Venture Director der Segro European Logistics Partnership (SELP), einem 50/50-Joint Venture von Segro und dem kanadischen Public Sector Pension Investment…
Property developer Barwood Capital has acquired 13-acre site known as ‘Super G’ for £3.2 million at Whistler Drive, Castleford in Leeds. It is a joint venture with the BA Pension Fund and development manager Tungsten Properties to speculatively build a 258,000 sq. ft warehouse. Works are due to start on site in August 2018. “We…
Nach der heutigen Aufsichtsratssitzung der ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG steht ein wichtiges Personalpaket fest: fünf ausgeschriebene Top-Managementpositionen wurden besetzt. ÖBB-Personenverkehr. Mag. Evelyn Palla (44) wird vom Aufsichtsrat des ÖBB-Personenverkehrs für zwei Jahre wiederbestellt als Ressortvorstand für Finanzen und Strategie mit Verlängerungsoption um weitere drei Jahre. Zum Ressortvorstand für Markt und Vertrieb wird die frühere OMV Managerin Mag….
The GMB trade union is to take legal action against three Amazon delivery companies arguing that they are operating “bogus self-employment” schemes. The companies involved are: Prospect Commercials Limited, Box Group Limited and Lloyd Link Logistics Limited who delivered parcels for e-commerce giant Amazon. “Amazon is a global company that makes billions. It’s absolutely galling…
Bernd Müller (46) übernimmt per Mitte August die Geschäftsführung der Wiener Lokalbahnen Cargo (WLC). Er folgt in dieser Funktion auf den langjährigen WLC-Geschäftsführer Gerald Retscher, der in Pension geht. Das gab die Wiener Lokalbahnen-Gruppe am 24. Mai in einer Aussendung bekannt. „Bernd Müllers bisherige Karrierestationen zeigen seine große Erfahrung im Schienengüterverkehr. Wir sind hocherfreut, dass…
Österreichs Transportwirtschaft fordert europaweit wirksame Kabotage-Regeln und politische Unterstützung, um den drohenden Fachkräftemangel in den Griff zu bekommen. BEITRAG: REDAKTION Österreichs Transportunternehmen und hier besonders die Frächter sind auf das Thema Kabotage schlecht zu sprechen. Die EU macht es möglich, dass Frächter aus den Niedriglohnländern in Osteuropazu günstigeren Preisen in Österreich Transporte abwickeln und die…
Der Freiburger Jacques Boschung wird per 1. Januar 2019 Mitglied der SBB-Konzernleitung und neuer Leiter von SBB Infrastruktur. Er tritt die Nachfolge von Philippe Gauderon an, der per Ende 2018 in Pension geht. Jacques Boschung arbeitet zurzeit bei Dell-Technologies und ist Senior Vice President für Globale Allianzen und Telekom-Firmen im Wirtschaftsraum Europa, Naher Osten und…
Die ÖBB arbeiten seit vielen Jahren konstruktiv mit dem RH zusammen. Wie der RH bereits bei früheren Prüfungen angemerkt hat, haben die ÖBB als Unternehmen viele wichtige und richtige Schritte gesetzt. Darunter fallen: Anstieg der altersbedingten Pensionen um ein Jahr seit 2013 – ÖBB Bedienstete gehen mit 60,2 Jahren in Pension, das ASVG Pensionsantrittsalter beträgt 61,6…
DPD has launched a new self-employed contract and is offering its workers a minimum of the Real Living Wage. The new contract will see drivers earning £28,800 per annum, based on a standard 5-day week with no upper cap on earning. Drivers will receive sick pay, 28 days paid holiday and pension. This is part…
Trade union GMB is challenging the self-employed status of eight Hermes couriers at an employment tribunal in Leeds. The union, which has already won a similar case against Uber, claims that couriers are “being denied basic workers’ rights by being forced to declare as self-employed”. GMB general secretary Tim Roache said: “Guaranteed hours, holiday pay,…
Activist investor Gatemore Capital Management is calling for Wincanton to sell of one of its two divisions, according to Reuters. Gatemore which has built up a two per cent stake in Wincanton, declined to comment on the Reuters story. The story quotes a letter to investors from Gatemore as saying that Wincanton should conduct a…
DPD is to create a new worker job category for delivery drivers as part of a strategic review following the death of one of its couriers earlier this year. It plans to introduce a DPD Driver Code later this year and introduce a self-employed worker contract that will offer drivers a choice in between being…
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