Yodel responds to parcel ‘shot put’ claims
Chairman Dick Stead responds to undercover reporting accusations by last night’s Channel 4’s Dispatches programme at its sortation centre near Oldham.
Planning for demand
Scott Jameson, managing director at temporary building specialist Spaciotempo looks at how businesses can prepare for demand this year, as industry accelerates.
Terminology can cause confusion
Smart-Space has voiced concerns that transport and logistics companies requiring additional space may be ordering the wrong type of structure.
Protect against rust and humidity
TCM forklifts has introduced an anti-corrosion assurance for its counterbalance truck range (FTB, FB and FHB).
The world’s favourite forklift just got better…
Stewart Gosling of Red Diamond Distribution, UK importers for Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks, explains how its class-leading GRENDiA EX counterbalance range just got better.
Yale revamps 3 wheel forklift
The change to the specification of its 3-wheel ERP15-20VT series is said to makes it the most energy efficient electric forklift in Europe.
Customs warehouse operators must crack new code
The latest raft of EU customs legislation to impact on the third party logistics sector will start to come in to effect from May of this year.
Making a difference
Consultation services offers key advantages to customers, explains Konecranes UK consultancy service manager, Lee Thorne.
The heart of the solution
ASOS sees logistics as a competitive advantage that enables it to disrupt the market with automation at the heart of it.
Back to the land
Peter Ward, CEO of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association, tells HSS editor Simon Duddy about the challenges the logistics industry faces with Omni-channel Retail, particularly with relation to changing demands on warehouse property.
Plea for information as man shot dead during warehouse robbery
Detectives have launched a major murder investigation after a man was shot dead during an attempted robbery at a warehouse in Birmingham on February 3.
110,000 sq ft cold store extension gets go-ahead
Temperature controlled food distribution business Reed Boardall has been granted planning permission for a 110,000sq ft extension to one of its largest and most modern cold stores.
New build automated cold store for food firm
Egemin Automation has embarked upon a new major phase in the construction of the new deepfreeze warehouse of Agristo in Belgium, the installation of the automated stacker cranes.
Showcasing talent at The Health and Safety Event
The Safer Logistics seminar and feature area returns to The Health and Safety Event 2016 next week. Building on its debut last year, the educational area will showcase partners who will provide timely and topical presentations to help visitors tackle the safety challenges in warehousing and logistics.
Where did it all go right?
In stark contrast to the previous year, Peak 2015 went very well indeed. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports from the prestigious Delivery Conference as the cream of UK retail and carrier networks tell us how they reined in the juggernaut of online retail.
Peak innovation among carriers at The Delivery Conference
While the rise of online retail is throwing up massive challenges carriers are innovating and investing at unprecedented levels in improving the delivery experience and driving efficiencies.
Space-saving storage is an easy move
Adjustable Pallet Racking (APR) and sprinkler systems can now be extended, remodelled and relocated within a warehouse or distribution centre environment in significantly less time and at a fraction of the cost than was previously thought possible.
Adapto and survive
3PL takes on automated picking system that allows it to process products in a wide variety of B2B and B2C scenarios.
Wireless system transforms Ocado’s automated warehouse
Cambridge Consultants has collaborated on a wireless control system allowing the grocery retailer to co-ordinate the movements of hundreds of thousands of crates in real time and in parallel.
Two shifts on one charge
Jungheinrich has launched the narrow-aisle Kombi Stacker EKX 514-516, an electric order picker and trilateral forklift.
