newsAmazon ramps up delivery station network
Internet retailer and 3PL Amazon is ramping up its delivery station network with, it is believed, some two dozen live requirements in the UK.
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videoIntroducing Logistics Matters Magazine
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZSr1sGB-_g[/embedyt] Handling and Storage Solutions (HSS) magazine will rebrand as Logistics Matters from January 2023 to better cover the wide range of challenges facing the world of materials handling, supply chain, warehousing and logistics. With a modern and more meaningful name, Logistics Matters can highlight the challenges faced by all warehouse occupiers and MHE … Introducing Logistics Matters Magazine
newsWarehouse Transformation Awards entry deadline extended
FOLLOWING STELLAR interest in the newly launched awards, the deadline for entries has been extended until 14 March 2025.
articleGiraffe helps Brightpick reach new heights
Logistics Matters editor Simon Duddy meets Brightpick’s CEO Jan Zizka in the wake of the firm’s sale of Photoneo to Zebra.
newsBuild-to-suit jump starts further development at Access 18
The decision by a leading UK supermarket retailer to take a build-to-suit on the latest phase of Indurent’s Access 18 scheme in Avonmouth is seen as encouragement for 450,000 ft2 of further speculative development.
newsShed of the Month: Turning green
Boldly going ahead with a speculative development in the spring/summer of 2024 was deemed ‘very brave’ but with vacancy rates in the region bucking national trends and remaining sub 3% – perhaps this is more calculated than risky…
newsEXCLUSIVE: M&S to take Bristol B2S scheme
A highly bespoke M&S logistics centre requirement has been linked to Vancouver based real estate development and investment firm, Epta Development Corporation (EDC) and development partner Stoford’s 2 million ft2 Axis Works scheme in Bristol, which secured reserved planning permission for a highly bespoke 390,000 ft2 plus cross docked warehouse on Friday last week.
newsPartnership to tackle emerging security threats
VERIZON HAS announced strategic partnership with Accenture to help organisations tackle emerging cybersecurity threats.
articleGlobal shocks and local responses
Nick Petschek outlines how supply chains can build adaptability amid geopolitical uncertainty.
newsPlanning secured for Lancashire scheme
HBD, part of Henry Boot, and Barnfield Group, have secured reserved matters planning for a further three buildings at the JV’s 800,000 ft2 APTUS industrial and logistics scheme in Preston, Lancashire.
productHawk electric multidirectional swoops in on show
DIMOS WILL use its first appearance at LogiMAT to showcase the Hawk flexible multidirectional reach truck.
articleCan a warehouse be too big?
Will planning reform accelerate the trend towards ever-bigger warehouses? Dave Berridge investigates.
productPrevent and recover: learn about ransomware
The Tomorrow’s Warehouse conference will highlight the danger of ransomware attacks with emphasis on recovery and prevention.
newsEXCLUSIVE: ‘Amazon’ type occupier for former Pets At Home DC
The former Pets At Home distribution centre in Stoke-on-Trent is set to be redeveloped to provide a new modern Grade A last mile distribution facility with a three-level multi-storey van deck (MSVD) that could accommodate 689 vans – uniquely typical of Amazon last mile facilities in the UK.
newsEXCLUSIVE: Logicor submits plans to redevelop Midlands warehouse
Logicor has submitted plans for the redevelopment of its 650,000 ft2 warehouse in Bardon Hill, Coalville, in The Midlands now that former 3PL tenant Great Bear/Culina has vacated the building.
articleThe budget-friendly storage hack
Why used pallet racking is a smart choice for your warehouse.
newsUrban logistics JV launched
Realis, the equity investment platform of South African bank Investec, has formed a £400 million urban logistics joint venture with developer Kier Property to develop urban logistics space in the UK.
newsOffice to logistics scheme for Hemel Hempstead
Kier Property has acquired a 100,000 ft2 office building in Hemel Hempstead which it intended to redevelop as a best-in-class trade and logistics scheme.
newsBirmingham Midbox scheme wins planning
Chancerygate and Bridges Fund Management’s joint venture has won planning for a £77 million 277,000 ft2 mid box scheme in Birmingham.
newsDHL launches East Midlands scheme
DHL Real Estate Solutions, DHL supply chain’s development subsidiary, has launched its 1.86 million ft2 Westworks scheme in Corby announcing that DHL has pre-let a 498,471 ft2 facility and that it will be speculatively building a further 297,413 ft2 unit this year.
