newsFashion 3PL’s DC to feature ‘high-end automation’
The 430,500 sq ft multi-customer facility is located in Magna Park, Lutterworth.
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productHow will Covid-19 change logistics?
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented a major challenge to our society and has thrust logistics into prominence as people finally appreciate the sector’s importance.
newsCall for wooden pallets to be granted ‘essential’ status
The European Federation of Wooden Pallet & Packaging Manufacturers (FEFPEB) has called for European governments to recognise the wooden pallet and packaging industry as essential to supply chains of vital goods both during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
articleRobot wars heating up
A new generation of warehouse robots have burst on to the UK logistics industry in the last year or so, with manufacturers aggressively pursuing local systems integrators to help them crack the UK market. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
productFire prevention webinar set for May 20
Over the last few years we’ve seen serious warehouse fires – ASOS, Barnsley in 2014; ArrowXL, Worcester in 2017 and Ocado, Andover in 2019 – to name but a few.
productRevolution Transport Services takes Warrington warehouse
Lambert Smith Hampton has leased Homes England’s 116,995 sq ft industrial facility at 27 Leacroft Road near Warrington to Revolution Transport Services on a 10 year lease.
productMarketing through the coronavirus crisis
Kathryn Ranger, account director at PRG Marketing Communications explains why now is the opportune time to strengthen, not reduce, your marketing.
newsONS figures show High Street decline
The ONS figures showed in March 2020, the monthly retail sales volume fell sharply by 5.1%; the largest fall since the series began as many stores ceased trading from 23 March following official government guidance during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
productNew spec build delivered in Tamworth
St. Modwen has delivered a 321,000 sq ft warehouse unit in Tamworth, in the Midlands.
articleGet shorty: short term rentals have never been more popular
Handling & Storage Solutions talked to the four biggest suppliers of short term forklift rentals to find out the key issues you should be considering.
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newsRoyal Mail and Post Office get in on Click & Collect
Royal Mail, working with the Post Office, will launch later this year the UK’s largest ‘click and collect’ network providing parcel delivery options for online retailers and their customers.
newsBDA buys Nightexpress
Specialist time critical logistics provider BDA (Bespoke Distribution Aviation) has strengthened its position in Europe with the acquisition of both NightExpress and N.E. NightExpress.
news“Only one option” for a hub airport in UK
Businesses see Heathrow as the inevitable option for a UK hub airport but are getting fed up of too much procrastination and ludicrous alternatives delaying the decision. This is the view of Peter MacSwiney, chairman of freight industry supplier ASM.
newsM&S to build £200m distribution centre at London Gateway
M&S moves to modernise its supply chain with new portside DC.
articlePallet networks roll with the punches
Online retail has changed the game for pallet networks with smaller consignments and deliveries to residential addresses now much more commonplace. HSS editor Simon Duddy talks to a number of key pallet networks about this and other major developments.
newsPoorly designed warehouse leads to worker being crushed
A worker was crushed between two HGVs in a warehouse used for recycling, which led to a prosecution and fine for DS Smith Paper.
newsHaulage company urges ambition with new Thames crossing
Youngs Transport (YTL) is urging the Government to support the most ambitious of the three options being considered to upgrade the Thames crossing in South Essex.
newsSainsbury’s opens Thameside DC
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today officially opened Sainsbury’s new Thameside Distribution Centre in South East London.
newsCall for forklift suppliers to stop ‘cutting each other’s throats’
The owner of Ful-Ton Forklifts, a forklift supplier based in Scotland, has called on the industry to be ‘grown-up’ and look for a better percentage on capital costs when hiring out equipment.
