newsFree annual reference tool released
HSD 2013/14 – The Essential Guide to Handling, Storage & Distribution – is now available from Western Business Publishing.
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newsHuge DC designed to power Asda’s growth in the south
Asda Logistics Services has opened a £55 million chilled distribution centre in Avonmouth.
newsHeathrow emerges as favourite for extra runway
The Airports Commission’s independent review into airport capacity has recommended building one new runway in the south east by 2030.
blogTimber feels the heat
David Nicklin from transit packaging firm Nicklin surveys the unprecedented challenges facing the timber supply industry and how this will impact on the supply chain as we enter the New Year.
newsCustomers quick off the mark for Christmas returns
There was a gap of just one hour between last parcel collection on Christmas Eve and first return on Christmas Day, according to store-based parcel delivery and returns company CollectPlus.
newsSME e-tailers target greater store presence
As part of a wider Omni-channel approach to retail, SME online retailers in the UK are planning to combine ‘clicks with bricks’ to boost sales in 2014, a study by Royal Mail has revealed.
blogMake 2014 the year for Safer Logistics
Handling & Storage Solutions has launched the Safer Logistics campaign to promote health and safety awareness in logistics in 2014.
newsBig retailers like Amazon to “vertically integrate delivery services”
Parcel2Go.com CEO James Greenbury believes large scale retailers will increasingly vertically integrate delivery services in response to the scaling up of eCommerce business.
articleStop your WMS becoming a slippery slope
Negotiating information flows within logistics can feel like skiing downhill at speed. Refusing to swerve the big issues, HSS editor Simon Duddy asks how obstacles to implementation can be overcome.
articleThe future of the forklift
HSS Editor Simon Duddy speaks to forklift manufacturers to ask what the future holds for this industry workhorse.
productPorts quick march on the double
DP World port London Gateway has doubled cargo lifting ability with a quad lift shipping crane, said to be the first of its kind deployed in the UK. This can lift four containers at one time, which doubles the amount of cargo it can lift in one go.
newsAutomotive firm takes spec built Tamworth DC
On behalf of Warwickshire-based developer, IM Properties, Colliers International has completed the letting of its second speculatively developed industrial unit at Birch Coppice Business Park near Tamworth.
articleA fresh look at automation for Omni-channel Retail
What you need to know to get the most out of your automated Omni-channel Retail operations. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
articleTips for retailers to achieve Omni-channel nirvana
Demanding clear stock visibility, keen predictive techniques and tightly managed fulfillment operations, delivery is the exciting and troubling heart of the Omni-channel experience. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
newsRolls-Royce plans for Drone Ships to handle containers
Amazon and Qimarox have started developing the concept of aerial drones for the logistics arena, but Rolls Royce has revealed plans that are more ambitious still.
newsNotables to pitch logistics as career to students
The latest in technology and thinking will form part of Logistics Week, which runs from March 3-7 and involves the UK logistics industry trying to attract entrants from the public and students.
newsWomen in Logistics set out to raise industry profile
Women in Logistics UK believes that Logistics is the UK’s most underrated career choice.
newsWomen in Logistics Award nominations open
This year’s Women in Logistics flagship event will be the Annual Conference and Awards to be held in Warwickshire on Friday 27th June 2014.
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newsOsborne maintains fuel duty freeze
Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his Budget Statement to Parliament, setting out how the government will take further action to “secure the recovery and build a resilient economy”.
