articleNow the dust has settled on the Christmas fulfillment and delivery peak, Handling & Storage Solutions brings together some insightful quotes as the experts begin to make sense of a particularly ‘peaky’ peak.
newsJohn Lewis has announced that it will open a new distribution centre (DC) in Milton Keynes, to support the growth of its Omni-channel business in both shops and online.
articleThe retailer is looking to create efficiencies in its own network by creating a standard method of connecting its automated despatch function with the lorries of any of its partner carriers.
newsRoss Moloney says the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) needs to be re-examined.
newsUS contractor Leidos has been selected by the Ministry of Defence as the preferred bidder to manage its defence logistic commodities and services.
newsThe Food and Drink Park – representing a £5m investment by Perth and Kinross Council – provides up to 11 serviced development plots across a 16 acre site.
newsSainsbury’s is rolling out a new service to allow customers to pick up the shopping they’ve ordered online from store.
articleMentor FLT Training has welcomed the roll out of the Accrediting Bodies Association’s operator training register as “an important step forward” in standardising workplace transport training.
newsMembers of a crime gang that stole more than $50 million of pharmaceuticals from a US warehouse have finally been sentenced.
articleIn the wake of the City Link debacle, MPs have called on the incoming Government to bring forward proposals for tackling companies who use or encourage the practice of bogus self employment.
newsMulti-channel challenges and the threat of hard discounters sees UK retail turn to more consultants.
articleThe poll also found M&S was top of the fashion chart and consumers still prefer store to online.
newsThe online open source tool help users find the best locations for logistics centres, and is a response to increased transport complexity in cities due to online retail, increased use of bicycles among other factors.
articleAs the shock waves from City Link’s collapse reverberate on, logistics professional Carey Jebb questions muddled thinking from MPs.
articleASOS has ‘bedded in’ the automated equipment installed at its huge Barnsley DC and is creating greater efficiencies that may help drive profitability in a market that is high growth but margin eroding, says HSS editor Simon Duddy. But further ambitious logistics investment could counter this.
newsPrologis has signed an agreement to lease 230,500 square feet to Screwfix at Prologis Park Stafford in the West Midlands.
newsUnlocking e-commerce potential is central to the development of the new EU Digital Single Market and Digital Economy stated the Alliance for European Logistics (AEL) during today’s 7th European Logistics Summit.
newsThe Health & Safety Executive is investigating the death of a man in his 50s at a warehouse in Chadderton, Greater Manchester.
newsGeneral Mills UK & Ireland has taken on a 280,000 sq. ft. site at Port Salford.
articleHolcim has automated some logistics services using LOGiQ software from Schenck Process.
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