newsA 2 million ft2 plus XXL build-to-suit warehouse is being proposed for an 84 acre greenfield site off Junction 25 of the M5 Motorway to the east of Taunton, Somerset with intitial proposals typical of the new generation Amazon warehouses being brought forward in Northampton, Melton near Hull and at Caddick’s 4.5 million ft2 EM.EX Worksop scheme in the East Midlands.
newsFor a logistics manager hunting for flexible haulage, a shipper’s part-empty fleet is easily overlooked.
productThe streetwear retailer is also seeking to minimise capital expenditure by investing in warehouse automaton using a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model.
newsOne of the largest property companies in the world Prologis has entered into a partnership with a consultancy Fulfillment IQ to accelerate AI adoption and automation across the supply chain.
newsThe Košice logistics centre marks a significant investment in the region and is the second-largest FedEx location in the country.
newsMeena Sahdev has taken on the role of head of supply chain at the firm which is best known for the Vamoosh pet hair removal brand.
newsUnipart, KBR and IBM have launched Team ORION to bid for defence contracts at the UK Ministry of Defence.
articleThe conversation around the future warehouse typically centres on automation, humanoid robotics, labour shortages and e-commerce growth. Increasingly, however, there is another factor shaping performance, heat. In the UK, this is not about Mediterranean-style extremes, but something more subtle and arguably more dangerous: a logistics network built for a temperate climate that is now regularly operating outside its design envelope. Tristan Holiday comments.
newsOnline grocer Ocado has secured a last mile fulfilment centre at developer investor Indurent’s Indurent Park Stoke Central scheme in the West Midlands.
newsBertschi UK has been fined £425,000 after a warehouse supervisor suffered fatal injuries following a fall from a mobile loading ramp during a container loading operation at its Middlesbrough site.
newsUK FTSE listed investor developer SEGRO has rejected a third offer from US rival Prologis stating that Prologis’s proposals have been opportunistically timed to capitalise on a dislocated share price.
newsRetailers, industrial and logistics developers, and UK logistics business groups have warned that increasing business rates for large warehouses and out-of-town developments puts at the UK’s new PM’s pledge to tackle the cost of living crisis at risk.
newsToyota Material Handling UK has supported leading Cornish fishing business W. Stevenson and Sons in enhancing safety, improving operational efficiency and reducing administrative burden through the implementation of its I_Site fleet management technology.
newsThe partnership intends to bring integrated, resilient and scalable logistics capabilities aligned to the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Future Defence Support Services (FDSS) programme.
newsNasdaq listed B2B e-commerce platform GigaCloud Technology is expanding in the UK with the lease on a warehouse at investor developer SEGRO’s 3.7 million ft2 SEGRO Park Coventry scheme in the West Midlands.
newsThe global leader in intelligent supply chain execution has announced vaibe will join the Infios suite of solutions.
newsThe Planning Inspectorate has turned down proposals for a 1.29 million ft2 logistics scheme on land at Junction 17 of the A12 near Chelmsford in Essex despite a developer waiting in the wings had planning been secured.
newsDeveloper Mountpark has secured planning permission for its largest ever speculative warehouse in the UK – a 640,000 ft2 XL facility at Mountpark Ferrybridge in Yorkshire.
newsShip Sherpa, a new AI-native logistics platform built to modernise same-day delivery, has officially launched in Manchester.
newsThe new headquarters serves as the nerve centre of Yusen Logistics’ European operations, housing approximately 140 employees and supporting the company’s continued growth across the continent.
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